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Daft Punk Talks “Get Lucky,” No Show Plans In Immediate Future

It’s been nearly impossible to escape Daft Punk news as of late. With their highly anticipated album, Random Access Memories, on the horizon, the duo joined the Australian radio show, Triple J Radio, for an exclusive interview.

In the nearly 5-minute long interview, Guy-Manuel and Thomas discuss their new single, “Get Lucky,” and how the group currently has no shows or tours planned in support of the album. Daft Punk goes on to say, “We spent five years working on this record…that’s really the first step by releasing it is we’d like to have people experience the record …

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MASHUP ALERT: Daft Punk x Justin Timberlake

Two of the hottest singles going right now, Justin Timberlake‘s “Suit & Tie” and Daft Punk‘s “Get Lucky” (feat. Pharrell Williams), have apparently just been asking to be mashed up together, and there’s a number of great renditions out there, but this Daddy K version might possibly blow the rest out of the water. We simply have to share this one with you because it’s just plain too good not to. Stream the jam after the jump!

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STREAM: Daft Punk – “Get Lucky” Feat. Pharrell

Daft Punk have been doing an excellent job at teasing their long-awaited new album, Random Access Memories, for quite some time now. Today, the full version of their song, “Get Lucky,” finally surfaced. The track features Pharrell Williams on vocals, and legendary producer and guitarist, Nile Rodgers.

Snippets of the song first appeared in a commercial, which aired during SNL late last month. Over the weekend, the robot duo struck again and surprised Coachella attendees with a minute long preview of their new music video containing both Pharrell, and Niles Rodgers on guitar. In addition, the same trailer was …

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WATCH: Henry Rollins Talks Life, Music, And More With Pharrell

In one of the better “best of both worlds” style interviews, Henry Rollins recently chatted with Pharrell Williams for his ARTIST TLK series about several topics, most of which revolve around Rollins’ personal life.

Considering Rollins’ multiple outlets of expression including his experience as a former frontman of Black Flag, along with being a writer, a poet, and a radio personality among other things, he has many things to say in this 20+ minute video.

Follow the jump to watch the interview, which was ran through Reserve Channel.

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MUSIC VIDEO: Robin Thicke Ft. T.I. & Pharrell – “Blurred Lines”

Ladies, this one is for you.

Robin Thicke teams up with music industry all-stars T.I. and Pharrell for the new song and visuals for “Blurred Lines.”

This song is set to be the lead single off his yet-to-be-titled forthcoming album, which is being released later this year through Star Trak / Interscope Records. Watch this simplistic and captivating video from Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell now and please remain dancing at all times.

Under The Gun Review will have more details on Thicke’s album in the coming months so stay tuned!

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Frank Ocean Is About, “10, 11 Songs” Into His ‘Channel Orange’ Follow Up And Other Takeaways From His BBC Radio 1 Interview

Do you have 30 minutes for Frank Ocean?

The R&B singer-songwriter recently sat down with Zane Lowe at BBC Radio 1 to dish about all things Ocean. Seeing as how busy Ocean has been over the last couple weeks and months, they had a lot to talk about.

The first topic to come up, of course, was Ocean’s success and experience at the Grammys (“It was quite the roller coaster ..it was a pretty funny moment on stage with me, Jay[-Z], and [The-]Dream…”). But the interview ran the gamut, even touching on Ocean’s follow-up to his highly touted …

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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: ASAP Rocky Ft Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane & Pharrell – “Pretty Flacko” (Remix)

Saturday may have already hit its peak (and it’s only 9AM).

The bonus tracks for A$AP Rocky’s debut album have slowly been making their way onto the blogosphere over the last week and this morning we’re finally treated with a full CDQ rip of the “Pretty Flacko” remix. Featuring Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane, and Pharrell going in alongside Rocky over a slightly reworked beat, this may very well be the hottest remix of the Winter. Every emcee leaves the booth ablaze, but I’ll put $5 on everyone only being able to discuss Pharrell’s contribution for the first few weeks …

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HOLY SH!T: A$AP Rocky ‘Long.Live.A$AP’ Track-Listing Might Be Real

Today, Sony Music Japan uploaded A$AP Rocky‘s highly-anticipated track-listing for his debut album, Long.Live.A$AP, and has since been deleted. Thankfully one person decided to save the image and bring us to this point. Long.Live.A$AP has a release date of January 15 through A$AP Worldwide.

We do not have confirmation if this is actually the set list but the same distributor unveiled G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer, which turned out to be the real deal.

According to the track-listing, we are guaranteed guest contributions from Schoolboy Q, Santigold, Drake, 2 Chainz, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Ferg, Gunplay, Pharrell, Gucci Mane, …

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A$AP Rocky Sets Release Date For ‘LongLiveA$AP’

One of UTG’s favorites rappers A$AP Rocky has announced the official release date for his highly-anticipated debut album, LongLiveA$AP, and we are ecstatic. The album will hit stores and iTunes on September 11 so be sure to mark your calendars now.

Please watch the interview that Rocky reveals his release date and talks about upcoming appearances, including Swizz Beatz and Pharrell, through the jump. This is just one of many updates from Camp A$AP so stayed tuned to UTG for all of the latest news.

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STREAM: Chester French Ft. Pharrell & Pusha T – Next Big Thing

Pop/rock duo Chester French have unleashed a stream of their brand new song featuring Pharrell Williams and Pusha T, entitled “Next Big Thing,” and it is an instant hit.

Coupled with a star-gazing set of electronics and flows for days, this introduction song has everything you need to cap off your rough day at work. Sit back and chill out to the smooth sounds of Chester French.

This song is off of the group’s album, Music 4 TNGRS, released today through Star Trak & Interscope Records. Pick it up if you love the single!

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Mac Miller Freestyles On Tim Westwood TV

Mac Miller brings the heat on his new freestyle on Tim Westwood TV and the flows seem to go forever.

Miller spits it off the top of the dome and we can do nothing except sit back, listen, and enter his world.

He recently announced that his highly-anticipated Pink Slime EP is a collaborative effort with hip-hop icon Pharrell Willians as well. Be on the lookout for more information on that in the weeks to come here on UTG.

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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Mac Miller & Pharrell – Onaroll

Just a day after confirming plans to release a collaborative EP known as Pink Slime, Mac Miller and Pharrell have blessed the world with their first single.

Keeping things light and the flows quick, “Onaroll” is a smoother jam that is sure to please the ladies far more than the fellas. If you’re looking for cred, this is definitely not something to jam on full blast. If you want to kick back and groove, click past the jump to stream, download, and enjoy.

Considering this is the first material off Pink Slime to surface, we have to ask: What …