Nicki Minaj and will.i.am teamed up for the poptacular track “Check It Out”—the song is featured on the Lime Light Exclusives mixtape and is assumed to be placed on Harujuku Barbie’s debut LP Pink Friday. The happy-go-lucky track samples The Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star”, which is not only a timeless pop song, but holds the distinction of being the very first video to ever be played on MTV. Is will.i.am and Nicki’s collab just as good? “Check It Out” below:
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“Haters you can kill yourself,” spits out Nicki, Auto-Tuned to the nines. Such a peach!
We almost want to cry foul for taking an extremely beloved 80s song (okay, the song was released in 1979 but the video debuted in 1981) and appropriating it for a modern-day hip-hop song, just because that’s become so commonplace it’s an uncreative, predictable way to get attention for your song.
But… but… but… we can’t hate. We love this. It’s just too much fun—we can easily see this getting massive radio play like her other let’s-sample-another-popular-song-from-another-decade hit, “Your Love”. What say you?
And here’s the original if you’re unfamiliar:
Total Crap! Is she going to come out with a song that doesn’t use a sample?
i dont think this is on the abulm nicki sed she didnt have any features on the abulm and will -i am is in most of this song but anyway love the dong alot
wtf is this
IT’S EXTREMELY CATCHY! SHE SAID THE ONLY REASON SHE PUT IT ON THE ALBUM WAS BECAUSE SHE DIDNT WANT THE ALBUM TO TOO GLOOMY AND SERIOUS! HE WANTED A SONG THAT CAN MAKE YOU GET UP AND MOVE !
this song is different an like nicki always does her piece rappin wit diff voices an stuff its pretty cool… like it alot..