We're not sure which of Kanye West's Rolling Stone covers is more telling: the one that pitted the stone-faced producer/rapper against 50 Cent (the subhead "Who will be the king of hip-hop?"), o …

Before Kanye's Top 40 takeover, hip-hop was clearly split into two camps: the backpacker-policed underground and the jewel-encrusted, paper-stacking mainstream. The line between the two couldn't be haz …

While countless TV commercials and crowd-pleasing acting gigs may have helped Snoop Dogg shed his g********r beginnings, his decade-spanning influence on hardcore hip-hop can't be overstated. We're not …

Digging through Snoop Dogg's bottomless back catalog is like taking a tour of hardcore hip-hop itself. Take "Chin Check," for starters: The long-awaited reunion of N.W.A. drops Snoop in the rather larg …

While it's true that nobody can be all things to all people, you've got to admit that Cee Lo Green comes pretty damn close. The artist formerly known as Thomas DeCarlo Callaway doesn't just think outsi …

An artist of Cee Lo's unstoppable talents can quickly find himself in demand everywhere he turns, especially when his every musical move shines so brightly. Back in his Goodie Mob days, he came on hard …

Carrie Underwood may have been the first country singer to win American Idol, but that 2005 title was just the first in a long line of accolades and awards bestowed upon the Oklahoma girl made g …

If aliens landed on Earth with no idea what classic rock meant, world leaders might very well sit them down in a room with nothing but a boombox and a fistful of Bad Company albums. Paul Rodgers and Mi …

Paul Rodgers just might be the owner of the quintessential rock 'n' roll voice, full of blood-pumping passion and biting, bluesy grit. So he wasn't about to put himself out to pasture after Bad  …