Behind The Scenes: Mario & Nicki Minaj’s ‘Somebody Else’ Video

Published: Monday 17th Jun 2013 by Sam

With American Idol wrapped, it’s back to business for Nicki Minaj.

The Young Money madam joins R&B crooner Mario as a guest on his comeback single ‘Somebody Else’ – which hit the net last month.

As the old age adage goes, time waits for no one. Hence, in a bid to give the track an added push, the pair came together to shoot its accompanying video.

Peep the freshly released behind the scenes video after the jump…

Looks good.

Tidbit: Did anyone else wince a bit during Mario and Minaj’s super “formal” greeting and at other select points of this preview? Of course, not all artists are BFF’s, but I guess this drove home  the “business” side of the industry. For, this collaboration (like most) seems more like a mutually beneficial “transaction” – one which sees Mario benefitting from Minaj’s mainstream appeal in his bid to “comeback”, and Nicki able to combat the “sold out” chants by keeping her Urban presence felt at a relatively ground level. Nothing “wrong” with this (if anything, it’s the reality of most collabos), it’s just that here it’s more apparent. Anyway, enough of my rambling…

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  1. Artpop June 17, 2013

    Nicki has no standards she works with anybody

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

      she is a flop gowrl…if anything that comment should have been the other way around

    • SPAM June 17, 2013

      SPAM

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  2. truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

    FUNKY B****!!!!!!! 😀 THANKS SAM!!!!! SLAY TIME B******!! COME ON WITH IT HOEZ CAUSE I’M DRAGN U S**** TODAY HONEY!!!!!!! (pulls out new wig)

    • DaHotNig June 17, 2013

      Strike 1 and 2. One more wrong word and imma make your old civil rights p**** regret you walked to the public library to get internet access.

  3. Slaylor Swift June 17, 2013

    This b**** has been working with all the flops lately who’s next on the list Ashanti?

  4. Nic June 17, 2013

    Mario and Nicki’s meeting did seem kinda formal lol And it looks like Mario bought her a gift for their introduction too….such a gentleman.

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

      he should ve bought her a crucifix and holy water tho. sidenote: u kinda kuute. feeln yo pic

      • Super Cisus June 17, 2013

        Slutty b**** d***** your s***** booty

      • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

        I sure will h**. Now, lemma use yo MOUTH as the toilet u s*** mouf funky muthafuckn s*** breath b****!! Come oooon with it b****…i draaaagn hoez like u!

  5. DanYiel Teflon June 17, 2013

    Tricki GarBahg will do anything to be the Misfit on the BILLBOARDS.. Her who Klout is Drunken with omg I wanna be on the Billboards!! Lol

    • FAF June 17, 2013

      U mad it actually charts?

  6. Musik_Lover June 17, 2013

    Love this song by Mario. Reminds of his music before that last album. This preview seemed like it was more of a Nicki Minaj diary than a preview/behind the scenes of Mario video. IMO but I ain’t mad. You gotta get the hype somehow.

  7. rih rox June 17, 2013

    Flop!!!

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

      PREACH!!!!!!

  8. Receipts June 17, 2013

    Queen Nicki is getting ready to slay the basic’s again. love it.

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

      Yo basic ass WOULD think that…U POWER BOTTOM f**!!

  9. Super Cisus June 17, 2013

    Nicki you are queen and all but this song is a no no baby. Flop

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

      B**** u stan for cici so WTF do YO powerbottom ass know about music….yoooou bean p**** f**! H** ill drag the f*** outta u and THEN kick u punk ass! (Pulls razor out my brah)

  10. Navy nick June 17, 2013

    This song is soo hott; yall a damn fool., love it ., Mario is an incredible r&b artist

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

      Nicki fuckd it up tho…u mad?

  11. eric June 17, 2013

    With little to no chemistry in the song and video, this won’t help Mario build an identity for himself. It might do good for the short term, like “Break Up”, but Mario really needs to extend his focus and have a long term plan.

  12. truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) June 17, 2013

    DATS RIGHT B****** YALL ‘BET’ NOT POST POSITIVE S*** ON THIS POST ABOUT THIS S***! SHAKEY B******!! #TRUTHRUNTHISSHIT

  13. Iggy Inc June 17, 2013

    Nicki is trash

    • FAF June 17, 2013

      * looks at name *

      your fave could hardly pop her cellulite ass in her video and nearly broke her neck walking in those stillettos with those thick ass kankles… sit white, f***

      QUEEN ONIKA SLAYING UR LESSOR FAVES! <3

      • nicko June 17, 2013

        Exactly !!! I dont even UNDERSTAND how ppl can listen to iggy azalea.. SHe’s WACK AS HELLL !!! I guess that she got in the game thanks to her color and her beauty because she’s trash. if iggy was black, NOBODY would give a f*** about her.

  14. Musik_lover June 17, 2013

    I certainly agree. He’s very talented and underrated.

  15. nicko June 17, 2013

    CANT WAIT FOR THE VIDEOC!!! UM HOW CAN A IGGY WACKZALEA FAN CALL SOMEONE ELSE TRASH ??! LMAOOO IGGYS ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY IS TRASH !!!

  16. B SMYTH STAN June 17, 2013

    Mario is boring and, nicki is played out!!!

  17. SuperBaby June 17, 2013

    This song is not Mario’s best. I prefer some of the last songs he used to sing from before. The song that i like now from him is Kiss You.

  18. opd2 June 17, 2013

    love the song,can’t wait for the video,they both did there thing.

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