Chamillionaire
Venom
The Houston MC and self-proclaimed "dopest underrated overachiever" spits secrets.

I can’t record without: "One Obama-protected iPhone, one highly skilled recording engineer, and two major-label A&R-proof door locks."

This album is a cross between: "A Mayweather uppercut and a Kobe crossover."

The haters will say… "They deserve my success. But if that were true, then they wouldn’t have to say it."



Michelle Branch
Everything Comes and Goes
The former Maxim cover babe goes country.

Where the magic happened: "All over the place: Nashville, New York City, Los Angeles. I get around."

The money spent making this album could buy: "A two-bedroom condo on a golf course in Napa."

The haters will say… "'You know, I just lost all respect for her after she took her clothes off for Maxim.'"


Yeasayer
Odd Blood
Singer Chris Keating on the Brooklyn psych rockers’ sophomore set.

Where the magic happened: "In Woodstock, New York, at the home of Peter Gabriel’s old drummer and his gun-toting blue-haired son."

Studio drug of choice: "Copious amounts of mateine and egg pizza."

Casualties during production: "Twenty-five field mice were killed during the making of this record. We apologize to mice enthusiasts (they were bad mice)."

Watch Blender's interview with Yeasayer here.