“Can't Knock The Hustle” by Weezer

Weezer opened the campaign for their 2019 self-titled record, the one also known as the Black Album, with "Can't Knock the Hustle" in October 2018. Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio produced it, with Kool Kojak adding extra production and Matty Green on the mix, and Rivers Cuomo, who wrote it alone, lets funk and Latin music seep into the band's sound. Nobody could agree on what to call it: Stereogum heard funk rock, Paste heard disco, Rolling Stone heard rap rock. It's also one of the rare Weezer songs that swears hard.

The video, out the same day, leaves the band out entirely. Instead Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy drives the car in Cuomo's glasses while the couple in the back seat go from making out to stabbing each other, and the ride ends with a run to the emergency room.

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