After all that Weezer news, we didn’t really need that much more proof that every famous person ever, knows one other. But some more came anyway. The Ting Tings have apparently signed a deal with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation company, joining the likes of Wale and J. Cole, who might or might not know The Ting Tings exist. And apparently Hov will now be doing some production work for their next album. Guess he really couldn’t get that song out of his head after they played it at Nets games. (Via: Daily Swarm via Spinner)

Guess what y’all? British tabloid the NME successfully turned an off-handed Jay-Z comment on Noel Gallagher into a headline. Sort of reminds me of that time Lindsay Lohan didn’t wear any undies, but even less eventful. Either way, you may remember a year or so ago when the fiesty Gallagher got his panties in a twist over Jay-Z, a so called rap star, headlining Britain’s annual Rain and Mud fest, ahum, the Glastonbury Music Festival. Gallagher, who is the dude from Oasis that’s really into the Beatles, was quoted as saying “I’m not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It’s wrong.” Of course this means nothing to S Dot Carter, who, cool and calm as ever (Dude’s been listening to too much Grizzly Bear), shrugged off Gallagher’s playa hating with a simple, “I don’t have any problem, so I said anything is possible.” So there you have it folks, breaking news from the NME, Jay-Z doesn’t have a problem with Noel Gallagher, which isn’t a surprise, because, despite Black Album hit “99 Problems,” were pretty sure Jay-Z’s only problem is deciding which whip to cruise around in, the Maybach or the Bentley.

So the obvious question here: Will there be Jay-Z party pics? Chris Taylor and B doing the “Single Ladies” dance on a Williamsburg rooftop? Memphis Bleek doing freestyles over Chris Bear’s glockenspiel beats? We have so many questions.

Regardless, we’ll have to wait until November 2nd (on iTunes and in Europe, physical release date presumably still to come here in the ole’ U.S. of A) to find out when they release the deluxe edition to their monumentally huge (you know, in experimental indie terms) third full length. And why not? A band like this riding a buzz like this certainly doesn’t come every year, much less every day. There’s no “new tracks” per se, but there are a lot of unreleased studio sessions of the preexisting tracks. See for yourself below.

Veckatimest Special Edition tracklisting

CD1:

01 Southern Point
02 Two Weeks
03 All We Ask
04 Fine for Now
05 Cheerleader
06 Dory
07 Ready, Able
08 About Face
09 Hold Still
10 While You Wait for the Others
11 I Live With You
12 Foreground

CD2:

01 Southern Point (KCRW Session)
02 All We Ask (KCMP Session)
03 Ready, Able (KCRW Session)
04 Foreground (Duyster Session)
05 Two Weeks (BBC Maida Vale Session)
06 Dory (World Café Session)
07 While You Wait for the Others (BBC Maida Vale Session)

(Via: P4K)

According to information from UK hip hop weekly NME, newly rethroned King of New York Jay-Z (said Jay-Zed in England), has again foregone working with his nuclear babe of a wife Beyonce on the expanded deluxe edition of his new #1 album The Blueprint 3 in favor of ivory pounding alternative it-girl Regina Spektor. We reached Jay for comment and he said, “Yeah, I’m over it. B is great, but I needed a change, and Regina’s music exposes me, naked, to my emotions.” Unfortunately, it was our friend Jay Kleinberg, but he is very reliable. The Jay-Z/Spektor song is simply a sample of Spektor’s “Chemo Limo” for a new track called “Crispy Benjamins.”

Every now and then, when no one’s looking, we take off our indie rock hats and put something on with a little more swagger. When those moments call, it’s usually to spend some quality headphone time with our good friend Shawn Carter, or, as you might know him Jay-Z. We happen to have a pair of tickets to see Jay perform on September 11th at MSG as part of a benefit show to be televised live and commercial-free on FUSE at 9pm/8c. It’s for a great cause: all proceeds from the concert will go towards New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund, an organization that has been helping New York City families of fallen first responders for over 25 years. So, if you would be so kind, leave us a haiku about your favorite Jay-Z or Blueprint record in the comment section. We’ll do the rest.