This Saturday, December 6th, the always popular Buzz Bake Sale is taking place at the Cruzan Amphitheater in West Palm Beach. There’s a ton of good bands on the show as usual and between the Celtic punk of Flogging Molly, the harder metal sounds of Atreyu, and the rebellious hip-hop…
With only two days to go until West Coast super DJ/Producer Madlib the Badkid, arrives in Miami for a show at Blacksheep Bar on December 4th, I’m personally excited to see how Miami reacts to him. There are times when he gets audiences like the one in the video above…
Maybe this is the beginning of a new trend. Just last week, Bay Area rap legend E-40 was in town promoting his newest album and performing at SoBe Live. Tonight, California rap veterans Daz and Kurupt (better known as Tha Dogg Pound) are going to be in Miami performing at…
La Lupe, the patron saint of Cuba’s Latin soul movement is being immortalized in film.La Mala is a Spanish drama based on the life of Guadalupe Yoli Raymond and named after one of La Lupe’s most famous songs. In it, Miami’s own Lena Burke puts on a hell of a…
FusikTuesday, November 25Mix Ultra Lounge, HollywoodConsidering that there aren’t many places for hip-hop culture to truly thrive in South Florida, it’s no surprise that folks are starting to cross county lines to check out Mix Ultra Lounge on Tuesday nights.The semi-upscale martini bar seems like it’s the last place you’d…
Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak (Roc-A-Fella) Despite what’s been written, Kanye West’s new style on his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak — which incorporates “tribal”-style drum machines and auto-tuned vocals – doesn’t sound especially shocking to the ears. Immediately satisfying singles like “Robocop” and “Love Lockdown” make Yeezy’s much-discussed crooning…
Today one of South Florida’s most slept on MC’s, Rahsaan, released a new mixtape with DJ Epps of G-Unit/Shadyville fame that’s worth downloading.The project is called, Dadeland: The Dade County Project, and is a good intro to Rahsaan’s style for anyone that’s not familiar with him. He’s originally from Guyana,…
Do you have plans for New Years yet? If you’re a hip-hop fan, then you do now. The Roots have announced that they’ll be performing in Miami–at the Florida Room inside of the Delano Hotel of all places–on New Years Eve. It’s definitely going to be one of the hottest…
Over the weekend, the hip-hop community was hit with sad news. Early ’90s rapper MC Breed died in his sleep, only two months after being released from an Atlanta hospital for kidney failure. He was just 36 years old. The official cause of death is still pending. It’s a death…
I got a last minute press release that should warm the hearts of local families in need. Poe Boy Records artists, Flo Rida, Billy Blue and Brisco will be giving away turkeys from 6pm – 8pm tonight at the Carol City Apartments between 183rd Street and 37th Ave in Miami…
As of this morning, mega pop-star Madonna and her former husband, film director Guy Ritchie, have been granted a “quickie” divorce through a court in London. The details of the divorce aren’t nearly as sweet and sticky as some gossip hounds would like: Ritchie isn’t expected to take a dime…
As I was cruising the blogosphere over the weekend, I came across an interesting story that definitely caught me by surprise. MTV, home to all things exploitive and pop, just held their first annual African Music Awards in Abuja, Nigeria this past Saturday. It’s a move that could bolster more…
I’ve got a certain amount of love for Ace Hood. For starters, he’s the first rapper to go major out of Broward County in a long time, possibly ever. There’s been a few “could have been/should have been’s” out there, but nobody has made it stick to the degree that…
I just got off the phone with the folks at the Dive Bar in Fort Lauderdale and learned about an upcoming show that sounds enticing. Popular Puerto Rican rock band, Black Guayaba is going to be performing next Friday night here in South Florida, and they’ve got the eclectic Teri…
Tonight there’s a going to be a good set of music going on over at Atmosphere Lounge in Fort Lauderdale. Coral Springs-based folks singer Andrew Bayuk will be on hand singing songs of love, of protest, of peace, and of passion. He’s been grinding away in South Florida’s indie music…
Coral Springs-based hip-hop artist, Butta Verses, is still riding the buzz of his critically acclaimed new disc, Reality BV. National hip-hop blogs have been giving the record overwhelmingly positive reviews and it’s all deserving since Butta definitely brought his A-game lyrically on the album. Here’s a new video for the…
You might have heard that Stones Throw Records biggest artist, Madlib, is headed to Miami to play a show in conjunction with Art Basel. A selective email blast went out about it last week, but eerily left out most of the details about when the show would be, where it…
Florida’s hip-hop notoriety is going from hot to scalding with the release of Jacksonville-based DJ Bigga Rankin’s latest mixtape, From Dade to Duval. It’s a part of Rankin’s longtime Real Nigga Radio series, where he takes urban artists and tries to break them into a larger market. Luckily for him,…
Perhaps no other group in rap history defined the early-Nineties, golden-era style of hip-hop better than A Tribe Called Quest. The group put out two of the most seminal rap records of all time — Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders — which boast singles that still get spun on…
Last night, South Florida’s fastest rising rap star, Ace Hood, had a CD signing at the Best Buy in Pembroke Pines. The event was well attended and a lot of people came out to support the young rapper as he continues to climb the ladder of fame. There weren’t a…
There’s something about the early music of Yo Majesty that will always have a soft spot in my heart. Back when this Tampa-based duo used to be a trio, Shunda K, Jwl B, and Shon B, were my favorite female MCs of 2007. They were butch, black, badass rappers who…
I just got an email this past Friday, announcing the current shortlist of reggae albums under consideration to be nominated for a Grammy. Surprisingly, one-time Fort Lauderdale resident, Etana, made the list due to her debut album, The Strong One, which was released earlier this year. Etana spent the bulk…
