"Bugatti (Remix)" by Ace Hood featuring Wiz Khalifa, T.I., Meek Mill, French Montana, 2 Chainz, Future, DJ Khaled and Birdman
Obviously this is already a strong candidate for banger of the year, and the fact that people like the original for the beat and hook more than the verses just makes it prime real estate for an event remix. I will give Ace Hood credit, though, he comes out first on the remix and has a nicer flow than he did on the original, and then he does it again at the end. The first half was so dope that I started to get my hopes up that the whole remix would be straight, and then Wiz showed up with that hilarious bullshit flow and stopped the whole thing dead in its tracks so bad that even French didn't seem that bad.
Best Verse: Ace Hood
Overall Grade: B-


"Females Welcomed (Remix)" by Trinidad James featuring Juicy J
Since the original track is half a surprisingly decent rap song for one verse and then just goes off into a weird mostly instrumental EDM tangent, I assumed the remix would just lengthen out the first half of the song for the guest verse. Instead, Juicy J kinda shows up as the beat starts changing, and it actually works pretty well.
Best Verse: n/a
Overall Grade: B


"Freaks (Remix)" by French Montana featuring DJ Khaled, Rick Ross, Mavado, Wale and Nicki Minaj
Since the original "Freaks" just had Nicki and wasn't quite enough starpower to cancel out French's boring ass and get him back in heavy rotation, so they went back and packed up the remix. This is one of those rare moments where Rick Ross actually rises to the occasion and sounds comfortable on an uptempo beat, and it's pretty hilarious when he bellows "murrrrda for cooooke."
Best Verse: Rick Ross
Overall Grade: C+

"No New Friends (SFTB Remix)" by DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne
This is kinda borderline, since it's ostensibly a "Started From The Bottom" remix but it's basically a whole new song, for DJ Khaled's album, spun off from a line in the original song. Anyway this shit is so terrible it makes the virtues of "Started" a little easier to remember. Once again, Future doesn't get a verse but is just ad libbing on the outro, what a stupid waste of his talent.
Best Verse: Rick Ross
Overall Grade: D


"Show Out (Remix)" by Juicy J featuring Pimp C, T.I. and Young Jeezy
The choice to throw a posthumous Pimp C verse randomly on a remix of this song is odd, but it works. Don't recognize the verse from anywhere but Pimp just sounds great on this beat, even though of course he wasn't rapping to it. In any event I fuck with this song real heavy to begin with and it's nice to hear a version with no Big Sean.
Best Verse: Pimp C
Overall Grade: B+

"UOENO (Remix)" by Rocko featuring A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, 2 Chainz and Future
After Rocko had a possible hit on his hand with a completely reprehensible Rick Ross verse that eventually attracted some major controversy, he did the semi-honorable thing and set about replacing Ross on the record and doing a bunch of remixes, which at this point just kind of swapped in a different star in place of Rozay one at a time, which is annoying so I just found a YouTube that mixes them all together (and at one point Kendrick and Kanye were rumored for the official single version too, so maybe there's more coming). And of course, Future still hasn't gotten a verse on this beat, which is ridiculous, he's not T-Pain motherfuckers, stop using him for just hooks (although this is probably his worst hook of late). Anyway, I don't really get the appeal of this song or even the beat, which is kinda nice cause then I don't feel conflicted at all about the Ross verse or anything. Anyway A$AP shits the bed worse than usual, 2 Chainz is just OK, and Wiz comes with one of those rare sporadic moments where he has a pulse.
Best Verse: Wiz Khalifa
Overall Grade: C

"We Still In This Bitch (Remix)" by B.o.B featuring Young Jeezy, Young Dro and Yo Gotti
It's great to see Young Dro on this, not just because he's dope and has long been neglected by Grand Hustle, but because he's actually referred to as "Young Dro" and not "3Krazy" or whatever bullshit name change he announced last year. This song was never really any good to begin with, though, B.o.B sounds so out of place trying to do strip club shit (and sounds even worse on his remix verse) and the beat sounds like Mike Will Made Half Of It And Then Gave Up. Dro is my fucking hero, though, he singlehandedly saves this.
Best Verse: Young Dro
Overall Grade: B-

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