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CASSIE’S ‘ME & U’ VIDEO CONTROVERSY: Teen singer says she’s not biting off of Janet; previous video for the song pops up on You Tube.
*One look at pop singer Cassie’s video for “Me & U” and one can only assume the 19-year-old is paying homage to Janet Jackson’s classic 1986 video for “Pleasure Principle,” as both clips feature the singers dancing by themselves in an empty rehearsal room. Cassie, however, says that assumption is wrong.
"I'd love to emulate her career. She's incredible, from her moves to her voice,” Cassie says about 40-year-old Janet, according to Contact Music. "I'm a diehard fan of Janet but …I was just rehearsing in the studio, they filmed me and the record label thought it would be great for the video."
The so-called “Pleasure Principle” ripoff wasn’t the first video shot for “Me & U.” A more sexually-themed clip filmed before the artist signed to Diddy’s Bad Boy label surfaced on the Internet last week. It features Cassie singing to a man (the camera) as she takes him home to have sex.
According to the latest Internet buzz, the entire song is about a specific form of sex, and the original video captured the concept more blatantly than the current version shot by Bad Boy.
“Me & U” (official) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBiGFbd5icM
“Me & U” (original) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt2RQXm1n7o
