Meaning
To rewind and replay a tune from the start because the crowd loves it. In dancehall a 'wheel-up' is a high mark of approval — the selector spins the record back, sometimes again and again, so everyone can catch the moment once more and the excitement builds with each replay. Calls of 'wheel up!' are the crowd's roar of delight at a killer track, and the wheel-up, close cousin to the 'pull-up', is one of the defining rituals of the sound-system dance.
Examples
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Selecta, wheel up dat tune!
DJ, rewind and play that song again!
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Di crowd bawl fi a wheel up.
The crowd shouted for a rewind.
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Him wheel up di riddim three time.
He rewound the track three times.
Origin
From the physical act of spinning a vinyl record backwards on the turntable — the 'wheel' — to cue it back to the beginning.
How it’s used
A live sound-system term. A wheel-up is a compliment; the more a tune gets wheeled, the bigger the reaction.