Were you wondering what happened to Spank Rock? We were. After 2006's
YoYoYoYoYo,
an EP and a bunch of cameos
, it seemed the Philly-based rapper (born Naeem Juwan Hanks) had kind of disappeared. (Though he did do
that collaboration with the Chemical Brothers.)
So now
Mark Ronson gets all up in his facepiece and gets Spank Rock on his upcoming, cameo-heavy
Record Collection. The album is smothered with hip hop cameos (
Ghostface Killah and Q-Tip also feature) along with a bunch of pop idols (Boy George and Simon LeBon, really) to help turn it into saccharine pop.
Mark Ronson and the Business featuring Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock 'The Bike Song':