Today when I was at Kinko’s, I saw an Elvis impersonator! I thought that was weird, but in a world where Gorillaz exist to constantly team up with bigger and bizarr-er artists to make mind-blowing, ultra-cosmic creations, Elvis leaning on a copier ain’t shit. Damon Albarn is all, “Yeah, I see your Elvis. Whatever. I’m gonna rap all over him. FOR TWELVE DIRTY MINUTES.” Okay, so maybe he’s not rapping all 12 minutes, but this new track’s got a two-verse rap by the Blurry one, and it’ll come in a 12-minute-long IN YOUR FACE explicit version. And who else is on this track that makes it so special, you might ask? Well, there’s James Murphy for one. And then there’s a man I like to call Rap Elvis: Andre 3000.
So what brought this loveable trio of musical scamps together? Advertising. Er, more specifically, their combined loooove for the Converse brand. After all, these guys are just the latest in a series of artistic types to join forces for the “Three Artists. One Song” project. And what a song it shall be! “DoYaThing,” as it has been christened, will be available through the Converse website come February 23 in the non-dirrrrty, non-super-long version. Gorillaz’s Jamie Hewlitt has reportedly created a music video featuring “a baboon in a martial arts outfit and a masked topless bloke” for that extra “WTF” factor. According to the good people at Consequence of Sound, the band is also working with Converse to create their own cartoon band shoe line.
• Gorillaz: http://gorillaz.com
• James Murphy: http://dfarecords.com
• Andre 3000: http://www.outkast.com/andre-3000
• Converse: http://www.converse.com
