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July 2007

Amy Winehouse: The Dangerous New Queen of Soul

By Steve Kandell

Everyone's talking about this crazy bird Amy Winehouse...except Amy Winehouse.

The Spin Interview: 50 Cent (Bigger, Longer, and Uncut)

By Charles Aaron

Thanks to Don Imus, hip-hop is now under a new microscope. But 50 Cent offers no apologies. With bonus content!

The Spin Interview: Glenn Danzig

By Greg Burk

"The Misfits helped form what American punk is," Danzig says. "It was like holding an atom bomb in your hand." With bonus video!

Days of the Leak

By Douglas Wolk

Despite labels' efforts to keep new music under wraps, it's no longer a question of if an album will appear online before its official release date, but rather when and how. Here's why.

They Came from Hollywood

By Charles Aaron

Oh, Billy Bob. Oh, Minnie. Oh, Scarlett. Aren't your movie stardom and its attendant riches enough? Why must you go and make records, too?

Album Reviews

Rihanna

Rated R

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Tough love fails this tender Barbadian balladeer.
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The Bravery - Stir the Blood

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Synth-rock hams go from Hot Fuss to hot mess.
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Adam Lambert - For Your Entertainment

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A debut even Simon Cowell could love.
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50 Cent - Before I Self Destruct

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It's not the G-Unit leader's birthday anymore.
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Norah Jones - The Fall

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Don't know why she didn't do this before.
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Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

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Three's company for Grohl, Homme, and Jones.
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Kid Sister - Ultraviolet

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House-music shout-outs overshadow rhyme skills.
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Wale - Attention: Deficit

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Post mix-tape acclaim, D.C. MC finally makes his case.
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Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Xenophanes

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Mars Volta mad scientist edits his experiments.
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Dashboard Confessional - Alter the Ending

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King of emo-folk pain embraces two-state solution.
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Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young

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New York's grooviest rocker spiffs up his sound.
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Weezer - Raditude

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Rock's most maddeningly hummable practical joke continues.
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Shakira - She Wolf

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Latin pop mami down for whatever, wherever.
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Robbie Williams - Reality Killed the Video Star

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The ego again requests clearance to land.
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