Egyptian Lover is "bringing back the old school." So just "be ready to dance."

As a foundational figure in Uncle Jamm's Army during the '80s, the Electro Pharaoh (born Greg Broussard) helped erect the pyramids of L.A. hip-hop. And three decades later, he's still engineering "all-new electro/old-school collectors' item[s]," like impending album, 1984, "that will last the test of time."

Now take a step toward "Egypt, Egypt" and check the cut to win an autographed poster, plus free tickets to this Saturday's Scaramouche show, presented by Nightdrive Miami, at The Vagabond.

"When I play my beats from the 808," the Pharaoh says, "I want you all to understand I'm doing this for you. Dance!"

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Three Six Mafia, straight runnin' the trap.

The word "trap" has two meanings in the music world.

Birthed in the early 2000s, it was bass-y, kick drum-ridden, synth hi-hat Southern hip-hop, all about the venue (a trap) for drug deals and the lifestyle of a bagman. Now, though, trap rap is often befuddled with the mechanical, schizy EDM spawn often heard blaring from every house on Fraternity Row.

Look, we're not trying to knock on dubstep's baby cousin. Crossfade just wants to recognize some of the trap songs that started it all, before "los terroristas" hijacked the genre.

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Most of the club rats getting down to electro and booty bass these days are too young to remember the scene's old-school pioneers like Egyptian Lover, AKA Greg Broussard.

After all, most of us were still learning how to crawl (or hadn't even been born yet) when Broussard was already mastering the art of beat mixing and juggling breaks. This was right at the beginning of the '80s, when he helped kick-start the West Coast hip-hop scene as a DJ with L.A.'s legendary Uncle Jamm's Army collective.

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Dyslexic Postcards will have you seeing things at Will Call.

So it's the weekend and all you wanna do is drink, dance, and drink some more. But there's one little detail stopping you from having the best weekend ever: you're broke.

But just because your pockets may be a little on the empty side this weekend, doesn't mean you can't party it up.

Check the cut for Crossfade's ten best music-related things to do this weekend under $10.

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Afrika Bambaataa, the Godfather of Hip-Hop

Three decades ago, Afrika Bambaataa found the perfect beat when he made the "Planet Rock." And it was that beat-breaking track that bridged the gap between hip-hop and electronic music.

But there's more to the Godfather of Hip-Hop than "Planet Rock:" Bam is credited for coining the term hip-hop because the rhymes were "hip and [made] you hippity-hop to the beat," he is the founder of the Universal Zulu Nation, and there's a petition going around to nominate the hip-hip revolutionist for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Last week, Crossfade caught up with Bambaataa, who was all the way in London, and spoke to him about how "Planet Rock" revolutionized hip-hop, the influential role of DJs, UZN, and his Miami gig at PAX on June 15 celebrating 20 years of UZN Miami.

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Just get up and dance.

That's the Electrofunky philosophy of Afrika Bambaataa, AKA the Godfather of Hip-Hop. And for the last four decades, Bam's been fighting for the right to "Peace, Unity, Love and Having Fun."

He reinvented hip-hop with "Planet Rock." He founded the Universal Zulu Nation to combat gang violence. And he took his message to every hood on Earth.

These days, Afrika's serving a three-year term as a visiting scholar at Cornell University. And there's even an active petition to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize.

This weekend, though, he and the Universal Zulu Nation will be doin' good and havin' fun in Miami. So just get up and dance and win some free tickets.

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Photo by Lauren Logan Photography

Follow the Polyphonic Spree's advice. And you too shall survive Bonnaroo.

Bonnaroo veterans will agree that only two things can truly disrupt the euphoria at the Tennessee summer music festival -- inclement weather and Kanye West (read Bonnaroo 2008).

But for Bonnaroo virgins, the great outdoors -- a 700-acre farm, in this case -- might be rather intimidating. "I'm hearing that it's pretty to crazy to camp out," says first-time Bonnaroo performer Brian Harding of Ex Cops. "I'm sure that it's really fun, but we're only to be there for a day."

To help make camping more enjoyable, we asked some Bonnaroo artists to share their survival secrets with Crossfade. Their answers may surprise you.

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Marisa Monte wants a verdade. Or the illusion of it.

There's something about Brazil that exudes sexiness. Maybe it's the way the tongue rolls when speaking the language. Or the beautiful, modelesque women that live there. Or samba. Whatever it is, we can all agree the place is an exotic wonderland.

Luckily, you don't have to understand Portuguese to fall in love with the lyrical, smooth Brazilian o brega sound of Marisa Monte.

The three-time Latin Grammy-winning artist has been in the biz since she was a little menina. She has sold millions of albums worldwide. She was even named Rolling Stone Brasil's most important living Brazilian singer.

But ever since her 2006 release of both Universo Ao Meu Redor, a fusion of old and new samba songs, and Infinto Particular, a compilation of unrecorded tracks from the last 15 years of her career, the sultry songstress has taken a hiatus from the public eye.

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Cedric Gervais was born in France, but he's been a local Miami DJ since he was 15 years old. More recently, he's become a worldwide superstar, thanks to an infectious brand of pop-dance and a girl named Molly.

He's celebrating a birthday this week, and he's more than stoked to come home and mark the occasion with a special performance at LIV. His success has been a long time coming, and this is his biggest year yet.

We spoke with Gervais about the best move of his life, his recent career highlights, and how a dude with more than 15 years of experience keeps himself ahead of the game.

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Photo by Beau Burgess

This used to be Mexico City, but then Cherub partied too hard and now it's a field.

"Read more books" or "Fall in love."

We can't help you tick these things off your summer checklist. But if "Get freaky" or "Get really freaky" are on there, good news: Cherub's on the way.

Nashville's reigning electro-pop party freaks, will be coming to Miami, in part because they are touring the new 100 Bottles EP and in part because Miami is where the party is.

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