Jacob KatelIan Lewis of Inner Circle walks through the backyard at Circle House studios in North Miami Inner Circle are the “Bad Boys of Reggae.” If you’ve ever seen the TV show COPS then you know why — they wrote the theme song. But Inner Circle aren’t one-hit novelty wonders;…
Blood Fusion are at core a couple of brothers who make music together, but they have a crew of on and off affiliates. They are also members of the YouTube-famous Smokenprofits crew, who recently got an account banned again. Blood Fusion often provide the soundtracks for video projects. Tonight they…
Watch this video for inspiration. Lil E has a show where he records interviews with underground rappers from Lighthouse Studios. It’s called Da Lighthouse Show and in this segment he interviews Shoe aka Shoebox Head a.k.a Shoehead. Shoe is from the south side of Broward County. He talks about how…
image via New Times archives Back in August 1988 South Florida had a pretty good line-up of shows at venues from the Hollywood Sportatorium to the James L. Knight Center to the Kendall Town and Country Mall to the Fontainebleau back up to the Button South.The Dope Jam brought together…
The above video is from an 8mm film transfer shot by a fifteen year old South Florida kid on May 18, 1968. The images come from the Miami Pop Festival, which featured The Mothers Of Invention (Frank Zappa’s band), Chuck Berry, Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, The Jimi Hendrix Experience…
Sex, Cameras and Hip Hop talks dirty with models, strippers, rappers, and people on the street and captures their responses to sex questions. Young Jeezy tells a story about a stripper breaking into his house. It looks like some of it is filmed in Miami. Gloria Velez, who Uncle Luke…
As long as we’re talkin’ bout Maggotron, we might as well do the right thing and put some of his sounds in your earholes. Get ready for robot voices, vocoder effects, screw type vocals, movie quotes, scratch noises, more cowbell, and the drum patterns that now define old school…
If you’re curious how Green Day opened their set last night at American Airlines Arena here’s a video recap. This fan-made video has good audio, clean picture, and is right up in the front rows. Welcome to 21st Century Breakdown. Enjoy…
image via Miami New Times Archives week of August 3 – 9, 1988According to Hart Baur from SKUM, Grove Cinema “was the only (movie) theatre in Miami that had a liquor license,” which means that if you were old enough to have a drink in 1988 you could have done…
Jacob KatelIf you’ve never seen or heard of Larry Dogg, he claims the title of “Underground King of Comedy in South Florida.” He’s also got a website that documents his interactions with white families in massage chairs at the mall, big girls getting freaky at the club, rappers, singers, and…
Here’s a brand new music video from a group called 7 Estrellas. The song is called “Miami Life.” The YouTube description says: “beat por: “Gualo” (Edge Music). Video producido por: Milagros Rosales, Bertha Alie, Jose Mateo. Direccion: Milagros Rosales. Edicion: Alejandro Gonzalez.” The video was uploaded by YouTube user pmaracucho. …
Worldstar Hip-Hop is one of the most heavily trafficked sites on the Internet. Last week, the site featured a New Times episode of Prunk TV on its front page. As of now it has accrued 70,000 hits and change. Thing is, somebody downloaded it off the New Times YouTube channel,…
Grind Time battles are no holds barred rap competitions that take place in a nationwide league made up of regional divisions. Raps are often heavily researched for ultimate brutality and self referential to the Grind Time universe. Miami rapper/party promoter Parable has a Grind Time history, but the battle presented…
image via Miami New Times archives week of July 27 – August 2, 1988The Fourth Annual Florida State Rag Popping Championship took place July 28, 1988 at Tobacco Road. The competition was presided over by the International Rag Popping Association. According to the 1988 issue of New Times promoting the…
Here’s a brand new upload from local guitar virtuoso Fernando Perdomo’s own band, Dreaming in Stereo. (You might recognize him as Paulina Rubio’s axe man.) The video is for the song called, um, “Steal This Song,” off Dreaming in Stereo’s new full-length album. It was filmed at the Gibson Showroom…
David Hudson, a Miami-via-Atlanta TK Records recording artist, had a smash hit back in the day with a song called “Honey Honey.” You’ll probably recognize the chorus — “‘Til you reach over and hold me tight/I reach over and turn out the light/We’re gonna (make love) in the middle of…
So the Miami Herald finally got a YouTube channel. They’ve had a talented team putting out high-quality, award-winning videos for a while now (big up Chuck Fadely) but somebody oughtta tell corporate that with sites like keepvid.com all their content can now be downloaded with the click of a button…
Here’s the video for a new song from Chaos of Grind Mode, the group that gave the streets such hits as “I’m So High,” and “Ecstasy Floating.” This track is less on the party bullshit and more on the benefits of a positive mental attitude, encouraging people to do something…
image via Miami New Times archives for week of July 20 – 26, 1988 This week in 1988 Blue Oyster Cult came to South Florida and played a show at Summer’s in Fort Lauderdale. According to people who like telling stories, at some point in the history of the club…
PPR101 is a rap industry conference and showcase that tours the country giving paying entrants an opportunity to ask questions of music industry professionals from DJ’s to PR experts, to print and web based media representatives. Registered artists also get the opportunity to perform in front of the panel. PPR101…
DJ R&R “The Visual Sinister” brings you this video via his Gas Face Films production company. The track is produced by Hala-X and performed by “The Apex,” UB the Underboss.Log on to GasFaceFilms.com for more info and “real political hip-hop.”…
In this video, CNN’s Larry King interviews James Brown and they talk about Henry Stone, the man who made Miami a global musical force. Stone was the first person to sign James Brown, and among the first people to record Ray Charles. As a major distributor of black music in…
