Since when has 2 plus 2 ever equaled 1? It does if you’re talking about Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson.

Girl Talk is 27-year-old DJ Gregg Gillis, a skinny, hirsute and undoubtedly wily Pittsburgh native who, through sharing his favorite music with the masses, has become one of the indie music world’s bigger success stories this year.

Bond is back.

Since our first installment of Obscure Music Monthly was a bit abbreviated, we’ll take another run at it and bring you the best in hip-hop from our friends across the pond and down under, with Brixton MC Temptastic’s "First Blood" and Aussie rapper Scott Burns’ "Day 1."

Going the concept route with your solo debut is a bold move, even for someone who has already produced albums for Mos Def, Talib Kweli and other hip-hop heavyweights. And while it might not be perfect for bumping in the ride, "Death of Adam" is a solid chunk of super-creative hip-hop from one of the genre’s finer underground producers.

No, the title of this column is not indicative of Triple H, although he has used this catch-phrase for a number of years. Over last weekend, myself, along with a number of my fellow wrestling fans, picked up a copy of "Smackdown vs Raw 2009" for my gaming system of choice, the X Box 360.

As much as I think Cloris Leachman is an inspiration, it was time for her to leave “Dancing With The Stars.” 

The United States of America is going to be led by an African-American man for the first time in its history. But a man of color in power is nothing new to the world of professional wrestling.

Besides having an awesome rap name, Edgar Allen Floe is also a pretty good rapper. He gets together with a few of his Justus League pals – wisely leaving 9th Wonder aside, all due respect – to craft a street-level record with just the right amount of soul touches in "The Streetwise LP."

It’s been years since he thumbed through his first comic book, but 26-year-old Richard Pulfer is more into the genre today than ever.

I can’t begin to count the ways the game industry has screwed up in trying to attract female players.

Normally, when a DVD series reaches its sixth volume, it’s safe to assume the good stuff has all been used up, and you’re stuck with leftovers. But in the case of the just-released sixth volume of the “Looney Tunes Golden Collection,” this is where things begin to get interesting. Very interesting.

As the primary producer for most of Mobb Deep’s catalog, Prodigy took the already-raw Queens style and backed it into a dark corner, using hollowed-out soul snippets and ominous strings to set his scenes. "Product of the 80's," however, relies almost exclusively on beats from production duo Sid Roams, who dumb down Prodigy’s otherwise-sharp gangster tales with unnatural, overly-synthetic music.

When it comes to Christmas music, I’m a strict traditionalist – I don’t need songs that are already great being reinterpreted or, worse, just set to a corny beat and some keyboards. So even though I really like Musiq Soulchild, "A Philly Soul Christmas" is a hard sell. Although, as modern Christmas cover albums go, I’ll definitely take it over Michael McDonald and Kenny G.

After nearly 18 months of monotonous campaigning, deceptive and subliminal commercials, grueling debates of the primary and general variety, political blunders, scandals, endorsements and non-endorsements, Democrats who rock and Republicans who mock, tag-lines, clever euphuisms, he saids/she saids, Tina Fey and that plumber guy, Americans will finally head to the polls to vote for the next president of the United States.