A Tribe Called Quest

Fresh Lupe Fiasco

Lupe Works His Way Toward Hip-Hop Redemption

Saturday Night: Soulflower's Electric Mothership Cruise

via myspace.com/soulflower777Soulflower, the evening's hostessOfficial Listening Party for Soulflower's Electric Mothership Saturday, May 30, 2009
 The Tikki Beach Boat, Miami BeachBetter Than: Whatever was going on across the street at the Eden Roc.The Review:It's officially summer, as Miami's sc ... More >>

REMINDER: Rock The Bells 2008 Ticket Giveaway

via myspace.com/soulflower777Soulflower, the evening's hostessOfficial Listening Party for Soulflower's Electric Mothership Saturday, May 30, 2009
 The Tikki Beach Boat, Miami BeachBetter Than: Whatever was going on across the street at the Eden Roc.The Review:It's officially summer, as Miami's sc ... More >>

Throwback Tuesdays: Mos Def "Umi Says"

via myspace.com/soulflower777Soulflower, the evening's hostessOfficial Listening Party for Soulflower's Electric Mothership Saturday, May 30, 2009
 The Tikki Beach Boat, Miami BeachBetter Than: Whatever was going on across the street at the Eden Roc.The Review:It's officially summer, as Miami's sc ... More >>

Last Night: Rock the Bells 2008 at Bayfront Park

via myspace.com/soulflower777Soulflower, the evening's hostessOfficial Listening Party for Soulflower's Electric Mothership Saturday, May 30, 2009
 The Tikki Beach Boat, Miami BeachBetter Than: Whatever was going on across the street at the Eden Roc.The Review:It's officially summer, as Miami's sc ... More >>

Over the Weekend - Projekt Revolution, Rock the Bells and Yasumicon

via myspace.com/soulflower777Soulflower, the evening's hostessOfficial Listening Party for Soulflower's Electric Mothership Saturday, May 30, 2009
 The Tikki Beach Boat, Miami BeachBetter Than: Whatever was going on across the street at the Eden Roc.The Review:It's officially summer, as Miami's sc ... More >>

Death Becomes You

For the hip-hop generation, Reagan's demise marks the end of an era of political naiveté

Organic Hip-Hop

For the hip-hop generation, Reagan's demise marks the end of an era of political naiveté

Wednesday Night: Q-Tip at Revolution

Photo by Eddie RosenstockQ-Tip with The Cool KidsWednesday, November 26, 2008Revolution, Fort LauderdaleBetter Than: Watching Q-Tip live on Letterman.The Review: Rap shows normally feature an MC accompanied by a tour DJ and a laptop, but when an artist such as Q-Tip brings a tight band with him onst ... More >>

Over The Weekend - Madonna, Q-Tip and White Party Week

Talk about your long weekends. Most of us, although not us at New Times, had a four-day weekend thanks to the Thankgiving holidays. That gave plenty of you time to celebrate Black Friday by crushing your fellow man to death as you and thousands of others rush into your local Wal-Mart to get that ext ... More >>

Why Didn't Q-Tip Do This in Fort Lauderdale?

Anybody that was at the Q-Tip concert in Fort Lauderdale the night before Thanksgiving was treated to one hell of a show! The music was great, the openers were good, and even P. Diddy was in the building buggin' out having a good time. I can't complain about Q-Tip's set one bit. Well, I wish Phife ... More >>

South Florida According to Brooklyn: Turns Out I Really Miss Miami

To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. What I want to talk about this week is how I miss Miami. For the past two months, I've been living back in Ft. Lauderdale again. I was really excited to move back at first because my true friends are here. But as it turns ... More >>

Buggah Da Govannah Tells You Who's Haitian

Buggah D. Govannah (pronounced Governor) has been a fixture in Miami's hip-hop scene for a long time now. Here's an old picture of him with Wyclef. In this segment of Who's Haitian, Buggah gives you some black history, since it's February and all.

Swelter 26

Buggah D. Govannah (pronounced Governor) has been a fixture in Miami's hip-hop scene for a long time now. Here's an old picture of him with Wyclef. In this segment of Who's Haitian, Buggah gives you some black history, since it's February and all.

Renaissance Man

Q-Tip re-emerges with his first solo record in nine years.

Head Spins: Keen One

The Buck starts here.

Rock the Bells Returns to Miami with a Fresh Crop, Including the Cool Kids, Dead Prez, Santogold, and Wale

The Buck starts here.

Junc Ops

2013 (Circuitree Records)

A Quest Worth Following

2013 (Circuitree Records)

Future Jazz Project

True by Design (www.futurejazzproject.com)

Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself

The ex-Black Sheep member returns to roost

AK1200

The ex-Black Sheep member returns to roost

Nostalgic Like Dat

The ex-Black Sheep member returns to roost

Black Sheep

The ex-Black Sheep member returns to roost

DJ Dan

The ex-Black Sheep member returns to roost

Bush Bash

With Slam Bush, the hip-hop generation descends on a hurricane-plagued swing state

Brand Nubian

Fire in the Hole Babygrande

Last Night an Art Show Saved My Life

Forget about the clubs, the real scene is hanging at the galleries

Jungle Story

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

True Rhymes

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

Kings of Rhyme

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

Rap Without Pretense

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

X-tremely Impressive

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

Rotations

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

Rotations

The Jungle Brothers look to drum and bass for inspiration

Music Without an Expiration Date

Brendan O’Hara & Komakozie - The Big Bounce bring something new to something old.

Head Spins: DJ M.Dot

​First things first: M.Dot's name has nothing to do with either Michigan's or Maryland's Department of Transportation. But it could, especially when you consider this DJ's moniker does, in fact, have something to do with moving large groups of the public. In fact, it might take the DOT from both s ... More >>

Q&A: Mexican Institute of Sound

​Not inappropriately, Mexican Institute of Sound makes its home nestled in the quaint little town of Mexico City, otherwise known as the DF, a sprawling capital ranking amongst the 10 most populated cities in the world. And it's not so much an institute as one man with incredible vision. Though th ... More >>

The Roots, Q-Tip, Eve, and Bobby Brown for the Hennessy Artistry Bash at Ice Palace

Marta Xochilt PerezQ-Tip rips it real quick.​ Check out the full Hennessy Artistry slideshow. Q-Tip and the Roots With D-Nice, Daniel Merriweather, Kat DeLuna, secret guest Eve, and supa secret guest Bobby Brown Saturday, September 25, 2010 Ice Palace Better than: A bottle of Hennessy all to you ... More >>

Q-Tip Talks Kanye West, the Roots, and the Reunion of A Tribe Called Quest

​For any fan true fan of hip-hop music, you have a handful of people to thank for your favorite genre: Run DMC, 2 Live Crew, Public Enemy, and of course A Tribe Called Quest. During its heyday, this quintessential rap collective released eight albums, earned serious Billboard success, and infused ... More >>

Brand Nubian Drops Classic Boom-Bap at Florida Room This Saturday

Brand Nubian's eyeing you.​Ahh, the glory days of the boom-bap era. Remember backpacks, shell tops, and real MCs who actually rapped. Those dudes would have laughed in the face of auto-tune. Well, relive your high school days when classic '90s hip-hop crew Brand Nubian drops a rare performance thi ... More >>

Llamabeats Takes Hip-Hop Fusion to the Masses at Eve Tonight

Nacho Mama's Llamas​Llamabeats haven't been around all that long, having only linked up on this project in 2008. But this crew definitely has a vision for where it's headed and what it stand for. Beyond that, Llamabeats is surprisingly clear on the state of the business and what it takes to put ... More >>

Matisyahu Talks Late-Night TV, Beatboxing, and His New Album Live at Stubb's II

​Growing up in suburban White Plains, New York, during the early '90s, Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller) was a pretty average teenage kid. He watched a lot of MTV. He listened to De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest. And he smoked some weed. The son of liberal, social worker Jewish parents ... More >>

Local 16-Year-Old Rapper Lowercase's Village South Album Is a Bag of Kendall Kush

Art by Freebase​Welcome to the era of the children of the Basshead. Just let your brain swim through the hurricane.The future is yesterday. A 16-year-old skater kid from Miami makes balcony rap with production value worthy of A Tribe Called Quest.Born in 1994, positive Kendall realist Lowercase&nb ... More >>

Matisyahu at Adrienne Arsht Center February 12

Art by Freebase​Welcome to the era of the children of the Basshead. Just let your brain swim through the hurricane.The future is yesterday. A 16-year-old skater kid from Miami makes balcony rap with production value worthy of A Tribe Called Quest.Born in 1994, positive Kendall realist Lowercase&nb ... More >>

Matisyahu Announces US Summer Tour With Concert at the Fillmore Miami Beach August 25

​Back when Matisyahu made the trek down to Miami in February, the diehard Tribe Called Quest fan and admitted Deadhead hit up the Arsht Center for a quiet, intimate night alongside acoustic axe-wielding buddy Adam Weinberg. But Matisyahu's newly announced 43-date US summer tour -- with a stop s ... More >>

Beats, Rhymes & Life is a phenomenal doc about A Tribe Called Quest

​Back when Matisyahu made the trek down to Miami in February, the diehard Tribe Called Quest fan and admitted Deadhead hit up the Arsht Center for a quiet, intimate night alongside acoustic axe-wielding buddy Adam Weinberg. But Matisyahu's newly announced 43-date US summer tour -- with a stop s ... More >>

Q-Tip Drops That Beat at Miami Beach's LIV on January 25

Via facebook.com/qtip​It was in a 1974 Dodge Dart that Q-Tip and his Tribe Called Quest brethren took a four-minute cross-country trek with "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo," the second single off the group's 1990 debut, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. Now 22 years later, bo ... More >>

Q-Tip at LIV January 25

Via facebook.com/qtip​It was in a 1974 Dodge Dart that Q-Tip and his Tribe Called Quest brethren took a four-minute cross-country trek with "I Left My Wallet in El Segundo," the second single off the group's 1990 debut, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. Now 22 years later, bo ... More >>