Prince (Musician)

Kanye West and Kim Kardashian's Baby:
Five Rumored Names!

Everyone's talking about Kanye West's new album and how awesome it's going to be. Meanwhile, Kim K is getting so plumped up, we know that baby is about to drop. His new album has a ridiculous name, and it goes without saying that the Louis Vuitton Don will concoct some insane moniker for his wriggl ... More >>

10 Sexiest Cocktails in Miami for Valentine's Day

According to an Open Table survey recently published, 51 percent of respondents plan to head out to a restaurant for a romantic Valentine's Dinner.Most every Miami spot is planning a decadent multi-course extravaganza (and we've got a great list of fantastic options). Before you sit down to your mea ... More >>

Miami Connection: The Kung Fu '80s Electro-Funk Flick of Your Dreams

Michael Jackson and Spike Lee's Bad 25 Movie: "Get to It, This Is a Bliss-Out"

Look, if there's any part of you that thinks you might be interested in catching BAD 25, Spike Lee's two-hour celebration/behind-the-scenes history of Michael Jackson's 1988 Bad LP, then seriously, get to it. This is a bliss-out. The performance footage alone is thrilling, and Lee has augmented it ... More >>

Lollapalooza 2012, Day One: M83, Black Sabbath, Die Antwoord, Afghan Wigs, TEED

See also "Fashion Freakouts at Lollapalooza 2012." The first of three days of music in the hot cauldron of Grant Park in Chicago is now one for the history books. Black Sabbath (or at least three-quarters of them) got back together; M83 lit up the skies and our hearts; and the lines at the water ... More >>

Snoop Doggy Dogg Lion and Six Other Musicians' Midcareer Name-Changes

If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Unless you're a millionaire musician with a megasuccessful career. And then fuck it, change your name completely. We're pretty sure that's how the old adage goes, and that's what you'd be led to believe by Crossfade's little list of moniker madness. When an artist ... More >>

Frailty, Thy Name Is Mad

Poe Boy Music Group Tries Pop House Music With Kulture Shock

Poe Boy Music Group, the label that brought you hardcore Miami rappers Brisco and Billy Blu, is getting into EDM with Kulture Shock, a dance-pop group made up of three very good-looking model-type singers named Jase, City Boi, and Stephanie Lecor. In recent weeks, Poe Boy has been heavily promoting ... More >>

Top Ten Totally Batshit Crazy Musicians

It's a fine line between pure genius and utter insanity. Many musicians have made a career out of toeing that line. Or, uh, totally jumping it and never looking back. As it turns out, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And since batshit crazy people don't care what month it actually is, neither ... More >>

Is Chad Ochocinco the Prince of the NFL?

​We don't mean "prince," as in "heir to the throne." (Though that would be awesome -- imagine how the game would be played under NFL Commissioner Ochocinco.) We mean Prince, as in "Party Like It's 1999," Purple Rain, and that un-pronounceable symbol that earned him so much ridicule back in the day ... More >>

Aging rappers such as Rick Ross and Jay-Z are still on top

Jay-Z, Eminem, and Rick Ross Are Never Too Old For Rap

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says hip-hop artists are never too old to stop rapping.Rick Ross recently celebrated his 36th birthday. Some folks might ... 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 >>

Xperimento Talks Prince, the '90s, and Dancing

​Xperimento, named New Times' Best Fusion Band this year, blends the band members' Latin roots with the American culture that they all grew up with into a style they've dubbed, "Latin reggae urban soul."Crossfade recently got a chance to talk to the band, who will be playing at Jazid on July 9, ... More >>

Empire of the Sun at Ultra Music Festival 2011 Day Two, March 26

Empire of the Sun at Ultra 2011.​There is no arguing here. Best. Ultra. Performance. Ever. Most were foolishly duped into checking out Underworld and Deadmau5's performances on the Main Stage. But you foolish punks missed out on one the best moments in the festival's entire history.Only once hav ... More >>

Jesse Marco and Random Mondays at Mokai, January 17

DJ-producer Jesse Marco.​Jesse Marco Ransom Mondays Monday, January 17, 2011 Mokai Better than: Another trip to the airport. Ransom Mondays at Mokai are supposed to be "industry" parties. That refers to the hospitality industry: bartenders, concierges, waiters, etc. It would seem, though, that t ... More >>

Miami's best albums, EPs, and, mixtapes of 2010

Top 5 Food References In Pop/Rock Music

The Commander's mama is cookin' hammy.​First, let's get to the shocking stuff: Riock and rollers, it seems, never go near food (insert your own drug joke here). Bob Dylan has scribed hundreds of songs, but never mentions sitting down for a meal. Ditto the Rolling Stones, Led Zep, Pink Floyd ("Brow ... More >>

Top 10 Moments of the BET Awards 2010: Chris Brown, Drake, Rick Ross, and More (With Video!)

We love music awards season this year, largely thanks to Twitter -- the real-time discussion and dissection of the county's pop-stars makes for an entertaining way to spend a few hours "working." (Plus, some of you all on our Twitter feed, at @Crossfade_SFL, are hilarious).Anyways, we glued ourselve ... More >>

Diary of a Flasher: I Love DJs

Photo by JipsyDJ AM at the AG Adriano Goldschmied store on Washington in 2007.​To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. Over the weekend I felt I was the only one not at the Depeche Mode concert. Texts and tweets blew up my phone on Saturday night about the show, but I was busy ... More >>

Top 10 Thursday: The Real Top 10 American Entertainers

Michael Jackson dies and all of a sudden he's the greatest entertainer of all time. Not so fast. MJ made three great albums, invented the moonwalk and, well.... Let us take another look at the performers who have truly proved most thrilling over the years.1. Elvis Presley Michael Jackson may have du ... More >>

Top Ten Songs about Rain!

The Purple One made a downpour sound goodFor us Floridians, a few consecutive days of rain can feel rather depressing. We're the Sunshine State, damn it, and demand clear, blue skies 365 days a year! To help get you through the gray gloom that lurks outside your window here's a highly subjective lis ... More >>

Head Spins: Ross One

Mokai's mad resident.

Sweat to the Rescue

Music Movie Mondays are exactly what you need.

The Jazz Singer

Tony DeSare is duly flattered by comparisons to Sinatra. Then again, the Chairman of the Board never covered Prince

Super Bored

How the world's biggest game spawned the world's worst halftime show

The Week in Weird

Sax fiend Kenny G to wed all five members of Agnostic Front!

The White Stripes

Get Behind Me Satan (V2/BMG)

Prince Valiant

Come 2 the concert and U can party

Spring Bling

Talking jibber jabber with Bling Bling in the indie rock parking lot

Anatomy of a Hit

What's in the "nookie" song? A tale from Miami's rough-and-tumble hip-hop scene

Basement Jaxx

Kish Kash (Astralwerks)

Funk Jazz Renaissance

Beside Biscayne Bay, these rhymers floss their souls

Bowl of Soul

This year's fest tastes a lot like the Eighties

Train in Vain

Apocalypse Wow

Tonight We're Gonna Market Like It's 1999

Rotations

Ball of Confusion

Rotations

The Art of the Matter

Rotations

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Swelter

Sunny in the Park

After a dry decade, the grass is looking somewhat greener for Paisley Park, the label headed by Whatshisname

Rest in Pieces

The shattered dreams and blurred memories of Washington Square

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Swelter

Lumps of Coal

Major albums that don't belong in anyone's Christmas stocking.

Sale Away