Fans are hyped over the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys duet performance (sans Lil’ Mama) on the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Listening to these two heavy hitters on the “Empire State of Mind” track recalls to mind all the other collaborations in music. Songs with one superstar are good, but songs with two or more superstars are even better.
Watch the music videos for some of the hottest track collaborations over the years:
Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West – “Run This Town”
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z and Mary J Blige – “Can’t Knock the Hustle”
T.I., Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z and M.I.A. – “Swagga Like Us”
T.I. and Justin Timberlake – “Dead and Gone”
Ciara and Justin Timberlake – “Love, Sex and Magic”
Diddy, Jermaine Dupri, Murphy Lee and Snoop Dogg – “Welcome To Atlanta (remix)”
Diddy, Faith and 112 – “I’ll Be Missing You”
Busta Rhymes, DMX, Mary J Blige, Missy, Rah Digga, Papoose and Lloyd Banks – “Touch It (remix)”
Busta Rhymes and Janet Jackson – “What’s It Gonna Be”
Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson – “Scream”
R. Kelly and “Mr. Biggs” (The Isley Brothers) saga -
- “Down Low (Nobody Has to Know)”
- “Contagious”
- Kelly Price’s “Friend of Mine (remix)”
Drake and Trey Songz – “Successful”
Left Eye, Lil’ Kim, Missy, Angie Martinez and Da Brat – “Ladies Night”
Brandy and Monica – “The Boy is Mine”
