Tom Breihan

Rap's mainstream barely even exists anymore, and these days, the Wu-Tang Clan's eerie murk and ferocious paranoia couldn't be any further from it. But if the endlessly chaotic Staten Island collective's shows are now nostalgia-fests, they're about the most forcefully giddy nostalgia-fests going, thanks in part to the throng of...

There's something I can't quite figure out: Why does Rihanna get to be a pop star? And I'm not necessarily asking in a way that demeans Rihanna. I just reviewed her new album, Good Girl Gone Bad, and I was surprised by how much I liked it. In the past,...