The combinations get odder and odder, don't they? On the heels of the John Travolta & Olivia Newton John (ahem) reunion, here's a pairing I would never have seen coming. Mac Miller (aka EZ Mac and, on this recording, Larry Lovestein) is a rapper from Pennsylvania while Ariana Grande is an actress and singer from Florida, the star of the Nickelodeon sitcom Victorious. And, together, they tackled one of the all-time classics, "Baby, It's Cold Outside". And, strangely enough, it works. Mac's not rapping here and, thankfully, he's not even trying to compete with the glorious songbird that Ariana can be. So she coos and he mumbles and, in a way, it makes the song far less about a creepy guy trying to trap a helpless female and much more about a sensuous woman playing coy (she's 19, now, so I can say that, right?) and a bumbling guy who lacks confidence or clue. She's clearly the one with the power in this virtual relationship. Anyway, that's how it struck me. Oddly enough, Mac's own (least I think it was his--he's the one that posted it on Facebook) upload to hulkshare was pulled by the freaking out hosting sites as a copyright violation (what is the world coming to when an artist can't share their own song?). But it's still available through 2 Dope Boyz.
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