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This week's video is Big Energy by Latto and Mariah Carey, and featuring DJ Khaled. Latto (also known as Big Latto) is an American rapper and her real name is Alyssa Stephens. Her original stage name was Mulatto or Miss Mulatto, which she chose because she is mixed race. "Mulatto" is a term once used for mixed black/white people (like Latto, Mariah and myself), but now tends to be considered offensive. So, she changed it due to the controversy.

Latto started out by winning the first season of TV show The Rap Game in 2016 and went on to release her first mixtape Miss Mulatto in October 2016. She then got her big break with the single Bitch from Da Souf, released in January 2019 and brought out her first studio album, Queen of Da Souf in August 2020. Her other singles include the Bitch from da Souf remix with Saweetie and Trina, Muwop featuring Gucci Mane, The Biggest and her latest, Wheelie featuring 21 Savage.

To date Latto has released two more mixtapes- Latto Let 'Em Know (2017) and Mulatto (2018), and 3 EPs- Time and Pressure (2017), Big Latto (2019) and Hit the Latto (2019). Her second album 777 came out on 25th March.

The original solo version of Big Energy appears on 777 and was released as the lead single last September, becoming Latto's highest charting single so far.  It samples the 1981 song Genius of Love by American band Tom Tom Club, which was one of the most sampled rhythm tracks of the 80s. My favourite singer Mariah Carey also sampled the track back in 1995, for her hit single Fantasy. So, it's especially cool that there is now a remix with Mariah! :)

The Big Energy remix featuring Mariah and DJ Khaled was released on 28th March. This is the official audio.



Watch the music video for the original Big Energy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GpG8C0YzA

And visit this post for Mariah's Fantasy (No. 3 on my Top 10 list of her songs): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/01/top-10-mariah-carey-songs.html

 

 For more on Latto visit these links:

Official site: https://www.biglatto.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/latto777/

 FB page: https://www.facebook.com/BigLatto

 

And for more Mariah visit these posts:

50th anniversary (bday) post from 2020: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/happy-50th-anniversary-bday-mariah-carey.html

Music video for Where I Belong with Busta Rhymes: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/05/weekly-music-video_26.html

 

Plus check out this post for more sampled songs and their covers/new versions: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/08/samples-and-covers.html

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