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Back in June when Pitchfork spoke with MC Spank Rock (of the raunchy supergroup that bears his name), he touched on a project by turns very strange and very fitting: An EP he'd been working on with producer Benny Blanco that takes freak nasty Miami bass pioneers 2 Live Crew as its inspiration.

Well, Benny and Spank must've tweaked their nasty just right, as the Bangers & Cash EP is ready to hit the dance floor, complete 2 Live Crew samples on every song and an homage to 2 Live Crew's notorious Nasty As They Wanna Be cover as its artwork (see, um, above).

Myspace will be rolling out four of the EP's five tracks as free streams, starting with "Shake That" this Thursday, September 6. Every week, MySpace will feature another Banger as their "single of the week," with a video for "Loose" to follow on October 3. And, starting October 9, you can sneak Bangers & Cash out of the record shop with a sheepish look on your face, thanks to Downtown Records.

In other Spank Rock news, there's a number of live dates on the way, including a couple this week with the Beastie Boys. Spank Rock DJs Devlin and Darko also have a few shows scheduled for later in the fall.

Bangers & Cash:

01 Shake That (on MySpace 9/6)
02 B-O-O-T-A-Y (on MySpace 9/13)
03 Loose (track on MySpace 9/20, video 10/3)
04 Pu$$Y
04 Bitch! (on MySpace 9/27)

Heeeey, we want some Spank Rock:

09-04 London, England - Brixton Academy *
09-05 London, England - Brixton Academy *
09-07 London, England - Fabric
09-08 Newport, Isle of Wight, England - Bestival
09-14 Miami, FL - PS14 (Contrapalooza) !
09-29 Los Angeles, CA - Neighborhood Festival
10-27 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - TIM Festival
10-27 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - TIM Festival

* with Beastie Boys
! with Amanda Blank, Juiceboxxx

Devlin and Darko:

09-14 Baltimore, MD - Sonar (Tax Lo)
10-05 Chicago, IL - Smart Bar
10-12 Los Angeles, CA - Natural History Museum %
10-31 Atlanta, GA - MJQ Concourse &
11-21 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B *
11-23 Toronto, Ontario - Circa *
11-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards on Richards *!
11-28 Seattle, WA - Baltic Room *
11-29 Monterrey, Mexico - Zona Forum

% with Jimmy Tamborello, Dublab DJs
& with Brian Parris, Skooter
* with Wiley
! with my!gay!husband!