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The calypso anthem "Big Tingz" on Kingston-based singer Nadine Sutherland's new album, Say My Name, would be the perfect opener for the annual Best of the Best reggae festival over Memorial Day weekend at Miami's Bayfront Park. You can visualize people bawling out "yeah" in a sea of Caribbean flags...

Lady Saw claimed she's "too nice fi inna cock fight" and "too rich to argue with bitch" in 2004 on "Man Is the Least," but that was all chat compared to her eighth LP, Walk Out. "Make me introduce you to mi cutlass," she threatens one heifer on "Chat to...

Miguel migs State, March 24 This week, you'll want to go deep -- deeper than you've ever been before. Here to transport you to the inner sanctum of housedom is Bay Area-based DJ and Miami favorite Miguel Migs. He's got a jazzy way of spinning tracks without falling into the...

Admit it. All you wanna do is "party and bullshit," hip-hop style. Fortunately there will be some peeps in town this week to join you, including DJ JS-1 from the famed Rock Steady Crew, who plans to join a scratch battle tentatively scheduled for the M3 summit. "I don't usually...

They say everything's bigger in Texas, so Austin's Dustin "D:Fuse" Fusilier, who Urb magazine rated as its second-favorite DJ at last year's conference, is reckoned to be a contender this year with his expansive musical approach. D:Fuse plays drums (using the Roland V-Pad) during his sets, and he also sings...