I actually have listened to this song alot lately because i thought it was a better idea for a single after the first one instead of "Try Sleeping with a broken heart" and i was just thinking the other day, if someone gets these two in a video it better not be a frigging let down like the Shakira/Beyonce video which was OK but, so much to work with it, it was a let down. Just seeing this early pics from the shoot, makes me glad that some video directors and creators can still focus on the "assets" that both have over others. and sorry if people dont like either, but if we can talk about how good Robin Thicke looks in a fucking suit than we sure as hell can praise Beyonces thick ass legs and Alicias too.


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Lets see how long before the "double standards" arise

lastdecember said:

is that ak in the purple? I thought she was better than that? always talking bout how u don't gotta go down that route.

missmad said:

I would think Purple is her favorite color since she is stalking Prince for a duet

lastdecember said:

This song is begging for a remix Sounds like an unfinsihed song off Beyonce's B'Day album.

and this is good news? aint she always in a new video or commercial or something?

lowkey said:

I'll take her in a new video if she is gonna look like that, but i cant deal with her thrashing around on stage and screaming like a loon.

To be honest I don't get the collaboration/video myself...I'll ignore it like I have many other videos...

midiscover said:

Very true when i was listening to it, i was thinking, is Alicia going to mix this with "Single Ladies" because it has that tempo at one point, but please god dont!

Timmy84 said:

But the pics alone are already better than that Nicki Minaj and Mariah mess with Nick Cannon revisting Drumline once again, though Mariah in a tight nurses outfit is her best hit in a decade.

lastdecember said:

TBH, This seems kind of desperate of Alicia The song is flat and repetitive kind of like most of Beyonce's whole catalog.

This goes perfectly with that "how do the so so singers get all the attention and praise?" thread

lastdecember said:

True but it's like saying it's the lesser of two evils lol

midiscover said:

Like i said todays "main" artists are not music stars, they are media stars.

Timmy84 said:

But honestly Nicki Minaj makes me want to take a life, mostly hers

midiscover said:

I dont think its desperate though because i dont think it will be a hit, it will get attention for a minute, just like the Gaga beyonce thing did, but it will last for a few days and then you wont hear from it again.

lastdecember said:

Timmy84 said:

Sorry i just really cant take her at all, she is tacked on to this new Cassie song called "**ck U silly" and i had to BEG for a promo cd of the version without Nicki on it. And i mean beg, i had to sit and make calls and then explain why i needed a version without her on it.

lastdecember said:

Hmm why is that girl on everybody's song?

beyonce and alicia =

Timmy84 said:

Flava of the month, but lets also acknowledge that really nothing today is a duet, to me a duet is you both got around the mic in the studio, today you sing and then email your part to the other person and they do it, then email those two parts to the producer who puts them together, to me thats not a duet, honestly thats not really even a collaboration when you think about it

lastdecember said:

Yeah

lastdecember said:

Even Marvin and Diana recorded their parts separately

lastdecember said:

she looks the same to me,she's either in some tight mini dress or a damn unitard,from the looks of those pics she seem to be dying for a coochie pop

Cinnie said:

So did Marvin & Tammi in SOME degree.

But at least they could SANG.

Cinnie said:

Well like i said, it was the idea to lump them together because it was the two hottest stars of that day, but today its a rule that you almost will never get 2 artists together recording a duet, i think that ended with Neil Diamond and Streisand, though Barry Gibb got her in there too.

Timmy84 said:

Yeah i mean there is a difference with tammi and marvin than Nicki Minaj being tacked on to every song as an afterthought to get airplay because everyone is on her shit now, i mean you remember a Tammi and Marvin duet, i doubt u will remember Nicki being tacked on to a Robin thicke or Mariah or Cassie track

Timmy84 said:

i hate the whole trend of everybody collaborating,beyonce has become the collabo queen and its all about greed.whoever she feels might challenge her position of 'hottest chick in the game' she decide to jump on a song with them.

lastdecember said:

im nolt talk,ing bout the purple im talking bout the fact that it is beyawnce short

lowkey said:

Exactly.

I hate the song. It doesn't sound like AK at all. They have to go overboard on the visuals (location, styling, skin, etc) because the song lacks.

lowkey said:

Fact. Completely agree.