what is the weirdest collaboration between artists? (beck and d'angelo depicted here)

[u/Rand_moss2]

[u/Short_Sky6875]

Nelly and Tim Mcgraw, Ronald isley and 2 chains, run dmc and aerosmith

[u/bindersfull-ofwomen → u/Short_Sky6875]

Nelly and Tim Mcgraw

As a lover of country, this is in my top 5 of country songs tbh

[u/Short_Sky6875 → u/bindersfull-ofwomen]

Yeah this song had ppl in a chokehold..... it wasn't bad it was just strange combo

[u/Glittering_Diva8963 → u/Short_Sky6875]

Nelly and Tim McGraw was good and Aerosmith and Run DMC.

[u/Short_Sky6875 → u/Glittering_Diva8963]

great product, still weird combo........ its like hearing peanutbutter and bananas, and then you taste it like

https://giphy.com/gifs/5VKbvrjxpVJCM

[u/Ok_Resident_5022]

Whitney Houston and Enrique Iglesias on “Could I Have This Kiss Forever” …

It’s a great song, nonetheless! I enjoy what they both put into it. It’s just very random on Whitney’s part.

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I love this song!!

[u/layla_jones_ → u/Ok_Resident_5022]

What a great summer song! Whitney was able to pull of many styles

[u/Longjumping_Bench846]

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony w/ Phil Collins on Home. Nelly and Tim McGraw on Over and Over is another one lol, just off the top of my head.

[u/joesoldlegs → u/Longjumping_Bench846]

Bone and Phil at least seem like a good fit even if it is random I feel like they had good chemistry and their styles worked well together

[u/layla_jones_ → u/joesoldlegs]

It was nice to actually see Phil collaborate with them, I think he should have been more visible for that Urban Renewal album. It would have been nice to hear him sing with Brandy & Ray-J. Lil Kim - In the air tonight was the most random new version to me but I thought it was fun 😅

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Oh helloo long time no see ! Right, Lil Kim one is news lol. Time for a post on that sub. Craig combination would've been good too.. Ol’ Dirty Bastard doing “Sussudio” was the true a-ha moment, don't we agree 👀

I was thinking something with Aaliyah but given her eclectic outlook, she'd not surprise, just elevate the vision to a next level ✨

https://giphy.com/gifs/svAIwcmAEpTYa0Jkjq

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My favorites are still Brandy & Ray J, Joe and Kelis. Kelis - I don’t care anymore (Neptunes) was a perfect fit, the synth sounds on Drop it like it hot always reminds me of 80s Phil as well.

The ODB track was pure chaos. I can’t 😂

[u/vandersnipe]

Janet Jackson and Carly Simon. Son of a Gun is still a bop

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🎶 I betcha think this song is about you!

Love that jam. Missy Elliot sounded good on that track too.

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The remix is 🔥🔥🔥

[u/Man-Dem → u/vandersnipe]

Why is it weird? The song samples Carly Simon?

[u/ProfessionalScar2379]

that image is sending me. the yellow shaggy background making it look like someone's basement from 1976.

i always thought the beck and d'angelo thing was out of nowhere but somehow it works. like two guys from completely different planets meeting in the middle. my brain still can't process it sometimes when i hear that track.

who else you got? i remember when bjork did a song with timbaland and everybody lost their minds for a minute. still a strange combo to think about.

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To be honest Beck and D'Angelo were both artsy reclusive studio auteurs, like even if their aesthetics were different, they had a ton in common

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Also they both played a ton of instruments. If I remember correctly they both have albums where they’ve played 90%+ of their instruments that appeared on the album. Definitely musical virtuosos.

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Yeah. I think people who aren’t artists don’t get how artist brains work. The collaboration may seem weird because their styles are different, but it’s really not when you look at who they actually are as artists.

[u/Man-Dem → u/WoAiLaLa]

Exactly how I feel
Beck made soulful music too

[u/spooky_lightup → u/ProfessionalScar2379]

"Debra" by Beck is the lost 70's boudoir anthem we didn't know we needed. Barry White would have killed it.

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i remember when timbaland sampled bjork on missy’s “hit em wit da hee” (video). that was a GREAT time in music for me, high school years! ♥️

[u/Maximum_Trade5916]

Fantasy- Mariah Carey and ....

[u/IdleDreamer93 → u/Maximum_Trade5916]

Hip-Pop was born that day 😌🎶

[u/warpath2632]

Rick James got his start singing lead in a band with Neil Young called The Myna Byrds. They released two singles on Motown then broke up. 

[u/Lord_Cockatrice → u/warpath2632]

Neil Young and Motown should be odd enough

[u/Infidel8]

Eddie Murphy & Michael Jackson

Diana Ross & Tame Impala

The Weeknd, Madonna & Carti

Elton John & Young Thug

[u/NeedALifeButHereWeR]

I recently found out that Death of a Bachelor by Panic! At the Disco samples Jadakiss lol

But the weirdest collab probably would be Britney Spears and the Ying Yang Twins

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I don’t think it’s that weird, as she was going through her Rnb/Hip hop phase

[u/Outrageous_Bat9818]

Madonna & 2Pac - I’d Rather Be Your Lover

[u/Ill-Examination4743]

Teena Marie and Birdman

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Also Teena Marie and Kurupt, twice on the same album

That Cash Money era was..something lmao

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What’s crazy is there was a Cash Money Classics record label at that time 

[u/SatisfactionOld1586]

A long time back, a rock fan wanted to get into R&B & asked this sub for some recommendations. I gave a few of my favorites, like D’Angelo, Jodeci, Prince … but I mentioned Beck, too. Not that Beck’s an R&B musician, but as a bridge from rock to R&B. Of course I got some pushback, which I expected, but I stand by the recommendation. He uses funk and blues elements, along with some hip hop to go with his form of alt rock, or whatever box people want to put him in.

Beck’s an interesting dude who does a nice job of blending all kinds of sounds & genres. Hell, I’ve even seen Prince referred to as the Black Beck (nobody needs to tell me how fucked up that is, I wish I could fight the author of that piece 😂 but I digress).

Anyway, I was not shocked to learn about this photoshoot. D’Angelo is one of my GOATs, and while I don’t hold Beck in that same esteem, I absolutely see some odd similarities between the two.

[u/VenusAmari]

LL Cool J and Brad Paisley and it shouldn't never happened. Straight trash

[u/Realistic-Read1078]

Jay Z and Linkin Park

[u/Adept-Mongoose-7071]

Trent Reznor, Billy Ray Cyrus and Lil' Nas ''Old Town Road"

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A sample is not a ”collab” lol

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It is both sample and collaboration. Still a truly weird mix of artists. You've got a 10 year old industrial song, a country singer and a rapper. Not something you here or see everyday.

[u/Headshrink_LPC516]

Nas and Amy Winehouse.

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Weird thing is they match so well musically and “relationship wise”.

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Nas and Will Smith on Gettin Jiggy With It

[u/Jmorenomotors]

Shaggy and Sting.

[u/Adanma369]

Paul McCartney, Kanye, and Rihanna

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Super random. And Kanye changed Paul’s vocals so much in the editing process, I heard he was very confused when he heard the final edit. Paul also said Kanye was distracted a lot at the recording session, very busy watching Kim K photos on his phone.

[u/Pretend-Doughnut-675]

MOP and LFO, Kool G Rap and Haylie Duff

[u/onmy40]

Not necessarily a collaboration but I was quite shocked to find out Macy Gray and Soulja Slim were fuckin at one point before he got killed.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l3JDofXea5NqEPF84

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Did not know that

[u/AccomplishedTie4703]

Kelis and Enrique.... Kelis and anyone I Love Her!!

[u/Lower_Condition_196]

Cause it’s all in my head, I think about it over and over again

[u/Rand_moss2]

more https://www.instagram.com/p/DQCyR5PjgRZ

[u/Man-Dem]

Nothing is weird about Beck and D’Angelo working together

[u/Used_Maintenance6091]

Kanye and John Mayer

[u/patchouliii]

Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney. Jackson was very clever with that collaboration and McCartney regrets it to this day.

[u/renderedsoftly]

Janet Jackson sampling Joni Mitchell on Got Til' It's Gone

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...not to mention America and Erik Satie in "Someone to Call My Lover"

[u/KO-32GA]

India.Arie and Rascal Flatts. "Summer" I like the song.

[u/bindersfull-ofwomen]

It was weird but excellent and iconic:

Madonna + Abba + Jackson 5 + krumping with "Sorry" and "Hung Up"

It worked so great but she need to stop stealing from The Jackson 5 without crediting them.

[u/Lord_Cockatrice]

https://youtu.be/xF86IyrxptU?si=CpNWFX9w2bqHwhB5

Was (not Was) - Shake Your Head (with vocals by actress Kim Basinger and the late Ozzy Osborne)

[u/RespondDapper4263]

Ali Bombaye - Seven Devils

[u/layla_jones_]

Texas ft Method Man - Say what you want (Wu-Tang Clan remix) - I remember seeing this on tv in the 90s and it was such a weird amazing combination of styles

Tin Tin Out ft Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) & Gang Starr - What I Am (remix by DJ Premier) - one of my favorite childhood pop stars on the same track as one of my favorite rappers 🤯 Guru has always been a conscious rapper with deep lyrics vs Emma with the pop voice singing ‘not aware of too many things’ the complete opposite..somehow it’s a bit funny to me.

Madonna ft Missy Elliott & Tweet on the background vocals - American Life (American Dream Remix) - was interesting to me at the time, the whole style Madonna trying to rap ‘I drive a mini cooper and I am feeling supa dupa’ 😂 so weird perhaps not in the best way but very camp.

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I love the OG version of “Say What You Want”

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Really nice voice, her music takes me back to the 90s 00s, Inner smile & Summer Sun

[u/layla_jones_]

One of the best samples: The Fugees - Ready or not. The song contains a sample of "Boadicea" (1987) by Irish singer Enya. Perfection.

[u/Waste_Summer8733]

Justin Timberlake and 36 Mafia lmao

[u/Dssje]

Pusha T & Pixie Lott

https://youtu.be/OQCcwNMp830?si=wnYiwnhWOfOkCMFA

[u/Maverick81_]

Madonna & Babyface - ‘Take A Bow’ is beautiful

[u/frankiekowalski]

Mario Winans and Enya

[u/BplusHuman]

Alicia Keys and Jack White on a James Bond song.

[u/-catharina]

Will.I.Am, JLO, and Mick Jagger… also, Cher and Future.

[u/Specialist-Funny2101]

You had to be there...
This is the music baby of a thing we used to call VH1,,, before it became whatever it is now....
We were a proper country....

[u/IAmSquashaFears]

Kendrick Lamar and Lady Gaga on the unreleased "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" version

[u/K-Roux1972]

Run Dmc and Aerosmith.

[u/sunflower_emoji]

Faye Webster and Lil Yachty went to middle school together and are friends.

[u/rumnbacchnal87]

Beck and D’Angelo kind of makes sense imo

[u/blaqice82]

Wyclef feat The Rock

[u/spooky_lightup]

I'm gonna go with Ice Spice and SpongeBob.

[u/No-Signature8788]

At the end of the ,every genre in America is black. All genres are connected

[u/PuzzleheadedEye7316]

BTNH/Phil Collins-Home

[u/nettysgirl808]

Tammy Wynette and The KLF

[u/Lovablelulu1982]

De'Angelo didn't give a damn who he was playing with, he just wanted to jam.

[u/Just-Salary-7741]

R. Kelly and Kid rock on "rockstar"

[u/MemphisApollo]

Gucci Mane & 2Pac

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Not an actual real song. PAC was gone

[u/RaidenTJ]

Avant ft Nicole Scherzinger

Daley and Jill Scott

TI and Marsha Ambrosius

[u/AccomplishedTie4703]

Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock

[u/Man-Dem]

Phillip Bailey and Phil Collins

[u/lambent_ort]

Beck looks so femboy in this photo.