Nicki Minaj - Check It Out Video

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Posted Oct 26 2010 by Arthur Jay | 37253 views | 11 comments

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"Check It Out" Video Review

"Check It Out" a song performed by American recording artists, will.i.am and Nicki Minaj. The song, written by will.i.am and Minaj, samples the 1979 hit single, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, which is famous for being the first video ever played on MTV. The UK version also features vocals from will.i.am's close friend, Cheryl Cole.

In an interview with MTV News Minaj commented on her collaboration with the producer will.i.am stating; "I worked with tons of producers on my album, shout out to all of them. Will's the only producer that produced me. He really sat there and got this weird sound, and I was like, 'What?' It was so simple. He was sitting there and he made the beat on the spot." She continued on saying that "I was sitting there, and it was like five minutes later, he finished the beat!"

The Buggles, the British band behind the original, performed the updated record "Check It Out" at a show at London's Supperclub. Lead singer Trevor Horn commented on his song being sampled by the duo by stating "We're very happy because it means we made a little bit of money for it."

The music video for the single was shot over the weekend of September 26 in a studio in Los Angeles director Rich Lee (Eminem's "Not Afraid". In an interview with MTV News Will.i.am stated "You can expect to see a bunch of flyness as far as the outfits. When I say flyness, I'm talking about Nicki's outfits. She's looking super-duper fly and whatnot." Nicki also commented on the video shoot and its theme, stating "We're doing almost like an ode to Japanese culture and Japanese anime. I'm obviously a big fan and I've joined forces with like the only boy that I know that's also able to capture that culture." Director Rich Lee said that the video had a "weird, futuristic Korean TV show" theme.

Though unclear whether the track will appear on her upcoming debut Pink Friday, Nicki's will.i.am assisted "Check It Out" will be included on YMHD’s Lime Light Exclusives 3 mixtape, coming soon.