Music

Advance copies of the debut by Busboys-and-Fishbone-reminiscent African American Georgia rock band El Pus were subtitled Vol.1: The Bogard, but those last two words were gone by the time the album came out—your culture wars at work, maybe? But as for crunk deciding to get quiet, and rap songs about girls with big Bibles, and Radio Disney stars who call exes dorks and blatantly rip off both "Wild World"/"It's a Sin" and "More Than a Feeling"/"Smells Like Teen Spirit," who would ever have predicted that?

EL PUS
Hoodlum Rock: Vol. 1
(Virgin funk-punked rap-rock album)
View "Suburb Thuggin'" Video (Windows Media)
View "Suburb Thuggin'" Video (Real)

EMANON
The Waiting Room
(Shaman Work Recordings backpack hip-hop album)
Stream "Count Your Blessings" (Real)
Stream "The World Don't Sing" (Real)
Stream "Not What It Seems" (Real)

FARM FRESH
Time Is Running Out
(Peanuts & Corn backpack hoser hip-hop album)

SPOONIE GEE
(Tuff City '70s-'80s old-school hip-hop reissue)
Stream "Street Girl" (Windows Media)
Stream "Get Off My Tip" (Windows Media)
Stream "Yum Yum" (Windows Media)

HOPE 7
Hope 7
(Armato/Trauma teenpop album)
View "Breakthrough" Video (Windows Media)
View "Breakthrough" Video (Real)

JOE RANSOM
Fabric Live 20
(Fabric dancehall/grime/bhangra mix album)
Download Rodney P's "The Nice Up" (MP3)
Download 5th Suite's "Una Funker" (MP3)
Download M.I.A.'s "Galang" (MP3)

SIR READS-A-LOT
"Baby Got Book"
(whiteboydj.com Christian rap parody single)
View "Baby Got Book" Video

SUBTITLE
Young Dangerous Heart
(GSL blunted backpack hip-hop album)
Stream "The Haze on the Hill" from "Young Dangerous Heart" 12" EP

YING YANG TWINS
"Wait (The Whisper Song)"
(TVT filthy minimalist post-crunk single)
Download "Wait (The Whisper Song)" (MP3)

NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC! 18
(Epic Top 40 pop compilation)
Stream Album

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO DUB
(World Music Network '70s dub-reggae reissue compilation)
Sample Track (MP3)

RUN IT RED: MICK HUCKNALL SELECTS FROM 10 YEARS OF BLOOD AND FIRE CLASSICS
(Blood and Fire '70s reggae and dub reissue compilation)