The 2009 Remix Report Card, Vol. 7
"Don't Trust Me (Remix)" by 3OH!3 featuring Kid Cudi
I wasn't impressed with Cudi before, and right now I straight up loathe him for giving me a reason to sit down and actively listen to this song in any form. It's pretty funny how his buzz has gotten smaller and smaller every time everyone hears a song where he actually raps.
Best Verse: n/a
Overall Grade:F
"Maybach Music 2.5" by Rick Ross featuring Pusha T, Birdman, Fabolous, DJ Khaled and T-Pain
The only seeming point of doing a sequel to begin with was maybe just having the biggest guests available for Ross's at the album at the time, and usually with remixes, the point seems to be to up the ante with star power. So it's kind of funny that the remix of this is so strictly B-list, although I guess that's what you gotta do when the original features practically the whole A-list. Funny to hear Baby and Pusha on a song together 6 years after "What Happened To That Boy" (and years after the Clipse's constant sad attempts to bait Wayne into beef, which doesn't matter since you know everyone just e-mailed their verses in and didn't hear anyone else's) and Birdman's verse is even more half-assed than what he usually does.
Best Verse: Fabolous
Overall Grade: C+
"Obsessed (Remix)" by Mariah Carey featuring Gucci Mane
I think it would've been funnier if Mariah went the Rick Ross route and got a bunch of Eminem's enemies on the remix, but Gucci is a good fit for this beat, and it's entertaining how they just let him do his weird ad lib noises in the background of the entire song.
Best Verse: n/a
Overall Grade: B
"Throw It In The Bag (Remix)" by Fabolous featuring Drake
A few weeks ago when Fab was teasing on his Twitter that a remix of this song was coming, I kept picturing a typical posse cut version with guys like Jadakiss and Wayne trying to kick flows over those clunky drums from the original. So it was refreshing when it dropped and it was one of those increasingly rare remixes with a whole new beat, creatively crafting another The-Dream hook out of samples of "Fancy" from his album (curious if Tricky did the beat or someone else handled that). In my opinion one of the most underrated remixes of all time is the "Can't Let You Go" one where Just Blaze did a hard uptempo beat and Fab flipped every line from the original a new way, this of course doesn't live up to that but it's kind of in the same spirit. Drake is boring as fuck.
Best Verse: Fabolous
Overall Grade: B+
"Why R U? (Remix)" by Amerie featuring Nas, Jadakiss, Caine and Rick Ross
Another remix with a new beat, this one just trading in one retro beat for another. I was never that into the original, which always just made me want to listen to older songs with that Melvin Bliss break, so the Whodini sample on this is an improvement, even if the tune is still kinda weak. This thing just goes on forever, though, no remix should feature the chorus this many times. No idea who the Caine guy is.
Best Verse: Jadakiss
Overall Grade: B-
I wasn't impressed with Cudi before, and right now I straight up loathe him for giving me a reason to sit down and actively listen to this song in any form. It's pretty funny how his buzz has gotten smaller and smaller every time everyone hears a song where he actually raps.
Best Verse: n/a
Overall Grade:F
"Maybach Music 2.5" by Rick Ross featuring Pusha T, Birdman, Fabolous, DJ Khaled and T-Pain
The only seeming point of doing a sequel to begin with was maybe just having the biggest guests available for Ross's at the album at the time, and usually with remixes, the point seems to be to up the ante with star power. So it's kind of funny that the remix of this is so strictly B-list, although I guess that's what you gotta do when the original features practically the whole A-list. Funny to hear Baby and Pusha on a song together 6 years after "What Happened To That Boy" (and years after the Clipse's constant sad attempts to bait Wayne into beef, which doesn't matter since you know everyone just e-mailed their verses in and didn't hear anyone else's) and Birdman's verse is even more half-assed than what he usually does.
Best Verse: Fabolous
Overall Grade: C+
"Obsessed (Remix)" by Mariah Carey featuring Gucci Mane
I think it would've been funnier if Mariah went the Rick Ross route and got a bunch of Eminem's enemies on the remix, but Gucci is a good fit for this beat, and it's entertaining how they just let him do his weird ad lib noises in the background of the entire song.
Best Verse: n/a
Overall Grade: B
"Throw It In The Bag (Remix)" by Fabolous featuring Drake
A few weeks ago when Fab was teasing on his Twitter that a remix of this song was coming, I kept picturing a typical posse cut version with guys like Jadakiss and Wayne trying to kick flows over those clunky drums from the original. So it was refreshing when it dropped and it was one of those increasingly rare remixes with a whole new beat, creatively crafting another The-Dream hook out of samples of "Fancy" from his album (curious if Tricky did the beat or someone else handled that). In my opinion one of the most underrated remixes of all time is the "Can't Let You Go" one where Just Blaze did a hard uptempo beat and Fab flipped every line from the original a new way, this of course doesn't live up to that but it's kind of in the same spirit. Drake is boring as fuck.
Best Verse: Fabolous
Overall Grade: B+
"Why R U? (Remix)" by Amerie featuring Nas, Jadakiss, Caine and Rick Ross
Another remix with a new beat, this one just trading in one retro beat for another. I was never that into the original, which always just made me want to listen to older songs with that Melvin Bliss break, so the Whodini sample on this is an improvement, even if the tune is still kinda weak. This thing just goes on forever, though, no remix should feature the chorus this many times. No idea who the Caine guy is.
Best Verse: Jadakiss
Overall Grade: B-
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i'm glad you like the gucci remix of "obsessed". i thought it was hilarious when he said that he had to fly up to ny to record with mariah so she could better "understand [his] swag" but it's cool that they just let him vibe with the song, not in the very least cuz it's trippy as hell to hear gucci harmonizing with mariah. also the idea of gucci & dream/tricky in the studio together is predictably giving me night sweats.