Up Out My Face

"Up Out My Face" is a song performed by American R&B singer Mariah Carey. Written by Carey, Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart the song features on her 12th studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. It was remixed to feature American rapper, Nicki Minaj and then released on February 16, 2010 as the intended lead single from Carey's now cancelled thirteenth studio album and second remix album, Angels Advocate. The song was moderately successful having peaked at number 39 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The accompanying music video, produced by Carey and husband, Nick Cannon, takes place in a store and features Carey and Minaj as Barbie characters. Soon after release it was announced that Angels Advocate was cancelled and so subsequent promotion and releases of the song ceased. The original version of the song featured no guest vocals and was featured on Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. The remix version clocks in at 4:27 due to additional verses from Nicki Minaj however the video version also adds "Up Out My Face (the Reprise)" from Memoirs to the end of the song bringing the new song length to 5:29. Minaj spoke to MTV News about how surprised she was to be asked to work with Carey and admitted that she didn't actually expect to appear in a video with Carey even before she released her debut album. Additionally it was revealed that the pair entered the studio for a day to record the remix together, the featured vocals were not recorded separately and then simply inserted into the song. Alison Stewart from the Washington Post gave the song a somewhat positive review, stating: "Sometime in the past six months, Minaj became the go-to girl for artists who wanted to add some skank to their tracks without sullying themselves in the process. Here, she enlivens an otherwise polite track from Carey's upcoming remix disc". (wiki)