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Florida Georgia Line hit the road to do the cruise with St. Louis rapper Nelly in the video for the urban-flecked remix of the country duo's smash hit "Cruise," the lead single from the up-and-coming country duo's extended play "It'z Just What We Do," as well as included on their debut studio album, "Here's to the Good Times." The mid-tempo track had become the best-selling song by a country duo in digital history and has already become a fan favorite live, as it sets the bar for a fun, summertime anthem for years to come.
The song tells a familiar story about an attractive woman with whom the male narrator wants to "cruise" in his car, and they end up in a summer romance. The girl described in "Cruise" is the typical country-song wet dream. This isn't an original story, but it's one that never gets old. Florida Georgia Line's Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard play it with inspiration and their formal training shows in the tight execution of this lyric-heavy summer song. If anyone should know a thing or two about southern love in the country, it's a band called Florida Georgia Line. They don’t disappoint with "Cruise," although the bridge could be cut without consequence.
In this very contemporary tune, the R&B influences are obvious in both the rhythm and the melody. It gives the song that uber-laidback quality that often characterizes popular summer singles. "Cruise," became a Top 10 pop hit after it was remixed with some hip-hop flavor by Nelly, is what you might classify as finesse. Because Nelly has previous experience dueting with Tim McGraw on 2004's "Over and Over," he can rap over a back-porch strum without freaking out and shrugging off several centuries of slavery. This isn't faint praise - it takes a certain dignity to commiserate with the pretty-boy dorkuses of Florida Georgia Line without them mudflaps kicking some up on you.
These boys all bring their fast, fun and the furious ways to share the love for fast cars and hot women that invites plenty of dancing along and a little acceleration when it comes to the gas pedal. This remix and its video embody that spirit. The Marc Klasfeld-directed remix video takes us from daylight dirt racing to dancing at night with the ladies and sees St. Louis MC drives a white Ferrari, while Florida Georgia Line duo races monster trucks through the desert. Nelly gets pulled over by a cop, who strips off her clothes before jumping in the car. It celebrates the pursuit of a good time and how getting their fast is mission critical, so you can further enjoy the festivities. Buckle up for the ride.

Nelly continues to go down the road of commercial hip pop success and gets behind the wheel to take his lady for a sweet and fancy ride through the desert outside of Los Angeles in the brand new visual to his new single, "Hey Porsche," the lead single from the 38-yeas-old St. Louis rapper's upcoming anxiously awaited seventh full-length album, "M.O," due out in June. The video puts Nelly in the role of wistful narrator as some classic adventure ensues, endless stretches of highway, middle-of-nowhere mechanics, floppy hats and all.
"Hey Porsche," is a pop-country song which inspired by his love of cars - Porsche Automobil, as Nelly has described as the 2013 version of Prince's classic "Little Red Corvette." The track is "definitely more of a pop song than a rap song, with a great groove and a great hook," according to Pop program director Rich Davis. It represents more of an evolution than a revolution in Nelly's artistry and shows a different side of the rap icon. With acoustic guitar and slick, sun-soaked production, it's emblematic of the artist's uncanny ability to deftly cross into pop territory.
"You have this girl, she's bad as hell. You have this car and you start to realize they both go together," Nelly explained. "If you're lucky enough to have the car and the girl, then you the man." Its almost weird to hear the commercial pop beat but yet hear him singing up sliding up under a girl named "Porscha!" Nelly is no stranger to conquering the charts and he's continuing a long legacy of hits including "Ride Wit Me" and "Hot in Herre" with "Hey Porsche."
Nelly pulls up the scene with his ceiling missing in this joy ride visual directed by Ethan Lader. The clip begins with Nelly plays a lowly car mechanic working on a classic vintage Porsche in a highway garage, who sticks to summer-cruise essentials: a convertible, a desert road, and offers a thorough inspection for an uppity lady of high society. Despite their differences, he's able to win her over with his charm, and the two end up taking that classic Porsche for a spin in the deserts. As he drives away, his car radio plays Florida Georgia Line's straight-up country song "Cruise," with an added shout-out from the band.

Keri Hilson returns with an official visual for her collaboration with rapper Nelly for the new track "Lose Control," the fourth single from her sophomore LP, "No Boys Allowed." The 'Pretty Girl Rock' singer seduces the camera with her sexy moves and later works her charm on Nelly. Hilson does what she does best with her dance moves and smooth vocals, while Nelly puts the moves on the star, and gets roughed up by her crew in the sand.
The infectious upbeat track was produced by Norwegian production team StarGate and features Nelly spitting a sexually charged verse. The song finds Hilson instantly attracted to a guy whilst clubbing. Hilson tells the man that she can tell by the way he moves, that he's the one for him and she desires to "Lose Control," "clothes, shake wind and roll" with him. However, the singer eventually gets let down when she finds out he's a different man to the one she thought he was.
The "Lose Control" track is supported by images of the sexy star dancing in a jungle covered in facial paint alone with some scantily-clad ladies backing her up. On the song, Hilson sings of submitting to temptation over a chopped up synth hook extremely reminiscent of Rihanna's "Rude Boy," while Nelly shows up late to make contemporary hip-hop's first-ever reference to Meyer Lansky. The single is a dance track, pure and simple. But, there's something dark billowing at the edges of the song, and that feeling is reflected in the video.
The R&B singer shakes her rump, winding and rolling in the desert with Nelly after dark for the Colin Tilley helmed video for "Lose Control." In video, Hilson and her pal Hip Hop star take on earth, wind, fire and water. She yearns for her man while dancing in the center of a glowing cube without walls, unable to escape. At one point, the singer is partially immersed in water, and later she grooves under falling snow. Nelly appears midway through the clip, happily caressing the star while she sings. The rapper spits masculine rhymes in a verse that's so hot that he ends up surrounded by flames.

The star-crossed lovers we met Nine years ago in Nelly and Kelly Rowland's Grammy-winning collaboration on "Dilemma" are back, and rekindle the flame in the duo's video for their new match-up "Gone." The Jim Jonsin-produced and Rico Love-penned R&B-ballad mid-tempo serves as the official third single from the St Louis rapper's sixth studio album "5.0." Reunited artists frolic on a beach in flirty new clip and both their talents are definitely exhibited in this 2011 version.
Another "stellar duet" from Rowland and Nelly, the lovey-dovey tune "Gone" is the sequel to Nelly's 2002 worldwide No.1 single "Dilemma," also with Rowland. The predominately R&B-ballad contains elements of pop music. Like on "Dilemma," Nelly and Rowland address one another by name as they sing about having the hots for each other over a relaxed R&B melody. This new slow groove is harmless enough, and even boasts a similar beat to its predecessor. It's a rather familiar mid-tempo urban pop ballad – albeit this time about re-kindling lost love.
"Gone" extends the story of the duo's earlier single "Dilemma". Nelly told MTV that "Gone" was not just a sequel. He said "I don't want to say it's a sequel. I don't want to diminish anything with 'Dilemma' or have an expectation you can't live up to when you do that. When you do that type of thing, there's people who are already, 'I don't wanna hear it... It's one of those things where we did reconnect. Our chemistry has already proven to be good, whether it was onstage or in the studio. It was something that we wanted to reconnect with... It's a cool joint. I think people will get it."
That theme is reflected in the video, which was directed by Marc Klasfeld and filmed in early February in Mexico on a sandy beach. The synopsis of the video shows Nelly and Rowland both vacationing on an island resort and cozying up on the beach and getting intimate poolside in the steamy scenes. As video plays along, Nelly spots Rowland lounging out in the sun and is stopped in his tracks, lowering his sunglasses. Throughout the video, they take turns courting each other, but also pining for the other. But will the older and wiser Nelly and Rowland turn their flirtations into a lasting relationship, or will they fizzle after a fling? You'll just have to watch the sexy co-stars heat up the screen once again below to find out.

Nelly takes us through an emotional landscape in his brand new video for his acoustic-leaning new hit single, "Just a Dream," showing the world a sensitive and vulnerable side that many never knew. "Just a Dream," the lead single comes from Nelly's recently released sixth studio "Nelly 5.0" album, has thrust the rapper back to the top of the charts. No matter how hard Nelly tries, he just can not get a hold of his love interest, played by Vampire Diaries actress/singer Katerina Graham.
Nelly told MTV News that the R&B/hip hop tune nearly didn't make it onto the record when he and Jonsin were working on music together for 5.0. The 36-year-old Grammy Awards winner debuted this string-heavy number during a free concert at Kiener Plaza in St Louis on July 29. He was helping to promote the city's bid for the 2012 Democratic National Convention. Nelly discussed the song's success with Billboard magazine: "When I did the song, I knew I had something; I loved the strings in it. As an artist, you get those feelings, like when I did 'Dilemma' [with Kelly Rowland] and 'Over and Over' [with Tim McGraw]. Me, Jim and Rico... we just felt it."
"My guess is most pop fans will be singing along well before the end of 'Just a Dream' and will want to hear it again". By the time Nelly gets around to singing, "If you ever loved somebody put your hands up", Nelly told Carbonated.TV that the reason his single is connecting with people is because of the "relatable" subject matter-love. "I think that the way the whole song plays out, with the beat and the lyrics, I think it comes together in the sense of it's almost a timeless song." However, the STL rapper denied reports that the song was dedicated to his former flame Ashanti.
The Sanji-directed video was shot at Playa del Rey, Los Angeles. Though he typically makes pretty literal videos, Nelly has taken a more artsy turn and goes sky high with the visual for "Just a Dream." In the "dreamy" black and white slow motion clip, laid-back Nelly takes a walk alone on the beach, thinking about a stunningly beautiful woman he couldn't commit to. As a house, wedding ring, and car float around him, he recalls the good times with her. And then it goes south. The house crumbles while the car and ring burn. And just like the movie, there's an unclear conclusion. Nelly's love drowns in the ocean, refusing his attempts to save her. But just before we see her fade completely, Nelly wakes up in his car. Was it all "Just a Dream?"