The Punk Goes compilations have always been pretty cool. Video Matt basically falls asleep at night with a smile on his face every night listening to Punk Goes Pop (specifically Slick Shoes cover of Mandy Moore’s ‘Candy’).

The latest edition to the series is Punk Goes Crunk, featuring 15 dope-ass tracks to make the homies say ho! and the girlies wanna scream. With songs from the dropped Yo! Indie Rock Raps that was scheduled to be released on Immortal Records, the disk contains Dre, Biggie and Lil Jon covers.

From the press release:

It’s official, Punk Goes Crunk is hitting stores on April 4, 2008 and the cover artwork has now been revealed below. Groups currently announced for the comp include Say Anything, Person L (Kenny from The Starting Line), Forever The Sickest Kids, New Found Glory, The Maine, Hot Rod Circut, My American Heart, and Scary Kids Scaring Kids, All Time Low, The Devil Wears Prada, The Secret Handshake, and Set Your Goals.

1. “Put Yo Hood Up” - Set Your Goals (Lil Jon) (4:59)
2. “Got Your Money” - Say Anything (Ol’ Dirty Bastard) (4:15)
3. “I Wish” - The Secret Handshake (Skee-Lo) (2:52)
4. “Men in Black” - Forever the Sickest Kids (Will Smith) (3:05)
5. “California Love” - My American Heart (2Pac) (4:16)
6. “I Wanna Love You” - The Maine (Akon) (3:03)
7. “Kryptonite (I’m on It)” - Emanuel (Purple Ribbon All-Stars) (4:30)
8. “The Seed” - Person L (The Roots) (4:22)
9. “Still Fly” - The Devil Wears Prada (Big Tymers) (4:55)
10. “Umbrella” - All Time Low (Rihanna) (3:49)
11. “Notorious Thugs” - Scary Kids Scaring Kids (The Notorious B.I.G.) (7:23)
12. “Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang” - The Escape Frame (Dr. Dre) (3:30)
13. “Gin and Juice” - Hot Rod Circuit (Snoop Dogg) (3:44)
14. “Hey Ya!” - Lorene Drive (OutKast) (4:24)
15. “Tennessee” - New Found Glory (Arrested Development) (4:05)

The disk is released Tuesday on Fearless Records. Click here for clips of every song… word to your motha’.

So today in the mail, I got the latest in the Fearless Records series of Punk Goes compilations, entitled Punk Goes Acoustic 2, and the first track was…..Jack’s Mannequin. uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don’t get me wrong, I like cheesy piano emo as much as the next teen girl, but “punk?” There ain’t no piano in punk, son.