Music Archives

Black Star's 1998 debut, Mos Def And Talib Kweli Are Black Star, helped define the goals and values of hip-hop's True School, a...

Reverence for the old school and its musical pioneers has long been a calling card of hip-hop's underground. But few have taken their affection...

It's ironic that Kyuss, a band with a sound built around stoner grooves, science-fiction imagery, and thunderous guitar riffs, would now be seen...

Like Dilated Peoples and Jurassic 5, the members of People Under The Stairs wear their love for hip-hop on their sleeves, thanking their crates in...

The contemporary mainstream pop market has rarely been as vacuous as it is now, with even good novelty songs in short supply. But while painfully...

R.E.M.'s In Time isn't called Greatest Hits, and for good reason: It serves not as an objective hits-roundup from the band's Warner...

Ja Rule and Cam'ron aren't particularly distinguished gangsta rappers. But at their best, they're irresistible pop stars whose ideal medium is the...

Ja Rule and Cam'ron aren't particularly distinguished gangsta rappers. But at their best, they're irresistible pop stars whose ideal medium is the...

Three discs reduce the arena-rock experience to DVD size.

The voice of Rilo Kiley steps out for a side project with plenty of ambition.