A heavy sound system; progressive, up-tempo black music; vibe-building MCs; and an atmosphere akin to a Friday-night house party — these are a few of the ingredients you can expect at a Co-Op jam. Based in West London, England, the party has been going strong for close to a decade…
Rane and Serato revolutionized the DJ game — and lowered chiropractor bills — with the introduction of their Scratch Live software. The new club standard, it allows DJs to play a hard drive full of MP3s in real time on a pair of turntables through a piece of hardware and…
Spinna is one of the busiest working producers and DJs on the planet. Not many can keep their hands on the pulse of the next shit when it comes to both hip-hop and dance music, but Spinna has stayed in the forefront of more genres than a United Nations summit…
He boasts production credits for everyone from Lil Wayne, Fat Joe, and Juelz Santana to Smitty and even Junior Reid. He almost strictly uses samples, plus the heaviest percussion sounds this side of ?uestlove and Travis Barker. And he’s only 26 years old, born and raised in South Florida. Yep,…
Today Miami is home to some of hip-hop’s biggest names and in-demand recording studios. But back in the Nineties, the only things most out-of-towners knew about the area, other than the infamous South Beach nightlife, were Dan Marino, hurricanes, and Uncle Luke and 2 Live Crew. That is, until 1998,…
Most hip-hop MCs are hungry, but LMS is starving like a late dinner guest to the Last Supper. You can feel it in his delivery, you can see the look in his eyes, but most of all you can hear it in his words. “Knowing the power of words, you…
The beautiful thing about art and music,” reveals 37-year-old renaissance man Djinji Brown, “is that you can redefine or reinvent yourself by trying some different shit.” He should know. A recent Miami transplant, Brown has perfected the art of reinvention over his musical career. Starting out playing in a hardcore…
For some, vinyl is like a daily Cuban coffee addiction or FIFA 2007 on PlayStation 3. For others, it’s a leftover relic from an older generation, like comic books and Cracker Jack. Luckily in South Florida, there are still a few shops that stock it, like the storied Blue Note…
Almost 15 years after the release of the series’ first volume, erstwhile Gang Starr frontman Guru has definitely grown in character. But with this latest disc, he seems to be reaching for Starbucks instead of 125th and Broadway, with a few notable exceptions. It features an all-star guest lineup, including…
Most cover albums typically feature an established artist paying respect to some of his favorite musicians, and they’re lucky if they match the original material. But Version, the newest release from London-born, New York-bred DJ/producer-of-the-moment Mark Ronson, essentially smashes a group of remixes from homegrown English artists such as the…
Miami is home of the bass, where high-riding Chevys cruise down Ocean to the sounds of trunk-rattling booty anthems. Who better to throw a party dedicated to the butt-shaking music than South Florida’s own DMC DJ competition champion, DJ Craze? He’s celebrating our local legacy with Bass Sessions, a party…
Sneaker heads are everywhere these days. You can catch them posted up at your local downtown shops, corner stores, or even confessing their addictions on Tyra Banks’s daytime talk show. If you’re a fiend for sneaks, you need to check out the Battle of the Kicks tonight and the last…
By this week, the Miami Heat should have a decision on the return of the reigning NBA Finals MVP, Dwyane Wade, for the playoffs. But even without their franchise player, Shaq and Co. have played some great team basketball over the past month and a half. The Boston Celtics, on…
It’s the final stretch of the regular season. Games like this one, against the young, bottom-of-the-table Atlanta Hawks might look easy on the schedule, but often turn into gut-wrenching fourth quarter shootouts for the Miami Heat. Come check out the game the Heat must win for a playoff position, before…
