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Five Reasons Lil Wayne's Rebirth 2 Will Be the Worst Album of the Year

What? Was the first Rebirth not embarrassing enough, Weezy? ​Remember Lil Wayne's rock album, Rebirth? Well, it was the only idea worse than Hulk Hogan's rap album. Nevertheless, Weezy is gearing up for a sequel. And we imagine it's going to be two times the shitfest. Dude just released Tha Car ... More >>

Bacon Bikinis to Tuxedos: Ten Ways To Wear Your Meat

Vintage bacon bikini babe - Gaga wasn't the first to wear meat.​When Lady Gaga wore her meat dress to the VMAs, it was considered a bold move. But really, people have been wearing their food for a long time. Consider live sushi models, who make a living having people eat off their curvy bodies. An ... More >>

Afrojack at Mansion August 6

Vintage bacon bikini babe - Gaga wasn't the first to wear meat.​When Lady Gaga wore her meat dress to the VMAs, it was considered a bold move. But really, people have been wearing their food for a long time. Consider live sushi models, who make a living having people eat off their curvy bodies. An ... More >>

Ten Shittiest MTV Video Music Awards Performances Ever

MTV Britney Madonna = Barf​The performances for the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards have been announced. And Crossfade is not impressed. Last week, when we broke down why the upcoming VMAs is a steaming hot turd, we already knew Lil Wayne would be on board, and would likely be performing his wet ... More >>

Afrojack Returns to Miami August 6

​This past year has been a whirlwind for Dutch electronic music producer and techno-house DJ Afrojack, AKA Van de Wall. In addition to endlessly touring the US and sitting on a treasure trove of unreleased tracks, including collaborations with Tiesto, Steve Aoki, and Omarion, the international p ... More >>

Ten Reasons the MTV Video Music Awards Are a Total Joke

​The MTV Video Music Awards are a sham. Every year, the network interrupts its regularly scheduled scraping-the-barrel reality television programming to pretend that there are people over at MTV who actually listen to music. To soften the blow of turning its focus away from pregnant teens and p ... More >>

Cheap Trick's Stage Collapse and Four Other Massive Onstage Mishaps

Photo by John Gerritsen via cheaptrick.comCheap Trick's Rick Nielsen.​Yesterday, Cheap Trick narrowly averted a very-public demise. The classic '80s power-pop quartet pulled the plug on its set at the Ottawa Bluesfest when an approaching storm created serious gusts of wind that made the band a l ... More >>

Chris Brown, Rihanna, Drake, and Four Other Totally Awkward Award Show Moments

​The BET Awards were held this past Sunday and some really confusing, awkward shit went down in the middle of granting the Viewer's Choice Award. Some fans were invited onstage to announce this year's winner, which at first was Chris Brown. But only a few seconds after Brown received the award f ... More >>

Deadmau5 Searches for the Electronic Cheese at Ultra Music Festival 2011

Photo by Drew ResslerMr. Mau5 is an electro idol.​Remember when Deadmau5 was just a break from the Carl Cox tent at Ultra Music Festival back in 2008? Those were the days. By 2009, he graduated to the live stage. And last year, the rodent rager scored the first-ever sold-out solo date at the Miami ... More >>

Deadmau5 at Ultra Music Festival March 26

Photo by Drew ResslerMr. Mau5 is an electro idol.​Remember when Deadmau5 was just a break from the Carl Cox tent at Ultra Music Festival back in 2008? Those were the days. By 2009, he graduated to the live stage. And last year, the rodent rager scored the first-ever sold-out solo date at the Miami ... More >>

Wale at LIV December 15

Photo by Drew ResslerMr. Mau5 is an electro idol.​Remember when Deadmau5 was just a break from the Carl Cox tent at Ultra Music Festival back in 2008? Those were the days. By 2009, he graduated to the live stage. And last year, the rodent rager scored the first-ever sold-out solo date at the Miami ... More >>

You Wanted Another Kanye? Wale Proves He's His Own Dude at LIV December 15

Wale never was Kanye. The names just rhyme.​In the run-up to November 2009's release of his debut disc Attention Deficit, D.C. rapper Wale floated into pop consciousness on a thick, fast-moving cloud of accumulated hype. After hooking up with master trend-caller Mark Ronson in 2006 and then sign ... More >>

Welcome Back, Lil Wayne! Homecoming Party This Sunday at King of Diamonds

​It's not like you needed an announcement. But still ... Weezy F. Baby is free! After his eight-month stint on the big island, Mr. Dwayne Carter is now on another island -- a better, much prettier island called Miami Beach, where he claims residence and rules over the entire Cash Money Young Mo ... More >>

Miami Hurricane Runs Front Page Story on Dangers of Four Loko

​You can't accuse University of Miami student newspaper The Miami Hurricane of not knowing their audience well: college students looking to get drunk for cheap. Today's edition of the bi-weekly paper carries a front page story on the dangers of Four Loko. For those of you who don't know Four Loko ... More >>

King Mango & Will.I.Am Wear Blackface in Shameless Attempt to Resurrect Careers

Forbidden, fruit.​Bumped out of the spotlight, local icon King Mango and hip hop superstar Will.I.Am have resorted to shamelessly donning blackface in order to resurrect their flagging careers.Critics say the move has set African-Americans and mangos back "1,000 years." "Will.i.am. wearing blackfa ... More >>

The Best (and Worst) of the VMAs -- with Some Miami Touches

Photo by Getty ImagesChelsea Handler as a Lady Gaga-esque house​We were expecting quite the spectacle at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. In lieu of last year's Taylor Swift acceptance speech interruption, Kanye's apologetic tweets, and her tweets suggesting she was going to interrupt him this ... More >>

The MTV VMAs Get Artsy with Black and White Faux Doc Videos; Include Eminem, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and More -- Which is Your Fave?

Nicki Minaj channels Lucy Ricardo for the VMAs​ The MTV Video Music Awards have morphed into somewhat of a spectacle recently. Some groundbreaking pop culture news is usually broken, some rapper embarrasses a pop starlet, and some cheesy comedian always has a tendency to tell a joke that's borderl ... More >>

Rick Ross, DJ Khaled Added to List of Performers at BET Awards 2010

photo by David "Dro" Rosario​It's officially music awards season, so in the hip-hop arena, expect plenty of news of accolades for this year's big names from Miami. After the recent VH1 Hip-Hop Honors, the next big event at which the 305 hopes to grab some laurels is the 2010 edition of the annual ... More >>

Trina Nominated for Best Female Hip-Hop Artists at This Year's BET Awards

​Who's still the baddest bitch? After a few years' lull of mixtapes and pushed-back albums, Trina is once again riding high on the success of her fifth studio album, Amazin'. The lead single, "Million Dollar Girl," which features Keri Hilson and Diddy, continues to tear up clubs and the radio alik ... More >>

Concert Review: The Killers at American Airlines Arena, October 3

Photo by Sayre Berman​Click here to view the full slideshow from this event.The Killers with ChairliftSaturday, October 3, 2009American Airlines Arena, MiamiBetter Than: Most Vegas lounge acts.When the Killers performed at Ultra Music Festival in 2006, they easily won me over with a confident stag ... More >>

Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John DJ Set at White Room Saturday

​If you aren't already aware, Depeche Mode is rolling into town this week bringing along with it Swedish trio Peter Björn and John as its opening act. The indie-rock outfit has enjoyed a fair amount of success, particularly with its 2006 single "Young Folks" -- you know, that song that had wh ... More >>

Pieces of Her

Reappointed pop queen Britney Spears hits the American Airlines Arena.

MP3s of the Day: "[15] Amphetamine" by Old Wives' Tale

​The last time we checked in with the Weston-by-way-of-Bogota, brother-heavy indie act Old Wives' Tale was this past June. Then, the band had just released its debut album, and was set to embark on a mini European tour. What we forgot to explain, though, is that the reason for the tour was kind of ... More >>

Jay-J and Luke McKeehan Play Electric Pickle this Friday

It seems like the international EDM talent is just pouring in at the Electric Pickle lately, to the point where the artist bookings are coming in pairs and even triples each night (see last week's disco/house/techno three-way with Sunshine Jones, Pete Herbert and Benno Blome). Needless to say, this ... More >>

Hands up for Fedde Le Grand

It seems like the international EDM talent is just pouring in at the Electric Pickle lately, to the point where the artist bookings are coming in pairs and even triples each night (see last week's disco/house/techno three-way with Sunshine Jones, Pete Herbert and Benno Blome). Needless to say, this ... More >>

Shufly

It seems like the international EDM talent is just pouring in at the Electric Pickle lately, to the point where the artist bookings are coming in pairs and even triples each night (see last week's disco/house/techno three-way with Sunshine Jones, Pete Herbert and Benno Blome). Needless to say, this ... More >>

Gimme That

Break us off a piece of that Chris Brown deliciousness.

Chris Brown

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Concert Review: State of the Art (Rawkus Edition) at PS 14

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Don’t Give Us Anymore, Britney

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Feeder Bands

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Can't Join 'Em? Laugh at 'Em!

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VMA Hopefuls Get a Critical Beatdown

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THIS JUST IN

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Basshead

Winners and Losers

Work It Out

Fifteen years down the line, De La Soul is still shining, still grinding

Julieta Venegas

Fifteen years down the line, De La Soul is still shining, still grinding

Letters from the Issue of September 9-15, 2002

MTV's cattle call, Miami's bigotry, free weekly's big dis

Basshead

Mansion

See You

On a busy VMA weekend, Miami raised the art of celebrity worship to new heights

The Bitch

De La Carnival of Souls

Let It Burn

At this year's MTV VMAs, Usher is a major constellation in a universe far removed from ours

Spatula Quest

Roaming chef, culinary warrior

Lesbian Nation

Girls, grrrls, and more gyrls

Basshead

Cool & Dre & Ed

Super Juanes!

Meanwhile the Queen dies; Tego lives; and the industry hangs on for dear life