When Flo Rida first came out, it seemed like he was positioning himself as the elder statesman of ringtone rap--he's a lot older than Soulja Boy or Hurricane Chris and his "Low" had more legs than either of those rappers's hits. But now on his new album, R.O.O.T.S. (due out on March 31), Mr. Rida is establishing himself as this decade's Puff Daddy--he's essentially reduced most of his beats to barely hidden samples of songs from past decades (like Mr. Daddy's "I'll Be Missing You"), and turned them into "new" songs. First was his Dead or Alive ripping "Right Round," which is the number one song in the country, and now it's "Magic" which has a prominent sample of Pilot's "Magic."

That Flo Rida isn't able to top a rather corny song from the 70s isn't really surprising (this song is pretty awful), but what is surprising is that Flo Rida can apparently sell out arenas, because there are a bunch of shots of him in front of huge crowds. Seriously, how did we let this happen? [NahRight]