MUSIC NEWS- It was recently revealed that Jay-Z will be a musical guest on an official new Coldplay song (Lost + ). And now we can bring you news of an album-length collaboration between the two artists. It's been named, Viva la Hova and is not an "authorized" release, but it appears to have the OK of Chris Martin and band for you to download. Created by a several different producers, Viva La Hova is based on vocal samples from Jay-Z songs and beats from various Coldplay tracks. And, unlike Danger Mouse's notorious Grey Album, its source material doesn't come exclusively from two specific records, but it's still an impressive mash-up feat. Coldplay certainly seem to approve, as a message on their website says: "It may not quite be the cup of tea of the EMI and Roc-A-Fella music lawyers, but we're rather enjoying the new Viva La Hova bootleg album which has popped up on the internet this week". You may recall that it was EMI that tried to stop the release of The Grey Album (which had numerous unauthorized samples from The Beatles' White Album ), whether EMI will take a similar "tuff guy" position on this work remains to be seen.
Track list for Viva La Hova (plus the songs that were sampled) :
1. Intro (Various Songs)
2. Public Speeding (High Speed + Public Service Announcement)
3. Know My Place (U Don't Know + In My Place)
4. Never Changing (Never Change + Never Change)
5. Miss Trouble (Excuse Me Miss + Trouble)
6. Back At My Place (Back Then + In My Place)
7. No Love Coming Home (Homecoming + Ain't No Love)
8. A Spy's Prayer (Spies + Pray)
9. Science Is Ignorant (The Scientist + Ignorant Sh*t)
10. The Reverse Fix (The Bounce + The Fix)
11. Hola Blanco (Hola Hovito + White Shadows)
12. Take The Hill (Takeover + Violet Hill)
13. Lost Part 2 (Momma Loves Me + Lost - Import Mix)
14. Cold Success (Success + Lost - Import Mix)
15. What If We Cry? (What If + Song Cry)
16. Falling In Shadows (Fallin' + White Shadows)
17. Life of Clocks (Clocks + Party Life)
18. X-Y-Z (No Hook + X&Y)
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