Inexplicably, rapper Lil Wayne showed up on ESPN's morning show, First Take, to debate Skip Bayless. Not surprisingly, he schooled him throughout, though he did elicit this incredibly disturbing apperance in a jam rap video...

He's not "Lil'" anymore, people. Bow Wow and JD are here to Roc the Mic, and Bow sounds downright adult. Obviously spending his childhood didn't help him spell words like "rock," but it honed his rapping skills plenty.

Mariah Carey is a busy woman. Why make a new song when you re-record an old one with new vocals? Hero 2009 is a small downgrade from the original, but it does prove you can make a return without surviving a nuclear blast...

The Boss is back with another single from his latest album Working on a Dream. Springsteen's Life Itself is the kind of number that seems like a toss-off, but in truth its just the mood he's spent decades perfecting, both in...

When we say that All Sports Band is the worst band of all time -- No, not worst concept band of all time, the worst band of all time full stop -- we really, really mean it. Need proof? Take this gem, which is a music video...

Amidst a slew of new Britney Spears covers for Womanizer, including Lily Allen, All-American Rejects makes us laugh hardest by saying they "can do it better." Their accordian-filled cover gives you a good laugh while holding...

T-Pain and Chris Brown open up 2009 with Freeze, a truly psychedelic video to match their voicebox action. Isn't voiceboxing so 2008? We think Kanye kinda killed that for this year, but expect the trend to stick around like a...

It's pretty much inevitable that Radiohead wins Best Music Video for any year they release output, but House of Cards seals the deal with its incredible 3D plotting visualizations. We won't pretend to fully understand the...

Yes, it pains us a bit to admit it, but no video was sexier to us in 2008 than Britney Spears' Womanizer. After a brutal 2007, Britney came back in shape and ready to rock. We're a bit ashamed, but we can't help but get hot...

In 1994, Portishead managed to captivate listeners of all shapes and sizes with Dummy. Eighteen years later, Portishead reappears with only their third album, aptly titled Third, to capture our Comeback Act of 2008 award. If...

Of all the excellent performers we've had the privilege to review this year, its hard to deny that Beyonce has captivated our hearts as Best Performer. Dancing in a bodysuit in glorious black and white, Single Ladies shows...

Phil Kline got a large crowd together in Washington Square Park in New York City to create a holiday soundscape unlike most others.  The idea was to get a bunch of New Yorkers and give them boomboxes armed with one of Kline's...

Humor runs in the family if you're a Baron Cohen. Sasha may be the famous one for Borat, but Erran's Dreidel is a Hanukkah song we can all clap along with... provided we have a sense of humor, of course. (Something Sasha's...

We all love the Ronettes and Darlene Love, but this generation's essential holiday song? Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You. No matter what, if any, holidays you celebrate this season, its hard to ignore the...

For those of us who prefer our holidays to be a bit more spooky, we're sure you're already familiar with The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton's stop-motion masterpiece about a ghoul named Jack Skellington finding...