Snoop Dogg lends his name to his protege's debut record, and it's a good thing: despite a solid G-funk foundation from producer Soopafly, Dubb Union recycles a lot of gangsta cliches and doesn't bring much to the party.

As one half of Cannibal Ox, Vordul Mega spit dense, allegorical tales of the inner city. That same sharp observation is still front and center on his second solo effort, which retains Cannibal Ox's future-paranoid vibe while adding a soulful jolt to the proceedings.

Kardinal Offishall's debut as part of R&B crooner Akon's Konvict Muzik clique is a high-energy blend of Jamaican dancehall and modern hip-hop that could get just about any party started.

I never gave it much thought as a kid what Michael Jackson, Prince and Madonna would be like at age 50. All I cared about was the music and how Michael Jackson danced like that.

The popularity of Carthage's local fall festival has forced organizers to make changes to rules and events and promise stricter enforcement of other rules.

More than 60 years ago, thousands of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers filled the skies over America and Europe.

With the recent crowning of "Glamarella" as Intercontinental and Women's Champions respectively, I got to thinking about the place of comedy in professional wrestling.  Much like any entertainment art form, wrestling has drama, action and, yes, comedy.

In their final season on F/X, which starts Tuesday, Detective Vic Mackey and his squad of corrupt LAPD cops will put the lid on what may be the greatest and most entertaining cop show on TV (and I love "Law & Order").

David Cook was speechless when the cloth came down and the mural designed in his honor was unveiled.

Each massively multiplayer online game has its own unique little economy within the game. And most have real-world values on them, even if the developers would love nothing more than to crush that.

Joseph Nagyvary says he’s found a way to make contemporary violins sound like a Stradivarius.

A conversation with the man behind "A Prarie Home Companion." Keillor’s "A Prairie Home Companion: The Rhubarb Tour'' – a live variety show adapted from his broadcast program – pulls into the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis on Sunday and South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset on Monday.a

It’s not easy to reference current events in songs these days without alienating half your audience. But Cambridge, Mass., songwriter Mark Erelli succeeds in providing a very moving snapshot of what it’s like to live in America in 2008 on his new album, “Delivered,” due out Sept. 16 on Signature Sounds.

Dorothy Fadiman’s  "Stealing America: Vote by Vote" is a dull and  lacking-in-conclusive-proof documentary about unreliable voting machines and how they can be rigged to manipulate the outcome of an election.

Outkast and the Goodie MOb got me into Southern rap music in the mid-‘90s. I’ll even admit that there are a few guilty pleasures on Master P’s gloriously-awful "Ghetto Dope." But I just can’t get into the whole Southern-bounce thing, and its biggest star, Young Jeezy, embodies everything that makes the genre forgettable and indistinct on "The Recession."