Email Author Jacob Katel

2013 Stories by Jacob Katel

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  Rick Ross, Birdman, Lil Wayne, Sooo Many Girls: The H Album Release at Story Miami

  published May 24, 2013

  Last night, the double-helix LED columns inside Story for Rick Ross and Birdman's The H: The Lost Album, Vol. 1 release party cycled through a very swank array of trippy colors as a 7-to-1 ratio of ... More >>

• Extra-Vehicular Activities

  published May 16, 2013

  Imagine 2 Chainz and French Montana in the parking lot of the world’s largest custom car show and concert tour. They just performed and are... More >>

• Yngwie Malmsteen at Grand Central May 25

  published May 23, 2013

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  Guitar Master Yngwie Malmsteen on Miami Heat: "LeBron James Is a F#$%in' Virtuoso"

  published May 15, 2013

  Yngwie Malmsteen is a six-foot, three-inch guitar monster from Sweden. He left the dark and bitter cold of Stockholm at age 19 and moved to L.A. for a record deal, got famous, and drunkenly crashed ... More >>

• Innasense at Jazid May 17

  published May 16, 2013

  Innasense was founded in 1990 by A Man Named Scratch, last seen in Belize after saying, "Screw the tour! Let's stay here forever." (He... More >>

• Haitian Compas Festival at Klipsch Amphitheater May 18

  published May 16, 2013

  Since 1955, Haiti has offered the world a uniquely danceable and infectiously sexy music known as compas, konpa, or kompa.... More >>

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  Miami's Haitian Compas Festival 2013: A Four-Part Guide, From DJ Griot to Djakout

  published May 13, 2013

  Since 1955, Haiti has offered the world a uniquely danceable and infectiously sexy music known as compas, konpa, and kompa. The Kreyol language has only been standardized in written form since 1979,... More >>

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  Innasense's Jimi Dred Talks Reggae, Miami, and Selling Out to Boy Band Manager Lou Pearlman

  published May 13, 2013

  Innasense was founded in 1990 by A Man Named Scratch, last seen in Belize after saying, "Screw the tour! Let's stay here forever." (He did, however, help the band win its coveted 1991 Best Reggae Ba... More >>

• Skanko de Mayo, With Die Trying and Askultura, at Churchill's Pub May 4

  published May 2, 2013

  For decades, Dade County has been caught up in a tide of grime and blood that rolls across the concrete wastelands of the city and its suburbs.... More >>

• Naughty by Nature at Brew at the Zoo May 4

  published May 2, 2013

  Who's down with O.P.P.? Everybody. For more than 20 years, Naughty by Nature has been touring the world off the strength of that... More >>

• Uncle Luke, as Part of Brew at the Zoo, May 4

  published May 2, 2013

  Before Luther Campbell was Uncle Luke, he was Luke Skyywalker. But George Lucas sued him for violating copyright. And that's how the... More >>

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  Uncle Luke's Top Ten Booty Jams of All Time

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Before Luther Campbell was Uncle Luke, he was Luke Skyywalker. But George Lucas sued him for violating copyright. And that's how the nasty boy went from car wars to Star Wars. The Lucas lawsuit wa... More >>

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  Die Trying on Flatlands and a Prostitute: "Who's She Feeding With That Moneyr"

  published Apr 25, 2013

  For decades, Dade County has been caught up in a tide of grime and blood that rolls across across the concrete wastelands of the city and its suburbs. But this toxic waste is also the cesspool from ... More >>

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  Win Free Tickets to Inner Circle's 4/20 Show with Steel Pulse

  published Apr 18, 2013

  Inner Circle are the Bad Boys of reggae. Every you time watch an episode of COPS, they're the first thing you hear. They also make you "sweat, a la la la la long long li long long long." And this ... More >>

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  Inner Circle's Roger Lewis Talks Reggae, Legal Weed, and 4/20: "Marijuana Is A Good Herb"

  published Apr 18, 2013

  "Like we say in Jamaica," Inner Circle founding guitarist Roger Lewis tells Crossfade, "it's a gladdy good thing for some smoke." This Saturday (AKA 4/20), Roger and his bruddas will be bringing th... More >>

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  Problem Kids' "Useful Idiot" About Jay-Z: "The Real Cuba Is Not What He Portrayed"

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Problem Kids are Miami Cubans with a message for Jay-Z about his trip to Cuba. Their response to his "Open Letter" is a new track called "Useful Idiot." "He looks like he's praising the Castro regi... More >>

• Born To Run

  published April 4, 2013

  A 1967 Mustang Fastback with Forgiato Ito wheels screeches around a downtown corner and cuts north onto Biscayne Boulevard. The driver takes a... More >>

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  Toothpaste Man and Nine More Crazies at Ultra 2013 in Animated GIF!

  published Mar 29, 2013

  So you wanna dress up like a giant tube of toothpaste and do the Tootsie Roll dancer Well, get a new idea. 'Cause Toothpaste Man at Ultra Music Festival 2013 already beat you to it. Fear not, though... More >>

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  Inspecter 7, Immoral Discipline, Askultura, and Die Trying in Miami: A 36-Photo Recap

  published Mar 27, 2013

  As Rev Sinister of Inspecter 7 explained, there's one place in America that gives Miami a run for its money in being dark and sordid. That's Asbury Park, New Jersey, the grimey land that the band bas... More >>

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  An Open Letter to Snoop Lion About Ultra 2013, Weekend Two: That Shit Was Weak

  published Mar 26, 2013

  Snoop Dogg, for getting high on stage at Ultra Music Festival, tossing blunts into the crowd, and almost maxing out the capacity of Klipsch Amphitheater, I salute you. For bringing your crew, runnin... More >>

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  Top Ten Twerking, Harlem Shake-ing Ravers at Ultra 2013 in Animated GIF!

  published Mar 25, 2013

  Getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha, getcha freak on! We all know that there are lots of ways to become immortalized at a massive outdoor music gathering like Ultra Music Festival. Say, humping a tree. Or... More >>

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  Ultra 2013: Ten Best Reasons to Wake Up Early for UMF's Last Day

  published Mar 24, 2013

  Sure, Ultra ends at midnight. And by the last day of the two-weekend fest, you may be tired and feel like sleeping in. Well, don't. 'Cause then you will miss all the killer daytime sets. And a ton ... More >>

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  Inspecter 7 on Skinheads, Weed, Escapes and Illusion: "We're Never Gonna Change"

  published Mar 22, 2013

  Punks and skinheads, get your boots up! Inspecter 7 have been playing ska out of New Jersey since 1992. Later, they broke up and transformed into Hub City Stompers. But now they're back. They have ... More >>

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  Dancehall OG Johnny Osbourne and Winter Music Massive Take Over Blackbird Ordinary

  published Mar 21, 2013

  Jamaica is one of the world's greatest contributors to DJ culture. The original mobile sound systems found in the trenches of Kingston in the 1960s packed megawatt speaker stacks in the back of mo... More >>

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  Flume on Death, Hard Miami, Getting High

  published Mar 20, 2013

  Flume is an Australian kid signed to Mom + Pop Records who's been lighting up the sales charts with his chilled-out electronica. This week, he's in town for Hard Miami, a show at Bardot, and a few d... More >>