Mark and Candy, Youthlink's dynamic, straightforward duo, are back to give their views on some of the hottest songs blazing the airwaves, taking over our tubes and keeping us hype on the dance floor.

Rick Ross

Fed Up by DJ Khaled, featuring Usher, Young Jeezy, Rick Ross and Drake

Mark: So let's see, wasn't this concept used for a previous Khaled song? But instead of Akon, it's Usher, and instead of Lil Wayne, it's Drake? Wonder how Akon/T-Pain feels seeing that they didn't get the call for the hook?

Candy: (Lol) I'm glad I'm not the only one who's fed up with every Khaled song/video having something to do with cars, money, boats and girls! So, in the beginning of the video he tried to modify it a bit. It must have been Khaled taking his new album to the label (the Asians) and them telling him the deal is over. I wouldn't want to produce it either (lol). But he risked getting 'shot' to tell them the street is fed up! Wouldn't it have made better sense to tell them that over telephone?

Alicia Keys

Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart by Alicia Keys

Mark: My 'wife' looks very sultry in this video! This, I must say, is a great song but the video was a huge disappointment. I don't think the concept behind the video and that of the song gelled. Plus, who climbs a mountain in heels? It appears Alicia Keys does (lol).

Candy: The video was fitting because of whom she was singing to and about. All right, let me break it down for your pea brain (lol). Picture the movie Hancock or the character Rogue from X-men and the way they have an incredible power that is a blessing but also a curse. Like John Hancock, Alicia portrays a loner who couldn't be with the person she loves. She is a woman who has a healing ability which prevents her from touching anyone because she, like Rogue, will involuntarily absorb the physical strength of the person she touches. So, she ends up sleeping with a broken heart each night because she can't be with the guy she loves. Gosh, you're slow (lol)!

Usher Raymond

Hey Daddy (Daddy's Home) by Usher

Mark: Usher was in the video? I was just paying attention to the French beauty Nomie Lenoir. Seriously though, it looks like something left over from the other albums. Usher has got to come harder than that. The song and video are mediocre at best. I expected more since his last album wasn't a huge success. You see, there comes a time when a celebrity's career dims and can never be what it once was.

Candy: That's true and all but I think it was a good video. It's two different storylines; one is him playing a business man who's off doing work while his wife is home lonely and missing him. The second is about his comeback to the music industry with this new album, so he is rehearsing with his backup dancers. So basically, in the second storyline he is saying his fans miss him and he's back. Hence, Daddy's Home.