“Ooh-ahh.” Whether you were a kid sitting down to cartoon time or a middle-aged perv prowling late-night TV for phone-sex ads … We all just couldn’t stop singing that orgasmic Mattress Giant jingle: “If you’re looking for that ooh-ahh feel, come to Mattress Giant/When you want that ooh-ahh deal, we’ve…
Suffering From Success is a lifelong condition. And last night DJ Khaled checked into Aventura Hospital because, as the title track off his most recent album explains, “The price of fame, shit real.” Though the actual cause of the big man’s visit remains a mystery, his stay might have been…
Contrary to popular belief, Miami is not part of South America. Nor is it in Europe. But that’s not stopping MTV from kicking off its Europe Music Awards with a special live pre-party, straight from the Klipsch Amphitheater at Bayfront Park. The big show is being staged in Glasgow, Scotland,…
If you had the chance to ask Diddy any question, what would it be? To be honest, we used to think Diddy was a kook. He seemed so wacky, so flashy, and so demanding on Making the Band. Then we heard him speak at this past weekend’s Revolt Music Conference,…
If you’re going to take advice from anyone, Russell Simmons isn’t a bad mentor. He started a media empire out of his college dorm. He’s easily responsible for more than half of the hip-hop classics you’ve enjoyed in your lifetime, not to mention tons of television and movies you’ve loved…
After nearly 102 years, Tobacco Road is closing. It’s been seven months since longtime owner Patrick Gleber told Crossfade that Miami’s oldest bar would soon be shuttering its doors. (The Road property was bought for $12.5 million by real estate developers in 2012.) And at the time, he said: “The…
Goop junkies, your time is nigh. The Life in Color Festival is back and bigger than ever, threatening a full two days’ worth of paint-splattering, beat-dropping madness. The fest has been slowly revealing its 2014 lineup with a neat series of live-painting portraits by L.A.-based artist David Garibaldi And what…
Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass,” has touched millions, including Miami’s own the Fly Boys, who decided to make their own version, called “All About That Ass.” It’s a dirty, explicit, and triple-x-filled sex romp that will either make you laugh or cringe. We caught up with the group’s Dino…
When you think South Beach megaclub, you think excess, sexy dancers, hand-crafted cocktails … Wait, do you? This weekend, SoBe’s Mansion will unveil the Cocktails & Dreams bar as part of its new weekly Mansion Made Me Do It party. The bar is all ’80s wham and glam. And yes,…
Sorry, Miami. You’re not about to get your Baauer fix. And you’re not going to get any Boys Noize either. The two bass producers canceled their joint tour citing “deadlines around new music.” But we kind of feel like that’s the sort of thing that should be considered before you…
D-Mac aims to be the first rapper out of Miami’s notorious Brown-Sub section of Liberty City to make a global impact in music. And the new video for his track “Mind State” off his Destiny mixtape makes it perfectly clear that he will settle for nothing less. He is the…
The news of some folks’ death has a way of sounding initially like a bad joke — something so seemingly impossible, it just couldn’t be true. One such unbelievable occurrence was the passing of local musician, music lover and Churchill’s Pub fixture Orlando Sanchez. When news of his death spread…
It’s been a very long time since Phil Collins played his last concert. In 2009, Collins suffered a spinal injury. “Somehow during the last Genesis tour, I dislocated some vertebrae in my upper neck and that affected my hands,” he explained at the time. “After a successful operation on my…
Life in Color is unlike any other music festival. Hello! They shoot paint out of cannons all over everyone! So it only makes sense that the “World’s Largest Paint Party” should employ similarly uncommon techniques when announcing its famous DJ headliners. Pairing the fest’s most peculiar quality (i.e. neon goop!)…
Porn stars, tiny motel rooms, pastelitos, and booty bass. Hell yeah, Jesse Perez is “Still Slangin’ That D,” and he gives you an up-close-and-personal look at the life of a booty gangster in his first-ever music video for the single off Kama Sucia: The Art of Slangin’ D. Filmed in…
Yesterday at Circle House, a girl fainted just from being in the same room as 2 Live Crew. She fell while standing up as the guys were interviewed by DJ Mad Links. Thankfully, she wasn’t hurt, and she didn’t break anything, so the fellas kep it moving. For Fresh Kid…
If you attended last year’s MIA Jamfest, a MicXChange or a WakeUpWynwood event, chances are you’ve noticed E. Banga — and perhaps because her 4’11” height may have given the impression she may have given the bouncer a fake ID. But if you are now reading about her for the…
Jay Z once cut Little Beaver a $60,000 check to sample “Party Life” for the movie American Gangster. The artist also known as Willie Hale is a Miami guitarist so legendary that Jaco Pastorius, called the greatest electric bass player of all time, used to hang out at the TK…
Lil Dred could be the Slick Rick of Liberty City. His storytelling rhymes are movie-like. His raps are fire. And he’s about to hit the avenue with 10,000 copies of his new Hosted by the Streets EP He learned the hustle from his dad, Nate “The Great” Brooks, a three-time…
“Some people turn 100, some don’t,” says Mac Klein, the man who’s been running Mac’s Club Deuce for the past 50 years. “What’s the big deal?” Today, Klein will get to blow 100 candles in celebration of his birthday, but to the bar owner, it’s just another day. “I’m lucky,”…
YesJulz is a Miami party girl with a heart of gold. Whether she’s at Story slinging bottles, throwing FDR Mondays at the Delano, or turning Best Day Ever into a roving international pool party, her number-one priority remains helping disadvantaged youth and rallying peers to take on charity work with…
When every club in town has a DJ, why not go back to basics. Shots Miami, a friendly Wynwood hangout and shooter bar with the hood’s most party-ready name, is expanding its repertoire and giving customers more than just drinks and pre-recorded jams. “We’re trying to get live music going…
