Imagine 50 Cent in his car singing the words to Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" or Lil Jon humming Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why." It sounds kind of weird, but it could happen. You never know what folks listen to when they're driving in their cars or chillin' behind closed doors.
We polled some of hip hop's biggest stars - old and new - and asked them, "What's in your CD player?" Some of the answers might seem a little surprising.
Scarface
"I'm listening to Coldplay - both albums ['Parachute' and 'A Rush of Blood to the Head'] - Bob Marley's 'Legend,' OutKast's new CD and Third Eye Blind."
Baby of Cash Money
"I bump 50 Cent, Mr. Pac, Jay-Z. I listen to a lotta different s--. I go in the store and buy a lotta different CDs, but I never listen to no rock. They gotta lotta new reggae groups in Jamaica now that nobody ever heard of. I listen to that."
Smooth Bee of Nice and Smooth
"I got some new heat - just did a track with Premier called 'Game Over' - so I'm listening to that. That's serious. I try to listen to everybody. I been messing with Staind lately on the rock tip. I like 50 [Cent], of course. I'm an old head. I'm still into the Stylistics. The last CD I purchased was Tupac's greatest hits. I keep 'Pac pumping. That and R. Kelly's joint."
Speech of Arrested Development
"I'm loving Andre 3000's record. I'm listening to Joni Mitchell, some of the classics. I'm listening to Stevie Wonder. I'm listening to a lot of greatest-hits compilations now because they're available on CD. I'm listening to India.Arie. "I think the older stuff is more inspired to me than a lot of the newer stuff I'm hearing right now. That's why I like Andre's record. It feels very inspired, very loose and not contrived, so that is very encouraging."
J-Bo of YoungBloodz
"I like to listen to old-school stuff: Rick James, Prince and new artists like Chingy. I don't have no favorites. If it's jammin', I like it, like OutKast, Gotti. I listen to rap, R&B, rock, pop. If it sounds good, I don't discriminate. You might find anything in my car: some Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock. And I'd love to work with some of these artists someday."
Loon
"I'm currently listening to my album, 'Loon.' I recently bought Ludacris's 'Chicken-N-Beer' because I wanted to see if he could do it again and make this album as good as the last."
T.I.
"The new Juelz Santana album, the new State Property album, the new OutKast album - I like the Andre 3000 side; I ride to that. Of course, old school Jay-Z - second album, third album, 'The Blueprint.' Of course, Biggie, 'Life After Death.' I'm bumping 'Me Against the World,' Isley Brothers, Al Green, Marvin Gaye greatest hits. I got UGK, Scarface, NWA, all kinds of stuff. But what I'm listening to right now is Project Pat."
Murphy Lee
"I'm listening to T.I., Anthony Hamilton and OutKast and, of course, [his own album] 'Murphy's Law' in rotation. All those CDs are off the hook. The CD I was most surprised by was Da Band. That's a good CD."
D-Roc of Ying Yang Twins
"Basically I listen to everything that makes me feel good, because that's how I feel music should be. I jam Erykah Badu, R. Kelly's new one, a whole bunch of different stuff. Not just rap, but a wide variety. When I get home, I've heard Ying Yang so much, I wanna hear everybody else. Sometimes you gotta wind down. "You gotta come with some R&B. It takes the hypeness down because you can't be hype 24-7. I bought three or four Erykah Badus, because every time we go to different states
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