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The Lonely Island, the comedy team of Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, gave Pitchfork a great exclusive interview a few weeks ago and now they’ve dropped the official album cover and tracklist for their debut comedy record, Incredibad.

Notable guests include Norah Jones, Julian Casablancas, T-Pain, Justin Timberlake, and Jack Black, but no sign of Samberg’s girlfriend Joanna Newsom. Here’s the tracklist:

Incredibad CD:

01 Who Said We’re Wack?
02 Santana DVX [ft. E-40]
03 Jizz in My Pants
04 I’m on a Boat [ft. T-Pain]
05 Sax Man [ft. Jack Black]
06 Lazy Sunday [ft. Chris Parnell]
07 Normal Guy (Interlude)
08 Boombox [ft. Julian Casablancas]
09 Shrooms (Interlude)
10 Like a Boss
11 We Like Sportz
12 Dreamgirl [ft. Norah Jones]
13 Ras Trent
14 Dick in a Box [ft. Justin Timberlake]
15 The Old Saloon (Mix Tape Edit) (Interlude)
16 Punch You in the Jeans
17 Space Olympics
18 Natalie’s Rap [ft. Natalie Portman and Chris Parnell]
19 Incredibad

According to up-and-coming Canadian hip-hop artist Drake, Lil Wayne has been hard at work on a rock-oriented follow-up to last year’s blockbuster Tha Carter III. “Wayne’s coming out with a new album, it’s a rock album. A complete rock album,” Drake said, before explaining his new direction was partially inspired by Kanye West’s ambitious new record, 808s and Heartbreak.

Despite rumors over past months that the remaining members of Led Zeppelin would record new material and tour after replacing frontman Robert Plant, “Led Zeppelin are over,” said Jimmy Page’s manager to MusicRadar. “If you didn’t see them in 2007, you missed them. It’s done. I can’t be any clearer than that.”

This comes just after contradictory news on Wednesday that Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham were ready to move on without Plant, according to statements by Page’s manager, Peter Mensch, to BBC 6 Music.

After Plant opted out of a rumored 2009 tour with the band, speculation began that Led Zeppelin would go on without him, perhaps even with Alter Bridges’ Myles Kennedy stepping up to the mic.

Despite rumors over past months that the remaining members of Led Zeppelin would record new material and tour after replacing frontman Robert Plant, “Led Zeppelin are over,” said Jimmy Page’s manager to MusicRadar. “If you didn’t see them in 2007, you missed them. It’s done. I can’t be any clearer than that.”

This comes just after contradictory news on Wednesday that Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham were ready to move on without Plant, according to statements by Page’s manager, Peter Mensch, to BBC 6 Music.

After Plant opted out of a rumored 2009 tour with the band, speculation began that Led Zeppelin would go on without him, perhaps even with Alter Bridges’ Myles Kennedy stepping up to the mic.

Despite rumors over past months that the remaining members of Led Zeppelin would record new material and tour after replacing frontman Robert Plant, “Led Zeppelin are over,” said Jimmy Page’s manager to MusicRadar. “If you didn’t see them in 2007, you missed them. It’s done. I can’t be any clearer than that.”

This comes just after contradictory news on Wednesday that Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham were ready to move on without Plant, according to statements by Page’s manager, Peter Mensch, to BBC 6 Music.

After Plant opted out of a rumored 2009 tour with the band, speculation began that Led Zeppelin would go on without him, perhaps even with Alter Bridges’ Myles Kennedy stepping up to the mic.

 

Scheduled presenters include the Jonas Brothers, Hayden Panettiere, Martin Scorsese, Simon Baker, Drew Barrymore, Sacha Baron Cohen, Salma Hayek, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lopez, Amy Poehler and Seth Rogen, as well as Ricky Gervais, who provided one of the few bright moments during last September’s dreary Emmycast.

And, virtually guaranteeing things don’t get dreary or parched, an open bar for the guests is part of the formula.

A year ago, of course, the famously rollicking ceremony was caught up in the strike by Hollywood writers, who vowed to picket if it aired.

The plug was pulled on Adelman’s extravaganza just days before the big night. What NBC aired instead was an hourlong laundry list of winners, read aloud by the co-hosts of “Access Hollywood.”

No stars! No glitz! No service to fans of the annual Globes gala. No wonder just 5.8 million of them watched the bare-bones substitute, less than one-third its audience in 2007.

That was then. The Globes will be revived for viewers Sunday at 8 p.m. EST, with NBC airing the festivities live from the celebrity-packed ballroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel.