Glenn Gamboa

It's getting to be holiday time, so, of course, there's another posthumous 2Pac album ready for release. To drum up interest in "Pac's Life," which drops Tuesday, Amaru/Interscope is releasing...

My Chemical Romance "THE BLACK PARADE" RATING: 4 SOUND LEVELS On its previous two albums, My Chemical Romance's ambitions have outstripped their execution--a good band striving for greatness. That doesn't...

John Legend "ONCE AGAIN" RATING: 3 1/2 SOUND LEVELS "Once Again" is packed with enough sweet soul ballads to melt even the coldest heart. Like the first single "Save Room,"...

The Killers "Sam's Town" Singer Brandon Flowers set the hype machine in motion early by declaring that "Sam's Town" would be "one of the best albums in the past 20...

Maybe Amy Lee and whoever is in Evanescence now have pioneered the musical equivalent of a movie franchise, churning out sequels until people realize they're making the same movie over...

Janet Jackson "20 Y.O." RATING: 3 1/2 SOUND LEVELS On "20 Y.O.," Janet Jackson skips all the drama of her past and the sexual raunch of her recent albums. This...

Ludacris "RELEASE THERAPY" RATING: 4 SOUND LEVELS Though Ludacris continues to beef with Oprah over rap's respectability, he really should be thanking her. In his quest to prove her wrong...

My Chemical Romance squeezes an indie-rock manifesto of epic proportions, three distinct musical styles, and a bookshelf of storytelling into a mere 4 1/2 minutes on "Welcome to the Black...

Clay Aiken "A Thousand Different Ways" RATING: 1/2 Sound level Clay Aiken delivers this group of soupy power ballads in an overreaching style that makes it hard to distinguish his...

Justin Timberlake "FUTURESEX/LOVESOUNDS" RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS Justin Timberlake's new CD is remarkably likable. The dizzying "SexyBack" is Timberlake at his best, mainstreaming a combination of edgy dance-pop with experimental...