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"Niggas in Paris" Video is "Cray," May Cause Epileptic Seizures

2012-02-09 15:22:19

Quick, grab our tongue. This "Niggas in Paris" video is so hard that we're ignoring the frontloaded Epilepsy Action warning and risking an epileptic seizure just to get through it. The Jay-Z,...

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Fact: Lil Wayne Isn't Actually a Billionaire

2012-02-09 12:00:00

Did you know that Young Money Cash Money Billionaire boss Lil Wayne isn't actually a billionaire? Well, homie ... It's true. Despite squashing his $5.6-million beef with the IRS, slanging 1.92 ...

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Blowfly Ate Out Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party at The Stage, and the Bitches Loved It

2012-02-09 11:00:00

Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party, Day One With Blowfly, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, The Togas, Mikal Cronin, and Deaf Poets The Stage Miami Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Better Than: Not seeing an ...

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Crosstown Rebels' Get Lost 2012 Lineup: Maceo Plex, Art Department, Droog and Others

2012-02-09 09:00:00

What started out as a fairly modest afterhours party at the former Studio A space in Downtown Miami in 2006 has since evolved into the WMC event par excellence. Of course, we're talking about...

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Eight Best Club Parties on South Beach This Weekend

2012-02-09 08:00:00

Sweet Jesus, why would anyone want to set sail aboard a cruise ship and party with a bunch of hipsters this weekend when there are so many great tiki-tiki parties on South Beach? Just kidding....

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StubHub Names Miami the "Third Most Rockin' City in 2011"

2012-02-08 17:00:00

What does it mean to rock? That is the eternal question. And according to StubHub, "the world's largest ticket marketplace," it's all about a willingness to shell out obscene amounts of money...

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McDonald's to Drop Club Bangers and Quarter Pounders at Cameo on Thursday

2012-02-08 14:49:54

Simultaneously reviving the clubland economy and refueling America's obesity epidemic, fast food giant McDonald's is damn near ready to crown this year's "hottest DJ" at a hamburger party inside...

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Smoked Fish and $2 Beer: Jimbo's Free, Weekend-Long Music Festival Starts Thursday

2012-02-08 13:38:53

The Virginia Key Grassroots Music Fest is almost here, and that means a stellar music lineup, camping in the cool winter beauty of the subtropics, and more hippies, rastas, and traveling kids t...

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Rapper Brenton Brown Talks Musical Love Affairs and Free Downloads

2012-02-08 12:30:00

Brenton Brown knows how to hustle. Having come back to his native Miami after graduating from the University of Florida, he doesn't let the haters throw him off his quest to be the next big r...

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Boys Noize Announces Winter Music Conference Party at Mamushka's Miami

2012-02-08 11:46:56

Damn you, leap year! This extra day nonsense is really starting to piss us off. With so much to look forward to in March, the thought of February 29 holding us back is killing us. Especially eve...

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Destroyio Records Says "F$#% Valentine's Day!" at Churchill's Pub on February 17

2012-02-08 09:00:00

Every Valentine's Day is exactly the same -- the candy, the flowers, the teddy bears, and some slutty lingerie. Don't people ever get sick of spending a bunch of money on a bunch of stupid cra...

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Surfer Blood Swim Into Miami For Bardot's Living Room Sessions on February 16

2012-02-08 08:00:00

Once upon a time, some kids from West Palm were chilling at an Ultra Music Festival afterparty in Miami, and they started talking about forming an indie rock band. We can't be sure if these gu...

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Tool Performed for the "Devout" at BankAtlantic Center

2012-02-07 15:15:00

Tool is just one of those bands that inspires crazy cult-like fandom. Or a totally indifferent shrug of the shoulders. But according to our sister blog County Grind, last night's show at the B...

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Premio Lo Nuestro Predictions, Inspired by Failed Pitbull Interview Attempt

2012-02-07 14:00:00

The never-ending awards show season reaches its apex next week when Univision beams the Premio Lo Nuestro to millions of families all across the Americas. On Thursday, February 16, the Spanish...

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2 Live Crew's Uncle Luke: No Mandatory Retirement for Rappers!

2012-02-07 13:00:00

A memo from Uncle Luke to all y'all haters who seem to think the hip-hop industry should institute some sorta superstrict mandatory retirement policy ... Screw you. That shit's ageist. In today...

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Madonna Announces 2012 World Tour With Miami Concert

2012-02-07 11:30:00

For every fat, drunk American football fan who couldn't even sit (or, uh, dance) through Madonna's 12-minute Super Bowl XLVI halftime bonanza, there are millions of giddy pop music fans in party...

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Pitbull Cancels Club 305 Cruise, Avoids Maritime Disaster

2012-02-07 09:00:00

Following Costa Concordia's horrific disaster-at-sea, competing cruise line Royal Caribbean has managed to avoid their own maritime mishap thanks to Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull. Armando Christian P...

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Weird Wives and Luma Junger Square Off Against Alligator Alley, Wise Wizards, and Gulf Coast Fauna (Plus Free Music!)

2012-02-07 08:30:00

Alligator Alley, the artery connecting lower Southwest Florida with the Gulf Coast b/w The Everglades, is so flat, straight and strikingly unremarkable that it takes on the vertiginous qualitie...

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Com Truise Brings His Retro-Futurist Synth-Funk to Bardot This Saturday

2012-02-07 08:00:00

You may have noticed a recent wave of electronic music producers with "spoonerisms" for monikers -- silly twists on famous musicians' names, like Joy Orbison, Jichael Mackson and Wevie Stonder. ...

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Lupe Fiasco's SNDCLSH Invades LIV on Wednesday

2012-02-06 16:00:00

Part passion project and part philanthropic endeavor, Lupe Fiasco's latest gig is both catchy and admirable. The Chicago-based rapper has combined forces with longtime friend Sky Gellatly to f...

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