At this rate, we can expect the Outkast tour announcement pretty soon. Apple's six-date tour will begin days after the singer-songwriter's performance at SXSW on Mar. 15. The follow-up to Apple's 2005 album "Extraordinary Machine" may also be around...

What a rad guy. He stayed away from repping Alabama in any divisive way (than it already appeared in his lyrics). In one slightly schlocky move, he lead the crowd in a tour of his influences, almost in a Branson-style medley ranging from The Doors,...

Big Boi and Andre 3000- at the time known as Dre- play off each other better than any duo I’ve ever heard. Listen to the two trade bars on ‘Player’s Ball.’ The track is a playboy’s paradise, with the two flavorful emcees riding one of the smoothest...

Voters in a poll conducted by the U.K. Daily Telegraph recently voted R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" as the "saddest song of all-time." Of course, it's sparked all kinds of debate (and I mean, seriously? Sadder than "He Stopped Loving Her Today" or "Sam...

Putting this many visionary types in one studio could’ve made for a mess, but they lock in for a three-man weave – like the Bird-McHale-Parish of avant-R&B. Damon Albarn lays down a double-time funk charge and lyrical patter about being a "pale...

No genre before rap had taken periodic comedy breaks on its albums, and for good reason: Recorded comedy is hard enough for professional comedians to do right, let alone moonlighting musicians. Countless great rap albums are marred by unfunny skits. ...