Their name is Jonas, and they seem to be in the game for all the right reasons. The family band from Jersey makes classic teen-zine pop with crisp beats, strong hooks--and an even stronger sense of humor. Who else could pull off a mid-track flow interlude from their security detail?
Two of hip-hop's most inventive smiths,
Madlib and
MF DOOM, have teamed up under the appropriately psychotic moniker of
Madvillain, and the collab is every bit as delirious and eclectic as fans of those two might expect. Cutting up gnarly, electrostatic drum-and-synths, 'lib proves the ideal beatmaker for the masked DOOMster's fantastical rhymes.