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Danger Mouse and The Roots‘ Black Thought have shared the final preview of their long-awaited collaborative album ‘Cheat Codes’ ahead of the album’s release later this week.‘Strangers’ features both A$AP Rocky and Run the Jewels, with a distinctively Danger Mouse beat foregrounding rapid-fire verses from Black Thought, Rocky, El-P and Killer Mike.“We were honored to get down with our elite and legendary friends Danger Mouse, Black Thought and A$AP Rocky on this banger,” Run the Jewels said in a statement about the collaboration. Listen below:‘Strangers’ is the fourth single to be released from ‘Cheat Codes’ ahead of its release on Friday (August 12).

Danger Mouse & Black Thought have shared the official video for their latest collaborative single, ‘Strangers’ – check it out below.The song – featuring contributions from A$AP Rocky and Run The Jewels – appears on the pair’s new joint studio album ‘Cheat Codes’, which came out today (August 12) via BMG.To coincide with the record’s arrival, Danger Mouse & Black Thought have also posted a black-and-white official video for ‘Strangers’ that was shot in an iPhone-style vertical orientation.The dizzying, lo-fi clip sees Killer Mike, El-P, Rocky and Black Thought deliver their respective parts as they film themselves in various locations. Numerous other shots are rapidly interspersed with the performances.Tune in here:The ‘Strangers’ single dropped earlier this week.

Danger Mouse and Black Thought have shared a second song from their upcoming debut collaborative debut album ‘Cheat Codes‘ – listen to ‘Because’ below.‘Because’ follows ‘No Gold Teeth’, which was released last month, and features guest turns by Joey Bada$$, Russ and Dylan Cartlidge.Set to be released on August 12 via BMG, ‘Cheat Codes’ is Danger Mouse’s first hip-hop full-length since his ‘DANGERDOOM’ collaboration with the late MF DOOM which was released in October 2005.Joey Bada$$ said: “I’ve always been a big fan of Black Thought and Danger Mouse. I think Black Thought is one of the greatest rappers ever, so when they asked me to get on this record, it was a no-brainer, plus the record is fire!“I still remember the first time I heard ‘You Got Me’ the video was shot on my great-grandmother’s block and I was actually there that day when I was a child.