Hot Like Me
In 2004, Anthony Ray (Sir Mix-a-Lot), Thomas Callaway (CeeLo Green) and Trevor Smith (Busta Rhymes) collaborated on a song called “Don’t Cha”. With its questionable lyrics yet admittedly catchy chorus, the song taunts a man for not having a girlfriend “hot like me”. Former burlesque group, the Pussycat Dolls, released “Don’t Cha” in 2005. The tune reached number one in over 15 countries. But it was former OutKast backing vocalist, Tori Alamaze, who sung the “Don’t Cha” original. And frankly, her version is much better than the Pussycat Dolls cover. The song that was meant to launch Alamaze’s music career instead launched the Pussycat Dolls as a global musical enterprise.
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