Chronixx + Junior Reid Live In Central Park
Chronixx, Junior Reid and the Rice & Peas crew represented for all phases, stages and generations of reggae music at SummerStage in New York's world-famous Central Park. DJ Max Glazer of Federation Sound joined with the rest of the Rice & Peas DJ squad in demonstrating how dancehall is done, illustrated by a coterie of dancehall kings and queens not to mention a reggaematical beatbox segment from The Roots' own Rahzel! For their part, headliner Chronixx and his band Zincfence Redemption embodied the roots and shoots of conscious reggae while Junior "One Blood" Reid has always been the living link between Rasta philosophy and clash-ready lyrical prowess. Get more details below and watch it all unfold on LargeUp TV!
A capacity crowd of 5,500 took in Chronixx, Junior Reid and the Rice and Peas crew live on a beautiful summer Saturday, while those who couldn’t get in stuck around in overwhelming numbers (as many as 4,000, according to some estimates) to catch the sounds from afar.Mick Jagger showed up, and brought five of his children plus a few grandkids with him.Rahzel gave the crowd a surprise treat with his beatbox interpretations of classic riddims, while Rice and Peas’ Max Glazer, DJ Gravy and Orijahnal Vibez and Micro Don got the crowd hype and dancers Blacka Di Danca, Miss LikkleBit, Sir Ledgen, Mela Murder and friends got them even hyper. Junior Reid brought out his bag of classics backed by Derrick Barnett and the Statement Band, and Chronixx, backed by his own Zincfence Redemption troupe, closed things out with an hour-plus set that, along with his Fallon appearance earlier that week, helped cement his place (if it wasn’t cemented already) as reggae’s most talked-about artist.
