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Erykah Badu, Worth the Waitnew

What's even more impressive is the roster of men Badu has called on to produce the album with her. It's a dream team of contemporary progressive black artists, the best possible individuals she could've called on to assist her in this project.

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsay | 03-10-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Erykah Badu, New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)

Power of Soulnew

Marvin Gaye's Here, My Dear -- the biggest fuck-you album ever -- gets reworked.

Philadelphia Weekly | Craig D. Lindsey | 02-11-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Marvin Gaye, Here, My Dear

Umm ... Dropnew

The name may scream Rolling Stones, but Paint It Black are a screaming, tough-as-nails punk band, though their new album eerily explodes into foreign territory while still looking back to the genre's undiluted ideals.

Philadelphia Weekly | Doug Wallen | 01-02-2008 | Reviews

Tags: New Lexicon, Paint It Black

Defend Its Existencenew

Somehow James Taylor's cultivated this persona of innocuous docility. The thing is, Sweet Baby James has imbibed his fair share of opiates and dabbled in enough star-fuckage to make Pete Doherty jealous.

Philadelphia Weekly | Caralyn Green | 12-10-2007 | Reviews

Tags: James Taylor, One Man Band

Vanessa Carlton Makes Music for the Well-adjustednew

Heroes & Thieves is a totally suburban white chick record, and I mean "suburban" more geopolitically than as a judgment of gracelessness.

Philadelphia Weekly | Caralyn Green | 11-05-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Heroes & Theives, Vanessa Carlton

Aly & AJ Flex Their Disney Crednew

Insomniatic -- which sounds something like the Veronicas, Lillix or even a pre-Speak Lindsay Lohan -- isn't what anyone besides your 9-year-old niece would call "good music." But it's not quite as offensive as the duo's Olsen-lite image implies.

Philadelphia Weekly | Caralyn Green | 09-25-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Aly & AJ, Insomniatic

The Black Lips Have Guitars, Will Travelnew

Like their live shows, the Lips’ records are a train that’s never more than a hair from running off the track. Each song on Good Bad Not Evil is a tightly wound pop gem.

Philadelphia Weekly | Brian McManus | 09-17-2007 | Reviews

Tags: The Black Lips, Good Bad Not Evil