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I almost crashed on I-94 the day my buddy told me he was reading an MTV News headline that noted Lil-jailbound-Wayne was making a guest appearance on the new Weezer album, Raditude. I thought it was actually pretty hilarious, because I know so many longtime fans of Weezer who boycott their new music in hopes they’ll revert to their less mainstream – circa-1996 – sound.

Instead, they’ll get “Can’t Stop Partying” with Weezy Wee making drawn-out puke noises over a Jermaine Dupri beat.

If that’s not bad enough, read this quote from frontman Rivers Cuomo and tell me he doesn’t sound like a down right nerd, whose never been outside the burbs and is desperate for a hit song.

“Any other rapper would’ve just done, ‘Yay, we’re partying! Let’s drink and have fun,’” Rivers told MTV. “But [Wayne] gave it the edge I was looking for. You can hear in his voice, it sounds so dark, like he was gonna get shot or something when he walks out of the studio.”

Rivers probably would’ve been real caught off guard had he called Gucci Mane, instead.

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Download — Weezer Feat. Lil Wayne – “Can’t Stop Partying”

Props to Lil Wayne HQ