Artist: Carsten Schnell
Genre(s):
Electronic
Discography:
Acoustic Delusion
Year:
Tracks: 10
 
EQUIPTO and Andre Nickatina
Usher has been making some boss moves for his latest LP, Here I Stand. Who else can commandeer appearances from both Jay-Z and Beyoncé, not to mention Will.I.Am, Young Jeezy and Lil "This is th-the remix baaaa-baaaay" Wayne?
"The remix to 'Love in This Club' features the Queen and ... one of the illest," Usher began to tell MTV Base of the version featuring Wayne and Beyoncé, whom he's dubbed the Queen of R&B.
Trumpeting Weezy F. Baby, he said, "Wayne, pound
for pound, is one of the illest in the game, and I wanted it to be something that would be a surprise, be a shock. Have shock value. That's what the remix is all about. 'Damn, did you hear the remix? It's crazier than the original. I like it more.' I just think it's great. Plies actually did a verse on it as well. He came with it. Everybody basically did their thing, and I am very happy that I was able to put that one in."
Although it's still unclear whether or not Ush will be dropping a video for his mega-reworking, he just let loose a video for another single, "Moving Mountains." The clip starts exactly where the video for the original "Love in This Club" ends, with Ush walking out of a steamy nightspot only to see everything around him including the venue he just exited in shambles. In "Moving Mountains," he has to climb to the highest peak to find his love.
Here I Stand comes out on Tuesday (May 27). The singer also confirmed to MTV Base what Polow Da Don told MTV News several weeks ago: that Polow was responsible for putting Young Jeezy on "Love in This Club," a move Usher obviously didn't mind.
"Jeezy is one of the greatest rappers of our generation," the singer noted.
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Rap superstar SEAN COMBS' luxury car has been damaged after a collision with a drunk driver in New York.
The hip-hop mogul's $400,000 (GBP200,000) Maybach was parked outside Manhattan's 1 Oak nightspot last Friday (06Jun08) when Charles Lorenzo ploughed his car into the expensive vehicle, causing damage to the back end of Combs' car.
A number of other high-end vehicles were also hit in the incident.
Lorenzo was later arrested by police for driving under the influence, according to TMZ.com.
Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson have resumed work on a planned theme song for the new James Bond movie.
The Rehab star and the popular producer had begun to collaborate on a theme for Quantum of Solace, the 22nd 007 film, only for Ronson to scrap the project earlier this month.
He had claimed Winehouse, 24, may not be "ready to work on music yet" and said he doubted the song would ever be released.
But speaking at the Ivor Novello awards on Thursday, the English-American music producer and the Grammy-winning singer confirmed they were reviving their Bond theme bid.
"I've written the song," Winehouse told the Mirror newspaper. "If they like it they like it, if they don't they don't."
Ronson, 32, added: "If I talk about it Daniel Craig will whack me in the eyes."
He added: "Amy wrote the song on an acoustic guitar. It was my job to help with the arrangement and realise the sound that we were going for. So that was my role."
Londoner Winehouse has struggled with alleged drug addiction and been beset with legal troubles in recent months but her spokesman said earlier this month that these issues were not the reason for the project originally stalling.
He said: "Mark has presented a track to Amy, but she had other ideas about the direction it should take. She has always made her own decisions about her music."
24/05/2008 16:43:43