- May 21, 2001
- Love Is the Drug
Missy Elliott, Miss E . . . So Addictive
R.E.M , Reveal
Various Artists, Wild Pitch Classics
Various Artists, Tommy Boy Essentials: Hip Hop Vol. 1
- December 4, 2000
- Back From the Future
On The W, the famously inventive Wu-Tang Clan slows down for a victory lap around the old school, but their retread beats don't make the grade.
- June 21, 2004
- Dull Roar
PJ Harvey is back to her old angry self, but she can’t quite hold our attention like she once could. Plus, the loner-loser roots of electronic music.
- October 16, 2000
- In Brief:
"Tiny Reminders" and "Let's Get Ready . . ."
- April 28, 2003
- The War at Home
New albums from Madonna and a mostly reunited Fleetwood Mac take aim at American foreign policy, making us wonder: What planet are they living on?
- February 24, 2003
- Dodging the Bullet
Rapper 50 Cent has seen his share of violence, a subject that imbues his debut album with an overwhelming grimness; Human League still has the power to surprise.
- October 15, 2001
- In Brief
Jay-Z's paeans to a player's paradise fall even flatter now.
- November 3, 2003
- No Smoking
The Strokes’ Room on Fire is more fizzle than sizzle, but on his first album, D.J. Ricardo Villalobos breathes life into minimal techno.
- September 23, 2002
- In Brief: Coldplay and Queens of the Stone Age
Ethan Brown reviews new albums from Coldplay and Queens of the Stone Age
- October 25, 2004
- Beats, With a Touch of Blues
Raphael Saadiq isn’t as celebrated as Timbaland or the Neptunes, but as a producer he has a lot more depth; a reggae singer who lets loose.
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