Method Man

Method Man at Cameo February 4

Nine Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

​Holy time-lapse! Where'd January go? February seemingly came out nowhere and that silly little groundhog's predicting another six weeks of winter. This has been a really crazy week. Oh, and happy Black History Month. Plenty of gnarly shit's going down this weekend en la playa. And per usual, ... More >>

Method Man Giving Away Free Champagne at South Beach's Cameo on February 4

​The world's formal introduction to Clifford Smith -- then, now, and forever known as Method Man, the Wu-Tang Clan's most ruthless and bloodthirsty assassin-slash-MC -- came via an intense spoken-word skit on the Clan's 1993 debut, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Before launching into his signat ... More >>

Art Basel Music: Wu-Tang's GZA Slangs Liquid Swords at The Stage, December 3

​GZA The Stage Miami Saturday, December 3, 2011 Better Than: Waiting for anyone who wasn't GZA. He arrived about two and a half hours late. We should have known -- Wu-Tang is notorious for being tardy to shows. In any case, GZA, the Genius, one of the founding members of the Clan, finally showe ... More >>

GZA at The Stage December 3

​GZA The Stage Miami Saturday, December 3, 2011 Better Than: Waiting for anyone who wasn't GZA. He arrived about two and a half hours late. We should have known -- Wu-Tang is notorious for being tardy to shows. In any case, GZA, the Genius, one of the founding members of the Clan, finally showe ... More >>

Wu-Tang's GZA Announces Art Basel Performance of Liquid Swords at The Stage

After the Wu-Tang mothership crashed full force into pop culture with the release of the 1993 gangsta rap classic Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the first order of business was to send out the pods. Method Man was the first to strike out solo with 1994's stellar and intensely hardcore Tical. But ... More >>

Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Mobb Deep at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 13

After the Wu-Tang mothership crashed full force into pop culture with the release of the 1993 gangsta rap classic Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the first order of business was to send out the pods. Method Man was the first to strike out solo with 1994's stellar and intensely hardcore Tical. But ... More >>

Raekwon the Chef and Ghostface Killah Cook Up Classic Gangsta Rap at Rock the Bells Miami

​The Wu-Tang Clan has never been modest about its skill set. With hundreds of releases tied to the Wu-Tang brand, this now-legendary '90s gangsta rap collective has always been upfront about what it brings to the table. If you know your Wu, you know nobody else cooks, serves, and keeps 'em coming ... More >>

Have Hart

​The Wu-Tang Clan has never been modest about its skill set. With hundreds of releases tied to the Wu-Tang brand, this now-legendary '90s gangsta rap collective has always been upfront about what it brings to the table. If you know your Wu, you know nobody else cooks, serves, and keeps 'em coming ... More >>

Kids starve themselves for salvation at Trinity Church

​The Wu-Tang Clan has never been modest about its skill set. With hundreds of releases tied to the Wu-Tang brand, this now-legendary '90s gangsta rap collective has always been upfront about what it brings to the table. If you know your Wu, you know nobody else cooks, serves, and keeps 'em coming ... More >>

Trinity Church Members Nearing End of 40-Day Fast for Jesus

Hungry... for Jesus​So you go to church every Christmas and Easter, do you? Or perhaps you dress up in your Sunday best and tag along with grandma once a month. Maybe you even go every week, although the fact that you're reading Riptide suggests otherwise.Well, sorry to break it you but your devot ... More >>

Rick Ross's Miami-Less Tour, Flo-Rida Strikes Platinum Again, and More Hip-Hop News

Photo via Rick Ross' Twitter account​Carol City's boy wonder, Rick Ross, has just announced plans to tour. The Blowin Money Fast tour will take Ross across the United States before heading abroad to England, Trinidad, Haiti, South Africa, Nigeria, and other far-flung places. The preliminary tou ... More >>

Gulf Oil Spill Sticking With Us: Top Five Things We Thought Went Away But Really Didn't

Taint gone: the oil spill is with us for years to come, whether we like it or notYesterday scientists at the University of California, San Francisco published a report on the dangers to humans and wildlife still posed by the gigantic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. To the cha ... More >>

L.A. Riots

Taint gone: the oil spill is with us for years to come, whether we like it or notYesterday scientists at the University of California, San Francisco published a report on the dangers to humans and wildlife still posed by the gigantic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. To the cha ... More >>

L.A. Riots Return to the Vagabond This Friday Night

via myspace.com/lariotsofficial​As electro-blog-house-whatever's star dims, the great one-track wonders of 2008 or so are slowly disappearing. (What, for example, happened to all those chainsaw-bassline-wielding people from L.A. who buzz-bombed every IHeartComix compilation?) Still, when any trend ... More >>

Event Review and Photos: Art Battles at Eazy Street Gallery, February 27

Art BattlesWith an acoustic set by AlukardEazy Street Gallery, MiamiSaturday, February 27, 2010Photo by Christine BorgesJulie Friel's winning painting​Better Than: Watching The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross on PBS. The Review:Art Battles started nine years ago as a one-off event for prom ... More >>

Unsigned Musicians, Here's Your Chance: All Access Music Conference August 8

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

Throwback Tuesdays: N.O.R.E.--"Oye Mi Canto"

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

Last Night: Rock the Bells 2008 at Bayfront Park

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

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

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

On The List - Vagabond Redux, Skream and DJ Huggs

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

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

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

REMINDER: Rock The Bells 2008 Ticket Giveaway

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

Throwback Tuesdays: Mos Def "Umi Says"

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

Prunk TV - Cuban Linx

All Access Music ConferenceAttention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami's unsu ... More >>

Still Slumming

No shade – Cappadonna’s keeping it real at Studio A.

Dan Quayle Loves the Kids

Former veep tracks musicians' drug use, world yawns.

Wu-Tang Clan

8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

The Death of Rap City

8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

The Party Crasher - Busta, JNL, Method Man and Kournikova

8 Diagrams (Loud/SRC/Universal)

Redman

Red Gone Wild (Def Jam)

Snap to It

Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys, and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

Step into His World

Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys, and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

De La Soul? Not Even Close

Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys, and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

Wu-Tang Reunion Tour

Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys, and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

Ol' Dirty Bastard

A Son Unique (Def Jam)

A Son Unique Def Jam

Theodore Unit

718 Sure Shot Recordings

Livin' in a Video

The massive police presence might just add to the thrill of play-thuggin' on Miami Beach this Memorial Day

Flight Film Series

A quirky look back at Miami through its advertising and aviation industries

GZA

Legend of the Liquid Sword "MCA"

Get Your Break On

The Source awards arrive, and it's all good, if a little dull

Shake

Clothes don't make the MIA

LL Cool J

G.O.A.T. (Def Jam)

Wu-Tang Forever?

U-God on the Wu-Tang Clan's little quality-control problem

True Rhymes

U-God on the Wu-Tang Clan's little quality-control problem

Rotations

U-God on the Wu-Tang Clan's little quality-control problem

Rotations

U-God on the Wu-Tang Clan's little quality-control problem

Rotations

U-God on the Wu-Tang Clan's little quality-control problem

Reverb

U-God on the Wu-Tang Clan's little quality-control problem

Rotations

U-God on the Wu-Tang Clan's little quality-control problem