My dad thinks I’m the shit. I know this because the ringtone he chose for me on his cellphone is Digable Planet’s “Rebirth of Slick” — that early 1990s crossover hit that coined the phrase, “I’m cool ...

It was the summer of 1992, and Ladybug Mecca, Butterfly, and Doodlebug—collectively known as Digable Planets—were recording their debut album, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), commuting ...

Sometimes an album or two is enough. The Sex Pistols landed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame courtesy of just one release, “Never Mind the Bollocks.” Guns N’ Roses’ output, which earned the notorious ...