Ben Harper is an obsessive rock 'n' roll student and a fanatical follower of the culture of music. Since his debut in the early '90s, Harper has reached deeply into his soul to create a vibrant mosaic  …

"Regulators! Mount up." Spit that phrase in the presence of anyone who had a radio handy in the mid-'90s, and they're gonna either smile or burst out in tears. That's because hip-hop lost a true legend …

No matter how you look at it, there's no denying Nate Dogg's hall-of-fame status in the scrappy, mic-slayin' realm of hardcore hip-hop. Seriously - it's as if he never met a bulletproof beat or slick s …

From one song to the next, sometimes it seems like there are a dozen different artists all occupying a single organism that answers to the name Me'Shell Ndegeocello. Anybody who can lay down jazz jams  …

Time to penetrate to the core of what Me'Shell Ndegeocello's all about. There's a deep sensuality shining through all of her many musical personalities. Sometimes it's soft and tender, like the  …

"Live every moment like it was my last one," sings Jordin Sparks on her smash hit "Tattoo," and it's a sentiment that she clearly takes to heart. Jordin was the youngest American Idol champion e …

The question couldn't have been clearer: "Arrrre youuu readddy?" To which a million Korn fans answered, "Hell, yeah," treating the opening seconds of "Blind" as one massive battle cry. Both a nu …

DJ Shadow is an unlikely hip-hop hero. As befitting of his name, he dodges the spotlight, preferring to let his meticulously crafted symphonies speak for him. Shadow's music has the ability to shape-sh …

Soundgarden isn't the only Seattle band with as much in common with alternative music as heavy metal. Alice In Chains also prayed to Black Sabbath when they weren't writing slacker-rock anthems, which  …