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September 2, 2009
The cover of Whitney Houston's new album has the returning singer looking so fresh-faced and unlined that one might think that one of the perks to surviving Bobby, "crack-is-wack" and an assortment of other tribulations is unfettered access to Botox.
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August 31, 2009
The road to this album has been rocky and the time has come to see if it was worth the wait...
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June 3, 2009
You know that T-Pain and Lil' Wayne album you were hotly anticipating? It's almost finished!
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by Teresa Wiltz onMay 28, 2009
A brave man moves beyond the past, stretches past his artistic comfort zone and grows. Then, there's Marshall Mathers.
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by Mychal Massie onApril 15, 2009
In a conversation with The Root, the hip-hop duo Dead Prez sounds off on their new mixtape, the good news about the economic slump and their thoughts about Obama’s presidency.
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by Martin Johnson onJanuary 29, 2009
At 40, saxophonist Joshua Redman is, again, setting new standards for jazz. His latest release, ‘Compass,’ reveals why he continues to chart a steady, forward racing path.
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by Mark Anthony Neal onDecember 15, 2008
808s and Heartbreak is the artistic culmination of a year of tumult in West's life: the tragic death of his mother and his breakup with fiancé Alexis Phifer. The use of Auto-tune was critical to the grieving process.
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