Mosi Reeves

Two-man band producer/keyboardist Plex Luthor and MC Bernbiz have made Mayday!'s self-titled debut one of this year's pleasant surprises. Luthor's early production work for Miami groups like Algorithm and Spirit Agent was simple blues beats that sounded like bedroom soliloquies. In contrast, Mayday! is vivid and colorful, with sounds that...

Human After All draws Daft Punk away from its famed disco-house sound and closer to the mechanical Kraftwerk roots that girded brittle, looping singles such as "Around the World." It starts off strong: "Human After All," with the chorus "We are human / rock and roll," serves as a cheeky...

What can you learn about John Legend in 15 minutes? In a short interview with the R&B star, not much. But a lot can be gleaned from the first 15 minutes of Legend's Get Lifted, currently lodged in the Billboard Top 10 albums chart. In classic soul tradition, Get Lifted...

You've heard it before: a huge, airy, electronic beat that crashes against your ears while massaging them with plaintive, heartbreakingly soft melodies. It seemingly rises and falls with every song, taking you on a journey of peaks and valleys, and speaking to you truths and reconciliations. It is a sound...

In press interviews for his new album, Kiss of Death, Jadakiss, a member of the Lox, asserts that he wants to be thought of as one of the greatest MCs of all time. Though it seems like bravado, the fact that New York's hip-hop community has taken his statements seriously...