Gift of Gab, 'Escape 2 Mars' (Cornerstone Ras)

Blackalicious MC stays begrudgingly grounded.

Five years after his solo debut, 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up, Gift of Gab returns to space…sort of. The Bay Area MC imagines playing intergalactic hooky, but admits on "Lightyears" that it's "just a dream, just a surface." Meanwhile, Earth is plagued with "Electric Waterfalls," and he despairingly observes "Richman, Poorman" games.

Jack Johnson, 'En Concert' (Brushfire)

In the European Union, they call him Jacques.

Think you know all there is to know about Jack Johnson?

Florence and the Machine, 'Lungs' (Universal/Island)

Flame-haired flamethrower sets alt-rock boys ablaze.

Calling all crazy ex-girlfriends: If you’re gonna keep up with Florence Welch, you might need stronger meds.

Morningwood, 'Diamonds & Studs' (Morningwood/VH1)

Brassy belter climbs aboard reality train wreck.

This sexed-up duo seemed destined to go the way of bands like Kenickie -- female-fronted, major-label casual-ties hawking big, fun songs that disappear from memory immediately. But Morningwood's theme (the generic strut "Best of Me") for VH1's deplorable reality series Daisy of Love may provide another shot at fame for fiery singer Chantal Claret.

Ghostface Killah, 'Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City' (Def Jam)

Wu-Tang cocksman gives relationship advice.

It's a cold, hard world and a Ghostface Killah needs a Ghostface girl -- the kind who'll wear a nurse costume when you get back from a long night at the studio, rock the foxy librarian look on a lazy Sunday, who'll kill for you and die with you, write to you in Rikers and call you on your bullshit, take long walks and communicate in parks.