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Heads might not realize that LMFAO’s origins begin in indie hip-hop. Red Foo along with current Party Rock Crew member, Dre Kroon, first stepped onto the scene around 1997 with their “Life Is A Game Of Chess” and “The Freshest” singles. Collaborating with DJ Revolution and Evidence, it was clear that these guys hearts were in the right place, despite never blowing up. Things would manifest themselves differently, however, as Red Foo and cousin Sky Blu would go on to form LMFAO, exploding onto the club-scene with electro-hop singles “I’m In Miami Bitch” and “Shots”, respectively. With their current smash, “Party Rock Anthem”, LMFAO have caught the eye of the mainstream, and are officially household names.

LMFAO are very good at identifying what club-goers want and providing exactly that, as their breakthrough single “Shots” exemplified. With their second album, their formula pretty much builds upon a blueprint built by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, adding in whatever the current trends in party music are, whether it be electro house, dutch breakdowns, dubstep, autotune, or lollipop metaphors. This is hip-hop, house, and pop music all rolled into one, or what DJ’s like to refer to as “the open format”.

By no means is this rocket science, nor will you gain any introspection beyond the leopard pants and lensless glasses, this Vegas party music through-and-through. The album’s follow-up single, “Champagne Showers” capitalizes on the 2011 version of “making it rain”, over up-tempo, progressive house stabs and the group’s trademark sense of humor. This runs rampant throughout most of the album, as tracks like “Sorry For Party Rocking”, “Put That Ass To Work”, and “Take It To The Hole” (feat. Busta Rhymes) remove the braggadocios element of today’s rap and focus more on just having fun. The main difference between these guys and commercial hip-hop’s usual ballers is the fact that they don’t take themselves seriously at all. LMFAO are laughing all the way to the bank, and you can’t help laugh with them. How else could one explain songs like “Sexy and I Know It” or “Hot Dog”?

While much of the album is spent reiterating the same themes over and over again, the other half attempts to tap into the more “mature” house music crowd, with heavy influence from artists like Kaskade, Daft Punk, and Calvin Harris. As a matter of fact, “Reminds Me Of You” is a vocal reworking of Calvin’s own “Awooga”, yet many will argue that the song was fine in it’s instrumental form. Songs like “One Day” and “We Came Here To Party” succeed in achieving the soulful, melodic sound of house music, yet there are also some failed attempts, like the watered down “All Night Long” and “Best Night” with will.i.am and “Take Over Control” vocalist, Eva Simons.

It’s clear that both purists of house music and hip-hop music will despise this record, because of it’s shameless jacking of whatever styles are “hot” in the respective genres, but at the end of the day it falls into neither category; Party Rock music is a genre unto itself.

1/2 of LMFAO performed earlier this month at Tryst Nightclub in fabulous Las Vegas. Look for his return soon.

Dirt Nasty’s lead single from Nasty As I Wanna Be, directed by Nicholaus Goosen.

After showing off the Alchemist produced title track, Dirt Nasty delivers the second single from his Nasty As I Wanna Be LP, due out next week. This one features LMFAO and celebrates his lack of coordination.

LISTEN: Dirt Nasty – “I Can’t Dance (feat. LMFAO)”

LMFAO parodies every “epic” overdone video and sports film ever made with this ten-minute film for their 2007 buzz single “Yes”. This one has it all, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry. Guest appearances from Dirt Nasty and…..

And here comes Travie Claus with the Party Rock remix of “Billionaire”. New verses from LMFAO and a more southern styled track finally make this one club playable.

LISTEN: Travie McCoy – “Billionaire (Party Rock Remix)” (feat. LMFAO + Gucci Mane)

The Electro Wars Final Trailer from Stephen Alex Vasquez on Vimeo.

Trailer for dope looking documentary about the current shifts and fusions between hip-hop and electro house music. In depth interviews with A-Trak, DJ Premier, Laidback Luke, Steve Aoki, LMFAO, and more.

The city-to-city Dutch house club hit gets a local remix, with added vocals from Murs and Slug, courtesy of yours truly. Now where have we heard these lyrics before?

LISTEN: Chuckie + LMFAO + Murs + Slug – “I’m In Las Vegas Bitch 2010″ (DJ Pizzo vs. Joachim Gerraud Bootleg) (MP3)

Chuckie + LMFAO + Murs + Slug – “I’m In Las Vegas Bitch 2010″ (DJ Pizzo vs. Joachim Gerraud Bootleg) (MP3)

George Lopez interviews the hypest man in hip-hop, leading to a performance of “Outta Your Mind” with LMFAO. Crunk Rock in stores now.

Wynn Resorts Las Vegas celebrated the grand opening of Surrender Nightclub / Encore Beach Club this weekend with a live performance from the Party Rock crew, LMFAO. Yes, that is Paris Hilton on stage with them. Watch her bogart the mic from Redfoo in clip #2, lol. Video captured by yours truly.

Guetta continues to pump out hits from his One Love LP, the latest being a remix of “Gettin’ Over You” with Fergie, LMFAO, and “Love Is Gone” crooner Chris Willis. We’re putting money on a Guetta produced Chris Willis album in the next 12 months.

XS banger right here – although the clean version does kinda tone it down a bit. Crunk Rock in stores June 9th.

The single that’s been drumming up heavy buzz since it’s debut at WMC this weekend finally sees the light of day, transforming from a sequel to “Love Is Gone”, to a full-fledged posse cut. Guetta taps Fergie to balance out Chris Willis’ vocals, interpolating her cat-scratch fever from “Boom Boom Pow”, while LMFAO provide hype. Kinda disappointing, but lends some new flavor to the already solid cut.

LISTEN: David Guetta + LMFAO + Fergie + Chris Willis – “Gettin Over You”

People ask us why we post LMFAO stuff on HipHopSite, as it crosses over into house and pop music territories. Reason is, we’ve been doing it since 1997. Red Foo is a pioneer of the indie hip-hop 12″ movement that was birthed the same time as HHS itself, when he teamed up with Evidence and DJ Revolution for “The Freshest” in the pre-LMFAO era, back then part of a duo called Red Foo & Dre Kroon. So we got love for Foo. In the above clip, he breaks down his recent collaboration with David Guetta & Fergie, “Gettin’ Over You” that we showed you over the weekend. And plus, his sense of humor is brilliant.