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Thursday, June 12, 2008

♫ Mariah Carey feat. Akon & Lil’ Wayne - Bye Bye (Remix) (full) - listen
I haven’t really been keeping up with Mariah’s album so much. I just remember that her next single is supposed to be “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time.” But I guess they are still pushing “Bye Bye,” because here’s a new remix of the song, featuring Akon and Lil’ Wayne, who were both on TRL this week. Lil’ Wayne’s new album, The Carter III was released Tuesday and expected to do great numbers next week on the charts.

♫ O’Neal McKnight feat. Jermaine Dupri - Check Your Coat (Remix) (full) - listen
When I first saw this video on MTVJams, I was really thinking “What am I watching right now?” The imagery of the video reminded me of Ne-Yo, but I think that’s just because of the Michael Jackson-ness of the video. But this boy, O’Neal McKnight, can really dance. I’m not sure if I buy the whole gimmick - with the sequins gloves, dancing in suits and all of that. But I’m kind of digging the song. I don’t know.

♫ Solange Knowles feat. Q-Tip - Sandcastle Disco (full) - listen
Solange Knowles, who appeared on TRL yesterday chooses “Sandcastle Disco,” featuring Q-Tip as her second single from her album, SoL-Angel & the Hadley Street Dreams, which drops August 26th. We’ve posted a version of this song, but here’s the final version, featuring Q-Tip. The track was written with Cee-Lo and produced by Soulshock. Definitely digging the song, and I love the verse that Q-Tip added.

♫ London feat. Flo-Rida - One 2 Many (Remix) (full) - listen
We posted London’s song, “One 2 Many” in our Hot Or Not section a few weeks ago, but here is a remix with rapper Flo-Rida. I wonder if this will be the version of the song they release as a single to give London, who is newly signed to Universal the push he needs. I’m digging the song a little more than I was before, I think after I started listening to it more, it started to grow on me.