Let's be real here: Plastic Little, a wet-behind-the-ears party rap crew from Philly, must have been pretty damn happy the night they convinced Ghostface Killah to battle the chunky, sample-splicing (c …

Taking its name from a passage in the second book of Corinithians which speaks of "treasure in jars of clay" - a metaphor for spirituality within the fragile, often imperfect, physical body - this semi …

Here, we discover exactly why Jars of Clay has picked up such a weighty following both sides of the theological divide, courtesy of two revealing covers: first there's an especially tender treatment of …

Nothing says, "Skimming the waves in a yacht with supermodels" quite like Duran Duran's definitive luxe-rock singles "Rio" and "Hungry Like the Wolf." As songs like these make abundantly clear, the Fab …

Hell hath no fury like an R&B singer scorned. At least in the case of Keyshia Cole, who busted out of the Bay Area as soon as she caught wind of a cheating boyfriend. While Cole collaborated with MC Ha …

If you're wondering why our Chemical Brothers playlist sounds like the digitized record crate of a schizophrenic DJ, it's because Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons got their start spinning marathon sets aroun …

As is often the case with dance producers who were DJs first, the Chemical Brothers have saved some of their best (and, at times, more experimental) material for club-friendly singles and EPs. That inc …

We'll eventually get to the way the Diplomats (a.k.a. Dipset) are defining today's hip-hop with brazen head-snappers like "Dipset Anthem." But before that we've gotta introduce crew leader and all-arou …

Success stories like Talib Kweli rarely happen in the rap game. An underground icon circa the slamming Black Star singles "Respiration" and "Definition," Kweli went his own way soon afterward, much lik …