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Cause Co-Motion!

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Tronic is an artistic breakthrough for Detroit producer/rapper Black Milk, a Slum Village associate who has toiled in the industry for years (which he explains on the triumphant chipmunk-soul anthem "Long Story Short").

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This perverse morality tale centers on the elaborate efforts of poor, blue-balled "Adam" (a.k.a. producer/rapper/singer 88-Keys, who has made beats for conscious artists like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and J-Live) to get laid. Ribald detours and high-profile guests abound as he discovers passionate sex ("Stay Up!

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Algeria's oppressive late-'60s and early-'70s social atmosphere forced rai --the country's edgy new pop music -- underground; its bands performed, but couldn't release records until the decade's close.

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Resurfacing in 2002 after more than two decades in obscurity, San Diego's Gary Wilson -- who has prowled stages completely wrapped in gauze and duct tape -- recharges that unsettling outsider persona on his fourth album. While the chintzy synthesizers echo wistful R&B, his trembling voice adds a creepy edge to these tales of unrequited love, as Wilson singles out his objects of desire by name.

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He started out on Stiff Records in the late '70s alongside Elvis Costello; she made her name on the New York scene in the '90s with witty, country-tinged studies of everyday people. Together, they play lovably unassuming pop, mixing jangly guitars, cheesy keyboards, and unkempt voices to chronicle life's small disappointments and pleasures.