10 OMG Artist Collaborations (VIDEO)

You know the saying: they go together like peanut butter and jelly... spaghetti and meatballs... Christian Louboutin and David Lynch. When two big brains share a small screen, you never know exactly what you are going to get. From Terence Koh's work with Lady Gaga to the time Salvador Dalí-designed dream sequences for Alfred Hitchcock, established but unrelated artists working together can often produce unexpected results. Be they dazzling, mouthwatering or a little awkward, these artist collaborations will make you say OMG.

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[SStormes]

01:13 PM on 10/04/2011

All the people getting in a twist over their perception that this post is calling Gaga and Kanye great artists are missing the point. It is their collaborators that make these entries noteworthy; Terrence Koh and Marco Bambrilla are established fine artists in the contemporary art world.

So great to see Kalup Linzy getting well deserved coverage.

And in the vein of the fashion/art art entries, I would add the James Jean/Prada collaboration. http://youtu.be/pcHJamFZcGc

[eve mahar]

08:06 PM on 10/01/2011

Loved the Gaga video...gorgeous!

[charlieb323]

08:05 PM on 10/01/2011

Just to clarify, gags makes hype not art.

[ZenCrusader]

10:02 AM on 10/01/2011

Dali and Hitchcock and to some extent Burroughs are true artists - the rest are not. Kayne West ? get real

[guywhocantype]

08:47 AM on 09/27/2011

Bone Thugs rapping over a previous Phil Collins hit does not a collaboration make. Collaboration would be working together to create something new.

[SStormes]

01:16 PM on 10/04/2011

Actually, they did collaborate. When they wanted to sample the song, Collins actually was on board to the point of singing the chorus for them and getting together for the video. http://www.11points.com/music/11_weirdest_collaborations_between_rappers_and_non-rappers_ever

[kurios]

08:33 AM on 09/27/2011

ok i buy the Hitchcock-Dali match up as Great artists...but none of the others in the collage qualify...since when is Bone Thugs in Harmony 'great artists'? And Kanye does not qualify either....

[glockman]

07:43 AM on 09/27/2011

Lady Gag and Kanye West? Great artists?

Seriously? I guess our national taste in art has suffered greatly through the past decades.

[TellMeSumn]

08:50 AM on 09/27/2011

Appreciation of art is subjective.

[glockman]

09:54 AM on 09/27/2011

Yes. But in this case, it's fact.

[langej]

07:07 AM on 09/27/2011

Odd, only about three great artists in this entire list.

[TheIpsoFactory]

08:08 AM on 09/27/2011

My thoughts exactly. Who compiled this sorry excuse for trash...?

[alexunlv]

02:19 AM on 09/27/2011

"Great artist" and you have a pic of that guy who talked trash at the awards?

Really? This trashy guy and you call him an artist? Nothing but a big conformist baby - trying to be artsy. Please, shut the front door with this guy.

[kooosh]

03:50 AM on 09/27/2011

Wait, wait? Are you seriously saying that not only isn't Kanye West a great artist, but he isn't an artist at all? LAUGHABLE.

[skatscan]

04:10 AM on 09/27/2011

He certainly isnb't great by any stretch. He's the Styx of the rap world.

[glockman]

07:44 AM on 09/27/2011

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying.

[jefke]

01:38 AM on 09/27/2011

Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Murakami, I think that you are using the term "great artists" rather loosely.

[KidSampson]

06:36 AM on 09/27/2011

Nothing quite up to the level of Mozart & da Ponte.

[3dtrix]

12:26 AM on 09/27/2011

Calling Kanye West a "great artist" is no different than calling John Boehner a "great statesman."

Yes - both have risen to prominent positions in their respective fields - and both have constituencies.

But "great?"

Don't make me laugh...

[kooosh]

03:51 AM on 09/27/2011

I doubt if you know anything about Kanye West, or modern music generally. Ridiculous comment.

[glockman]

07:45 AM on 09/27/2011

I know plenty about "modern" music. And Kanye isn't worth mentioning in the same breath as that phrase.

[guywhocantype]

08:46 AM on 09/27/2011

If Kanye West is the apex of modern music, we're in big trouble. The term artist does not apply to him. Entertainer, maybe.

[Mitch Johnesee]

12:11 AM on 09/27/2011

Kanye West and Lady Gaga are rated higher than Salvador Dali/Hitchcock and Burroughs/Sonic Youth - I'll admit there wasn't much to the Burroughs clip... but to hear him read the lord's prayer - beautifully ironic, especially in that raspy wraith voice ... something I suppose most people don't quite understand.

[clivechristy]

11:28 PM on 09/26/2011

What about Billy Dee Williams and Diana Ross in Mahogany? Does that count?

[blackjacki2]

11:21 PM on 09/26/2011

List is missing Lonely Island + Michael Bolton

[kurios]

08:37 AM on 09/27/2011

lol..."Here comes the good part!"

[TheNearlySane]

11:20 PM on 09/26/2011

There's already one Dali collaboration on here, but the short animation film "Destino" is a stunningly beautiful collaboration between Dali and Walt Disney. Not to be missed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destino