Weezer Album To Feature Lil Wayne Cameo

09/29/09 11:54am

by Siobhan Ozege (CHARTattack)

Weezer have a tendency to reinvent themselves with every album they produce.

Raditude, their upcoming seventh studio album, boasts a fascinating array of contributing artists including All-American Rejects' Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler, Jermaine Dupri, Butch Walker and producer Dr. Luke.

Singer/guitarist and principle songwriter Rivers Cuomo has also recruited none other than Lil Wayne to contribute to one of the album's songs.

"Weezer is always trying something new," Cuomo told MTV News. "Last year, we put out The Red Album. We loved that album, but this is 2009. It's time to do something totally different."

That's why Cuomo got Dupri to sing on a track called "Can't Stop Partying."

"It was a real challenge for me, taking [Dupri's] ideas, which are very slick, R&B party [ideas], and giving it some kind of edge, some darkness, making it work with rock, making it work with Weezer."

As for Weezy, he appears on the same track, and Cuomo says he's pleased with the results.

"Any other rapper would've just done, 'Yay, we're partying! Let's drink and have fun,' but he gave it the edge I was looking for," he said. "You can hear in his voice, it sounds so dark, like he was gonna get shot or something when he walks out of the studio. So I was real happy that everyone involved got what we were going for."

Raditude will be released Oct. 27.