Glenn Gamboa

The Game "LAX" RATING: 3 EXCLAMATION POINTS What makes The Game so entertaining is that his work is always just a little off, sorta slightly ill-advised. In other words, real....

Zach Gill "ZACH GILL'S STUFF" RATING: 2 1/2 EXCLAMATION POINTS Zach Gill resides in the pretty, sun-kissed, jammy, jazzy, island-tinged territory not too far from his boss Jack Johnson. "Zach...

On "Rotation," Cute Is What We Aim for has streamlined its pop-punk delivery a bit, making the hooks even bigger and keeping everything else to a minimum. Singer Shaant Hacikyan...

It's a thin line between smooth and super-safe, and Usher flops back and forth over it throughout his new album. He's apparently trying to reconcile his R&B playa-with-a-heart past with...

Snoop Dogg "Ego Trippin" 2 1/2 stars Snoop Dogg has cultivated two distinct personalities for years now. There's playful Snoop, the one with the izzle-speak. And then there's gangsta Snoop,...

Janet Jackson "DISCIPLINE'' RATING: 3 EXCLAMATION POINTS On the title track of her new album, over a loop of heavy breathing and Prince-ly slow-grinding synth-funk, Janet Jackson coos, "Take out...

British Sea Power "DO YOU LIKE ROCK MUSIC?" RATING: 3 1/2 EXCLAMATION POINTS Until now, British Sea Power has been better-known for its famous eccentricities -- a love of bird-watching,...

The Magnetic Fields "DISTORTION" RATING: 3 EXCLAMATION POINTS Well, you can't say you weren't warned. The Magnetic Fields' new album "Distortion" is totally filled with, well, distortion. The fuzzy electric...

Alicia Keys has the golden voice, the undeniable looks, the charismatic performance style to be a full-scale, larger-than-life, hell-to-the-no diva. But it won't happen. Instead, on her third album, "As...

Keri Hilson "Headsprung" on youtube.com Keri Hilson may not be a household name, even though she sings the hook on the Timbaland No. 1 "The Way I Are." On her...