"In My Head (Remix)" by Jason Derülo featuring Nicki Minaj
The original version of this song sounds like absolute dogshit, so the change to a new beat, even a pretty generic one, is a total improvement. Adding Nicki to anything is whatever, though, ugh.
Best Verse: n/a
Overall Grade: C

"Lemonade (Remix)" by Gucci Mane featuring Trey Songz, Fabolous and Nicki Minaj
Gucci really went in on the "Wasted" remix and came up with a whole new flow for that beat, so it's doubly a bummer that he isn't around to drop a new verse the remix of this, my favorite rap single of the year so far. Still, I'm glad someone got together a few people to do a remix and keep "Lemonade"'s momentum going,. Trey Songz doesn't really know what he's doing here, which is weird because remix guest spots are probably my favorite things he does usually ("Addiction" and "I'm The Ish" especially). But the whole thing picks up and gets pretty crazy when the whole beat changes, same piano clang but new drums, for Fab's verse. The new beat stays for Nicki's verse, which again, is whatever. Altogether nowhere near the energy or the lineup I was hoping for, but not bad.
Best Verse: Fabolous
Overall Grade: B+

"My Chick Bad (Remix)" by Ludacris featuring Diamond, Eve and Trina
It's pretty lame that after all of Luda's talk of featuring female rappers heavily on Battle of the Sexes, most of them got shuffled off onto the bonus cut remix of the terrible-ass single featuring, once again, the annoyingly ubiquitous Minaj. There's not much you can do to save a song this lousy, but they make a decent effort, and the pitched-up chorus helps. Trina, as usual, is the only one who gets as filthy as the song warrants, though.
Best Verse: Trina
Overall Grade: B

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