Here’s a look at some of the new CDs dropping today.

Houston rapper Mike Jones made a splash in 2005 with his major label debut, Who is Mike Jones? The CD went platinum and topped the rap/hip-hop charts, so there are high hopes for The American Dream.

Bjork’s new release, Volta, features Timbaland, Antony Hegarty, Brian Chippendale and an all-female Icelandic brass section. Ah, okay.

Originally released in 2001, this deluxe edition of Love Makes the World features over 40 minutes of new bonus material, a behind-the-scenes video and five more tracks.

This article appears in May 3-9, 2007.