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Kool Keith, Araabmuzik, Steven A. Clark, and SPIN's Basel Party: A 25-Photo Recap
December 10, 2012 in Crossfade
Wynwood got wilder than a thousand hungry lions at a zebra convention. And SPIN magazine's Art Basel Miami Beach week party at new club Gramps offered plenty of great music...
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Jahfe for the People: Words of Wisdom From Sasha Sanon
December 04, 2012 in Crossfade
Jahfe is the greatest reggae band in South Florida. When the group's in show mode, it gigs about 17 nights a month at venues throughout the tri-county area. The crew...
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Kim Kardashian Makes Sex Eyes at Violinists, Receives Keys to the City of North Miami
November 20, 2012 in Crossfade
Photo by Jacob KatelKim Kardashian oogling Sons of Mystro at North Miami City Hall.If a girl looks at your shoes and smiles, plays with her hair while checking you out,...
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Ice "Billion" Berg and Rick Ross Drop "I Ain't Got No Time" Collabo at 3:05 p.m. Today
November 19, 2012 in Crossfade
Ice "Billion" Berg ain't got no time, he's chasing money. The only thing on his mind is stackin' those gotdam hundreds. He told his "bitch" he's on his grind, she...
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Top Ten Reasons Tobacco Road Should Live Another 100 Years
November 16, 2012 in Crossfade
The Road is 100 fucking years old! There's never been a better time to get wasted, eat great, and have consensual drunk sex in a parking lot than tomorrow's big birthday...
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Hated For Trying's Cadence to Valor Comp Honors Corporal Linnabary and Kronick Family
November 16, 2012 in County Grind
Buy it! More on how fellow musician Johnny Love of participating band To Be Hated feels about the accompanying fundraiser for the Linnabary family. Chelsea and Rosalie Linnabary lost their beloved...
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Metro Zu's Lofty305 Talks Zuology, Bitches, Weed, Coke, LSD, and Basel Party Plans
November 14, 2012 in Crossfade
Metro Zu's Lofty, C$PG.Metro Zu is high above Miami on a cumulus of kush. They're dropping acid rain on the people in the streets. They're surfing through the County on a tidal...
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Ten Worst House Music Videos of All Time
November 12, 2012 in Crossfade
House rose from the cracks of Chicago's warehouse disco scene to be a global force in music. But just because billions of ears dig this stuff and it changed pop history...
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Cypress Hill's B-Real and Sen Dog Talk Weed, Rap, Punk, Gang Life, and Being Cuban
November 07, 2012 in Crossfade
Cypress Hill's Sen Dog, B-Real, and Eric Bobo.If you're ever in Amsterdam, cop a slab of paper-flat hash, palm the sheet, and breathe hot air on it. Once the sheet...
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Obama Bitchslaps Romney! Five Tribute Songs, From Young Jeezy to Some Croatian Dude
November 07, 2012 in Crossfade
Via BuzzfeedObama wins everything, even the Stanely Cup.Obama wins everything. Game of horseshoes in the backyard? Obama wins. Beer Pong with the Prez? Barack is the champ. Play HORSE at the...
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Obama vs. Romney: Top Ten Musical Endorsements, From Vanilla Ice to Pitbull
November 06, 2012 in Crossfade
Uncle Sam says: "You better fuckin' vote, America!"Pop music celebrities are sex-drenched, weapon-obsessed, drug-addicted, angry, deranged, and sometimes criminal. In short, they're unconventional, always-entertaining personalities who may or may not...
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Cypress Hill's B Real: "Guys Who Smoke Weed Can Relate to Obama, I Support Him"
November 02, 2012 in Crossfade
If Mitt Romney smoked a joint, nothing would happen. Because robots can't get high. But Crossfade's backing Obama. Like most Americans, we've smoked marijuana. And we're not afraid to admit it. We...
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Icona Pop and New Times' Miami Live Music Month Kickoff at Grand Central
October 30, 2012 in Crossfade
Via facebook.com/IconaPopThe Swedish electro chicks of Icona Pop sing: "I crash my car into a bridge. I don't care. I love it," to a floor-smashing dance beat. They are...
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Candye Kane, BBW Blues Singer: "Porn and the Music Biz Are Almost the Same"
October 26, 2012 in Crossfade
Candye Kane is a tough chick from Cali who came up playing country, blues, and rock on the L.A. punk scene in the '80s at the same time as she...
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Askultura's Superpunks: "Politicans Say 'F#$% the Public,' I Say 'Anarchy and Legalize Weed'"
October 24, 2012 in Crossfade
Photo by Raul OspinaAscolta is Italian for listen, and that's exactly what local punk crew Askultura want you to do. "Listen to the culture," says the band's founder Andrew, a...
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Raider Klan's Denzel Curry, Lil Champ FWAY, N3ll, and Pouya on Black Raves Versus White Raves and Hoes Versus Bitches
October 22, 2012 in County Grind
Pouya, N3ll, Liz Tracy, Lil Champ FWAY, and Denzel Curry Talk Black Rave The Raider Klan's battle-worn machetes are freshly coated with the blood of a thousand infidels. Steam rises...
Uzi, Nigerian-American Rapper: "We Don't Live in Huts and Walk Around Naked"
October 22, 2012 in Crossfade
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Ky-Mani Marley Talks Life, Death, and Konfrontation Muzik
October 19, 2012 in Crossfade
Via facebook.com/KymaniMarleyKy-Mani Marley's first name means "Adventurous Traveler." He is the son of Bob Marley and Jamaican table tennis champion Anita Belnavis. He was born in Jamaica. But he grew up...
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Hot, Wet, Mermaid Trina Mason: "I Am an Aquaphile" (Video)
October 17, 2012 in County Grind
photo by Sky Captain Gannon AirshipPalm Beach County's Trina Mason likes walking on the beach and collecting seashells.But as a mermaid, she also wears them on her breasts.She refers to...
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Matt & Kim Cancel Fillmore Show, Opening Act Oberhofer Playing The Stage Miami Tonight
October 15, 2012 in Crossfade
Photo by Sebastian MlynarskiMatt & Kim work so hard ... They got too sick to play Miami. Last night, the perpetually psyched indie duo canceled their show at the Fillmore Miami...
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Win Free Tix for Diego Garcia and Jovanotti: "Give It Away to Whoever Likes It Raw"
October 08, 2012 in Crossfade
Via facebook.com/DiegoGarciaMusicDiego Garcia is a first-generation Latin kid who grew up in Florida. Now he's touring the world's stages and playing tiny desks for NPR. On Wednesday night, he'll be...
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Gucci Mane Raps for Empty Porn Expo on South Beach: A 10-Photo Recap
October 01, 2012 in Crossfade
Photo by Jacob KatelGucci Mane is one of the greatest rappers of the past ten years. But his performance at the Sex on the Beach convention, witnessed by no more...
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Juke's Evan Lamb Recovers Stolen Gear From Mysterious Criminal Samaritan
September 27, 2012 in Crossfade
Via facebook.com/Evan.Lamb.39904When Evan Lamb lost $60,000 worth of guitars and sound equipment to a brazen early-morning gas station van-jacking, we never thought he'd find his gear. But yesterday, a fence with...
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Locos Por Juana Talks New Album Somos De La Calle and Why "We Love Dave Matthews Band"
September 25, 2012 in Crossfade
Locos Por Juana is one of the Best Miami Bands of All Time. And the self-described "Latin Urban Orchestra" just banged out another classic album, Somos De La Calle, packed...
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Juke's Evan Lamb Has $60,000 Worth of Gear Stolen, Help Catch the Crooks
September 24, 2012 in Crossfade
Photo by Teajay Smith-Piersal via facebook.com/Evan.Lamb.39904Evan Lamb was at the BP gas station at Coral Way and SW 23rd Avenue around 1 a.m. when he got a bad feeling about...
