3 Ice Cubes

Many of you readers may remember the Super Bowl half-time show from 2011; specifically, when the Black Eyed Peas were terrible. It was unfortunate then, that Slash came out to play guitar while Fergie sang "Paradise City" and left everyone scratching their heads as to what the hell was going on. Why was she singing that? Why was he playing guitar with her? The general consensus was that it was a terrible collaboration. Pardon me while I get semi-technical for a second. Fergie may have sounded awful to people listening at home, but that could be on the part of the person who produces the sound mix that gets broadcast to viewers. What they played live is not exactly what you hear on your television. Of course, it could have been awful live too, but most of us weren't there to know. Either way, there is a reason that Slash and Fergie seemed like a good idea to pair up: they have before and the results were amazing. Back in 2010, Slash released his first solo album with a s...

In light of the recent news that George Zimmerman's dreams of fighting Kanye West in " Celebrity Boxing " have fallen slightly short (I can't imagine why), I present this rarely heard-of, yet amazing, track by the man he will be fighting.

There are two categories of people in this world; those who have heard The Coup and those who need to. In 1993 The Coup released their first full-length album, Kill My Landlord . At the time of the album, The Coup was comprised of lead-vocalist/frontman Boots Riley , rapper E-Roc and DJ Pam the Funkstress . This album set the stage for the The Coup's characteristic political and socially-conscious lyrics that manage to keep a sly sense of wit.

Volume 5 of " Music You Missed " comes from one of the biggest supergroups of all time; which is really saying something. If you are somehow unfamiliar with The Traveling Wilburys, they are made up of Bob Dylan , Roy Orbison , George Harrison , Tom Petty , and Jeff Lynne (of Electric Light Orchestra).

I don't often listen to music that falls into the country/folk genre, but this song has an undeniable quality to it that demands repeated listenings. At the same time that it tugs at the heart strings, it gets you going as it slowly builds. It's almost a full two minutes before all the instruments are in place and playing their respective parts.

Here at Mandi's 3 Ice Cubes we're happy to bring you the newest video from John Mayer , featuring Katy Perry as they duet together on his track " Who You Love ." The song comes from Mayer's latest album " Paradise Valley ." Let us know what you think about the duet and video in comments!

Admit it, you have this song somewhere deep in the recesses of your iTunes playlist. It's okay, we all do... there's no judgement here. What's more, at some point we have all (possibly while drunk) tried to sing along to this. The only problem is that the actual lyrics are as mysterious as the song itself.

A couple of years ago Travis Barker - of Blink-182 fame - released his solo debut, " Give The Drummer Some ." On the album Travis managed to cover almost every genre of music but there was a noticeable amount of hip-hop.

What better way to kick off a column about songs with lyrics that absolutely no one knows that with the inscrutable Snow song " Informer ." For those of you who don't remember this song, it's from all the way back in 1992 by a white, Canadian "rapper," who attempts to use a Jamaican dialect.

For the second installment of Music You Missed , I went all the way back to the year 2000. For those of you who remember, there was a track that garnered some decent radio play at the time by Dynamite Hack . It was an acoustic cover of Eazy-E's " Boyz-N-The Hood ."

Johnny Allen Hendrix, better known as Jimi, was born on this day back in 1942. If he were still alive today, Jimi would be 71 if my math skills are correct. In honor of one of the world's greatest guitarists, it's only fitting that he gets a birthday shoutout.

When Kanye West released the video for "Bound 2," featuring his girlfriend Kim Kardashian , it left a lot of us wondering if he realized just how bad the video was. Not ones to miss a chance for a good laugh, James Franco and Seth Rogen took time out of their schedules to make a shot-for-shot recreation of the video starring themselves in place of Kimye. Maybe it's just me, but "Bound 3 " might be the better version since the stars are at least in on the joke.

For this installment of Song of the Week, I had to choose Beautiful War by the Kings of Leon, after seeing the newly released video for it. From their recent album Mechanical Bull,  this is a great song with understated guitar lines that cross and slowly build.

In order to keep our Song of the Week current, I decided it was time to start a separate column for the music you need to hear that you likely missed the first time around.