Maroon 5 are to release an album of their songs remixed by an array of major urban music stars.
Next month, the Los Angeles band’s Call & Response: The Remix Album will see rap and r’n'b stars , including Pharell Williams and Mary J Blige, tackle tracks pulled mainly from their records Songs About Jane and It Won’t Be Soon Before Long.
Frontman Adam Levine told AllHipHop: “I’ve always found it really interesting that a group of people looking at the same painting can all see different things.”
He added: “That was the idea behind this record, to take a few of our songs and have them interpreted by some of our favourite artists. We were really blown away by what they came up with.”
Aside from Pharrell and Mary J, artists including ?uestlove from The Roots and up and coming act The Cool Kids are on remix duty on the record.
Call & Response: The Remix Album is out 8 December.