One of the truisms of pop music is that in a style's early years, novelty songs are commonplace: the freshness and novelty of the musical form lends itself to giggly comic songs, and in turn new audiences attracted by the humor get exposed to the new kind of music.

Best Halloween songs? While country sensation Taylor Swift doesn't make the list, she gets pranked by Ellen.

Old-fashioned pipe organs playing minor-key melodies have their place, but let's just admit that spending All Hallow's Eve listening to "The Monster Mash" is no way to party.

The Philadelphia turntablist's A Touch of Jazz production company worked with Michael Jackson on "Butterflies," a slow-jam top 40 hit from his last solo effort, 2001's Invincible.

Philly's own DJ Jazzy Jeff has paid tribute to the late Michael Jackson with a brand-new mixtape, He's the KingI'm the DJ , that's available for free download beginning today at UNDRCRWN.

Kids generally love a Halloween party no matter what the decorations, food, activities and music are.

Loading ... Remember that really old school song from DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince? The one that goes "Parents just don't understand?" That's the first thing I thought of when I first heard of the whole Balloon Boy incident.

This time yesterday I could only sing exactly two words of one Ingrid Michaelson song: "be OK, be OK, be OK ..." I'm not what you call a fan.

Halloween may be second only to Christmas in terms of spending on decorations, but it's way behind Independence Day, birthdays and, yes, Christmas when it comes to tunes.

To many present-day listeners, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince are best-remembered for launching the superstar music/acting career of the latter, now known by his real name of Will Smith.

Halloween is my favorite time of year. I spend ages obsessing over costumes, Halloween Spirit makes its appearance, and I get to hit up every store in town for spooky Halloween decorations .

For the vast demographic that wants to support radical environmentalism while vaguely looking like a member of DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince's 1991 tour of the Amazon rain forest, we present the Greenpeace "FishMates" boots .

What makes people all over America cry? This ad's bad acting. Seriously, I'm in tears.

Actor, musician. Born Willard Christopher Smith Jr., to mother Caroline, a school board employee, and father Willard C. Smith, the owner of a refrigeration company.

To be one of the greatest duos in Hip Hop means you need more than just lyrics and beats.

Eternally optimistic small town park director Leslie Knope spent the first season of NBC's " Parks and Recreation " working to transform a vast garbage-filled trench known as "the pit" into a family-friendly green space.

We asked some music junkies to tell us their fave stuff to listen to on the way to somewhere special.

Mark Vidler is widely considered one of, if not thee best producer to ever concern himself with mashups; then he retired for a while; then he un-retired... Now Vidler, under the guise of his Go-Home Productions moniker, has taken an advanced step towards pushing the understanding of a bootleg forward into mainstream production by shifting its ...

Since releasing his self-titled debut in 1982, Kenny G has sold more than 48 million albums.

For both serious and casual online poker players, Sundays are a long grind. For those who don't want to play in a meditative state, music can be the perfect middle ground between total silence and the distraction of television.