Subject: Cee-Lo

• Artist of the Week: Hollywood F.L.O.S.S.

  Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. Despite his goofy name, Hollywood F.L.O.S.S. has quietly risen up our list of favorite local rappers this year. His patchy, translucent flow glows with potential, and when not caged in by dogmatic audio ideologies (audiologi

  December 17, 2008

• Gnarls Barkley: The Odd Couple

  April 3, 2008

• The Popcorn King

  Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

  August 9, 2007

• The 17th Annual Houston International Jazz Festival

  The Houston International Jazz Festival attracts two indie-soul heavyweights

  August 2, 2007

• Goodie Mob

  One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Koch)

  July 15, 2004

• The Gospel According to Gnarls

  Cee-Lo breaks down the genius behind St. Elsewhere

  March 1, 2007

• Mayday!

  Mayday!

  November 9, 2006

• Hip-hop as She Is Rapped

  Translating the German Wikipedia entries of Houston's top MCs

  June 22, 2006

• On the Down-Low

  Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming, and dig this year's buried black-music treasures

  December 23, 2004

• On the Down-Low

  Shovel away all that Usher, Prince and Lil Jon you've been jamming and dig this year's buried black-music treasures

  December 23, 2004

• Cee-Lo

  Cee-Lo Green... Is The Soul Machine (Arista)

  April 8, 2004

• Black Gold

  A gusher lay beneath the surface, but you had to drill deep

  December 26, 2002

• Tyrannosaurus Raps

  Jurassic 5 will help you remember hip-hop the way it oughta be

  August 8, 2002

• Death Rap

  Heart attack survivor Everlast stares down the Grim Reaper on his latest

  October 5, 2000

• Asher Roth

  July 30, 2009

• All Good Again

  October 15, 2009

• Oh, Lord: Bands Who Thought It Was a Good Idea to Cover Music From Star Wars

  If naming your band after a Star Wars character isn't enough nerd cachet, just try writing music referencing the film series or covering music from the canon of work surrounding it. Anyone SW fan worth his or her (mainly his, because dudes are more apt to be nerds) should be able to bang out an ode to stormtroopers or the Force. Yes, the Force is capitalized because it is a valid religion in some circles. We tracked down a handful of songs encompassing all facets of the Star Wars experience, fr

  October 21, 2009