One of the most inventive and eclectic figures to emerge from the '90s alternative revolution, Beck is the epitome of postmodern chic in an era obsessed with junk culture. Drawing upon a kaleidoscope of influences -- pop, folk, psychedelia, hip-hop, country, blues, R&B, funk, indie rock, noise rock, experimental rock, jazz, lounge, Brazilian music – Beck has created a body of work that is wildly unpredictable, vibrantly messy, and bursting with ideas. He is unquestionably a product of the media age -- a synthesist whose concoctions are pasted together from bits of the past and present, in ways that can only occur to an overexposed pop-culture junkie. His surreal, free-associative lyrics are laced with warped imagery and a sardonic sense of humor that only rarely threaten the impact of his adventurous music. Beck appropriates freely from whatever genres he feels like, juxtaposing sounds that would never have co-existed organically.  If his musical style is impossible to pigeonhole, his true identity lay in that rootless, sprawling diversity, that determination to acknowledge no boundaries or conventions; everything he does bears the stamp of his distinctively skewed viewpoint.  Beck’s releases continue to dazzle with their variety, solidifying one of the most creative careers in alternative rock -- or all of modern pop music, for that matter.