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March 29, 2005
50 Cent and Bob Dylan team up on new album
1960s cultural icon and master poet Bob Dylan and bullet-riddled master of the mic, rapper 50 Cent, are teaming up on a new genre-bending album.
The idea was proposed by record execs who, during a long drunken golf trip, proposed the idea, called up lawyers and made sure they could find something in both contracts that would bind the stars together.
“Hell, both artists are well-known and good at what they do,” one exec said. “We figure if we forced ’em together, we could make millions.”
There is no word yet what the album will sound like, but early signs indicate that both artists are looking to work together.
50 was in the news lately for a shootout that involved his entourage, and there was a lot of talk in the industry on whether the aging Dylan could keep pace with the life of the so-called “gangsta rappers.” In response to these questions, the normally reclusive Dylan held a press conference.
“I’m old,” he said. “This much is for sure. But I was so much older then, and I’m younger than that now. I can keep up. I used to hang out with some real ramblin’ folk, Mr. Ginsberg and the Grateful Dead, for instance. Things fall apart. Times change. But I’m still a pimp.”
Dylan left the press conference without taking any questions, leaving some in attendance to ponder what the hell he actually meant.
50 Cent wasn’t available for comment, but his people said he was excited to work with who he’s frequently called “the original rapper.”
Posted by msveum at March 29, 2005 01:35 PM
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