FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 12,2006
DEM FRANCHIZE BOYZ AND KORN
COMBINE TWO MONSTER HITS
IN TAG-TEAM MASH-UP
DFB’s “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It”
and Korn’s “Coming Undone”
Add Up In An Unstoppable Power Move
Both tracks arrive at the studio with major momentum behind them. DFB’s So So Def/Virgin debut album, ON TOP OF OUR GAME, is newly certified gold, and “Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It” has maintained its No. 1 status in the Rhythmic Hit airplay format since reaching the top spot last month. It is also the fourth-most played in the Urban format for the year so far. Combined with the album’s first single, “I Think They Like Me,” DFB’s singles have sold an amazing 2 million mobile ring tunes – a million of them in just a six-week period. “Coming Undone” has this week entered the Top Ten in the Active Rock airplay format. Korn’s first Virgin single, “Twisted Transistor,” is among 2006’s top 5 Active Rock songs so far in 2006.
The video for “Twisted Transistor” had already been a top-level meeting of rock and hip-hop minds, starring Snoop Dogg, Lil Jon, David Banner and Xibit in the visual roles of Korn members Munky, Jonathan Davis, David Silveria and Fieldy, respectively. Korn was co-produced by Lil Jon in their cover of Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power.
The history of hip-hop has been dotted with creative and monstrously successful collaborations between rap and rock acts all the way back to rap’s old-school period, beginning with pioneers Run-DMC, who had a worldwide Top Ten single and a groundbreaking video classic in their cover and collaboration with Aerosmith in “Walk This Way.” Also, Public Enemy recorded and toured with Anthrax at the height of their career, forging a further bond between rap and rock and roll. And the late-2004 pairing of Jay-Z and Linkin Park in the mash-up EP Collision Course entered the album chart at No. 1.
For more information, please contact:
MSO Contacts (Korn):
Marcee Rondan
(818) 380-0400 x248
marcee@msopr.com
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson
(818) 380-0400 x233
kashton@msopr.com
Mitch Schneider
(818) 380-0400
mschneider@msopr.com
Virgin Records Contacts:
Melissa Victor (DFB)
(212) 786-8318
Melissa.Victor@virgin-records.com
Julie Lichtenstein (Korn)
(212)786-8375
Julie.lichtenstein@virgin-records.com
Samantha Bowman
(212) 786-8371
Samantha.Bowman@virgin-records.com
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