Winter Music Conference is a rich tradition that, despite the ignorance of some younger rave fans, has been going strong for 28 years. Over the decades, it's evolved quite a lot, and now the party has eclipsed the "conference" atmosphere of old.

Robbie Rivera remembers how it used to be, but he also really enjoys the new-wave, fan-driven scene. And why wouldn't he? It's helped make his Juicy Beach party series at SoBe's Nikki Beach a huge success for about eight years running.

Thursday, March 21, he's looking forward to going even bigger.

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Winter Music Conference and Miami Music Week are swiftly approaching, and we are really starting to "Feel the Love."

We're not sure if it's the anticipation of a million mollies waiting to get popped, or the recent announcement of a warm-up show by UK sensation Rudimentary, but either way, we're getting mighty PLUR.

This progressively catchy quartet will be making the jump across the Atlantic to land on the Bardot carpet Saturday, March 16, just in time to help you kick-off your week-long festivities. It's a good chance to catch the act in a more intimate as it prepares to hit the Ultra Music Festival stage.

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Jacob Katel

Young Scrilla performing at King Of Diamonds for Rick Ross GFID Album Release Party August 2012

R.I.P. to the school kids killed in Little Haiti and Liberty City over the weekend, and respect to their families.

Assault weapon shooting sprees are all too common in Miami. And a weekend full of gunfire saw Liberia, Hollywood's own Young Scrilla caught in a hail of bullets between scenes of a music video production in Overtown.

The Tru Story Entertainment artist told the Herald that as he sat idling in a BMW, a car approached from behind and opened fire with two AK 47's and a handgun. His Twitter timeline from just hours later at Jackson Hospital says, "Boy yall dont know the feeling when them thangs being spit at you."

Here is what else we have learned about the shooting, and how Young Scrilla managed to get away.

UPDATE Crossfade just talked about the Scrilla shooting with Dave and LT of TruStory Entertainment: "The way they got MLK, they're trying to get us."

See also:
-Young Scrilla of Tru Story Ent Shot in Overtown AK-47 Driveby
-Rick Ross, Big-Booty Strippers, and 3,000 Ballers at King of Diamonds (NSFW)
-TruStory, Ex-Cocaine Jackboys, Talk Doin' Business With Rick Ross & King of Diamonds
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Yo, who's hungry? We're fucking starving. But before you start eating faces and torturing people, calm down. Raekwon the Chef is coming to feed Miami some meaty beats.

The Wu-Tang Clan man will be stomping through The Stage on Saturday, March 9. He's bound to exhibit some "Fly.International.Luxurious.Art," because he'll be swooping through just before he drops his new LP, F.I.L.A.

And more than likely, he'll spit some sick lines from back in the day to satisfy all you killer bees from the front to the back.

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When Every Time I Die hit the national scene with Last Night in Town in 2001, they forged a sound that, at that point, had not really been considered by hardcore and metal fans. The band played aggressive music built on a foundation of classic rock that was grown in the pre-internet isolation of Buffalo, New York, and eventually developed into a band that spawned an entire sub-genre of imitators.

Now on its sixth full length release, Every Time I Die has witnessed countless trends come and go in hardcore and metal while remaining true to the riff-rocking intensity that put them on the map. Their most recent release, Ex Lives, displays a band that has captured the soundtrack to the thoughts of that guy we all know that drinks just a tad too much and gets stuck in the emotional chasm between having a good time and wanting to crush someones skull for no particular reason.

In anticipation for tonight's show at Grand Central, we spoke with lead singer, Keith Buckley, on influences, why Ex Lives is his favorite ETID record, and the sorely missed Miami hardcore titan that was Poison the Well.

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"Welcome to Pleasureville!"

It's a magical place where everybody masturbates (solo or en masse) every minute of every day. And there is never a shortage of over-the-counter sex toys, tingly warming lube, or Ecstasy™ condoms.

Or as we here at Crossfade call this autoerotic paradise... South Beach.

Just listen closely and you will hear the climactic screams of South Florida's sex enthusiasts. Partly because Trojan's gonna be hosting a "massive vibrator giveaway" at SoBe nightclub NoWhere Lounge next week.

Oh yeeeaaahhh.

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-Ten Best NSFW Album Covers
-Free Boob Job Giveaway at South Beach Club!
-Ten Best Songs About Masturbation
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Via facebook.com/WhoIsTravisPorter

Who in the 305 "want[s] to get up close and personal with your favorite #RizinStar artist?"

Well, sorry. It ain't gonna happen 'cause the Rizinstar Tour with Travis Porter, Kirko Bangz, Ca$h Out, and others has nixed its show at the James L. Knight Center in downtown Miami.

The venue and Ticketmaster have both confirmed the cancellation. (But neither the JLKC staff, nor the promoter have provided a concrete reason for Rizinstar's skipping Miami.) Refunds are available at the point of purchase.

Wake and bake and try to forget, homies.

See also:
-Lil Wayne Declares War on Miami Heat: "F#$% LeBron! F#$% She-Wade! And I F#$%ed Chris Bosh's Wife!"
-Rick Ross Discusses Shooting at Grammys: "We Not Here to Speculate on Any Suspects"
-Lil Wayne on War With Miami Heat: "I Don't Apologize"
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Skeptical until about 46 minutes ago, we just learned there is, in fact, a God. And while it took her several years to answer the one prayer that we'd been repeating every night for the past 1,460 days, Guatemalan singer-songwriter Ricardo Arjona is finally returning to Miami.

The veteran crooner and world-music virtuoso recently embarked on a North American arena tour, playing music that spans his illustrious 30-year career.

"Putting together the routing and organizing the entire production [has been the most challenging]," Spanish Broadcasting Systems senior VP of entertainment Lucas Piña recently told Billboard.

See also:
- MC Yogi Talks Rap and Yoga: "I Love 2 Live Crew, But I Make Buddhi Music"
- Bachaco Talks Miami Music Scene and Legal Weed: "Hell yeah, We Say Yes"
- Rusted Root's Michael Glabicki on Jamming, Healing, and Virginia Key Grassroots Festival
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Via facebook.com/NaughtyByNature

Has anyone seen the '90s? What about the '00s?

Somehow, those two decades simply came and went, taking pagers, the newspaper industry, and record stores along with 'em.

On the bright side, however, Father Time spared Naughty by Nature's enduring 1993 hit, "Hip Hop Hooray," which turned 20 years old this past January. Yes, it's been two decades.

Consider the following: "Hip-Hop Hooray" is older than Odd Future's Earl Sweatshirt (b. 1994); Twitter (2006) and Facebook (2004) combined; Jay-Z's first record (1994); and Biggie Smalls' death (1997).

See also:
-Travis Porter Gonna "Make It Rain" in Miami on February 23
-Every Time I Die and Acacia Strain Coming to Miami on February 26
-Electric Flurry, the "World's Largest Foam Party," Predicts Indoor Snow at Grand Central
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It's the worst feeling in the world; you've washed the blood off your hands and packed the corpse in the trunk when, all of a sudden, you and your accomplices find a heavily bandaged wheelchair-bound man on the side of the road.

Exposed only by a small hole in the gauze, you put your ear up to his mouth and he informs you that his home is "at the end of the road."

You reluctantly agree to push him there, but soon realize something about this dude's very off.

For Buffalo hardcore quintet Every Time I Die, the nightmarish scenario is the premise of their latest music video for "Revival Mode," off the band's sixth studio record, Ex Lives.

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