[xrr rating=2.5/5]Riff Raff defies definition. More personality than performing artist, Raff is unlike any other rapper to cross the hip-hop spectrum. He emerged from a post-reality show sewer and came out the other end bedazzled in glistening jewelry. Here, his 15 minutes of fame are teased out to a full length album and at the end of the record’s 48 …

[xrr rating=2.25/5]When I received my promo copy of the always entertaining Riff Raff’s new album The Golden Alien, the file for the first single “Orions Belt” was corrupted and wouldn’t play all the way. Sometimes with promos this happens, so I went to iTunes to download the song, only to pay my 99 cents for another corrupted file that stopped …