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Spank Rock

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2012

    Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2012: A Daily Party Guide

    ​Check out today's top WMC and MMW parties -- plus Crossfade's fifteen best parties. Honestly, if you're gonna survive 96 hours of Winter Music Conference, Miami Music Week, and Ultra Music Festival, then your emergency EDM supply kit will need to include a gas mask, goggles, a bikini and/or bana ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Fifteen Best Parties at Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week 2012

    ​Maybe you're planning to spend the entire weekend performing glowstick tricks at Ultra Music Festival. Or enjoying the lavish amenities at Swedish House Mafia's Masquerade Hotel. Or bleep-bloop-ing around Biscayne Bay aboard the Biscayne Lady. But if not, you need a beat-freaking plan. In total ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    The Overthrow Taking Over Mamushka's For MMW, Making it Hard 2 Leave Next Sunday

    ​During WMC 2010, White Room (currently Eve) was the unofficial DJ VIP room. Except, it wasn't really VIP. DJ and fans easily hung out side by side. It was the only place were the average partygoer could find him or herself talking with some of the best EDM and DJ acts. It's where we talked Annie ... More >>

  • Music

    March 15, 2012

    Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week's 15 best parties March 22 to 25

    ​During WMC 2010, White Room (currently Eve) was the unofficial DJ VIP room. Except, it wasn't really VIP. DJ and fans easily hung out side by side. It was the only place were the average partygoer could find him or herself talking with some of the best EDM and DJ acts. It's where we talked Annie ... More >>

  • Music

    November 3, 2011

    Check Yo' Ponytail tour at Grand Central November 5

    ​During WMC 2010, White Room (currently Eve) was the unofficial DJ VIP room. Except, it wasn't really VIP. DJ and fans easily hung out side by side. It was the only place were the average partygoer could find him or herself talking with some of the best EDM and DJ acts. It's where we talked Annie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Franki Chan Talks Iheartcomix, Party Plans, and How to Check Yo Ponytail

    ​It is finally time to Check Yo Ponytail. For the last 11 days, Iheartcomix's Franki Chan, Media Contender's Danny Johnson, and Zane Landreth have been streaking across the country -- L.A. to San Fran, San Diego, Denver, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, and NYC -- with Spank Rock, Big Freedia, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Ke$ha Got $leazy and $keezy at Klipsch Amphitheater, August 7

    Photo by George MartinezKe$ha fondles her gearbox.​See the full 36-photo Ke$ha at Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park slideshow. Ke$ha's Get $leazy Tour With LMFAO, and Spank Rock  Bayfront Park August 7, 2011 Better Than: Campbell's Tomato Soup on a hot day. At about the moment when K ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Spank Rock's New Video Mixes David Lynch With Sesame Street

    ​It's been five years since Philly-based MC Spank Rock's last full-length record. And if the first two singles from his highly anticipated new album are any indication, the record is sure to reflect half a decade of dilligent writing, rewriting, mixing, remixing and mastermind-level tinkering. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Spank Rock Talks His New Album, WMC, and Hooking Up With Boys Noize

    ​Spank Rock's debut full length, 2006's YoYoYoYoYo, paired the frantic tempo and raunchy sensibility of Baltimore-style club music with the shimmering glean of indie electro-pop and the impressively elastic flow and sharp diction of MC Naeem Juwan. The album painted a perfect picture of the raunch ... More >>

  • Music

    May 19, 2011

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

    ​Spank Rock's debut full length, 2006's YoYoYoYoYo, paired the frantic tempo and raunchy sensibility of Baltimore-style club music with the shimmering glean of indie electro-pop and the impressively elastic flow and sharp diction of MC Naeem Juwan. The album painted a perfect picture of the raunch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Five Key Moments in the Chronology of Hipster Hop

    Tyler the Creator: Is he the über-hipster hopper?​There is no escaping the young-and-vulgar West Coast hip-hop collective Odd Future. There was a brief incubation period on the internet. But ever since performing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, the group has been everywhere: SXSW, Coachella, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Mobroder Releases Miami Vice-Inspired Clip for "Rush"

    Is that you, Tubbs? Not, it's Mobroder!​We love Miami-inspired music and videos. So it's hard for us not to get behind Mobroder, the Italo-disco side project from Spank Rock, Blu Jemz, and DJ Hoff that seems hell-bent on creating the perfect Magic City soundtrack. (Mobroder's Twitter lists its loc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2011

    Boys Noize Records at Sunday School 2011, March 26

    Miami Noize! courtesy of Boy Noize Records.​We are waiting until after the full 36-hour rager known as Sunday School: The Lost Weekend to give our verdict. But after stopping by last night (this morning, really), Sunday's climax seems promising. We arrived early in the night to find it a little ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Sunday School for Degenerates 2011 Adds Guy Gerber, Heidi, and 23 Others UPDATE

    Troy Pierce just enrolled in Sunday School.​As if Sunday School for Degenerates wasn't already a crazy-ass concept, Made Event's decided to dial up the wonk to an an almost unsafe level. Step One: Expand the deviant dance marathon from 24 to 36 hours. Step Two: Book Richie Hawtin, Tiga, Adultnapp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Sunday School for Degenerates 2011 Lineup: Richie Hawtin, Tiga, Adultnapper, and 27 Others

    Photo by Angela MazurRichie Hawtin headlines Sunday School's 2011 lineup.​Four weeks and a few days ago, we here at Crossfade notified all party perverts that Made Event's Sunday School for Degenerates would be expanding its deviant dance marathon from 24 to 36 hours. At the time, there was no of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Heard the Rumor Bar Is Closing? Well, It's 100% Not True, According to OHWOW's Al Moran

    ​Late last night while scooping the spam out of Crossfade's constantly clogged inbox, we spotted a shocking subject line: "Bar Is Closing." WTF? It's been barely a year since OHWOW's Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran ran a blitz on the 2009 Basel scene by remaking the former PS14 space into a near-rep ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2010

    Art Basel's best bands and DJs

    ​Late last night while scooping the spam out of Crossfade's constantly clogged inbox, we spotted a shocking subject line: "Bar Is Closing." WTF? It's been barely a year since OHWOW's Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran ran a blitz on the 2009 Basel scene by remaking the former PS14 space into a near-rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    Amanda Blank and Sweatheart Bring the Miami Meat Tour to Art Basel

    Make a mess with Amanda Blank and Sweatheart.​Electro-alternative pop beats and female rap vocals aren't normally lumped together. But for the better part of five years, Philadelphia's Amanda Blank has effortlessly combined the two worlds in her hipster-approved dance music. In 2006, the 20-some ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Spank Rock Feeds His Serious Need for Speed at Grand Central This Thursday

    Spank and rock! Rock and spank!​If there's one dude who fully deserves to be an honorary citizen of our hot, clubby, coked-up little paradise, it's booty bass and bathroom sex enthusiast Naeem Juwan Hanks, otherwise known as Spank Rock. Even though he was bred in B-More, the kid's like Uncle Luke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Concert Review: Amanda Blank at Electric Pickle, February 20

    Photo by JipsyAmanda Blank and Spank Rock performing live at Electric Pickle.​Click here to view photos from this event.Amanda Blank with special guest Spank RockSaturday, February 20, 2010Electric Pickle, MiamiBetter than: That other white faux hipster hop singer Ke$ha.She may be just some white ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Juiceboxxx, Puppy Hearts Playing at The Guest Lab March 27

    Juiceboxxx​Last time Milwaukee hipster hop MC Juiceboxxx performed in Miami, he got everybody sweating at Poplife. This time he returns to the city in the midst of Winter Music Conference along with Puppy Hearts.The 23-year-old is on the road in support of his debut mixtape, Thunder Zone Volume On ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Over the Weekend: Jay-Z, Tegan and Sara, and Spank Rock

    Spank Rock at MansionPhoto by Justin Namon/Red Eye Productions​Philadelphia MC Spank Rock played a rather odd booking at Mansion Friday night. We are used to seeing the man perform in downtown venues not South Beach megaclubs. Click here to view the full slideshow.Jay- Z at BankAtlantic CenterPhot ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2010

    Anything But Blank

    Spank Rock at MansionPhoto by Justin Namon/Red Eye Productions​Philadelphia MC Spank Rock played a rather odd booking at Mansion Friday night. We are used to seeing the man perform in downtown venues not South Beach megaclubs. Click here to view the full slideshow.Jay- Z at BankAtlantic CenterPhot ... More >>

  • Music

    November 26, 2009

    Philly MC Amanda Blank plays two Miami Beach shows December 2

    Spank Rock at MansionPhoto by Justin Namon/Red Eye Productions​Philadelphia MC Spank Rock played a rather odd booking at Mansion Friday night. We are used to seeing the man perform in downtown venues not South Beach megaclubs. Click here to view the full slideshow.Jay- Z at BankAtlantic CenterPhot ... More >>

  • Music

    June 4, 2009

    Poplife Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary

    The long-standing local shindig went down at White Room.

  • Music

    May 7, 2009

    LMFAO

    The long-standing local shindig went down at White Room.

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2009

    Mad Decent, Turntable Lab and IHEARTCOMIX to Take Over O.H.W.O.W. For WMC

    Diplo returns to Miami for WMC.Just got word that Our House West of Wynwood will be hosting a party during Winter Music Conference. The Allapattah gallery hasn't been open for long, but it's quickly becoming a favorite. It's already hosted numerous parties, include a string of them during Art Basel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Q&A with Prince Terrence of Heartsrevolution

    Heartsrevolution perform at The Vagabond Sunday.When Scion's Kitsuné CD release party comes into The Vagabond Sunday, Brooklyn duo-turned-trio Heartsrevolution will be doing a rare live performance in Miami. Crossfade spoke with the band's newest member Prince Terrence about the band's full-length ... More >>

  • Music

    February 26, 2009

    Diplo Talks Hollertronix, Mad Decent, and the Future

    Heartsrevolution perform at The Vagabond Sunday.When Scion's Kitsuné CD release party comes into The Vagabond Sunday, Brooklyn duo-turned-trio Heartsrevolution will be doing a rare live performance in Miami. Crossfade spoke with the band's newest member Prince Terrence about the band's full-length ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Over the Weekend - Freezepop, Delvin & Darko, Bella Dona and Steve Angello

    Can you believe it? Winter Music Conference is only five weeks away! We are already putting together our WMC Guide, which at this point seems a little, er, overwhelming to say the least. So many parties that we are having a hard time deciding what to do when the week finally arrives.So while we plan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Thursday: XXXChange at PS14

    There hasn't been much word going around about this, but Spank Rock DJ XXXChange will be spinning tomorrow at PS14 for the bar's Happy House party. Also on the bill are resident DJs Jonathan Brody, Carlos Llanos, C. Mora and Benton.If you either love or hate the current wave of hipster-hop, XXXChang ... More >>

  • Music

    January 1, 2009

    Top Hip-Hop Albums of 2008

    In '08, rap didn't always equal pap.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Top Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

    A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    Throwback Tuesdays: 2 Live Crew - "Me So Horny"

    A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2008

    Madonna's "Four Minutes" Release Party

    A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2008

    CD Review: Various Artists, Well Deep

    A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be ... More >>

  • Music

    January 3, 2008

    2007 Music Year in Review

    It's all in the stars.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2007

    Spank Rock pulled from Best Buy

    It's all in the stars.

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2007
  • Music

    August 16, 2007

    Let Her Bang

    The female sibling of Flosstradamus’s J2K comes into her own as a sharp-tongued MC

  • Music

    December 21, 2006

    Snap to It

    Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys, and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

  • Music

    July 6, 2006

    Spank Rock

    Comeback kids, rhymin' Limeys, and songs about partying defined Hip-Hop Nation in 2006

  • Music

    April 27, 2006

    Spank Rock

    YoYoYoYoYo (Big Dada)

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