Starting with 1989's A New Flame, Simply Red notched up five #1 albums on the run in the U.K. - 1998's Blue, the last in that sequence, sidelines towards a reggae groove with "Night Nurse" featuring Sl …

BeyoncT Knowles calls her high-wattage, larger-than-life diva persona Sasha Fierce, and while it's most definitely appropriate, you'd have to come up with a million more monikers to name all the aspect …

Sometimes we just have to wonder - is there anything BeyoncT can't do? She can put over the edgy Dancehall spice of "Video Phone" every bit as powerfully as the retro funk of "Work It Out," from …

Even if you're not into commercial Latin pop, there's no denying the addictive qualities of "Bailamos" and its sweet hook. In 1999, this smash single cemented Enrique's popularity as a global superstar …

Jill Scott was reading her poetry around her Philadelphia hometown when Roots drummer ?uestlove caught her in action, dug what he heard, and asked her to join the band in-studio. All of a sudden, Jilly …

Jill Scott is a master bridge-builder - between styles, time frames, words, and sounds - so it only makes sense that the sultry songstress behind solo tracks like the new-school pleader "Do You Remembe …

Between his B-boy upbringing and teenage riot years of skateboarding and blasting Black Flag, it's no wonder Fred Durst sounded like a natural-born rap-metal frontman the minute he grabbed the mic with …

Unlike similar acts that lean one way or the other, Limp Bizkit usually gives equal time to both sides of its rap-metal equation. No wonder why they had no trouble attracting big name producers for the …

Bebel Gilberto's genius emerged in 2000 with "Tanto Tempo," the electro-bossa anthem that started it all. With its haunting vocals and elegant string arrangement, "Simplesmente" is a masterpiece …