Mariah Carey‘s fun video for the remix of her single “Up Out My Face” featuring popular female rapper Nicki Minaj.

The clip was directed by Mariah’s husband Nick Cannon.

As always Nicki’s facial expressions are hilarious.

Cj..

“Up Out Of My Face” – Mariah Carey f. Nicki Minaj

First up, the new single from our new favorite drunk and Ms. Minaj. Nicki starts off strong per usual and Mariah keeps it that way. Really diggin this single.[DOWNLOAD HERE!]

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Knockout – Lil Wayne f. Nicki Minaj

I don’t like this song. Consider this nothing more than Exhibit A of “Why I could care less about Rebirth.” Nothing’s worse than when an artist tries too hard. Wayne, you’re not a rocker–neither are you Nicki. Fuck outta here. [DOWNLOAD HERE]

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“Bedrock Freestyle” – Wale [DOWNLOAD HERE!]

This reminds me why I bang with Wale so hard. Almost forgot after that ATROCIOUS Hip Hop Awards freestyle fiasco. But hey, the man with the most underrated album of ’09 goes IN. This freestyle is DOPE!

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“Thank You Freestyle” – Wale [DOWNLOAD HERE]

See above statement.

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“Drop The World Freestyle” – Royce Da 5’9 [DOWNLOAD HERE]

One of the most criminally underrated artists of the last decade. Royce been doing this, but let this be your introduction. Murders this freestyle.

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“Big Dog (I Wanna Rock) Freestyle” – Young Jeezy [DOWNLOAD HERE]

Shhh— don’t say it out loud, but somewhere between Thug Motivation 101 and now, Jeezy has lowkey become one of my favorite rappers. With arguably two classics under his belt [and one of the ten best rap albums of the last decade], you need to pay attention when this guy speaks. So listen up.

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“Upside Down” – Snoop Dogg f. Nipsey Hussel & Problem (my fave!!) [DOWNLOAD HERE]

Big Snoop and his illegitimate son team up on this track. Is it worth your time? Let’s just say after I heard this cut, I immediately gave Snoops entire album a listen [its damn good]. Beat is sick, Nipsey goes hard, this just goes. Call this my favorite song out of this post [u know I'm a sucka for a party song].

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“Buffalo Bill” – Eminem [DOWNLOAD HERE]

Deranged Eminem always has a place in my ipod. Marshall’s always at his best when at his most weird. No exception here.

Hope you enjoy!

AR!

One of my favorite tracks from Mariah Carey‘s latest effort Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel “Up Out My Face” is getting the single treatment. Of course, the track is being remixed featuring hot girl rapper of the moment Nicki Minaj. Here are a few pics from the shoot.

Mariah is dropping a re-release of her album that will feature a remix for each track. It’s due February 23.

Looks like it’s going to be an interesting video.

Cj..

A bunch of music videos dropped this week, so I decided to just put them all in one post. Give us your thoughts!

Aisha

I was pleasantly suprised with the selection today. Enjoy!

[ Beyonce - Sweet Dreams (Live at I Am...Yours)(Acoustic) ] (BEAUTIFUL)

[ JoJo - Hooked On You ] (My Fav)

[ Mariah Carey - 100% ] (Off the Precious soundtrack)

[ Lyfe Jennings - If I Knew Then ]

[ Clipse - Door Man ]

[ Usher - She Don't Know ]

[ Mary J. Blige - I Am ]

[ Free School ft. Kelis & Apl.de.ap - Grey Goose ] (Can def see CJ and I jammin to this in the car)

[ Lloyd ft. Diamond - Feels Good ]

[ Lady Gaga - Alejandro ]

Aisha

What: Precious

Who: Mo’Nique, Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey [Produced by Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey]

When: November 6, 2009

Why: A smash hit at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Precious is already gearing up to be one of the most talked about movies of the season. With rumors already swirling of Oscar nods for Mo’Nique’s portrayal of an abusive mother, Precious, the screenplay adaption of the novel PUSH by author Sapphire, tells the story of the  struggle of an illiterate, grotesquely abused, Harlem teenager, and is sure to send shock waves through all who see it.

This movie--this life story– is going to be incredible. I don’t think anyone will want to miss this.

See you at the theater.

AR

BTW— Great article on the movie by Lynn Hirschberg of the New York Times HERE

Everyone gotta be having a beef with everyone. The Mariah Carey vs. Eminem one is slightly amusing. Check Em’s latest diss to the pop legend.

Hmmm.

Thoughts?

Cj

As some of you may know Johnta Austin is a very well known song-writer in the R&B game. He is responsible for some of the biggest hits of this century, such as “Don’t Forget About Us” by Mariah Carey “Be Without You” by Mary J. Blige and “Miss You” by Aaliyah just to name a few.

Johnta has been heavy with the new releases these days to build up more of a reputation as an actual artist rather than writer. Ocean Drive is a compilation of demos he’s done for other artists as well as himself over the years. I guess he decided to release this so people would get a feel for his sound?

There’s no doubt that his lyrics and the production on these tracks are fiyah, but I still have to get used to his vocals. They’re good, but at times come off a bit strained. Nevertheless, he’s a pretty decent artist with a lot of potential especially with his excellent writing skills to keep him afloat.

[DOWNLOAD HERE]

- Aisha

Peep the video for Mariah Carey‘s “Obsessed.”

It’s kind of funny.

Cj

Peep the cover and a spread of Giant Magazine‘s July “Power Issue” featuring their list of the 50 Most Influential People. On the cover is Nick Cannon (Mr. Carey) as he is number 17 on the list that is topped with President Barack Obama. I don’t really see how Nick made the list let alone the cover, but I can’t knock it and his spread is very dapper.

More of Nick’s spread after the jump….

Cj