Jody Rosen

Review: Kendrick Lamar Goes Superhero-Producer on ‘Black Panther’ Soundtrack

Review: Kendrick Lamar Goes Superhero-Producer on ‘Black Panther’ Soundtrack

The hip-hop visionary creates and curates music to explore age-old dreams and 21st Century politics

February 14, 2018

Album Review: Jay’s Surprising Star-Packed ‘Gatsby’ Mixtape

Hova salutes a fellow large-living New Yorker with help from Beyoncé, Jack White and more

May 2, 2013

Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures

The first posthumous dip into Amy Winehouse’s vaults is a mishmash, but its best moments remind you of her huge…

January 13, 2012

Rihanna’s – Talk That Talk

Pop’s queen of the sexy single-entendre makes her catchiest, smuttiest record yet Four years and 10 huge hits ago, Rihanna…

January 13, 2012

Florence and the Machine – Ceremonials

★★★ Brit singer puts in a bid for rock stardom with big tunes, bigger emotions

December 14, 2011

Patrick Stump – Soul Punk

★★★1/2 Island Fall Out boy reinvents himself as slicked-up hook-slinger

November 8, 2011

Nirvana – Nevermind 20th Anniversary

★★★★★ A jampacked box set dusts off the myth of Nirvana’s masterpiece. (Universal Music)

October 18, 2011

The Cars

★★★★ Move Like This Hear Music/Concord Music Group

May 31, 2011

Jennifer Lopez

★★ Love? Island Def Jam

May 31, 2011

Matthew Morrison

★★★1/2 Matthew Morrison Mercury

May 31, 2011