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Hey! Ho! Naughty by Nature Marks "Hip Hop Hooray" 20th Anniversary With U.S. Tour

Has anyone seen the '90s? What about the '00s? Somehow, those two decades simply came and went, taking pagers, the newspaper industry, and record stores along with 'em. On the bright side, however, Father Time spared Naughty by Nature's enduring 1993 hit, "Hip Hop Hooray," which turned 20 years ... More >>

F#$% Valentine's Day! Top Ten Anti-Love Songs

Valentine's Day really blows. If you're single, lovey-dovey shit will be rubbed in your face at every turn. And if you're not single, you've got to come up with some kind of sappy, cheesy display of affection or else end up in the dog house. And why? Because Hallmark and the damn chocolate compan ... More >>

Murs's Road to Paid Dues Tour Coming to The Stage Miami on February 15

While Internet-era culture boosters promote the idea that anyone can write, record, and produce quality music, Tucson-based rapper Murs does not. A veteran hip-hop hustler who broke onto the underground scene as a solo artist when he released F'Real in 1997, Murs encourages artists to think twice ... More >>

Miley Cyrus to Tyler The Creator: "My 'Barber' Couldn't Even Come Close to the F#$% Job That Is Your Face"

See also "Top Ten Musical Makeover Stunts: From Miley Cyrus to Justin Bieber and Micheal Jackson." Miley Cyrus is a terrible troll. We've all seen her new haircut. (If you haven't, then look at it now.) And everyone on the Internet has an opinion, whether they think it's an awkward case of mange o ... More >>

Miami Rapper SpaceGhostPurrp Releases Debut The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp June 12

SpaceGhostPurrp on Releasing Chronicles LP and "Fightin' Against Fake Motherf$&#ers"

Shrouded in all-black swag, SpaceGhostPurrp can be a seriously mysterious dude. And from the very moment he began haunting the Internet's music blogs in the late winter of 2011, this enigmatically spooky Miami rapper has been carefully cultivating a cryptic mystique. His rhymes sound like the sudd ... More >>

Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and Eight Other Undercover Alien Pop Stars

If there's anything we've learned from the Men in Black movies, it's that aliens are everywhere. They could be on the bus, in the break room, or even singing to us on MTV. Those movies always include fun little pop culture cameos and MIB III director Barry Sonnenfeld recently announced the upcoming ... More >>

Mike Dece's 1996 Album Release Party at Sweat Records March 30

Four swag suggestions for Odd Future's Adult Swim series, Loiter Squad

Odd Future at the Fillmore Miami Beach March 17

Syd Tha Kyd's Free Odd Future Afterparty at Grand Central This Saturday

In two days, millions of non-Irish folks around the world will gather in inauthentic "pubs" for a day of drunken debauchery in the name of St. Patrick. In Miami, however, Tyler, The Creator and his Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All collective will (sweaty) dick slap the Big Mango and Irish tradit ... More >>

Alert: SXSW Coverage Ahead

"What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area." -- Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don't have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all of the above building ... More >>

Flying Lotus Bringing Avant-Hop Beats to Ultra Music Festival on March 24

​Flying Lotus isn't like most acts you'll encounter at Ultra Music Festival. The Los Angeles native, born Steven Ellison and known as "FlyLo" to his fans, doesn't make dance music -- at least not in the traditional sense. The acclaimed knob fiddler (Pitchfork named his Cosmogramma the 14th best ... More >>

Forever Alone Mixtape: Eight Songs for Singles On Valentine's Day

​Valentine's Day is generally accepted as a stupid holiday for saps, Hallmark and women with no spines. The only thing it's good for is selling candy and giving Hollywood another excuse to make a disgusting and totally implausible rom-coms that no one will remember. Still, being single on Nation ... More >>

Odd Future Announces "Cute" North American Tour With Miami Beach Show on March 17

​Back in April 2012, Odd Future honcho Tyler the Creator "woke up with a sweaty dick," announced an East Coast tour, and snubbed Miami. But that was the last motherfuckin' time that those little OFWGKTA creeps would tell the 305 to go fuck itself. Or not ... Last night, Tyler took to his offici ... More >>

Rusko Announces Show at the Fillmore Miami Beach on May 19

​Odd Future? Snow Patrol? Now Rusko? Holy shit, the Fillmore's like Miami's United Nations of live music. Moments ago, Crossfade's inbox was slapped with a show announcement: Dubstep disc jockey and record producer Rusko is headed to South Beach in May! Following the commercial and critical su ... More >>

Miami's Best Albums of 2011: Spaceghostpurrp's Blvcklvnd Rvdix 66.6

​To close out the year, Crossfade is picking its favorite albums by 305 artists. Check out the full list of Miami's Best Albums of 2011. Spaceghostpurrp Blvcklvnd Rvdix 66.6 (Self-Released) Spaceghostpurrp (AKA Muney Jordan) is a dark ass, blaspheming, postmodern motherfucker. Tracks off 2011's ... More >>

Meet Araabmuzik, the MVP of the MPC, at Eve Miami on December 14

​Invented in the late '80s by electronics wizard Roger Linn, the Music Production Center is a pimped-out drum machine on steroids, usually equipped with eight to 16 pressure- and velocity-sensitive pads, multiple MIDI inputs and outputs, a superpowered sequencer, advanced sampling systems, and an ... More >>

Jay-Z and Kanye West's Watch the Throne Tour at BankAtlantic Center and American Airlines Arena November 14 and 15

Five Swag Rappers Who Should Crash the Sucker Free Awards

Will Das Racist show up at the Sucker Free Awards? ​We just got off the phone with our bookie. Chasing that Sucker Free paper, Crossfade dropped a fat stack on a four category parlay -- Rookie of the Year, Best Crew, Song of the Year, and Who's Got Next -- and $500 in side bets. Tyler, The Crea ... More >>

Lil Wayne, Birdman, and DJ Khaled Performing at MTV's Sucker Free Awards in Miami

Photo by Sayre BermanLil Wayne ain't no sucker.​Admittedly, we here at Crossfade have gotten into the habit of hatin' on Lil Wayne. We ragged on "How to Love" for months. We insisted on enumerating the top five signs that the Young Money maniac's finally gone soft. We called Tha Carter IV crap. W ... More >>

Odd Future Kicked It With Lil Wayne at the Fillmore Miami Beach Last Night

Photo by Ian Witlen​See the full 19-photo Odd Future at Fillmore Miami Beach slideshow. Odd Future The Fillmore Miami Beach Monday, October 31, 2011 Better Than: Biting into an apple and finding a rusty, AIDS-infested razor blade. Or getting an SLR slapped out of your hand by Odd Future's Left B ... More >>

Six Craziest Moments From Odd Future's Halloween Show in Miami

Photo by Ian Witlen​Halloween's known as a holiday for freaks. Crazy shit goes down, people lose their inhibitions and let loose. For one night every year, you can be whomever you want -- be it a werewolf, skinhead, or the Virgin Mary -- and no one's going to judge you for it. That was the vibe ... More >>

Who Wants Free Tickets for Odd Future at the Fillmore Miami Beach?

​Yesterday, Crossfade squealed, "We hate you, Odd Future." And we meant it. In fact, we loathe Tyler and crew with the face-melting intensity of a meth lab explosion. And that's why we bought six sale copies of Goblin, snatched up a shitload of official Odd Future tour merchandise (sticker set, k ... More >>

Ten Best Halloween Parties in Miami

Photo by Justin Namon​Back when you were just a seven-year-old sugar junkie, Halloween was a pretty simple gig. It was all about dressin' up like a murderer, hittin' the streets after dark, and gettin' that candy. But then you got too old to Trick or Treat. And that's the moment when All Hallows' ... More >>

Odd Future at the Fillmore Miami Beach October 31

Odd Future Signs Rebecca Black and Four Other Headlines You'll Read When The World's Ending

​Signs that the world is coming to end continue to pour in through our Google Alert, the latest involving a totally twisted collaboration between two hip-hop heavyweights and a Canadian minor. Kanye West and Drake are teaming up with Justin Bieber for his forthcoming record Believe. The 17-year ... More >>

Odd Future, We Hate You and Your Youthfulness

​"What's you name?" Tyler Okonma asks an audience member in Minneapolis. The guy in the crowd introduces himself as Melvin. Naturally, Okonma replies, "I fucking hate you, Melvin." In a 12-month span, Tyler, The Creator, and his gang of street punks have gone from relative West Coast obscurity t ... More >>

Odd Future Records Signs Young Nigga, Listen to Debut Track "Come Threw Looking Clean"

​Odd Future Records had zero intention of ever signing anyone. Period. But when the opportunity to lock down Young Nigga came about, the L.A.-based crew couldn't help but offer the dude a deal. That's right ... OFWGKTA has signed an outsider. A press release sent out moments ago states: "While ... More >>

Free Mixtape: Odd Future's Domo Genesis Drops Under the Influence

​In the beginning, Domo Genesis dropped Rolling Papers, an ode to getting high in the guise of mixtape. Pardon the pun, but it was dope. Now, Odd Future's squinty-eyed stoner is back with a new mixtape, Under the Influence. Yesterday afternoon at 4:20 p.m., Domo released his sophomore effort v ... More >>

Atmosphere at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 16

Why Didn't Comedy Central Pick Up Kayne West's Alligator Boots Puppet Show?

​Well before Odd Future's Loiter Squad was picked up by Adult Swim, Kanye West tried tackling the sketch comedy beast on Comedy Central. However, his series never took off. In 2008, West partnered with longtime friend and fellow Chicagoan, Rhymefest, to develop Alligator Boots, a 30-minute puppe ... More >>

Free Music: South Florida Spitter J'lynn's "To the Top"

Photo by Sneek Peek​From Brooklyn to the Sunshine State, rapper J'lynn Irving, who simply goes by J'lynn, splits his time between New York City and the South Florida suburbs. Three years ago, J'lynn moved to SoFla with his mom and started working on his rap career. Influenced by fellow New Yorke ... More >>

Loiter Squad: Four Swag Suggestions for Odd Future's Adult Swim Series

He's "a fucking walking paradox."​In less than a year, the LA-based Odd Future crew's gone from relative obscurity to total fucking superstardom. They're slanging dick with supermodels at Fashion Week, headlining Alexander Wang's frat-themed closing party, and Tyler the Creator's spilling drinks o ... More >>

Atmosphere's MC Slug and Ant Gonna Paint That Shit Gold September 16

Atmosphere's MC Slug knows what to do when life hands you lemons.​The sensitive MC has always been a rare figure in hip-hop. While the early 2000s did see a spike in "politically conscious" backpack rappers like Talib Kweli and Mos Def (both of whom took a page from Common's socio-empathetic rhy ... More >>

O'Grime's "Valanciunas" Basketball Tribute Track Gets Major Play in Lithuanian Arenas

How #Swag you think they keep it in Lithuania?​Last week, O'Grime -- the fresh faces at the front of Miami's #Swag hip-hop contingency -- dropped their new single, "Valanciunas (Big V Lithuanian Hero)," a tribute to Lithuanian sports star and Toronto Raptors draft pick Jonas Valanciunas. As the t ... More >>

A Day in the Life of Odd Future: Pissing People Off and Slapping Plastic Bitches

​Loitering outside Burger King. Pimp slapping plastic bitches on a street corner. Bumping Waka Flocka Flame while driving down the block sans safety belts. Yeah, Odd Future crew's hard as fuck, yo. Well before OFWGKTA was on GLADD's radar or Jimmy Fallon was piggybacking Tyler the Creator on nati ... More >>

Ten Nastiest Feuds in the History of Pop Music

Mick and Keith might look chummy. But they ain't.​Yesterday, Crossfade reported on Steve Albini's recent beef with Odd Future. Here's the gist: After getting stuck on an airport shuttle with the rambunctious hip-hop collective, the notoriously cranky producer and musician wrote a post on his r ... More >>

Five Reasons Steve Albini Thinks Odd Future Are Assholes

​Over the weekend, famed producer and seasoned independent rock veteran Steve Albini had some choice words for Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. OFWGKTA and Albini's own Shellac were both booked for Primavera Sound in Barcelona and ended up sharing some time together on an airport shuttle. A l ... More >>

Five Things Odd Future Forgot for Their Golf Wang Tour Swag Packages

Are Odd Future's stickers really all that "swag"?​In conjunction with Odd Future's upcoming tour of the U.S. (and Canada!), the hip-hop collective is offering Golf Wang Tour Swag Packages as part of ticket purchases through their website. The West Coast hip-hop collective is currently offering tw ... More >>

Odd Future Announces Halloween Show at the Fillmore Miami Beach

​Last night, Tyler the Creator tweeted the meaty schedule for hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All's upcoming Golf Wang Tour 2011. Not only will the raunchy sultans of swag be performing here in the 305 on Halloween night, but the show is another in a steady stream of solid F ... 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 >>

Four Ways To Protest Odd Future at Pitchfork Music Festival

​Yesterday afternoon, we reported on the looming protests over the announcement that swag-style rap group Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All would be performing at the Pitchfork Music Festival.  The controversy greatly recalls the Eminem Dialogue of the early 2000s in which the platinum cert ... More >>

Odd Future Reignites The Perennial War Between Art and Feelings

Tyler, the Creator​The swag-hop absurdists of rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them are once again being called out for what critics decry as misogyny and homophobia in their lyrics. A few months ago, Sara, from Tegan and Sara, wrote a blog attacking Tyler The Creator, as well as his music ... More >>

Five Best Music Videos of 2011 ... So Far

Tyler the Creator plays with roaches.​Over the past decade, MTV has attempted to murder the art of the music video by giving reality shows incessant airtime and even removing the phrase Music Television from the network logo. But bands and solo acts are still constantly churning out quality video ... More >>

Odder Future: A Deep and Weird Look at the OFWGKTA Discography

Tyler the Creator isn't the limit of OFWGKTA.​With the formal release of Tyler the Creator's first non-self-released full-length record, Goblin, the MC has been the focus of all the hype surrounding Los Angeles-based (and young as hell) hip-hop collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All. But ... More >>

Joakim Noah, Odd Future, and the Politics of the Word "Faggot"

​It's a weird week for the word "faggot," ain't it? The Chicago Bull's Joakim Noah just got fined a discounted $50,000 for addressing an unruly Heat fan as such during game three of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals in Miami on Sunday. Meanwhile, Goblin, the proper debut album of Tyler, the Creato ... More >>

The Earl Sweatshirt Saga Generates Internet Memes

​Last month, Complex reported that Earl Sweatshirt had been tracked down. Odd Future's 17-year old lyrical mastermind was enrolled at the Coral Reef Academy in Samoa, an "off-shore treatment program for at-risk teenage boys." A source said Earl had been sent there by his mom because of his "disre ... More >>

N.E.R.D. to Kanye to Odd Future: five key moments in hipster-hop

Six Musicians Pelted by Random Junk in Honor of the "Asshole" Who Ruined Odd Future Show

​Odd Future had to cut their May 16 Detroit show short when "some asshole decided to continue to throw GLASS BOTTLES [sic] on stage." The incident happened shortly after the "I'm opening a church to sell coke and Led Zeppelin" line from Tyler the Creator's Bastard track, "French." Not surpr ... More >>