Idolator’s Summer Jam Tournament Is Long On Danger

mariahkardinal.jpgThe final two contestants in our search for the 2008 jam of the summer come to us courtesy of all of you (well, at least those of you who felt like voting in our play-in poll last week). After the jump, watch as Mariah Carey battles it out with the latest Akon-hooked track!

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Previously: The first eight rounds of the tournament

 
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  1. bcapirigi  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    dammit, and here i was all excited to vote for danity kane. but no, i guess i’ll vote for mariah. even though Damages is so very much better and on my radio every single time i turn it on.

    i sure hope robyn wins this thing.

  2. bcapirigi  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    and by Damages i mean Damaged. Obviously.

  3. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    @bcapirigi: robyn?

  4. Tauwan  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    @bcapirigi:

    I’m with you on that tip. That track is fire. I even got love for the video. And the album? All killer no filler. At least up until the end. [You know the cool down relax/introspective ballad land so many acts fall into at the tail end of their discs]. But here’s my problem with Danity Kane: yes Didy can round up all the current and hip producers in the world, and arm these girls with slick beats and the like, but I still can not put a face to a vocal whenever I listen to a Danity Kane track, and for me, that’s kind of a problem. It’s almost a faceless pop/R&B album, no matter how much I may enjoy listening to it or the first half of its predecessor.

  5. Tauwan  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    Jesus. Did that make any sense?

  6. Tauwan  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    Now, in regards to this Summer Jam tourney. As far as I’m concerned, the rest of these contestants might as well go home and give Mariah the top prize. Real talk.

  7. Tauwan  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    Actually I take that back. I’d be happy if that Lloyd and Lil Wayne track stole the show as well, but I’d appreciate it if it didn’t come down to that Idolators. That’s just too hard of a decision. Too hard…

  8. alec_baldwin  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    “Dangerous” got me throwin’ those bows. It is fiyah. Too bad it features Akon the fugaze.

  9. bcapirigi  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    @Maura Johnston: and by robyn i mean annie.

    excuse me while i die in the corner.

  10. Halfwit  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    @cosmiclove: Yeah, I really have an unnatural love for this song. Yes, even (especially?) the Akon hook.

    And yes, even though Kardinal Offishal seems to be trying really hard to be Ludacris.

  11. loudersoft  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    Voted KO. Now I’m hijacking this thread temporarily with a late entry:

  12. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    Meanwhile, it would seem that T.I. is going to be on a remix of the Mariah track:

    [www.mariahdaily.com]

  13. Anonymous  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    @Maura Johnston: WOW, way to give a shoutout to Mariahdaily! You like her, you really really LIKE her!

  14. Maura Johnston  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    @HONEYBFLY: hahha, nah, i just found it on ontd.

  15. Anonymous  |   Posted on Jun 6th, 2008

    The Weezy/Bun track was robbed.

  16. Anonymous  |   Posted on Jun 7th, 2008

    Give it to dangerous. That track’s kinda catchy. Plus, fuck Mariah. That bitch fucking sucks. What is her appeal? Shit voice, lame same-ol’songs, 100% personality & charisma free; what the fuck is it about her?

    And Robyn needs to be on this somewhere, somehow. Even if she doesn’t really have a single out, and doesn’t have a chance in hell of getting played on the radio here in the U.S

  17. Chris Molanphy  |   Posted on Jun 9th, 2008

    Late-breaking news…

    We just saw the new Sandler movie, Zohan, this weekend, and not only does MC have a sizable cameo in the flick, but guess what song of hers they chose to showcase in the final scene rolling into the credits? Yep.

    Make no mistake, with “Bye Bye” already basically flopped (much to my surprise), “…Long Time” is clearly the horse they’re gonna ride over the summer.

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