Cults Talk Fucked Up, Collaborations and Upcoming Hip-Hop Mixtape

Two of the year's most anticipated albums are the self-titled debut by Brooklyn throwback popsters Cults and David Comes to Life , the epic new one from the Polaris-winning hardcore developers Fucked Up . Both hit the streets on Tuesday (June 7) and, in a simple twist of fate, have a lot more in common than a release date.

Recorded around the same time with engineer/producer Shane Stoneback, Cults singer Madeline Follin was actually invited to sing on David Comes to Life after Fucked Up guitarist/songwriter Mike Haliechuk heard some of her band's recordings.

"Basically, there were two days where we were finishing up our record and Fucked Up were coming into the studio," Follin explains in a recent Exclaim! interview. "We literally didn't sleep and worked until 10 a.m., and Mike was asleep on the couch in the lounge and heard our music and asked who we were. Then Shane asked me to come in and said Fucked Up wanted me to sing on a track. And I was like, 'Uhhh... okay!' I got really nervous and excited. So I went in there and said, 'What do you want me to do?' And Mike just said, 'I dunno, whatever. Something like what Damian does, I guess.'"

Follin says the experience was pretty daunting, considering she was new to the whole studio thing. Haliechuk asked her "to make up whatever melodies she wanted. They were very relaxed. I was in the other room shaking really bad, thinking, 'Oh my god, he's gonna hate this.'"

You can hear Follin's vocals in the song "Queen of Hearts," which is currently being tapped as a potential radio single for Fucked Up.

"The part she came up with was super poppy and the first time I heard it I thought, 'Oh man, they're gonna be freaked out by this,'" says Cults' guitarist/producer Brian Oblivion. "But the first time he heard it, Mike stood up and said, 'This is awesome. It's exactly what we wanted.'"

And according to Cults, it was exactly what they wanted too.

"We've been fans of that band for years, so this was kind of a dream come true," adds Oblivion. "So anything we could do to help them out is awesome."

Singing on Fucked Up's new album isn't the only collaboration Cults have lined up, though.

"We love collaborating," says Oblivion. "Madeline sang on a song for that band Dom, called 'Bowl Cut.' Then she sang on a song by her brother's band, Guards. And we have a track coming out on the new Red Hot compilation.

Top 10 Hip Hop Love Songs | The Urban Daily

The first thing that comes to people’s minds when they think of Hip Hop is hardcore rap, but hip hop does have a soft side to it as well. Some of the hardest rappers in hip hop hves made a love song or two. Hip hop comes in many different sub genres and when you add an r&b singer, who knows what the outcome of the song will be. TUD decided to give a look into the softer side of hip hop. Check out our top 10 hop hop loves songs below.

10-Jay-Z & Beyonce “03 Bonnie & Clyde “- Jay and Bey, now Hip-Hop’s power couple, teamed up for Jay’s Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse. This duet produced by Kanye West featured samples from Tupac and Prince.  Released in 2002, the single hit number 4 on the U.S. Billboard hot 100, becoming Beyonce’s first top ten single as a solo artist. 7-Whodini- One Love - One of three singles released off the platinum 1986 “Back In Black” album. “One Love” had become a universal phrase and helped the group obtain a platinum plaque for this album. Even almost a decade later on Nas’ “One Love” the phrase was being used and had even become a way to greet someone or say goodbye.

6-OutKast- Ms Jackson - The second single off their 2000 release “Stankonia” album which debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, and sold over 500k its first week. The hit was rumored to be a response to Erykah Badu’s mother after Andre 3000 and Erykah broke up. The song is about what couples go through and the feelings a mother can have against their daughters ex-husband/boyfriend.

2-The Fugees- Killing Me Softly - The original by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel is a track that had been covered by many artists. Roberta Flack had topped the pop charts and won a Grammy covering the track. The Fugees later released in 1996 off The Fugees multi-platinum, Grammy award winning album “The Score”.  The cut had climbed to the number 2 spot on Us Airplay charts. Sampling A Tribe Called Quest Bonita AppleBum,  Lauryn Hill singing the lead vocals secured her top spot in Hip hop.

1-Method Man & Mary J Blige- Your All I Need - Originally recorded by R&B/Soul duo Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell, this hip hop classic just may be the most memorable hip hop love song in history. It could also be argued the most successful rap/r&b duo to date. Method Man and Mary told the love story of many of us who come from the hood and the music video captured the story perfect. A Puff Daddy remix was later created which sampled a track from The Notorious BIG’s “Me & My Bitch” as well as a “Razor Sharp Mix” produced by the RZA.

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