Continuing his efforts to prove to fans that the club and the rock show can, indeed, coexist, Chris Cornell has released a mixtape in conjunction with DJ Skee based on his new solo album Scream. In addition to the Fray’s American Idol-enshrined cover of “Heartless” and a version of “Outshined” credited to Audioslave, the 63 tracks include a selection from that Jay-Z/Linkin Park album, a mashup of the “Lollipops” wielded by Lil Wayne and Framing Hanley, “Kids” so as to fulfill the required-in-2009 MGMT quotient, songs from a few bands that played Bamboozle, and a remix of Nirvana’s “Love Buzz” cover. There is also something called “Trent Reznor Speaks,” which I am going to guess is some sort of meta-Twitter dis. (The zipped version is 219 megabytes, so it’s taking a while to leech from the Internet.) Full track listing after the jump. More »
Kanye West, whose blog has become my go-to source for new videos over the past few days, posted the above clip for N.E.R.D.’s remix of “Everyone Nose” with the simple declaration “THIS IS WHY I FUCK WITH HYPE!!!” More »
At this point, we’ve all heard that Lil Wayne is going to dominate the charts next week, approaching the long-forgotten one week/one million sold mark last achieved by 50 Cent in 2005. More »
ARTIST: N*E*R*D
ALBUM: Seeing Sounds
LEAK DATE: June 4, 2008
A N.E.R.D. video shoot featuring Lindsay Lohan and a giant, dancing nose turned even more tragic thanks to a bloody brawl between two extras on Wednesday night. Lohan and Kanye West, another visitor to the shoot for Pharrell and Co.’s ode to cocaine-inspired bathroom lines “Everybody Nose,” had already left the nightclub in Manhattan when the fight began. No word on whether the giant, dancing nose had been bloodied.
Kanye West’s summer tour will feature Rihanna, N.E.R.D., and Lupe Fiasco as openers. No word on whether Pharrell will be selling his “music universe-inspired” jewelry collection–a sample is at left–at the shows’ merch tables. More »
