Blog: Listening Post - Wired Blogs

The Man in Black was a badass for sure. But can he withstand sonic recombination from the likes of Snoop Dogg? We'll find out in January 2009, when Johnny Cash Remixed drops. Featuring several Cash classics squeezed through the various filters of Snoop, Pete Rock, Alabama 3, The Heavy and other head-scratching candidates, it's a far cry from its source material's stripped-down country and blues. But it's nevertheless got the stamp of approval from the legend's estate. "My father made his stead by defying the expected and accepted way of things" [...]