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Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Yo-Yo and Public Enemy’s Chuck D. and Flavor Flav join head funkateer George Clinton on the single “Paint the White House Black,” which is due in September. The song will be on the new Clinton album, tentatively titled “Smell My Finger,” which also features the song “Martial Law” with guests Anthony Kiedis and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The album is due in October from Prince’s Paisley Park Records. . . .

Prince (call him what you will) himself produced and wrote nearly all the tracks on Mavis Staples’ “The Voice” album, due from Paisley Park in late August. . . . Daryl Hall’s third John Oates-less solo album, “Soul Alone,” is also due in late August. Among the songs are “I’m in a Philly Mood,” a tribute to Hall’s Philadelphia soul roots, and “When Did You Stop Loving Me,” a rewritten version of a Marvin Gaye song that originally appeared on Gaye’s “Here, My Dear” album. . . .

Now that he’s Julia Roberts’ new husband, what Lyle Lovett does is news. He wrote a song for the soundtrack of the upcoming Robert Altman movie “Short Cuts” that will be performed by veteran jazz singer Annie Ross. Lovett has a role in the movie, as he did in Altman’s last flick, “The Player,” which is where he met his bride. Others rumored for the soundtrack include Robert Palmer and Iggy Pop. . . .

Tommy Boy Records is compiling an album of rappers from around the world, including Japan, South Africa, Italy and Germany, for an October release. . . . Hammer, in between managing boxer Evander Holyfield and taping episodes of his upcoming Fox TV series, hasn’t ignored his recording career. He’s working on a new album, tentatively titled “Funky Headhunter.” No release date’s been announced yet. . . .

Influential funk-rap trio De La Soul is in the studio working on its third album, due early in the fall. . . .

Former rivals Courtney Love of Hole and Kat Bjelland of Babes in Toyland have recorded three songs for a single under the band name Baby Lemonade. Melody Maker reports, though, that Bjelland doesn’t want the single released. The paper also reports that an album of live Hole sessions from deejay John Peel’s BBC radio show will be released in England later this month. . . .

The four members of New Order plan to concentrate on separate projects once an eight-date U.S. tour (including July 26 at the Hollywood Bowl) is through, but they’re denying reports that the band is breaking up. Bernard Sumner will work again with Johnny Marr in Electronic, Peter Hook will record another album with his side-group Revenge, and an album recorded a year ago by Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris as the Other Two will be released this fall. . . .

A band made up of former Jellyfish bassist Jason Faulkner, former Til Tuesday members John Bryan and Buddy Judge and former Lloyd Cole drummer Dan McCarrol is finishing a debut album for Epic, due in January, though the quartet hasn’t yet chosen a name. . . .

KISS founders Peter Criss and Ace Frehley re-teamed on a couple of songs for Criss’ album-in-progress. Before that’s out, though, Criss, who recently got an out-of-court settlement from the Star tabloid over a false story that he was homeless, will release a five-song EP of four new songs and an acoustic version of KISS’ “Beth.” . . .

The co-producer of the TV documentary rock history series “Played in the USA,” currently airing on KCET, is working on a new documentary about New Orleans songwriter-producer Allen Toussaint. Stevenson Palfi recently shot segments featuring Quincy Jones, the Pointer Sisters, Devo and Robbie Robertson, all of whom have worked with Toussaint or recorded his songs. . . . After being worked on for two years, the second Mazzy Star album, “So Tonight That I Might See,” is finally ready for release on Capitol on Sept. 7. The first single will be “Five String Serenade,” written by Love’s Arthur Lee. . . . Guests on Michael McDonald’s “Blink of an Eye” album, due Aug. 3, include Vince Gill, Heartbreakers Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell, Allman Brothers guitarist Warren Haynes and Peter Gabriel drummer Manu Katche.