Sunday, 17 May 2015

Mashed POP-tato #8

So, this week is Eurovision week on 'Pop is Not the Enemy' and the contest is already under way! I'm jetting off to Vienna on Friday to watch the final live for the first time ever - excited doesn't really cover it!
For this week's featured mash up we're showcasing a pop marriage of an American/Slovenian EDM diva and an international female rapper who went pop big time on her second album. So, this week pin your lug-holes back for Nicki Minaj going Eurovision with some help from Hannah Mancini, the Slovene entrant in Eurovision 2013. Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write!


Hannah, an American living in Slovenia, crashed the Eurovision party with 'Straight Into Love' and although it may not have been Slovenia's finest Eurovision moment in terms of points, it finished last in its semi final, I really like and still listen to it on a regular basis. 'Straight Into Love' arrives with a crash of dubstep wobbles and honks before settling into more sedate verses before dance beats and ear-splitting synths herald the arrival of the chorus with it's big notes.
'Starships' was released as the first single from Trinidadian/American rapper Nicki Minaj's second album 'Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded' and went on to become a worldwide smash and sold 6 million copies in the States alone! For me this showcases Nicki's totally barmy lyrics at their best.

"Jump in my hoop-de-hoop-de-hoop,
I own that.
And I ain't paid my rent this month,
I owe that."

So...are you ready? 


It really shouldn't work but it really does, the vocals and the instrumental track seem to match up perfectly giving both songs a totally different sound - I LOVE IT!

You can follow Hannah on social media:

twitter - @hannahmancini
facebook - Hannah Mancini
instagram - @hannahmancini1

and you can find Nicki Minaj here:

twitter - @NICKIMINAJ
facebook - Nicki Minaj
instagram - @nickiminaj




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