Jennifer Lopez – Live It Up ft. Pitbull
Jenny Lo, you may be a milf, but surely not a model. And no, you don't know shit about fashion either. This video is a parody on the fashion industry, in an unintended way. Isn't this thing she's doing with Pitbull getting kinda old too?
R.I.O. ft. U-Jean – Ready Or Not
This song would've been good, if it was made 4 years ago and if it wasn't so much of an Akon ft. David Guetta imitation... Still pretty catchy.
Birdman – Tapout ft. Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Mack Maine & Future
There's like a hundred collabos on this song, not to mention the Kimora Lee Simmons, Christina Milian and Paris Hilton cameo's on the vid. It's like a hollywood film resting solely on the likes of 50 A list actors. The cherry on the pie is Nicky Minaj' appearance. Or should I call her "Million Dollar Pussy". It's just mostly ridiculous and two stars is merely for the laugh it gave me.
Ashanti – Never Should Have
While the song is quite good, Ashanti, you "Never Should Have" added those crappy self shots to your video. Even if the video has ok moments, the amatorial shots of Ashanti (the supposed star of this video) ruin the picture. Let's hope for her this one does better than her last flop...
Emii – Freakier Freak
While the song is catchy, it's also very 2008. The video is hilariously camp. The sad thing however is that this is dead serious for Emii, and part of me keeps wondering if she'd be better off in a tripple-x career. However, an A for conviction is in place here....
HRV 83
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Egine featuring T-Pain – Moon of Dreams
Who did it better, the everlasting question when covers surface. I'm not against taking an old song and making it new, but the copy - paste level of this one is pretty painful. What was more painful was Ruslana's bad accent on the original version of this song. Even so, her version gets my preference. Even if Egine has a great voice, she does not bring a lot of personality to the table. I'm wondering if failure T-Pain even re-recored his unchanged verse. The video is great however. Great shots on the beach, just wish they left out the plastic mermaid part... Enjoy both!
Cassie – Numb
Model turned singer Cassie released a pretty good song, too bad the video doesn't play the part. It looks as if her boyfriend did the shooting, and her cousin did the editing. Too bad.
Jewel – Two Hearts Breaking
She is on a tight budget, but she's rocking it. Alaskan belle known from "Foolish Games" is back. "Two Hearts Breaking" shows a definite return to Jewel's rock side as opposed to her recent country endeavor. I just love what she does with her voice, so two thumbs up from me!
Kelly Rowland – Kisses Down Low
So Kelly Rowland got it right. Since her song is kind of racy by itself, she opted for a not so serious video, a golden choice! Instead of the agressive image we've seen from her we're getting a colour smashing costume fest. It slightly reminds me of "The Boys" by Nicki Minaj, but without the male extras. Let's hope for Kelly this will be a new "Motivation"
Veronica – What Happened To Us
So this is how Brandy's new album should've sounded like. The video is a direct clone from Kelly Rowland's "Motivation" which wasn't original to begin with.
French Montana Ft. Nicki Minaj- Freaks
Oh no she didn't! Nicki Minaj together with French Montana serves up a pretty hectic piece of work.It's like a mix between a dancehall track and "Stupid Ho", and oh, Nicki Minaj is only wearing a few gold stickers...
Paloma Ford – Ménage à Trois
This skank dressed in a roulade kind of outfit makes a song with a french title. Too bad it's very trashy and what's worse: she can't pronounce it correctly...
Alicia Keys – Girl On Fire (Japan Version)
When I heard there was a Japanese version of Alicia Keys' video I thought: They're finally spending on it! I was dead wrong. Not only is this video lowest of the lowest budgets, but even the styling is horrendous. What is this polyester baseball shirt with no bra underneath?
Bingo Players feat. Far East Movement – Get Up
While I don't like the song, something must be said about this video. It's like the broke version of "Save The World" by the Swedish House Maffia, and it teaches us to respect animals. Well, sort of.
Nicole Scherzinger – Boomerang
While I usually really root for Nicole Scherzinger, I'm not impressed by her latest effort. I really can't get over this song, it's terrible. The video is ok, but it doesn't fit the song either.
Kwanza Jones – Supercharged
I just had a major WTF moment, but I'm guessing all this campness is on purpose?
MIXKULA Awards: And the winners are!
BEST SONG
Let's start with the winner of the best song os 2012! (Almost) Unanimously our readers chose this year's ESC winner Loreen, with 92% of the votes, this years best song goes to "Euphoria"
TRASHIEST VIDEO
We actually have a three-way tie on trashiest video this year. 24% of the votes went to NIKITA, Shaggy Ft. Eve and SiSi Girl. While NIKITA got their prize for their "pussy eating" dance, Shaggy and Eve were just plain low budget and ghetto. SiSi girl however looked like they were singing a song on their porno shoot. So they all equally deserve this trashy prize! I'm posting a new version of NIKITA's video just to mix it up a little, it's equally trashy though.
BEST ALBUM
This one wasn't up for debate: MIXKULA chose Petra Marklund's (aka September) album "Inferno" as this year's best album!
MIXKULA Awards: The Best Songs of 2012
As we have listed the trashiest videos of this year, we will now switch to the more positive side of 2012. Now these songs have made quite an impact here at MIXKULA, so we'd like to know if you agree, and what's your favorite! I have to say, now all songs were accompanied by great videos, but we're only judging the song here:
Petra Marklund - Händerna Mot Himlen
Laurentiu Duta - Shining Heart ft. Andreea Banica
MIXKULA Awards 2012: Trashiest video of the year. The nominees are:
It's that time of the year one starts to reflect on the past twelve months. Now here at MIXKULA, we've collected the top and trash from around the world, and we've just reflected on the worst videos of this year, selected from all the music promo's on the planet. Only one can be the worst ofcourse, and it's important you have your say in this, so please vote, results will be posted later on!
OKSI – ЛЮБИТЬ ЗА ДВОИХ : Is it a music video or is it pornography?
Винтаж и Bobina – На-На-На :Farmer chic or just manure?
Траяна – Частен случай : Did she really have to take off her panties to sell this song?
Maj Blom - Grilpartaj : Is this an homage to Lady Gaga's meat dress, or just an attempt to get the guys to eat more meat?
Sisi Girl – Que Sera: When nipples become every-day body parts to show, one becomes worried...
Shaggy Ft. Eve - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" : This video screams crisis and ghetto, I wish I never seen this.
Yurena – Go : Go home Yurena!
Maja Morales - Zaplakaćeš ti zbog mene : One needs no clothes, when we've got hands to cover our privates...
ДАША АСТАФЬЕВА & NIKITA – Avocado : When the reference to "eat my pussy" become too literal...
SEREBRO – МАЛЬЧИК : What's more trashy than making 1 trashy video? Make a trashy rip-off of that trashy video!
Kelly Rowland – ICE ft. Lil Wayne
Miss Kelly Rowland is overwhelming us with new material. Her latest to-be-smash is "ICE" again collaborating with Lil' Wayne. While "Motivation" had to grow on me "Ice" hit me right away. The video is great, however some things are missing. First of all, the repulsive appearance of Mr. Lil' f*cking Wayne. Seeing his verse is much more dirty than the last collabo, he should be a man and step up to the plate. I guess he felt too good to be on this vid? Secondly, there's no build-up in this video, we're getting everything from the start, but it doesn't lead up to a climax, something the lyrics would suggest. This all being said, Kelly looks great as usual, so we aint complaining!
Ke$ha – Die Young
Look who took Lady Gaga's concept of her Judas video and turned into a more commercial, perfectly post edited piece of trash-pop. I have to admit that it is catchy, but this trailer trash Ke$ha is getting kinda old, funny she'd be singing about dying young...
Brandy – Wildest Dreams
Back to the 90's! Brandy serves us a very retro clip and song, I think it's working for her, but i'm not sure if it stand these days...