Jake McKim

Following up on the monster success of Significant Other, which has sold more than six million copies to date, Limp Bizkit has just released what may be the strangest and most intriguingly titled album of the year, Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. Significant Other brought us such...

Wyclef Jean's The Carnival, released in 1997, established the multifaceted entertainer as a bona fide force, boasting a sound both cultural and street-smart, hard-core and kid-friendly. Needless to say, expectations are high for his follow-up, The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II A Book. This is Jean's attempt to prove he can...

Ruff Ryders Ruff Ryders Compilation: Ryde or Die Vol. II Interscope Records There are more "families" in hip-hop these days than in an Aaron Spelling TV series, with crews ranging from New Orleans's Cash Money Millionaires and No Limit Soldiers to New York's Flipmode Squad and Puff Daddy's Bad Boy...