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Juvenile: Project English

Juvenile's strange, kinetic, undeniably infectious Southern anthem "Ha" unforgettably paired the rapper's slurred, impressionistic take on life in the projects with in-house super-producer Mannie Fres

New Order: Get Ready

More than any other band born in the '80s, New Order has remained immune to the dulling effects of nostalgia. Though it grew out of a time-specific union of post-punk, new wave, and electro, the group

Slipknot: Iowa

It's easy to knock Slipknot for its silly rubber masks, but at least the nine-piece Iowa metal band does its thing without resorting to the angst-ridden whining that pervades the million new-metal sou

Mary J. Blige: No More Drama

Since the release of her influential 1992 debut, What's The 411?, Mary J. Blige has evolved from a rough-edged homegirl whose public private life mirrored the drama-filled world of her music, into a s

Sparklehorse: It's A Wonderful Life

In the period leading up to the release of 1999's outstanding Good Morning Spider, Sparklehorse mastermind Mark Linkous spent months in a wheelchair after spending three minutes dead of a drug reactio

RZA As Bobby Digital: Digital Bullet

Considering Wu-Tang Clan's well-documented eccentricities and flair for reinvention, it came as only a mild surprise when mastermind RZA announced in 1998 that he'd be releasing an album in character

Stereolab: Sound-Dust

To casual observers, Stereolab operates from a fairly limited palette, crafting sleek, slick, Krautrock-influenced lounge-pop out of warm, ornate instrumentation (horns, woodwinds, glockenspiels, anal

Jay-Z: The Blueprint

Like his late friend and collaborator Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z hasn't so much blurred the line between gangsta rap and pop music as rendered it meaningless. At once one of rap's greatest lyricists and

Ben Folds: Rockin' The Suburbs

Ben Folds has long reconciled his affinity for cleverly arch pop-culture analysis (his breakthrough single "Underground," et al) with his more down-to-earth role as a sweetly earnest piano man. He's w

Slayer: God Hates Us All

It's easy to knock Slipknot for its silly rubber masks, but at least the nine-piece Iowa metal band does its thing without resorting to the angst-ridden whining that pervades the million new-metal sou

Beulah: The Coast Is Never Clear

Of the many experimental pop bands that have recorded, at one time or another, under the umbrella of the Elephant 6 collective, Beulah remains one of the least known and one of the best. That's impres

Bob Dylan: Love And Theft

"You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way," Bob Dylan sings on his latest album, "Love And Theft". It's tempting to scoff at the line, given that it arrives on another superb set,

They Might Be Giants: Mink Car

The ridiculously prolific humorists of They Might Be Giants aren't often cited for profundity, but at their best, John Flansburgh and John Linnell spike their music with sharp comments on the dangers

Mercury Rev: All Is Dream

The New York psychedelic experimentalists in Mercury Rev have experienced constant evolution over the past 10 years, as they've twisted and turned through increasingly elegant (but mostly underrated)

Tori Amos: Strange Little Girls

The art of radically reinterpreting and reinventing songs is often unfairly maligned. But while the result can be mere cover-band mimicry—or worse, the sort of wacky irony-wrangling that a million int

Remy Zero: The Golden Hum

The members of Remy Zero are American (Alabaman, no less), but they've created a curiously British-sounding rock record in The Golden Hum. Followers of the group's career shouldn't be shocked, as Remy

(Smog): Rain On Lens

Smog has become (Smog) for its ninth album, for reasons known only to bandleader Bill Callahan. The staunchly independent minimalist divides his loyalties between openness and obscurantism, so adding

Macy Gray: The Id

Macy Gray's irresistible, froggy-voiced, funky soul has made her an unlikely superstar, winning her an assortment of awards, selling millions, and earning the seemingly unlikely support of Rosie O'Don

Suzanne Vega: Songs In Red And Gray

Even aside from the conspicuous absence in the production credits for Songs In Red And Gray, it's not hard to figure out that Suzanne Vega's new album deals with her recent divorce. "Consider me a wid

Ja Rule: Pain Is Love

As the enduring popularity of gangsta rap attests, the world, or at least a sizable portion of the music-consuming public, loves a thug. But as 2Pac discovered, winning over the mainstream often takes