roots/fall out boy collabo leaked

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The Roots ft. Patrick Stump - "Birthday Girl"

Rising Down, the new album from the The Roots won't be released until April 29th but three songs from it have already leaked. The first two, "Get Busy" and "75 Bars," were leaked ("prereleased"?) on OkayPlayer.com by the band, along with videos for both songs. Today, a third, much less legit (in more ways than one) leak occurred. "Birthday Girl" features Patrick Stump, the lead singer of Fall Out Boy, on the chorus, and can already be heard all around the internets.

According to the OkayPlayer message boards, the song first hit the net on a fan-made YouTube montage of Mr. Stump. As for the song itself: the chorus by Stump is very creepy, corny, and catchy, and Black Thought's verses are as good as ever. I have a feeling it'll prove to be a poor man's "The Seed 2.0," which enjoyed international hit status following the 2002 release of Phrenology but became annoying to many a Roots fan from its subsequent over-airplay. The difference, though, is Cody Chestnut >> some guy from Fall Out Boy.

UPDATE: OkayPlayer is reporting that The Roots have dropped "Birthday Girl" from the album. Guess we won't have to worry about over-airplay anymore.