With a smokin' wee-hours concert and a massive new album, the Artist Formerly Known As Prince once again demonstrates his immodest brilliance.

One of rock’s greatest ever, R&B-loving Talking Heads deserve a better retrospective; Kelis’s second album stays her oddly endearing course.

The British rapper Mike Skinner, a.k.a. the Streets, lets us back into his weird, obsessive life on his surprisingly powerful sophomore record.

The Afghan Whigs and the Screaming Trees are hardly worth remembering, but their former front men have reemerged with the best work of their careers.

Forget Eminem and Avril Lavigne: In 2002, the major labels were upstaged -- and outclassed -- by the indies.

Missy ElliottÂ’s decidedly retro fourth album, 'Under Construction', contrasts hip-hopÂ’s current seriousness with its more joyful past. Plus, Rock and Roll 1.

Conjuring some pre-digital golden age, Common explores his (and rap's) roots, while the scratch-happy X-ecutioners head for the turntables.