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Originally posted by Rainbows
There's a huge difference. I really wish artists recorded remixes like J. Lo used to.
In my opinion, she revolutionized the remix with "I'm Real" and "Ain't It Funny."
However, the difference is that both songs were completely reinvented.
This idea should be adopted again instead of the delay remix game.
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Good point. Out of this year's bunch, the beginning chunk of the "Till the World Ends," with all the dubstep influences, probably came the closest to what you're talking about—but even that only lasted for the first couple of minutes of the song.
I think the effort of certain artists and their labels to play the chart game (Rihanna/L.A. Reid don't even try to hide it) and the current easily manipulable tool of iTunes has certain opened a lot of doors. As a result, certain artists will probably continue to release cheap remixes when they get desperate for a hit or certain records.