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Jay-Z's "Open Letter" to Cuba Haters: "Obama Said 'Chill, You Gon Get Me Impeached'"

It seems Jay-Z has been up to more than smoking cigars and celebrating his marriage in Cuba. He's been busy penning and recording a serious dis track to all those haters who aren't happy to see the first couple of hip-hop chillin' so close to Castro. His recent vacation to the island set some polit ... More >>

Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z Teaming Up For 20/20 Experience Tour, Coming to Miami?

Who didn't get a little wet watching Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z kill it at the Grammys? We haven't been able to stop thinking about it. We just keep rewatching the clip and dreaming about seeing them in person. Well, thankfully, our dreams are rumored to become reality. If the New York Post can ... More >>

Life in Color: Diplo, Benny Benassi, R3hab at "World's Biggest Paint Party" in Miami

Life In Color With Diplo, Benny Benassi, R3hab, David Solano and more Miami Convention Center, Miami Friday, December 28, 2012 Better Than: Rollin' through the Sherwin-Williams store geeked up on mollies. "Does Miami go hard in the motherfucking paint?" Yeah, we do. We let it drip from our chin a ... More >>

20 Worst Pop Hits of the Last 20 Years

Happy Birthday, Nielson! The SoundScan system just turned 20. And although it's probably on its deathbed, Billboard is celebrating the watermark with a series of chart-topping lists. The latest release: The top 100 pop songs since the system's implementation, back in '92. Some Miami-bred musicians ... More >>

YMCMB: Seven Signs of the Young Money Empire's Decline

Alright, the YMCMB crew is definitely at the top of the world right now. But it seems like things are beginning to go astray. The label's Holy Trinity is Wayne, Drake, and Nicki. But lately, they're doing strange things, picking dumb fights with other famous people, and garnering the wrong kinds of ... More >>

The 20 Richest Rappers: From Pitbull to Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Kanye, Jay-Z, and Dre Day

As the country sits waiting for the release of a certain Welsh cake eater's tax returns, other high-profilers are happy to let the whole world know how swole their pockets were this year. Forbes released its latest list of haha-they-have-more-money-than-you musicians. And this time, we're talkin' t ... More >>

Labor Day 2012: Ten Best EDM Parties From Miami to South Beach

See also "Labor Day 2012: Nine Best Rap Parties, From Timbaland to Trick Daddy and Strippers." It's Labor Day weekend, y'all. You could spend your free time maxin' and relaxin' by the pool. Or you could spend it getting white-boy wasted, fist-pumping your way into blackout oblivion. We think tha ... More >>

Miami Heat's LeBron, D. Wade, and Bosh Start a Jazz Band! Ten Genres They Should Play Next

No joke ... Miami Heat superstars LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh got together to play a little jazz in honor of Bosh's 28th birthday. According to TMZ, it all went down at the Adrienne Arsht Center at a high-profile party that included Heat don Pat Riley and producer Timbaland. Unannounc ... More >>

SoBeWFF: Celebs Party at Satellite Events, Restaurants

​The hottest ticket in town this weekend may not have been in the Grand Tasting Village or some of the official parties. It seems that the celebs in town for the event were dining and drinking at various small gatherings and uber-private receptions at different venues scattered around Miami and Mi ... More >>

Ten Most Badass TV Theme Songs of the '80s

Knight Rider​Say what you will about '80s TV shows -- the one-dimensional characters and ludicrous plot devices -- but they just don't make theme songs like they used to. If you were alive and watching television in the '80s, then you've most likely got the intro music to classic shows like Knight ... More >>

Sleigh Bells at Grand Central Miami April 30

Keyshia Dior Launches Secret Kisses, a New 15-Shade Lipstick Line

Courtesy of Keyshia Dior​Unless you've been too busy lately to visit the interwebs, you know the name Keyshia Dior. Hell, we caught up with her last month for a little horseplay, so she's no stranger to Crossfade. Keyshia started off with a starring role in Timbaland and Drake's video for "Say Som ... More >>

Keyshia Dior Dishes About Penis Size, Working With Lil Wayne, and Coconut Cîroc

Keyshia Dior!​Keyshia Dior has been in music videos with Weezy, Jeezy, Gucci, Plies, Timbaland, and now ... Prunk! "You can't have a small penis and expect to please your girl," she said. I wiped the sweat from my brow as she continued, "It doesn't have to be big like a donkey. But it needs to be ... More >>

Katy Perry and the Y100 Jingle Ball at BankAtlantic Center December 11

Drake at James L. Knight Center September 20 and 21

Of M.I.A. and Other Demons and an Album Full of Paranoia

​M.I.A./\/\/\Y/\(XL/Interscope)By now, you are probably aware that controversial electronic artist M.I.A. has released a new album called /\/\/\Y/\ (thus referred to as Maya from now on to preserve our sanity). After two highly praised album, Arular and Kala, M.I.A. has faced some serious blacklas ... More >>

VH1 Hip-Hop Honors 2010 Recap: Top 8 WTF-Worthy Moments

2010 VH1 Hip Hop Honors |Hip Hop Rally Machine |Hip Hop Honors Video Despite the theme of our earlier post about last night's VH1 Hip-Hop Honors show, the entire thing was not, in fact, about Miami. Atlanta, Virginia Beach, New Orleans, and Houston all got their due as well, represented by arti ... More >>

Memorial Day Weekend 2010 Interview With Cali Stylz From Danjahandz's NARS Records

                         STUCK ON MY FULLTIME 5-24-10 from cali stylz on Vimeo.Nobody does Memorial Day Weekend like Dade County. But, where it used to be just South Bea ... More >>

Trouble Andrew Announces the Trouble Gang Mixtape featuring Diplo, Santigold, Spankrock, Amanda Blank, Lil Jon and Many More

​You've all had more than enough notice about the Major Lazer show on Saturday at Grand Central. But here's something a little different: Major Lazer's Diplo's collaborated with Trouble Andrew for his Trouble Gang Mixtape, which also features Santigold, Spankrock, Amanda Blank, Lil Jon, and Timbal ... More >>

Scott Storch raked in hip-hop millions and then snorted his way to ruin

You Can't Afford Not to Read Miami New Times' Scott Storch Profile

Illustration courtesy of Jason SeilerRoyal Flush: Scott Storch ​Miami New Times scribe Gus Garcia-Roberts has a gem of a feature about the rise and complete ruin of South Florida hip-hop producer Scott Storch, who once played John Travolta's role in Grease and can play any top 40 song from the pas ... More >>

Super Bowl 2010: Rihanna, Nas, Pitbull, Black Eyed Peas and More Performing this Weekend

We gotta feeling it's going to a jam-packed music weekend.​So it's coming: a giant tsunami of NFL athletes, super fans, and über-celebrities that's about to engulf the magic city with over-the-top poolside parties and non-stop open bar access. And as much as Super Bowl XLIV weekend is all about t ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: Billy Blue mixtape, 36 Reasons

As we embark on another hot and sweltering summer in the M.I.A., it's bound to get hotter with the release of local hip-hop heavyweight Billy Blue's new mixtape, 36 Reasons. It's a preemptive strike before his major-label debut album, The Story of My Life, due out the end of August on Poe Boy Entert ... More >>

Mad Skrews Got Beats

Mad Skrews is a Miami-bred, internationally renowned producer and musical entrepreneur who uses the Internet to spread his productions, make money, and make a name for himself. He has produced for local bad bitch Trina and true founder of crunk, Pastor Troy. I caught up with him by e-mail. Here's w ... More >>

WMC 2009: Crystal Castles at Ultra Music Festival

Santiago FelipeCrystal Castles vocalist Alice Glass at Ultra Music Festival Day 2.Ultra Music Festival '09: Crystal CastlesSaturday, March 28, 2009Bicentennial Park, MiamiBetter than: Everything else at Ultra -- seriously.The lights dimmed at the Bayfront Stage at Ultra Music Festival and from the d ... More >>

Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demo ... More >>

Top Dance Albums of 2008

Any knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dr ... More >>

Miami's Best Live Music of 2008

From GWAR to Torche, the acts that rocked the Magic City.

Last Night: Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Busta Rhymes, Jazmine Sullivan and More at Cafe Iguana

Rick Ross, Flo Rida, Brisco, Jazmine Sullivan, Busta Rhymes, and more. Tuesday, December 16, 2008Cafe IguanaBetter Than: Watching BET's 106 & ParkPower 96 does not like to be showed up. Last weekend, much attention was paid to Y-100's annual Jingle Ball concert, and their star studded line-up of ... More >>

Madonna's "Four Minutes" Release Party

Shock and Roll

Public Enemy's Hank Shocklee talks technology, hip-hop, and the future of music.

Last Night: AB Quintanilla and the Kumbia All Starz

Raging Geisha

Bjork

Volta (Atlantic)

Justin Timberlake

Most Recently Played

Some singles are keepers

Justin Timberlake

"Sexy Back" (Jive)

She's a Lady, Yo

Make way for the S-O-V at M3

VA

Choubi Choubi!/Radio Pyongyang (Sublime Frequencies)

Fat Joe

All or Nothing (Atlantic)

Beenie Man

Back to Basics Virgin Records

La Mala Rodríguez

Alevosía (Universal)

GZA

Legend of the Liquid Sword "MCA"

Keeping It True

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

Glitch Maestro

Nobukazu Takemura is the freaky nerd the Nineties promised us

Friendly Frequency

DJ Eddie Mix keeps listeners comfortable

Bastard Out of Miami

Dirty South documents the triumph of down-home hip-hop

Night & Day

April 15-21, 1999

Rotations

True Rhymes