Best Verse: n/a

Overall Grade: D

One of the new rap/country novelty hits in the wake of Lil Nas X, this one probably aimed more at country radio with this remix featuring Sam Hunt. I've always kind of turned my nose up at most of Sam Hunt, especially the Drake-influenced stuff, but he totally knows what he's doing on a track like this and improves on it. 

Another one of the new rap/country novelty hits, with RMR aimed at rap radio with Young Thug on the remix of his viral Rascal Flatts interpolation, and Future and Lil Baby on the remix of his other single. I wrote about RMR's project here the other day and I really just dislike this schtick. And I still think it's goofy that Young Thug doing one "yeehaw" ad lib on a song years ago became a meme and is pretty much the whole basis for putting him on this and one of the "Old Town Road" remixes, he tries to make his verse on this work but it just doesn't sound good.

Best Verse: n/a

Overall Grade: C

Maybe DaBaby just saw what was going on in America when he had the #1 song in the country and felt like he should use the song as the platform to say something, but I dunno if it entirely works. I like the new verse and it's not entirely off topic from the subject matter of the original song, but it's not the grand gesture it feels like it was intended to be. 

Brooklyn rapper SAINt JHN was already in the industry, writing for Usher and touring with Post Malone, when he released the original "Roses" in 2016. But "Roses" only became a huge worldwide hit this year in the form of a remix by a producer from Kazakhstan, Imanbek, which gives the song a whole different sound and pitches SAINt JHN's voice up so it's unrecognizable. So he was in kind of a strange position as far as capitalizing on "Roses," and doing another remix, back with another more traditional trap beat and a big mainstream rap star, is a smart move. I don't really understand the appeal of any version of this song, though,, it's all kind of a big bland waste of time to me, but I guess Future is alright on this. 

"Savage (Remix)" by Megan Thee Stallion featuring Beyonce
I already wrote about this remix in my singles roundup, still pretty great, has pretty much replaced the original in my head. 
"Say So (Remix)" by Doja Cat featuring Nicki Minaj
This kind of felt twinned with the "Savage" remix: both released the same week, both went to #1, both featured veteran artists jumping on songs by rising stars. But I like the "Say So" remix a lot less, I just roll my eyes at 'timely' Nicki lyrics like "I put the cookie on quarantine," and Doja hit a better flow with her rap verse from the original song. 
"That's A Fact (Remix)" by French Montana featuring Fivio Foreign and Mr. Swipey

"That's A Fact" is the only French Montana single without a feature out of the last dozen or so he's released, so it unsurprisingly made few waves and French added some guests for a remix. There was some weird thing in April where Fivio Foreign criticized French for signing Mr. Swipey but not promoting him enough, but it seems to have resolved nicely with all of 3 of them doing this remix together. 

"Whats Poppin (Remix)" by Jack Harlow featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne
After a couple years of building buzz, '90s teen movie protagonist Jack Harlow got his big mainstream hit with JetsonMade, the producer behind a lot of DaBaby's hits, and here's the inevitable all-star remix with DaBaby and others. 
"Will (Remix)" by Joyner Lucas featuring Will Smith

At this point it's a predictable cycle: a young rapper does a song named after or referencing an established legend, and the old guy makes a cameo in the video or appears on the remix, or both in this case. In fact, this remix is just Will rapping for 32 bars with Lucas's hook at the beginning and end, and as someone who has a lot of love for He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper, I enjoy hearing Will rap on some more modern production, and kind of reflect on his life in an interesting way. That said, it also has that vibe of J. Cole's "Let Nas Down" and Nas's remix, this thirsty thing where the young guy desperately wants the legend's approval and the legend dutifully gives it to them.