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Future at Revolution Live May 29

Future Brings Auto-Tuned Southern Rap to Fort Lauderdale on May 29

It took six mixtapes, a fake Cuban accent, and a sizzurp high before Future landed a record deal with Epic. Now the Atlanta-based rapper is one of the Dirty South's most promising artists. "I'm just coming out, but if you go anywhere in the South," he says, "I get that love and respect like I have ... More >>

Video: Tupac Rises From the Dead and Performs Live With Snoop Dogg at Coachella 2012

A resurrection of biblical proportions -- Tupac Amaru Shakur rises from the dead for a three-song set with his homie Snoop Dogg at Coachella 2012. In miraculous fashion, the unbelievable happened last night in the desert. In front of a massive Coachella crowd, a shirtless Tupac 3D hologram virtual ... More >>

Nate Dogg Becomes First Dead Musician to Co-Headline Major Music Festival

Headlined by the Black Keys, Radiohead, and west coast rap superstars Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Coachella's back-to-back weekend stint at Indio, California's Empire Polo Ground kicks off tomorrow. While the festival will inevitably produce memorable moments, few will top the resurrection of Nate Dog ... More >>

R3hab at LIV February 11

Headlined by the Black Keys, Radiohead, and west coast rap superstars Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Coachella's back-to-back weekend stint at Indio, California's Empire Polo Ground kicks off tomorrow. While the festival will inevitably produce memorable moments, few will top the resurrection of Nate Dog ... More >>

Boys Noize Announces Winter Music Conference Party at Mamushka's Miami

​Damn you, leap year! This extra day nonsense is really starting to piss us off. With so much to look forward to in March, the thought of February 29 holding us back is killing us. Especially ever since we found out that Boys Noize is throwing a WMC party at Mamushka's Miami. The Hamburg-born, B ... More >>

R3hab Bringing the Ruckus to LIV on February 11

​The best dance parties aren't the ones you can escape with your sexy intact. Great nights are the ones that leave your hair a mess and clothes covered in booze. Maybe you wake up the next morning with a headache and a couple of mysterious bruises. Never mind the consequences, epic ragers are t ... More >>

Miami's Best Albums of 2011: Betty Wright and The Roots' The Movie

​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. Betty Wright With The Roots The Movie (Ms. B Records/S-Curve Records) Betty Wright's status as the queen of Miami soul has never been in question.

Diplo at LIV November 9

​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. Betty Wright With The Roots The Movie (Ms. B Records/S-Curve Records) Betty Wright's status as the queen of Miami soul has never been in question.

Diplo, Dinosaurs, and Jamaican Dancehall at LIV November 9

Facebook​Diplodocuses were some of the gnarliest dinosaurs in North America. They were friendly, survived on a diet of mostly tree branches and water plants, and generally kicked it prehistorically 'round Utah and Colorado. But the Diplodocus is also the inspiration behind one of electro music's ... More >>

Fred Durst Is a Douchebag! Limp Bizkit Singer Scores Conveniently Titled CBS Sitcom

​Newsflash! Turns out that network TV execs' massive hard-on isn't limited to sitcoms starring rappers. Apparently, they find whiteboy rap-rockers supersexy and crazy funny too. Last week, we here at Crossfade chuckled about the fact that former Rollin 20s Crip, gangsta rapper, and proud daddy S ... More >>

Top Ten Rap Tracks About Gettin' Drunk

Straight wasted with Gucci Mane.​Pop music will never run out of ways to rework classic stuff like love, life, lust, etc. But let's not forget the always-popular, never-grows-old topic of getting wasted! In fact, hip-hop philosopher extraordinaire Gucci Mane even had a song appropriately entitle ... More >>

Ian Carey at Set Nightclub June 24

Straight wasted with Gucci Mane.​Pop music will never run out of ways to rework classic stuff like love, life, lust, etc. But let's not forget the always-popular, never-grows-old topic of getting wasted! In fact, hip-hop philosopher extraordinaire Gucci Mane even had a song appropriately entitle ... More >>

Ian Carey Don't Remember Last Night at SET

Ian Carey kickin' it with his homeboys Bobby Anthony and Snoop Dogg.​In a shocking turn of events, a DJ has paired up with a rapper to drop a track that is completely different from all other house music -- and we sincerely hope you understand sarcasm.Truth be told, Ian Carey's "Last Night," featu ... More >>

Ten Crossfade-Approved Parties for the Second Week of Winter Music Conference 2011

What do you call Snoop Dogg on ecstasy? DJ Snoopadelic, apparently.​The human body is an amazing biological machine. You can try your best to irreversibly damage its every last cell by subjecting it to a sleepless six-day WMC spree of ass-pounding party music, 36-hour dancing blackouts, and a diet ... More >>

Have Hart

What do you call Snoop Dogg on ecstasy? DJ Snoopadelic, apparently.​The human body is an amazing biological machine. You can try your best to irreversibly damage its every last cell by subjecting it to a sleepless six-day WMC spree of ass-pounding party music, 36-hour dancing blackouts, and a diet ... More >>

Roaches, Rodents and Restaurants: Health Inspector September Round-up

​What do you call a hole-in-the-wall with several cockroaches living harmoniously among rodents? A restaurant closure. Miami health inspectors found more roaches in two restaurants in September than Snoop Dogg keeps in his glove compartment. But only two places were disciplined.Familia Bar & R ... More >>

305 Live: Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, and Gil Green are BET Hip Hop Awards nominated, plus DJ Obscene, Pitbull, and more

Photo by David "Dro" Rosario​This week BET announced the nominees for its annual Hip Hop Awards, which air on Tuesday October 12th and is hosted by the always hilarious Mike Epps. We had a few Miamians score some nominations, like usual suspects Rick Ross and DJ Khaled, each picking up four noms i ... More >>

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 5 Food References In Pop/Rock Music

The Commander's mama is busy cookin' hammy​First let's get to the shocking part of this post: Rock 'n rollers evidently 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 ... More >>

Rising L.A. rap star Nipsey Hussle makes his Miami debut at White Room

The Commander's mama is busy cookin' hammy​First let's get to the shocking part of this post: Rock 'n rollers evidently 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 ... More >>

The Top Ten Scott Storch Productions

This week, New Times slogged knee-deep into the messy world of Scott Storch-- the coke, the family he ditched, the fortune he blew in spectacular fashion, it's all in there in unprecedented detail. But before he was a prime candidate for the best VH1: Behind the Music ever, Storch was a massive ... More >>

Stream the New Gorillaz Album, Plastic Beach

​On Friday, we brought you "Superfast Jellyfish," the new Gorillaz track most likely to make the Finding Nemo 2 soundtrack. Today, the riches continue with the Guardian offering an exclusive stream of Plastic Beach in its entirety currently rocking the office. Aside from Damon Albarn's requisitely ... More >>

Get Low Turns 10 (Months) Tonight at the Vagabond

Photo by Michael Maryanoff​It's not surprising that Miami, "the city of Bass," would so fondly embrace a form such as dubstep. A heavy mash of UK garage and grime, with roots tracing back to Jamaican dub, the genre is deep and low and perfect for the kinda nights where the action takes place in th ... More >>

Top 10 Super Bowl Weekend Parties in South Florida

Image via Flickr / CC BY 2.0Let's all get wasted.​The big game is almost here, but even if you don't give a shit about that, there're plenty enough parties going on that may well prevent you from waking up before 10pm Sunday night.Here are our Top 10 Super Bowl weekend parties in South Florida, an ... More >>

Loco Dice and Anja Schneider

Image via Flickr / CC BY 2.0Let's all get wasted.​The big game is almost here, but even if you don't give a shit about that, there're plenty enough parties going on that may well prevent you from waking up before 10pm Sunday night.Here are our Top 10 Super Bowl weekend parties in South Florida, an ... More >>

Loco Dice and Anja Schneider Play Space on Saturday

The Techno Loft at Space has consistently delivered the goods since launching earlier this year, showcasing some of the top techno talent from around the globe with a special emphasis on the Berlin sound. Saturday, December 19 continues the trend with a stellar double booking featuring Berlin techno ... More >>

Paul Oakenfold

The Techno Loft at Space has consistently delivered the goods since launching earlier this year, showcasing some of the top techno talent from around the globe with a special emphasis on the Berlin sound. Saturday, December 19 continues the trend with a stellar double booking featuring Berlin techno ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Jam Band The Heavy Pets Rock Bonnaroo

via myspace.com/theheavypetsAs the sun was setting on Snoop Dogg's Sunday show at Bonnaroo and the middle fingers that were raised high in the air cheering him on only a few minutes before were put back in their pockets, a dance-funk fusion of keyboard, wailing guitar, funky bass, and steady House-m ... 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, Young World

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Snap to It

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Steady Pimpin’

Snoop Dogg and Ice-T know it’s necessary

Girls on Film

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Wake Up!

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