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February 5, 2007

FOB And Hov In "Thriller"

Fall Out Boy's latest record Infinity On High (aka "one of the biggest leaks" ever) opens with Cherry Coke-salesman Sean Carter firing shots at critics incredulous of the prospects of, uh, a Fall Out Boy/Jay-Z collab, apparently. Of course this isn't the first time Hov has gone rap & roll (see: Linkin Park collab), but it does make us wonder if mall-punk is the new nü-metal. While you ponder, stream "Thriller" at the new place to create illicit song streams, YouTube.

 

Here are the lyrics so you can sing along. (We were just gonna post Jay-Z's part, but with that "Every dot-com's refreshing for a journal update" line, we obviously had no choice but to post 'em all.)

Jay-Z Intro: "Yeah. What you critics said would never happen. We dedicate this album to anybody, people said couldn't make it. To the fans that held us down 'til everyone came around. Welcome... it's here."

That summer we took threes across the board
But by fall we were a cover story
Now in stores
Make us poster boys in the scene
But we are not making our accepting speech
I have found the safest place to keep all our old mistakes
Every dot-com's refreshing for a journal update

So long live the car-crash hearts Cry on the couch till the poets come to life Fix me in 45

So long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch till the poets come to life
Fix me in 45

I can take your problems away
With a nod and a wave
of my hand cuz that's just the kind of boy
That I am

Only thing I haven't done yet is die
And it's me and my plus one at the after life
Crowd's are won and lost and won again
But all our heats beat
For the diehards

So long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch till the poets come to life
Fix me in 45

So long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch till the poets come to life
Fix me in 45

Long live the car-crash hearts
Long live the car-crash hearts

Long live the car-crash hearts
Cry on the couch till the poets come to life
Fix me in 45

Jay-Z: "Young! F-O-B! Let's go."

Grab yourself a Budweiser Select and tune in to Letterman tonight to watch F-O-B bring it on late night television. No word on whether Jay-Z is set to join; the Budweiser Select you'll be drinking is for good luck.

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I hope Biff Henderson throws a molotov cocktail while they're "performing".

Posted by: juano at 02/05/07 5:52 PM | Reply
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When I read "Thriller" I thought the MJ song, which would have really really disappointed me if FOB and Jay Z were covering... It still disappoints...

Posted by: bean at 02/05/07 7:36 PM | Reply
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Can these guys be any more manicured? It's one thing to take care of yourself and make sure you don't have a unibrow, but this look I will never get over. I mean really if you want tight jeans wear straight legs, not girl jeans. And I really don't know why Jay-Z does things like this, I guess he gets paid a lot.

Posted by: nick at 02/05/07 8:21 PM | Reply
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Jay-Z's not even on the track really, he says a fewwords as it begins and then its all downhill from there (pretty sad considering they started in a hole).

I think Hov phoned this one in...I woldunt be suprised really if Jay Z literally called and the crackhead producer just held the phone to the mike.

Posted by: Xlynn at 02/05/07 8:27 PM | Reply
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The chronology is like this:
hair-metal -> grunge -> post-grunge -> nu-metal -> rap-rock -> mall-emo -> dance-punk

Posted by: Bort at 02/05/07 9:23 PM | Reply
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What garbage. And I used to like Fall Out Boy. They've lost whatever sense of melody or what makes a decent rock song work absolutely. The new album is completely has no effect, and feels more like a contract-fulfillment record than anything I can remember. I can't describe the disappointment I felt when I listened to the whole new LP, waiting for a track to be catchy or interesting or good at all, and never getting it.

Posted by: Finchmeister at 02/05/07 9:51 PM | Reply
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snorrrrre.

Posted by: liv at 02/05/07 10:39 PM | Reply
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I dig it. Nothing wrong with feel-good music. Indulgence is indulgence.

Posted by: Steve Biko at 02/06/07 7:51 AM | Reply
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I love Thriller! Granted Jay Z doesn't contribute much to the song. It'd be just as good w/out him, but either way the song ROCKS!!

Posted by: Shai at 03/16/07 11:04 AM | Reply
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