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Mary J. Blige's ''Da MVP''

The R'n'B diva's reimagining the Game's ''Hate It or Love It'' is the hottest remix of the summer

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Mustworthiness Blige's reimagining of the Game's ''Hate It or Love It'' is the hottest — and hardest to find — remix of the summer. ''Da MVP,'' originally intended for clubs, has leaked onto radio but is still unavailable in stores. So for now, that means begging your DJ friends or holding a tape recorder to the radio '80s-style to get it.

HERstory Blige sings her truth about her 14-year career in the four minutes of bliss, which lays her soulful vocals over the Game's pulsing track. The fusion is a nostalgia trip both lyrically (she laments releasing No More Drama the week of Aaliyah's death) and musically (Blige resurrects snippets from ''Real Love,'' ''You Remind Me,'' and others).

Next Bug Blige or her label, Geffen, to release the track. Short of that, wait for her seventh studio album in September.

Posted Jun 17, 2005 | Published in issue #826-827 Jun 24, 2005 | Order Article Reprints