 Jermaine Dupri was flattered when Weezer fell in love with his first foray into rock - because he recorded the song when he was drunk. The hip-hop producer wrote the anthem Can't Stop Partying for the rockers' album Raditude, and admits he was nervous about submitting his first rock track to the Buddy Holly hitmakers.
But frontman Rivers Cuomo fell in love with the recording - even though Dupri was under the influence when he wrote and sang it. Dupri tells MTV.com, "I went in there one night drunk in the studio, and I made a rock record where I was playing the drums and singing this melody and I tracked (recorded) it. I said, 'This song would sound crazy if somebody took me seriously.' So I sent it to Weezer. I ain't know these guys (sic) or nothing. They hit me back and said, 'We love this song. We want to cut it.' I said, 'What? Get the f**k outta here.' I went to L.A. and met with Rivers, and we hit it off. They put my song on the album. That's, like, a first. A whole new explosion for me. I was really geeked (excited) on that." And Dupri is hoping the collaboration will lead to further experimentation - because he usually throws away songs that aren't in his comfort zone. He adds, "This was a project that opened me to say, 'Jermaine, show people more of the other side of what you do.' I wrote songs, and I throw them songs away. I wrote so many records in the past, and I threw them away. Because I don't have any artists to give them to and they don't sound like none of my artists. I'll be like, 'I don't know about this.'"
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