“Blame It” is the second single off Jamie Foxx’s third studio album Intuition. It features the juggernaut rapper T-Pain, and Foxx/ T-Pain kill it in an all-out auto tune fest. The song also use some elements from “I Luv Your Girl” by The-Dream. The music video was directed by Hype Williams and premiered at 106 & Park on February. Cameo appearances in the video are made by Ron Howard (random!), Forest Whitaker, Jake Gyllenhaal, Samuel L. Jackson, Quincy Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, Jermaine Dupri, Morris Chesnut, Clifton Powell, Alex Thomas, Tatyana Ali, Bill Bellamy, Clarence Avant, and Tommy. I really have to admit that there is the most random group of people in this video. Too bad they weren’t playing Twister or something. Could you imagine Tatyana Ali bent over Quincy Jones and Ron Howard somewhere inbetween reaching for yellow? Oy vey.
If you haven’t acquired the song yet, don’t worry, the real version doesn’t have the nearly one minute dramatic intro music.
In this image released by Sony/RCA/Arista Records, Forest Whitaker, left, Jamie Foxx, second left, Ron Howards and Jake Gyllenhaal pose for a photo at the set of Jamie Foxx’s “Blame It” music video in Santa Monica, Calif. Intuition was released through Sony’s J Records, which recently merged with Arista but still maintains its individual name.
“Blame It” rose rapidly to the top spot on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming Foxx’s first number one on the chart as a lead artist, and his third including featured credits. Blame It topped the chart for seven straight weeks so far. On the Billboard Hot 100 it has thus far reached #7, making it his second top ten hit on the chart as a lead artist and his highest peak on the chart, also making Jamie’s most successful single to date. I love this song!
