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Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, and The All-American Rejects in Pepsi and Motorola Cool Tones Promotion

Written by Greasy Guide
Published May 30, 2006

In a move to capitalize and the mega-popularity of ringtones, Pepsi Smash has collected some of the biggest names in the music industry and expects to give away 260 million ringtones in the campaign. Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, The All-American Rejects and renowned producers Scott Storch and Luny Tunes are a few of the artists who have produced new ringtones that will only be available through the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones promotion.

So, if you are a television junkie like I am, then you've seen a Pepsi commercial featuring Mariah Carey singing "Time Of Your Life." In her natural fashion, she's coming up out of floors, wind machines, with tons of dancers, water fountains, and more wind machines. And then she breaks out them damn booty shorts that I wish she would just hang up for good.

In this campaign, artists have produced original tracks that are made available as ringtones. But Pepsi takes it a step further with creating original short videos for each ringtone. Mariah was the lead artist kicking things off.

Now, if you're a New Yorker like I am, then you might have grown to hate ringtones. Any given time you could be riding the train and some pre-teen with a Boost Mobile phone might be there and blast your moments of quiet away with annoying ringtones. I was so glad to hear my favorite R&B Queen, Mary J. Blige's "Really Trying 2 Catch U" ringtone. It's a sweet and smooth R&B track that is very much cued for the grown and sexy crowd. I can't wait to download that to my cell phone and blast it on the train back at the annoying kids.

Jump on the Pepsi Smash bandwagon and check out the cool ringtones and ringtone videos!

Here's how the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones sweepstakes works:

Look for a unique code printed under the cap of specially-marked Pepsi products: Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Diet Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist and Sierra Mist Free.

Enter the code online at pepsismash.com to learn instantly if you will receive a ringtone.

Select a ringtone from a catalog of more than 150 selections located on a custom ringtone store built on the recently launched Yahoo! Tones destination, where consumers can find the latest ringtones, games, wallpapers and more to personalize their mobile phones.

Each Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones code is automatically entered into a sweepstakes for a chance to win a Motorola RAZR, Motorola SLVR or Motorola ROKR phone. More than 12,000 phones will be awarded during the promotion.

The All-American Rejects have their own angle on the promotion as well - follow the link for instructions on a chance to win a Motorola phone, a signed copy of their CD Move Along, or a boatload of Pepsi.

The Greasy Guide is the site written by former BET.com employee Mike Street. Having left BET in the winter of 2005 Mike Street is on a mission to change the media, bring enlightenment and play as many video games as possible. He is also the Executive Editor for Resident Gamer
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Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, and The All-American Rejects in Pepsi and Motorola Cool Tones Promotion
Published: May 30, 2006
Type: News
Section: Music
Filed Under: Sci/Tech: Personal Tech, Music: Video, Music: News, Video: Music, Video: News
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#1 — May 31, 2006 @ 11:52AM — J [URL]

This sounds good cause i'm definately a big R&B fanatic. Mariah Carey ringtones is definately a good look

#2 — June 2, 2006 @ 13:52PM — Samantha Brock [URL]

this is kool i pray i win and it is all in gods hands so i will just let it go!!

#3 — June 2, 2006 @ 13:56PM — Samantha [URL]

i pray i win but it is all in gods hands so i will just go on with my life and if i win then i will be happy but if i don't i will know that it was not ment to be
sincerily,
samantha

#4 — June 9, 2006 @ 12:53PM — maurice cousar

it aws the best commerical i'v seen ever

#5 — February 21, 2007 @ 00:58AM — SHADOE

YA PEOPLE NEED TO STOP HATING ON MARIAH CAREY..IT HURTS ME BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TALKING BAD ABOUT MARIAH CAREY..I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE..LEAVE MARIAH CAREY ALONE..IVE BEEN A FAN OF HERS SINCE I WAS LIKE 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD..I LOVE YOU MARIAH CAREY WITH ALL MY HART & SOUL..

#6 — February 21, 2007 @ 01:06AM — SHADOE

I THINK I SHOULD WIN BECAUSE BECAUSE I NEVER WON ANYTHING IN MY LIFE..I LOVE MARIAH CAREY AND I WISH I COULD MEET HER IN PERSON..THAT WOULD MAKE ME VERY HAPPY..ONCE I MEET MARIAH CAREY IN PERSON I COULD DIE HAPPY..IM MARIAH CAREY'S BIGGEST FAN..I LOVE HER MUSIC AND I GOT ALL OF HER ALBUMS AND SINGLES SHE EVER MAD..I LOVE YOU MARIAH..'WE DO BELONG TOGETHER...........

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