Thursday 28 July 2011

Top ten rap remixes of '90s R&B songs

This Friday, the Stokely Williams-fronted Mint Condition will be taking the stage at Club Nokia. The group came to prominence in the '90s with the huge hit ballad "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?" But beyond Mint Condition's slick soul moments, the band also embraced the mid-'90s trend of slapping a guest rap onto an r&b track for remix purposes, working with A Tribe Called Quest for a flip of "Let Me Be The One". Here are ten of the best rapper-fortified remixes of R&B tracks from the era (although if you have an aversion to anything stamped with the seal of Puff Daddy you might want to quit reading now).

1. Mariah Carey feat. The Lox & Mase, "Honey (The Bad Boy Remix)"

Mariah's collabo with the great unwashed Ol' Dirt Dog is the stuff of legend, but her team-up with Puffy's then pet project The Lox is just as novel, not least with professional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle-lookalike Jadakiss getting the chance to air out the shiniest golden garb in his wardrobe. Elsewhere in the video, Mase ditches his own shiny suit to rap while dressed up as some sort of air-captain while Mariah sits on his lap. Puffy's ability to entertain should never be doubted.

(excerpt from LA Weekly)



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