How J Dilla Turned The Sound of Error Into a Brand New Beat The biography 'Dilla Time' by Dan Charnas illuminates the hip-hop legend's seismic rhythmic innovations with deep and vivid reporting By Robert Christgau
NY Roots Picnic Brought Protest and Hip-Hop to Bryant Park When can protest also be an act of celebration? The inaugural NY Roots Picnic was a perfect example. By Justin Joffe
Neko Case/k.d. lang/Laura Veirs Catch Lighting in a Bottle on an Impressive Debut “I would be surprised if we did it again. The process was hard.” By Jim Farber
24 Hour Party People: Andrew W.K. Demands Champagne After Drumming for a Day Straight By Hugh Bassett