VIDEO - Queen Latifah performing new pop/rock single sampling The Chain
 

"Cue the Rain," the first single from Queen Latifah's forthcoming CD, features a hefty lyrical sample from "The Chain" during the song's bridge. The song is pop/rock, not hip hop/rap.

At the two minute mark she appropriates "If you don't love me now, you will never love me again, I can still hear you saying you'd never break, never break the chain."

I wasn't aware that she debuted the song during the recent American Idol finale. This video is from a recent performance on the David Letterman Show.

And on THAT note, I'm going to bed. Damn, Tifa is sporting stretch pants now? I don't want this song or image in my mind anymore...I prefer a "Set It Off" Queen. Nite y'all.

She lost me when the dancers came out. LOL...

I've always liked Queen Latifah, mainly as in actress in Set if Off, Chicago, etc., but this is just a waste of everyone's time.

But, the song/video is yet another example of FM/SN's influence on new music, good or bad.

Not a week goes by that a new FM/SN cover song, sample, dance mix, etc. doesn't appear somewhere. This song, Susanna Hoffs/Matthew Sweet's cover of Second Hand News (with Lindsay on guitar), teen pop-singer Sky Ferreira's cover of Stand Back, and the lead singer for Nickelcreek's cover of Steal Your Heart Away have all appeared during the last four weeks (I think...),