Rick James

Real Men Don't Wear Leather Suits

Axé Lounge: Food, Spirits, and a Side of Santeria

Wednesday Night: Q-Tip at Revolution

Photo by Eddie RosenstockQ-Tip with The Cool KidsWednesday, November 26, 2008Revolution, Fort LauderdaleBetter Than: Watching Q-Tip live on Letterman.The Review: Rap shows normally feature an MC accompanied by a tour DJ and a laptop, but when an artist such as Q-Tip brings a tight band with him onst ... More >>

Top 10 Pop Songs of 2008

Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten single ... More >>

Swelter

Pop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten single ... More >>

Terence's Stamp

The perenially pompous Mr. D'Arby puts his imprimatur on another ambitious pop-soul epic

Top Pop Singles of 2008

Sometimes a girl just needs a tune.

With Friends Like These ...

Bruce Hornsby gets by with a little big-name help.

Get Down on It

Bruce Hornsby gets by with a little big-name help.

Sex and the Ditty

From sticking keys in the ignition to exploring Uranus, no metaphor is too outlandish for R. Kelly.

Hello, Darkness

Real Men laugh at themselves

Catwalkin’ Babes

Cheer on the sisters as they strut, pivot, and turn

The Rub

It's the Motherfucking Remix Vol. 2.2 (Turntable Lab)

On the Ghetto

Jaheim's word appropriation doesn't make him a hood pioneer

Dance, Dance, Revolution

Hip-hop, clowns, and war dances meet on the street in Rize

Excess Hollywood

Some interesting horror flicks, a couple of relationship movies, and plenty of action save summer from sequels

Zo Good

Get back in the Groove to help others

Comedy, Bitch!

Chappelle shows at the Improv

Blondie

No Exit (Beyond Records)

Eddie Murphy's So-Called Life

No Exit (Beyond Records)

Rap Without Pretense

No Exit (Beyond Records)

Rotations

No Exit (Beyond Records)

Puff Goes the Weasel

No Exit (Beyond Records)

Rotations

No Exit (Beyond Records)

Feel the Spirit

No Exit (Beyond Records)

All What Jazz?

No Exit (Beyond Records)

This Weekend: Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Robin Thicke Lead Jazz in the Gardens

Of the 17 acts set to perform during the fifth running of Jazz in the Gardens at Sun Life Stadium, only about half are jazz artists by the genre's strictest definition. When it comes to headliners Mary J. Blige (featured in the jam "Be Without You" above that you should ride into the weekend), J ... More >>

Video: John Legend at Jazz In The Gardens Festival in Miami Gardens

Over the last 5 years, Miami Gardens' annual Jazz In The Gardens festival has become a premier concert event and tourist attraction for South Florida and is helping to build a positive national reputation for the largest majority-black city in all of Florida.The two-day event featured performances b ... More >>

Charlie Don't Apologize

Over the last 5 years, Miami Gardens' annual Jazz In The Gardens festival has become a premier concert event and tourist attraction for South Florida and is helping to build a positive national reputation for the largest majority-black city in all of Florida.The two-day event featured performances b ... More >>

Charlie Murphy Discusses His Brother, Bitch-Slaps, and the Death of Chappelle's Show

​What exactly was Charlie Murphy doing before he got famous for slapping the shit out of Rick James on Chappelle's Show? "Well, I was in movies. The last 20 years, I've been writing movies, being in movies. Between that and just hustling... I was a martial arts instructor for a couple years. I did ... More >>

Sharam, of Deep Dish, Plays SET on Friday

​Washington, D.C.'s Grammy Award-winning production duo Deep Dish enjoyed unparalleled international success during their late-'90s and early-'00s heyday. Much of the pair's universal appeal could be attributed to the healthy stylistic balance between Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia's edgier experim ... More >>

Is excited delirium killing coked-up, stun-gunned Miamians?

​Washington, D.C.'s Grammy Award-winning production duo Deep Dish enjoyed unparalleled international success during their late-'90s and early-'00s heyday. Much of the pair's universal appeal could be attributed to the healthy stylistic balance between Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia's edgier experim ... More >>

Sharam

​Washington, D.C.'s Grammy Award-winning production duo Deep Dish enjoyed unparalleled international success during their late-'90s and early-'00s heyday. Much of the pair's universal appeal could be attributed to the healthy stylistic balance between Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia's edgier experim ... More >>

The Five Best Smack-Talking Songs About LeBron Coming to Miami

​Say what you will about the LeBron to Miami soap opera, but from the Mistake on the Lake to the Magic City, it's inspired some of the finest trash talking since some guy in Brooklyn invented the "Yo Mama" joke. The best insultologists among us aren't content with simply talking smack, though. For ... More >>

Top Five Rock Star Criminals: From Rick James to Norwegian Black Metal

​Rock stars and jail-time go together like bars and stripes, weed and whiskey, hookers and cocaine. No wonder so many of our musical heroes end up in trouble with the law.Like Miami's own Against All Authority say, "Fuck the law/Fuck the law/Fuck the law/You're fuckin nothin' but a pig."So in hono ... More >>

Teena Marie, Motown's Funky White Girl and Rick James's Ex, Dead at 54

Teena Marie died yesterday at her home in Los Angeles.​The entire world's tapped its foot to a Teena Marie tune. Some know it, like all those fans with feathered bangs who own a complete audiocassette collection of the Ivory Queen of Soul's thirteen studio releases. But others are clueless, lik ... More >>

Chromeo's Dave 1 Talks Daryl Hall, Weird Al Yankovic, and the Miami Sound Machine

​Enter Crossfade's contest for free Chromeo tickets! With the 2004 debut release She's In Control, an original sense of humor, and supersexy songs, Canadian duo Chromeo managed to delight bored folks stranded on lonely dance floors in megaclubs all across the globe. Friends since high school, ... More >>

Chromeo at the Fillmore Miami Beach September 20

​Enter Crossfade's contest for free Chromeo tickets! With the 2004 debut release She's In Control, an original sense of humor, and supersexy songs, Canadian duo Chromeo managed to delight bored folks stranded on lonely dance floors in megaclubs all across the globe. Friends since high school, ... More >>