This Is The REMIX ???

As a kid in the 90's I got very used to the following formula when a new song was released...... The original version would be hot, and then the remix of that same song would be even hotter - possibly outdoing the original version. Those days are long gone now. 

It seems that now when a remix is done for your favorite song it's thrown together with vocals from the original with a sped up beat, or it's a good one with no radio airplay. I remember when the artist used to completely re-record the song to accommodate the remix. In the end you eventually miss out on the track. Here is a list of my top 3 hottest remixes out right now, & my top 3 throwbacks.

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Trey Songz - Feat. Usher & Keri Hilson , "I Invented Sex Part 2". I heard this out one night  with some friends, and its a jam. Trey starts out singing on the track, then it turns into a duet with Usher & Keri. Their voices together are incredible over the tracks original beat. Im hoping for a video, but its highly unlikely.

Lady GaGa, "Bad Romance" (CHUFU H1N1 Remix). Thank goodness for i-tunes, because this is totally compliments from them. The original version of the song was amazing, but if you want a harder sound then I suggest you go with this remix. The vocals are the same, but the beat is grittier, and has harder bass. Her voice is synthed with the beats for a perfect combination to make you sweat your hair out. 

                                                    

Ludacris - Feat. Nicki Minaj, Trina, Eve, & Diamond "My Chick Bad" (Remix). Its the original track with extended verses. Luda pulled some of hip-hops leading ladies. Each lady reps their city with the verses they own. The bass bump is intense. This definitely will make you nod your head. Next to the song being hot, I just love that the ladies are together on it. They are all VERY different MC's.




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Brandy - Feat. Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, & Yo-Yo, "I Wanna Be Down" (Remix). Leading ladies of hip-hop, of the 90's, are pulled together again to join Brandy on her debut singles remix. The beat was slowed down to a more chilled tempo. Brandy sang the opening verse, and choruses while the ladies did there thing. This is truly a classic in my book.
                          

Jennifer Lopez - Feat. Ja Rule, "I'm Real" (Remix). This was a great summer jam in 2001. Ja Rule added some street cred to J.Lo's name with a sample from the 1978 classic, "Firecracker", by the electropop group Yellow Magic Orchestra. The song was #1 from her remix disc titled J-to the L-O: The Remixes, which also hit number one that summer.    

Mariah Carey - Feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard, "Fantasy" (Remix). So this track seriously defined 1996 for me. Every kid in school was blasting this from there um.... portable C.D. players. YIKES ! Mariah is a remix pro in my book. She will make it a completely different song, as she did with this. It had a hip-hop beat, with the bridge from the original version turned into the chorus. Put some late ODB on the track, and its pure genius.