Dr. Dre

Cue the Chinese Democracy jokes: In a recent interview with USA Today, Dr. Dre claimed that his long-gestating follow up to the seven-times platinum 2001, Detox, could be released by the end of 2008. "I'm just now -- over the last couple of months -- starting to feel that it's going to be right and it's something I can be proud of, and everybody is going to love it," Dre told the paper in his first interview in several months. "In a perfect world, I'm shooting for a November or December release." Detox is said to rely heavily on live drum instrumentation, as well as feature guest spots by Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and Nas, among others.

Between the countless delays due to Dre's further sonic tinkering and the fact that his last release, 2001, actually came out in 1999 (take that, date-relevant title accuracy), it's safe to say that Detox is one of the most anxiously awaited releases on anybody's calendar. But what about those records that aren't so heavily clamored for -- be they reunions nobody asked for, or marginal releases further marginalized in release-date limbo? We've compiled a list of some of the least-anticipated releases, and we'll show it to you in December -- we promise (kidding!).

Check out our picks on page 2.