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Mary J. Blige on Life, Death, Drugs, and Whitney Houstonnew

"I wanted Whitney to make it ... I didn't want her to die like that."
Miami New Times |
S. Pajot |
03-12-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige
Lil Wayne's DEA Bustnew

The agency comes up empty-handed when searching the rapper.
Miami New Times |
Kyle Munzenrieder |
02-28-2011 |
Music
Righteous Maytalnew

Frederick “Toots” Hibbert on his band and the birth of reggae.
Miami New Times |
S. Pajot |
11-16-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Check The Rhimenew

Q-Tip Talks Kanye West, the Roots, and the Reunion of A Tribe Called Quest.
Miami New Times |
Stacey Russell |
10-13-2010 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lil Jon Talks 'Crunk Rock,' Pitbull and Fine Winenew

Don't make the mistake of thinking rapper/producer/all-around Svengali Lil Jon is a buffoon. The man behind the blinding grills and creatively shocking lyrical allusions to sex is a shrewd businessman and songwriter who swirls the winds of pop into his own entertainment hurricane.
Miami New Times |
Arielle Castillo |
09-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The 10 Most Preposterous Rap Songs of 2008new
Busted rhymes from Rick Ross to Fat Joe and back again.
Miami New Times |
Ben Westhoff |
12-30-2008 |
Music
Tags: hip-hop, Year in Review
Page Six is a Long Way from Black Tide's South Florida Homenew

It's safe to assume it was the first time a bunch of West Kendallites appeared in the New York Post's infamous gossip column. And it's especially notable because they did so for indirectly inciting a minor riot in L.A. alongside a famously celebrated, then disgraced, then semi-redeemed memoirist.
Miami New Times |
Arielle Castillo |
07-21-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
New Order's Peter Hook Speaks About the Band's Final Live DVDnew
Even though New Order has officially split up, bassist Peter Hook isn't exactly resting on his laurels. The 52-year-old travels the world as an in-demand DJ, amid writing and recording new music with Freebass.
Miami New Times |
Annie Zaleski |
07-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kristopher Hull Tries to Bring Classical Music to the Streetsnew

Armed with a full-size upright piano, a repertoire of Chopin's etudes and nocturnes, and his nerves, the 33-year-old pianist planned to storm Miami Beach's Lincoln Road, guerrilla-style.
Miami New Times |
Arielle Castillo |
04-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rhythm Robotsnew
Daft Punk plugs in one more time.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
11-14-2006 |
Concerts
Tags: Daft Punk
Strange Birdsnew
An enigmatic Miami band pushes expectations out of the nest.
Miami New Times |
Jonathan Zwickel |
11-06-2006 |
Reviews
Rape and Honeynew
The unbearable lightness of Ministry's Grammy nomination.
Miami New Times |
Jean Carey |
01-31-2006 |
Music
Tags: ministry
Soundtrack for a Roller-Coaster Worldnew
The fact that this is the first real retrospective to embrace John Fogerty’s entire career is in itself ample cause for celebration.
Miami New Times |
Lee Zimmerman |
01-24-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Fogerty, The Long Road Home
Where's the Beat?new
SouthBeat Records is set to finally live up to its potential as South Florida's underground hip-hop lable.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
01-24-2006 |
Music
Nostalgic Like Datnew
Doodlebug of Digable Planets discusses the band's reemergence after 10 years of silence.
Miami New Times |
Sam Chennault |
01-17-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Digable Planets