Missy Elliott

Performance Art

Visit the Scenic Woods

Tonight: Starbucks Mixed Media Series at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Fannypack

Saturday, July 12

Rotation

Saturday, July 12

Rotation

Saturday, July 12

Mariah Carey

Thursday, August 28

Not on Your Nelly!

Nelly Furtado refused to forget her roots or dress like a tramp. She won a Grammy anyway.

Rap's Rapidly Vanishing Female MC

The Why Chromosome

Eels: Meet the Eels: Essential Eels Vol. 1Useless Trinkets

The Why Chromosome

Keyshia Cole

Just Like You

Desi on Deck

Just Like You

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Wack's Very Special Holiday Music Guide

Let There Be Rock

Ten albums that make it easy to avoid fretting about your old-fashioned, Rockist ways

I'd Much Rather Be with the Girls

Critics might damn Fantasia's music with faint praise, but we say she's keeping up a sacred pop tradition

ODB

A Son Unique

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A Son Unique

Lyin' Scion

How deep is this Toyota subsidiary's love of hip-hop?

Missy Elliott

The Cookbook

Where's the Beef? Right here in H-town

T.I. and Lil' Flip rumble in Cloverland, bringing one of the great rap feuds of recent years to a head

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop

God Save the Scene

Sassy Brits, hoochie mamas and a dude named Beans attempted to invigorate a stagnant year for hip-hop

Trend-Spotting

In a scandal-ridden election year, the year's top ten music stories were all about winning the popular vote

Boxing the Rock

Six of the year's best multi-disc sets (and one of the worst)

Chasing Mandy

A pop-star-turned-actress tries to move into her "mature phase"

The Class of '03

Grab your gift certificates and trade in your white elephants -- here's what you really wanted for Christmas

Not the Sweetest Thing

What a bad feeling -- and taste -- Honey leaves behind

Hail to the Freak

Interesting times call for an interesting man of the year. We nominate Michael Jackson.

Richard X

Richard X Presents His X-Factor Vol. 1 (Astralwerks)

Beyoncé

Dangerously in Love (Columbia)

Shakin' That Smart Ass

DJ /rupture's bombastic genre pastiche is incredibly cerebral, not to mention surprisingly fun to dance to

Missy Elliott

Under Construction (Elektra)

8 Songs Guaranteed To Get Those Damn Relatives To Leave Already

​But if I really say it, the radio won't play it, Unless I lay it between the lines! - Peter, Paul and Mary, "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" We know, we know. It's late Christmas evening, you've had a few too many glasses of nog. That turkey is starting to take its toll, and yet you've still got a hou ... More >>

How Low Can He Go?

Ludacris escorts female MCs into hip-hop's boys-only club, but it's a bit gross.

Girl Talk Toilet Paper Mash-Ups Balloons = Party!

Marc Brubaker​ Aftermath didn't think it was possible to up the ante any more at this year's Summerfest until Girl Talk took the stage Saturday night. In our estimation, it was the biggest and baddest Summerfest party to date. We might even venture to say that achieved the biggest and baddest summ ... More >>

Has 50 Cent Jumped The Shark?

Photos by Marc Brubaker / Click here for a slideshow​9:24 p.m.: While waiting at the box office to get our tickets a kid walks up and asks, "Excuse me, how much are tickets?" He looks absolutely crushed when he hears that they're about $50. It's super sad to see. I mean, he just wanted to see ... More >>

Sophia Fresh Work For T-Pain, Stay True To DJ Screw

Photos courtesy of Atlantic Records​Crystal, Skye and Cole Rose, collectively known as Sophia Fresh, may be one hit away from national fame, but they're unwavering in their loyalty to the Bayou City. Case in point: Sophia Fresh recently unleashed a remix of the DJ Screw classic "June 27" in ho ... More >>

A Simple Question This Week: Where The Ladies At?

Some rappers happen to be thoughtful, intelligent people. Every Monday Rocks Off will have some of them hear discussing issues relevant to their culture. Photo illustration by John Seaborn Gray​This Week's Panel: Nosaprise, Yung Redd, Kyle Hubbard Not Invited: Girls, apparently. Actually, w ... More >>

Top 10 Most Underrated Music Video Artists

The Material Girl. The King of Pop (and his sister). The Chili Peppers. Mr. West. Very few artists have become the musical equivalent of the two-sport athlete: Making memorable music and monumental videos. When those people had a new video to premiere, it wasn't a just a video, it was an event. I ... More >>

Top 10 Hip-Hop Album Intro Tracks

​Before iTunes and Amazon gave us the luxury of picking and choosing which tracks we want off an album, we had to buy the entire CD or cassette tape to listen to everything we paid for. The intro tracks are usually what help us decide if the album is something we were going to love start to fi ... More >>

Express Yourself: The 10 Best Deep Tracks of Madonna's Career

Daniel KramerPhoto by Daniel Kramer.​Madonna is one of those artists that does it all: she sings, dances, acts, and occasionally writes. The main thing that keeps her fans begging for more is that she always seeks to reinvent herself - whether it be her 'Borderline'-era '80s street-style or th ... More >>