OutKast

10th Annual Medicinal Marijuana Benefit

Basshead

Winners and Losers

Networking

Winners and Losers

CD Review: hey willpower, Playing Both Miami and West Palm, Jan. 16 and 17

Scottish indie rock act Bis' overtures were expressed rather neatly in its 1997 single "Tell It to the Kids": "And now, coming through the airwaves into your home/Introducing the new transistor heroes." San Francisco's hey willpower lacks a similar expressive salutation, but it shares Bis' affinity ... More >>

Slick Rick to Perform at Louis Next Tuesday

Courtesy of the Opium GroupIt's been just over 20 years since a one-eyed rapper from the unlikely London neighborhood of South Wimbledon released what would become one of the most pivotal hip-hip albums of all-time. Entitled The Adventures of Slick Rick and featuring the cautionary "A Children's Sto ... More >>

hey willpower

Courtesy of the Opium GroupIt's been just over 20 years since a one-eyed rapper from the unlikely London neighborhood of South Wimbledon released what would become one of the most pivotal hip-hip albums of all-time. Entitled The Adventures of Slick Rick and featuring the cautionary "A Children's Sto ... More >>

Family Force Five

Courtesy of the Opium GroupIt's been just over 20 years since a one-eyed rapper from the unlikely London neighborhood of South Wimbledon released what would become one of the most pivotal hip-hip albums of all-time. Entitled The Adventures of Slick Rick and featuring the cautionary "A Children's Sto ... More >>

More than Semi-Pro

Andre 3000, renaissance man.

One Krazy Katt

Andre 3000, renaissance man.

A Quest Worth Following

Andre 3000, renaissance man.

JD Natasha

Andre 3000, renaissance man.

About a Boi

OutKast's Depression-era hip-hop musical has a loving respect for the old South

Big Boi feat. Scar and Sleepy Brown

"Morris Brown" (Jive)

Night&Day

"Morris Brown" (Jive)

Esthero

Wikkid Lil Girls (Virgin)

Literary Crunk

Author Tamara Palmer digs deep into the Dirty South's rap explosion

BEST NEW MUSIC TREND

Dance rock

Z-Trip

Ice Palace Studios, Wednesday, March 23

On the Down-Low

Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures.

Basshead

Ice Age

Float On

Whether it's festivals, VIP-only events, or block parties, it's all about how you work it

Let It Burn

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

BEST LOUNGE ACT

ShuttleLOUNGE

Funkströung

Disconnected (K7)

Crazy Right Now

DJ Irie cuts it up on the ones and twos

Rotations

DJ Irie cuts it up on the ones and twos

Wake Up!

A year-end rant or rave for the rap music industry

Various Artists

Crunk and Disorderly (TVT)

Mark Ronson

Here Comes the Fuzz (Elektra)

Keeping It True

Slick Rick likes to tell stories, and he likes them to be real

Fear of the Flighty

Grammy-winner Nelly Furtado takes pop deep

Fast Humans

The Roots get experimental

Outkast

Stankonia (Arista/LaFace)

The Arsonists

As the World Burns (Matador)

Rotations

As the World Burns (Matador)

Friday Night: ¡Mayday! at Transit Lounge

BernBiz and ¡Mayday! blow up at Transit on Friday ¡Mayday! Friday, June 19, 2009 Transit Lounge, Miami Better than: A photo of yourself. The Review: Sometimes a club fills with 400 and every single one seems to be starring in his or her own personal reality show. That was the ... More >>

Top Ten Thursdays: The Top Ten Greatest Rappers Alive (Let the Haterade Rain....)

via lilwayne-online.comDid Weezy make the cut?​Self-proclaimed "greatest rapper alive" Lil Wayne performs Sunday at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise. That boast had serious clout when Tha Carter III dropped last year. But with Weezy's ruinous rock album Rebirth in delay hell -- latest news has i ... More >>

Miramar's The Last Heads to St. Louis for Harrah's Next iBar Star Competition

Jacob KatelThe Last​Crossfade met Miramar's The Last at PPR101 music conference in downtown Miami where they were taking notes on the industry and performing in a showcase.We shot a quick video clip of them performing acapella in the upstairs lobby of the Hilton (freeze frame at right), and their ... More >>

Audio Lobo at Bougie's, This Thursday

​There's not a whole lot of information out there on local one-man act Audio Lobo, so I'll have to talk out my ass.  Then again, you should be used to it by now. Lobo, an obvious play on the musician's real name (Brian Wolfe) plays sax, keyboards, drums and uses computer programs to combine j ... More >>

Fishbone

​There's not a whole lot of information out there on local one-man act Audio Lobo, so I'll have to talk out my ass.  Then again, you should be used to it by now. Lobo, an obvious play on the musician's real name (Brian Wolfe) plays sax, keyboards, drums and uses computer programs to combine j ... More >>

London via MIA

​There's not a whole lot of information out there on local one-man act Audio Lobo, so I'll have to talk out my ass.  Then again, you should be used to it by now. Lobo, an obvious play on the musician's real name (Brian Wolfe) plays sax, keyboards, drums and uses computer programs to combine j ... More >>

Mixtape Of The Week: DJ Ideal & Hometeam - Andre Benjamin Is...

​When you think of DJ Ideal, you'll probably remember him best for his wide takeover in the mixtape scene a couple of years ago. His Lil Jon tinged "Bottom Bitch" sound byte was just about as show stopping as Don Canon's "Canon" sample. From about 2003-2007, DJ Ideal made incredible strides toward ... More >>

Miami's Own DJ Ideal Talks His Newly Released Andre 3000 Mixtape and Future Collaborations

Photo via DJ Ideal​Last week we posted DJ Ideal's Andre Benjamin Is mixtape here on Crossfade, and the internet has responded to its release with overall praise. Perfectly crafted and executed, the mixtape has seemingly made all the Andre 3000 and Outkast fans realize how much they really miss tha ... More >>

Big Boi, ¡Mayday!, and ArtOfficial at Trinumeral Festival's Final Night

Big Boi in lights!The Trinumeral Festival With Big Boi, ¡Mayday!, ArtOfficial, Juan Basshead, Mochipet, and more Sunday, October 10, 2010 (10/10/10!!!) Grand Central Better Than: Probably the other two nights of the Trinumeral Festival. There's no doubt that 10/10/10 is a date that will make any ... More >>

Electric Piquete's Self-Titled EP Is a Little Bit of Funk and a Whole Lotta Latin Jazz

​Eletric PiqueteS/Tmyspace.com/ElectricPiqueteThe seven-piece band known as Electric Piquete only formed about four years ago. But from the group's inception (the product of founders Michael Mut and Ed Rosado's desire to perform at Churchill's annual Hialeahfest back in 2007), it's been drawing lo ... More >>

Janelle Monae at the Fillmore Miami Beach May 11

​Eletric PiqueteS/Tmyspace.com/ElectricPiqueteThe seven-piece band known as Electric Piquete only formed about four years ago. But from the group's inception (the product of founders Michael Mut and Ed Rosado's desire to perform at Churchill's annual Hialeahfest back in 2007), it's been drawing lo ... More >>

Killer Mike at PAX June 17

​Eletric PiqueteS/Tmyspace.com/ElectricPiqueteThe seven-piece band known as Electric Piquete only formed about four years ago. But from the group's inception (the product of founders Michael Mut and Ed Rosado's desire to perform at Churchill's annual Hialeahfest back in 2007), it's been drawing lo ... More >>

Nicki Minaj's Pink Chicken Wing Necklace and Five Suggestions For Future Food-Based Bling

Photo by WireImageMs. Minaj's deep fried bling.​Lately, Nicki Minaj has been all about them chicken wangs Back in August, the Young Money diva showed up to a Good Morning America photo shoot decked out like the prom queen in a John Hughes movie, and waving around a mighty fine, golden brown chick ... More >>

Miami's Top Ten Underground Rap and Hip-Hop Acts

Miami hip-hop? Yes N Deed.​New Yorkers still think they run hip hop. Canadians say, "It ain't dead. It lives in the North." L.A. radio plays more Pitbull than we do. Houston is still leaning off a never-ending cup of codeine. NOLA's doing it in the dark. Philly, Detroit, and Chi-Town are mad becau ... More >>

Miami's top ten underground rap and hip-hop acts

Miami hip-hop? Yes N Deed.​New Yorkers still think they run hip hop. Canadians say, "It ain't dead. It lives in the North." L.A. radio plays more Pitbull than we do. Houston is still leaning off a never-ending cup of codeine. NOLA's doing it in the dark. Philly, Detroit, and Chi-Town are mad becau ... More >>