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KRS-One: The Sneak Attack

Old-school rappers face a troubling paradox: If they attempt to remain current and change with the times (à la LL Cool J and Run DMC), they're desperately compromising their music to sell records. If
Pete Yorn: musicforthemorningafter

Those who picked up last year's soundtrack to Me, Myself & Irene for its all-star selection of Steely Dan covers found a pleasant surprise in "Strange Condition," an original knockout from unknown sin
Jadakiss: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye

As The Lox's frontman, Jadakiss has long been viewed as gangsta rap's next big thing, a lyrical kingpin with the understated wit, charisma, and delivery of an all-time great. But The Lox's two albums
Andrew Bird's Bowl Of Fire: The Swimming Hour

As willfully eclectic as Andrew Bird's first two outings with Bowl Of Fire were, it seemed like Bird was backing himself into a corner as just another eccentric genre-hopper. But he's an even stranger
Run DMC: Crown Royal

In his excellent recent biography of Joe DiMaggio, Richard Ben Cramer documents how the ornery Yankee slugger ultimately turned the guardianship of his larger-than-life legacy into a full-time profess
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds: No More Shall We Part

The master of meshing gloom and doom with sturm und drang, Nick Cave takes delectable pleasure in doling out dire punishment. He's like the Old Testament God wreaking havoc on the world he created, pa
Anne Sofie von Otter & Elvis Costello: For The Stars

Elvis Costello might dabble outside the rock world, but he's no dilettante. His early experiments in country and soul revealed an almost academic, but clearly passionate, interest in popular music. In
Ani DiFranco: Revelling/Reckoning

With new, up-and-coming artists questioning the importance of major labels to career development, it's worth studying the advantages and disadvantages faced by Ani DiFranco and Jeffrey Gaines, singer-
Guided By Voices: Isolation Drills

Since abandoning the low-fidelity sound that first brought him fame—or at least consigning it to his abundant side projects and solo albums—Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard has set out on a qu
Angie Martinez: Up Close And Personal

In hip-hop, as in much of the entertainment world, celebrity generally talks much louder than talent, which is why profitable brands like Shaquille O'Neal historically outsell Aceyalone, The Coup, and
Mogwai: Rock Action

Like a lot of indie-rock acts, Mogwai often mistakes extreme volume shifts for dynamics. This approach sometimes makes for a fine experience live, when the group can instantly travel from a whisper to
Destiny's Child: Survivor

Destiny's Child's mixture of impeccably crafted image and undeniably catchy songs has made it a prime contender for longevity among the current pack of glossy teen idols and disposable pop stars. Even
Pete Rock: Petestrumentals

BBE might stand for Barely Breaking Even, but for its "Beat Generation" producer series, the London label has snagged some of the most respected names in hip-hop, including ?uestlove, 88Keys, and Marl
Paul McCartney: Wingspan: Hits And History

When The Beatles split, only the most pessimistic could have predicted the decade-long anticlimax of Paul McCartney's '70s work. The band's final efforts, after all, found the Lennon/McCartney songwri
Hi-Tek: Hi-Teknology

Like Mos Def and Talib Kweli, Cincinnati's DJ Hi-Tek has maintained a remarkable level of quality in his work while evolving at a breathtaking rate. But Hi-Tek didn't come into his own as a major arti
The Black Crowes: Lions

The career of the erstwhile AOR chart-toppers in The Black Crowes would seem to be on the upswing, with a welcome label change and a wave of publicity surrounding singer Chris Robinson's recent marria
R.E.M.: Reveal

Add "redefining how rock groups age" to the list of R.E.M.'s accomplishments. Time was, a reference to "the R.E.M. sound" had a single meaning: jangly, Byrds-inspired guitar-rock, paired to evocative
Depeche Mode: Exciter

As much a victim as a beneficiary of '80s nostalgia, Depeche Mode may never live down its Eurotrash synth-pop image, even as its music grows in scope and sophistication. Now two decades into a surpris
Tool: Lateralus

With only a pair of overblown albums to its name, Tool didn't appear prepared to weather the grunge recession. But somehow, the band's brand of metallic bombast outlasted its contemporaries' angst, an
Weezer: Weezer (The Green Album)

After a multimillion-selling debut, Weezer fell hard with 1996's Pinkerton, an underrated album that roughed up the group's glistening pop-rock sound while unexpectedly delving into singer Rivers Cuom

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