I'm Nicki Minaj, Nicki Lewinsky, Nicki the Ninja, Nicki the Boss, Nicki the Harajuku Barbie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMZ5s7o2F88

love her. No thread on her. Drake talks about her a lot. She pops up on that Young Money "Bedrock" shit, which is a late entry for song of the year for me 2009. Think she's going to be huge?

Here's "Bedrock."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha80ZaecGkQ&feature=fvw

is she retarded?

the female rapper of choice for people who thought Left Eye was just too subtle and subdued

When she's good, she's pretty enjoyable, imo.

The Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape is pretty solid, esp. the title track, although that's as much due to the Sasha sample as anything else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IEWM3etQsg

The Sweet Dreams Remix with her and Wayne from No Ceilings is another highlight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcnBdbb86t0&feature=related

Honestly, I'm not sure how she'll sustain over proper album-length stuff, but as a female Wayne-equivalent for mixtapes and remix purposes, I'm fine with it.

"equivalent" is probably not the right word

no, it isn't. by a long shot.

i just meant, if she sticks to her female sub-wayne shtick for the next while, i'll be fine with it.

what's the source of the sasha sample?

I have NO IDEA. Been trying to figure this out - Lex told me it was Sasha and the internet seems to confirm this but other than that google is no help whatsoever.

But seriously that "hackle mi body" loop is wondrous.

huh, my No Ceilings doesn't have that

Official No Ceilings release had an extra three or four tracks at the end.

Cool N Dre (feat. Birdman)
Oh Let's Do It
Single (yes, as in Ne-Yo)
Sweet Dreams (feat. Nicki Minaj)

"equivalent" is probably not the right word

― some dude, Friday, January 1, 2010 4:57 PM (32 minutes ago)

man i was saying this to sarge the other day but equivalent aint THAT far off, she's an 09 wayne clone to the t - can ride a beat just fine but way too many pee pee puns and annoying ass vocal inflections for my taste

xp: naw, mine doesn't have any of those

not to say all the other verses are great, but Gudda Gudda's verse completely stalls "Bedrock" in it's tracks

She blew up a long time ago around here but I guess this is her "base" - she's definitely about to takover the pop world in 2010 and I'm excited for that she's awesome. Love her mixtapes but she's definitely improving, all of her recent guest spots steal the show. Excited to hear the "up owt my face" remix with Mimi

i enjoy her verses - i mean she is totally a wayne clone right down to sports references and stuff, but she can flow really well & i def enjoy her crazy wacko 98 different voices a verse schtick

idk if she's gonna blow up per se but "i get crazy" is pretty cool. i could see her having a real hit next year, i think being part of young money is a good look for her because she's so much better than all those dudes. def more than a token chick thing

i like her schtick on this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb-L-j8JBYg

(not representative of the thicke album fwiw)

She wasn't always a Wayne clone tho, her pre-Wayne shit is good too, if typical of ur average female mixtapes rapper from NYC ..

It's like I just fell off the turnip truck, and I desperately want back on...

Official No Ceilings release had an extra three or four tracks at the end.

Cool N Dre (feat. Birdman)
Oh Let's Do It
Single (yes, as in Ne-Yo)
Sweet Dreams (feat. Nicki Minaj)

― Alex in Montreal, Friday, January 1, 2010 5:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

huh? Wayne's "Single" has absolutely nothing to do with Ne-Yo's "Single" as far as I can hear

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/large/48035705.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1262409986&Signature=JJy934JNMfIdYyeIjNk8uTx2%2BWI%3D

been meaning to take her to the NAGL thread for this shit

we need nagl 2010

wouldn't be opposed to Nicki as Miss NAGL '10

i <3 nicki. she's obviously v wayne-influenced but i think she's a lot more than just a wayne clone...this is what i wrote on the jukebox a while back:

I love her creative wordplay and commitment to quotability, and the fact that she’s raunchy but too surrealist and weird to box herself into just smutty ho-rap. Really versatile, too: she can handle everything from “Beam Me Up Scotty”, which wouldn’t sound out of place in a dancehall mix, to her touchingly vulnerable verse on the “Best I Ever Had” remix (”It’s so amazing…I figured out this world is ours for the taking”).

i'd add that she seems to have really strong musical instincts - she adapts herself to different beats really well. and she's improving all the time - as great as "beam me up scotty" was this time last year, i couldn't have imagined her pulling something like the "sweet dreams" remix off then.

i like her various voices - rev said elsewhere that it sometimes grates when there's a visual accompaniment b/c she often pulls stupid faces to go with them, she needs to cut that out. but they usually serve her well - like on "itty bitty piggy", when she cranks up the intensity and threatening vibe on that "i'm the wolf, where is little red riding hood" line, and on "saxon" when she bends her voice to the dubstep beat (much better than snoop or eve's excursions into dubstep imo).

i'm looking forward to her album dropping - tinged with a bit of trepidation, because her wacky instincts need to be balanced just right not to grate. and i wouldn't exactly mind if she dropped the babytalk either.

yeah, i dunno, some of my favorite rappers ever are of the 'wacky'/'animated' variety, but i don't feel like she really owns her schtick or pulls it off that well -- seeing her in the 5 Star video (anyone have the hilarious gif from that that they can post btw?) is like watching someone from a terrible sketch comedy troupe or something, like she's being funny on purpose but i'm still laughing at her more than with her.

can i just

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agro8r4nyGQ

UGH firefox just crashed when i was putting together a "best of nicki" youtube post!

anyway: her spot on the new lloyd ep is sooo good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep-3uFBBASM

i think she does "menacing" a lot better than "wacky" tbh - her humour's best when it's incidental (cuz she is pretty damn funny anyway, without the voices or the faces)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86rlfqIK1PQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CGA8bZKz7I

"damn right a bitch qualified / i should work for homicide / kill these guys, put 'em on forensic files / m-m-man down when i bring the lam round / he say, nicki you the best hands down"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWjbzCNauH8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTxnHPKEyRE

"i kick-kick game, can't injure nicki / that's why they nick-nicknamed me ninja nicki"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAuHzmPnmMg

"bitch i'm the president / i be sittin on an elephant / countin all my money where stella went / and i don't need my groove back / unless that nigga lookin like tupac"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE3ST9bpDkc

"you know i pop-pop-pop it like a pistol / that's how i keep my wrists lookin like a disco"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IchZR3YWfTk

"yo, imma need a couple of them benz-z-z / i be out in china spendin yenz-z-z / gucci on my lenz-z-z, my leather so sensitive / scratch my 9 o'clock, wanna shop, make you tentative"

^^i think all of those are why i kinda shrug off the wackiness, because she's so often not

rev said elsewhere that it sometimes grates when there's a visual accompaniment b/c she often pulls stupid faces to go with them, she needs to cut that out

ha, I was just thinking earlier when I watched "Bedrock" vid that she needs to be banned from making videos because the more I hear her, the more I like her and the more I see her, the less I like her

lex posted a few of my faves (that "shopaholic" verse is SICK) but here are some more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA5PlZnZqh4

"you see me on the stoop man these birds just salute me/whether i'm in the coup or the hoopty,deucy/i'm always wit a dude that'll off your kufi/let him eat my coochie and cop me pucci/ house in the boonies rock a doobie/ cop the 22 then spark a loosie"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sdkzIzjGjk

"bank rolls get me all them pretty furs/'cuz my pussy game cold when he hit it he say BRRRR"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pStlhYQiiE

"ho ho ho, red stockings too/ comin down ur chimney/ur chopped and screwed"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y27lUwOgEi8

"pussy this pussy that/ pussy thick pussy fat/ break me off a piece of dat/ pussy kit pussy kat/ i smell pussy need a pussy tic pussy tac"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JliQHuT4cnA

"I used to make a dollar stretch like a pilati, now I gotta play the potty in guiseppe zanotti/Gotta push the masserati, candy paint on the body/ Making money off the hobby, taking flicks in the lobby"

defintiely agree that the WACKY/barbie shit is not her best, but I like the animation and the facial expressions and stuff, she's actually ENTERTAINING and funny.

man she's REALLY working out her gaga complex in this video

http://i45.tinypic.com/qox8b9.png

which video is that jordan??

i really can't wait for the "shakin it 4 daddy" video - she killed it on letterman

for the new luda joint called "my girl bad"

oh the "comin out swingin like TIGER WOODS' WIFE" one, will check it out

(be thankful that there's no ellipsis there i guess)

there are a few choice ellipsis lines from both

that video of michelle trachtenberg rapping the second verse of "shakin it 4 daddy" is really hilarious, amazing & endearing

http://www.google.com/search?q=sound+of+the+city+nicki+minaj+michelle+trachtenberg&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

yeah i noticed the ellipsis lines u_u still a good track though.

while i'm here may as well post that excellent new cassie single ft. minaj on top form - yo cassie, you a bad bitch, imma call you lassie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxW6iHjaEho

whoooooops

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/02/here_is_a_video_4.php

THAT IS SO AMAZING because that is EXACTLY WHAT I DO - she missed my favourite bit to rap along to though, "when i pull him by the collar BOY HE GONNA HOLLA"

she did the faces too!

lloyd song is really nice

you heard the whole ep yet? sooo good

nicki and thicki were hilarious on letterman together, should be a travelling comedy duo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omosErhyGMI

wooooow

wtf is thicke doing!!

lol there are abt 4 parts that wld be terrific thicke.gif's

dave pronouncing "nicki minaj" justifies her existence so much more than any of her music

Shakin' It 4 Daddy hook -- "She's shakin' it for daddy, she's shakin' it for me" -- makes it sound like Alan is there w/ Robin.

― Andy K, Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:48 PM (Yesterday)

still can't hear that song without thinking of that interpretation of the lyric

haha yeah me either - i think that was in a-kells' amg review too

his tongue at 2:30

dave pronouncing "nicki minaj" justifies her existence so much more than any of her music

― waka flock*a*teens (some dude), Saturday, February 20, 2010 9:50 AM Bookmark

best since he had to say "ga ga ga ga ga" imo

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzaserc3831qbrus1o1_500.gif

popular blog

shit is pretty hypnotic

haters gonna hate but this is amazing - really excited for her album now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj_4y9xeaiA

I like Nicki Minaj but I really don't like this song. The beat stopping every two seconds like each line is a home run drives me nuts.

Also, "Swinging on a vine... MANGO."

her interviews depress me because she comes off pretty humble and self-effacing for a rapper (especially a female rapper, considering how psycho most of the big ones have been historically), and i agree with a lot of what she says about how rap shouldn't take itself too seriously, i just really can't stand her idea of fun.

that song is kind of !

i love nicki in theory, it's just that she's so bad in practice.
would love to hear her do something well scripted.

Not feeling this at all. Feels kind of clunky.

damn, rich four four went extremely hard (in a post about mariah)

Nicki Minaj, whose catchphrases, self-fellating comparisons, and Family Guy approach to referencing (it doesn’t matter if it’s smart or applicable, so long as it’s a reference!) make her an ideal collaborator for this project. Minaj doesn’t only shit on the notion of artistry, she does so on the entire notion of communication. (I’ll say a lot more about this scourge on pop music when her album comes out, as I like her less each day that goes by. For now, my assessment of Minaj is that she is a geyser of unclever nonsense, and as such, a human waste of time.)

"family guy approach to referencing" is exactly the right way to describe the young money era

always loathed family guy so yeah, i would agree. 'unclever' wrt this stuff is a nicely precise turn of phrase too, moreso than stoopid or whatever etc.

otoh the artistry/communication line seems flawed in the sense that minaj is plainly an ultimate representation of the culture around her rather than some sort of lurid solo maverick (whatever some might feel) - ie clearly a communication is being made, even if it is shitty in comparison to what we as oldsters hold dear.

(stranger still is running with that angle whilst at the same time writing off mariah's memoirs in opposition to her not keeping up with the times like she did on e=mc2; if mariah had managed to pull a more collaborative album off successfully in 2010 how would the artistry and communication involved therein been any more valid than minaj's? would the "creative energy" sparked off by working with drake really have been something to savour?)

i'm with lex, awesome song. and i don't know, i'm all for taking young money to court for next-level dumb shit but i kind of feel like you guys are missing the point for being all "swinging from a vine mango LOL" one a song like this tbh.

guys this song is hideous

it's just a total mess, altho the bridge is nice

i don't really think the "you're missing the point by paying attention to the lyrics!" argument applies to this single at all considering it's barely catchy and mostly totally unpleasant to listen to (and sean garrett is involved, who woulda thunk?!) -- that argument applies to, say, "every girl"

Family Guy approach to referencing (it doesn’t matter if it’s smart or applicable, so long as it’s a reference!)

i don't know who this guy is but i am appropriating this perfect summation of that style of joke as needed in the future

Let's discuss the new M.I.A. single: "London Bridge"

I guess I'll concede to having missed the point... INDEX FINGER

"massive attack" is way more pleasant to listen to than "every girl" (and i like "every girl" fine) - it could use a touch less garrett vocals, but it's no more a mess than "i'm that chick" or "bird flu" or any number of stop-start drum-heavy tracks. and coming up with something like this is a huge relief considering it could've been something like "spotlight".

'Bird Flu' felt so much more natural than this, which feels clumsy and half-formed.

i'm not sure if i LIKE this record yet, but i was kind of expecting some kind of generic cash moneyish thing probably about sex: the fact that it's weird and massive-drummed and abrasive and aggressive are all making it !!! to me. also: sounds really terrible on PC speakers, massive on headphones, i only wish i led a life that would involve hearing it on a massive soundsystem somewhere this week

also the 'mango' line is followed by an off-mic voice going "mango?" as if to be, like, really? i kind of lol'd at this

well, the video is somehow more messy & half-realized than the song is

http://videos.onsmash.com/v/qsexlwwAJJZjNLqe

the bridge on this joint is pretty good -- i kinda wish they had used that beat for the beat and nicki singing as the chorus

ok, kinda great...like the goofed-out kid version of "Hard" or something. Did she just say it wouldn't be "proper" to shoot someone with a rocket launcher? a+

"the bridge on this joint is pretty good -- i kinda wish they had used that beat for the beat and nicki singing as the chorus"

yes exactly. she has such a good voice and so much to offer in this direction (that's largely gone unexplored)--it's kinda baffling they didn't have her singing a hook. like where was drake when they were recording this? maybe that'll be the next single in the pipeline though.

also lex ur crazy. no way in the world this is "pleasant" to listen to, in any sense of the word. interesting, mayyyyybe.

but yeah this mostly sucks. i'd rather listen to the last 45 seconds or whatever looped for 3 minutes than the song itself.

the stop-start clunkiness of the song is exacerbated by the radio edit too

the radio edit is o_0 - you can't say "jumbo" any more??

still disagree it's a mess, the stop-start beat and the weird explosions and shots and shit going off everywhere really suit the song. it's meant to be disorientating!

i really like the video too (and how is that confused...it's just situating minaj's pink-wigged barbie steez in middle east/jungle settings) - makes it totally clear that her angle is less "rap gaga" as "new missy". i don't find her humour any more senseless than some of missy's lyrics tbh.

also, a mug's game trying to predict commercial success but i def think this is the right strategy for minaj

I can't make up my mind about this

wow yikes the video for this is a total disaster. minaj looking really awkward for like the first time ever and hype williams sapping all the rest of the focus out of it with endless slow fades to random shit and ridiculous-ass sean garrett.

http://videos.onsmash.com/v/qsexlwwAJJZjNLqe

i also gr8tly appreciate the last few posts, hard for me to remember what i already wrote a week ago yesterday sometimes

― r|t|c, Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:33 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

but you're right, minaj looks suuuper awkward & uncomfortable at the end doing her shakria rip off thing

minaj looking really awkward for like the first time ever

uh

i'm serious - i mean she may look awkward by yours or anyone else's standards generally but at least she always seemed in control of whatever it is she wanted to be up until now

(lol yeah ok jordan but i did fluke saying different stuff tbf)

i agree with rtc -- even tho i think she's been shameless & a biter, she's def seemed in control -- the shakira panting at the end of the video looks like some jenna parody sketch out of 30 rock

tbh her schtick comes across to me way better when the whole song/video/style is all hers and she's not just grafting it onto some generic Yo Gotti or Mariah song. i don't know if i like it per se, but i respect that that's her single instead of something more like what she's been featured on.

otm

see i think whatever momentum she's developed has been exactly because she's been this ludicrous force of nature affectation that's been popping up everywhere and bouncing off everything stealing scenes, so the solo cut respect aspect imo bears little meaning if it only turns out to be a mistranslation - obviously i'm leaning more on the video than the song now - of that antic appeal. (ie her guest slots are more "all her" than this video is basically.)

actually it's not just the video, the song itself is pretty aimless anyway.
but then otoh i'm not sure what an accurate minaj solo song would even be like tbh.

I think this song is great and pretty pleasant to listen to - opinions man, gotta have em

omg 1:47 in that video, someone make that into a .gif please

http://tumblinerb.com/post/485560944/is-it-just-me-or-does-nicki-minaj-swag-remind-u-of-fire

forgot the important part

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l04j8qrFHx1qb90glo1_500.jpg

I kinda feel like right now Nicki, as far as her visual aesthetic goes, is kind of at the level of those first Gaga videos, where she has all these crazy ideas and doesn't have the budget to pull them off without it looking cheap and tacky.

did "Just Dance" have any crazy ideas? i thoguht it was just generic party video with hey there's a lightening bolt on my cheek lol

Nicki's video budget now is about as big as it'll ever get probably, don't think money's holding her back

I say what's wrong with cheap and tacky if it is all in good fun. Most female rappers (as talented as they all are) have to take themselves so serious because of anal rap fans who wish rap music was stuck in 1994 or have to sex it up for those same rap fans to call them sluts and hos.

I love Nicki because she as close to Missy as we are going to get now. I mean yeah I wish someone like Jean Grae would be equally as popular as Nicki to balance things out but it seems like the US can only take one big female rap star at a time.

Plus Massive Attack rocks due to the fact that Nicki is trying something new on her first official single.

i dont think the quota for female rap stars is really whats keeping jean grae from mass appeal

Well yeah duh I know that. There are multiple factors to that but still in a perfect world Jean Grae should be as popular as Nicki so in order to have different female perspectives in hip hop. But since hip hop fans generally don't like females in general it's hard for either type of female rappers to have full acceptance.

God sorry for the too many generals. I'm in a cranky mood (doesn't detract from my opinion).

don't be sorry for Jean Grae's Generals

thing about nikki is theres a bunch of things about her that u mention that make me want to give a shit -- like, im rooting for her, objectively -- but aesthetically the music really isnt doing it for me. i dont like the rap shes taking cues from as it is -- havent been feeling lil wayne tracks for a couple years

yeah one on hand i think it was good for her to get out of nyc rap circles, but on the other hand i agree that being around wayne/young money has been a detriment to her as a rapper qua rapper (as a potential pop star or personality or w/e might be a different story) -- like, i'm not sure if i'll ever like a nicki verse more than her one on drought 3

thing about nikki is theres a bunch of things about her that u mention that make me want to give a shit -- like, im rooting for her, objectively -- but aesthetically the music really isnt doing it for me. i dont like the rap shes taking cues from as it is -- havent been feeling lil wayne tracks for a couple years

Well no one said you had to love Nicki to not be sympathetic to the rock and the hard place female rappers go through. Or a matter of fact black female artists go through as a whole. I think between this and Erykah Badu's Window Seat Video I'm finding it increasingly annoying how a black women need to limit themselves to be acceptable. If you stray artistically a little bit you get lambasted for it. Or in Nicki's and Erykah's case a long mile and you really hear the complaining. I say whether you like them or not, it should be encouraged that they take these risks even if they fail.

yeah one on hand i think it was good for her to get out of nyc rap circles, but on the other hand i agree that being around wayne/young money has been a detriment to her as a rapper qua rapper (as a potential pop star or personality or w/e might be a different story) -- like, i'm not sure if i'll ever like a nicki verse more than her one on drought 3

I totally disagree with this statement. I felt like if Nicki stayed in NYC her name wouldn't get out of the city. NYC hip hop isn't as dominant as it once was so how could she be a potential pop star with a region that has long been declining in popularity. Also who knows whether the Young Money style would last another year. I frankly don't care because I'm enjoying it right now. I think its comical, fun, and the crew seems to be having fun with it. If it wasn't for Young Money I wouldn't be listen to hip hop again honestly. After my "back packer" phase and having to suffer through the 50 Cent's domination, I needed something ridiculous to pull me back in. However, I do think Nicki has potential to break out of the Young Money mold, just her timing has to be right. But time will tell for that.

I felt like if Nicki stayed in NYC her name wouldn't get out of the city. NYC hip hop isn't as dominant as it once was so how could she be a potential pop star with a region that has long been declining in popularity.

wait, this is what i said

I think its comical, fun, and the crew seems to be having fun with it.

this is true for college improv comedy troupes, but that doesn't make me want to watch them

having to suffer through the 50 Cent's domination

i think it goes w/o saying that g-unit > young money in every conceivable fashion

Well matter of opinion and different experiences. What are you going to do?

post to a message board

Ha true but before I go to bed (another thing I can do):

this is true for college improv comedy troupes, but that doesn't make me want to watch them

There is nothing wrong with listen to music to have a good laugh.

this is true for college improv comedy troupes, but that doesn't make me want to watch them

G-unit is/were such a joke I couldn't fathom how they could be popular.

but just to be clear, youre repping for young money

Yeah I am so what? They're fun to go to to after listening to something introspective and/or serious sounding.

but then otoh i'm not sure what an accurate minaj solo song would even be like tbh.

this is kinda key! i disagree that she's just a "force of affectation"; obv it's hard to separate her image from her on-record presence but the latter is a lot more varied than you're all crediting her for - i find her pretty chameleonic, her persona's taken a lot of twists and turns over the past year, and it's increasingly obvious that this flux is intentional, and she's going to keep on doing it. i found "massive attack" kinda surprising actually - both more weird (disorientating beat where one could've maybe expected autotune barf) and less weird (no trace of cutesiness, "wacky" voices kept to a minimum) than i'd been anticipating. and we already know she can pull off weird dubstep beats ("saxon") and dancehall queen vibes ("beam me up scotty'). right now i literally have no idea where she plans on going from here, and that makes her career really compelling to follow. she has a real sense of event, too - sometimes you get a bit sick of these amazing gucci mane verses and tracks just dribbling out on to the internet.

in terms of the visuals the "massive attack" video is a pretty obvious continuation of the brash, bewigged image she's been pushing more and more, right? don't think she looks any more out of place in it than she ever has done. i'm really enjoying it actually - it's striking, imaginative, kinda unprecedented in (female) hip-hop, missy apart (and she was always a huge unreplicable exception). actually nicki generally is pretty unprecedented.

and i'll just say again - i'm lukewarm-to-cold on the records she gets the most criticism for ("lil freak", "up out my face", "bedrock"), but in the same timeframe she's also done really stellar guest spots on cassie's "fuck u silly", mya's "ponytail", lloyd's "take it off"...

went back to her "feel free" remix yesterday, that one's such an all-timer for me!

hopped off the boat, i'm such an immigrant
why he get nicki minaj tatted on his ligament
wait - just for the record, i get wetter than fishermen
pull up with some 26s up under the michelins
you know i pop-pop-pop it like a pistol
that's how i keep my wrists lookin' like a disco
and everywhere i go they tell that i'm pretty
my money slow, money stupid, money ditzy
mami you bad, but nicki is badder
step your cookies up, go get you a ladder
we do it early like cheerios and a bagel
i feel freer than the slaves on the railroad

oh did i studda
harajuku hyphen
barbie
im hot i think its time to put the rice in

^^someone plz unpack this for me

it's about the rice

Killin' em like chemical weapons...RICIN

when you was in new york you was fuckin' the yankees
i was fuckin' with bass, i was pitchin' a frankie
these bitches so cranky, give 'em a hanky
but mommy i'm cold, gimme my blanky
flyer than a kite, i get higher than rapunzel
keep the snow white, i can buy her by the bundle
step your cookies up 'fore they crumble
don't be actin' like the cardinals and gon fumble
cuz i'm a steeler, fresh up out the dealer
all the dope boys gon fear her, flow so sick i need a healer
fuck is my mac concealer?
i be out in queens in the back of 4-wh-wh-wh-wh-wheelers
i'm a big girl
that's why i get more head than a pigtail
put some ranch on, i'm gettin' the munchies
i think i'll have a rap bitch for my entrée
and they be thinkin' they can spit-spit-shine my shoes
you know i keep a bad bitch, let me sign your boobs
i'm the only thing hoppin' like a kangaroo
i mean the only thing poppin' like a can o' brew
listen! you should buy a 16 cuz i write it good
an 808, woof woof cuz i write it good
and bitches can't find they man cuz i ride it good
i'm the wolf, WHERE IS LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD?
and if you see an itty bitty piggy in the market
give that bitch a quarter and a car, tell her park it
i don't fuck with pigs like as-salamu alaykum
i put 'em in the field and let oscar meyer bake 'em

her verse on "mi casa, su casa"/"coca coca" is pretty sick

so Nicki's playing this club in South Amboy, NJ two Sundays from now and tickets cost $90, WHAT THE FUCK.

i got an offer to go see summerjam and just couldn't handle the thought of the busride to the meadowlands with the fans

i really love her verse on xtina's "woohoo", which is about the only worthwhile thing on the mess that is xtina's new album. "left from jamaica, go a foreign conTOUR" <3 <3

forks are u more racisty or sexisty??

so Nicki's playing this club in South Amboy, NJ two Sundays from now and tickets cost $90, WHAT THE FUCK.

As psychotic as it sounds, that's almost in the ballpark of typical for club rap shows - also, it's pretty much a guarantee that she'll start 90 minutes late and perform 5 songs.

brilliant observation deej; I see you've gone and earned your ad hominem merit badge. wear that with pride.

lol it was a joke dude

oh. i was genuinely butthurt on that one.
clearly my actual sexy racism motivating my things white people like guilt

it was an horribly formed joke, probably fair to be annoyed by it

it was 5am and i was drunk. mea culpa

plus i hung out w/ john d recently so

her "all I do is win" verse is dope

ask the irs, I'm payin for your health care

I look like YES and you look like NO

^^^

"Knockout" with her and Wayne is incredibly bad. Wayne and smug, slurring autotune over Avril covering some random old MxPx song

this verse & accompanying slice of video is 25% dope, 25% awful, 25% rofl & 25% I KNEW LEFT EYE, AND YOU, MA'AM, ARE NO LEFT EYE

i felt really bad for her about "knockout" -- obviously there is no way she can turn down wayne if he asked for a feature, and i'm sure she was just praaayyyying that it didn't get selected as one of the songs for video, cuz that shit is embarrassing

my xp refers to http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/21/video-diddy-f-rick-ross-nicki-minaj-hello-good-morning-rmx/

also lol @ whoever directed that video not even bothering to match up nicki's mouth with the verse

I understand why everyone hates this girl, and most of the people I've introduced her to have switched teams and now find her grating, but I just cannot stop loving her. I think it's just the little subtleties (the way she moves her face, her attitude and delivery, etc.)

i think if they were actually "subtleties" people would find her a lot less grating

^^^^otm

was gonna say

ok subtleties is totally not the right word. Nuances maybe? The sort of things I can't really put my finger on. I mean, it's not things like "Alexander McQueen's got a wrist on glow"

i think "embellishments" might be a better word

Yes!! That is much better.

i felt really bad for her about "knockout" -- obviously there is no way she can turn down wayne if he asked for a feature, and i'm sure she was just praaayyyying that it didn't get selected as one of the songs for video, cuz that shit is embarrassing

― kaká flocká flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, June 21, 2010 5:47 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's seriously blowing my mind that in your imagination Nicki Minaj can discern between Lil Wayne's bad tacky ideas and his good ones

You might be right but she doesn't even attempt to sell that video the way stuff does other stuff

that knockout video is really something else

love her verse on the drake album though!

oh and 'your love' is pretty great too. kinda problematic how easy it is to forget it's supposed to be her big single right now, though?

anyway i think i met him in the sky
when i was a geisha he was a samurai
somehow i understood him when he spoke thai

historical liberties aside, i like what she's doin thur

"embellishments" is a much kinder word than "affectations", which could also work

historical liberties aside

lol, minaj has never exactly been accurate in her references. "i be out in china spendin yenz'z'z"

i hate "your love" and it's weird to me that it's somehow become her first proper hit - i really hope she doesn't pursue this route any further

the lyrics, my god, the lyrics

"bottoms up" video! you know, i really like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9mcUOO4jKU

i will say that i far prefer the betty boop voice to the, um, other voice

she is so smashable right now, rawr

yeah this one's a minor classic imo. mmts and nicky complement each other well.

really like the production too, sounds simliar to the lil c 'rubberband banks' type beats young dro & grand hustle were coming out with a while ago.

the two tracks that keep springing to mind for me are usher's "lil freak" and omarion's "i get it in". the former, cuz it's like a less try-hard, desperate take on it. the latter, cuz it comes off at first at being completely generic, but that actually allows for a lot more compelling odd touches, like mmts's backing vox for one, and most obviously in the way that backdrop allows weird character rappers like gucci and nicki to be really playful.

...trey?
...i was like, yo, trey?
...do you think you could buy me a bottle of rosé?
OK LET'S GET IT NOW
i'm with a bad bitch, he's with his friends
i don't say hi, i say keys to the benz

rumrumrumrum

This is one of those songs where most of what's going is totally ordinary and forgettable but you would be insane to change the channel b/c any minute now Nicki is going to show up and just totally fucking freak out on the mic. If she was consistently this brilliant she'd be the best MC in hip-hop, I mean Jesus this sounds great on the record:

I'm with a bad bitch, he's with his friends
I don't say I hi I say keys to the Benz
Keys to the benz!
Keys to the benz!
Mu'fuckin' rite, yeah, B to the 10
If a bitch try to get cute imma stomp her
Throw a-lotta-money-at-her then yell fuck her
Fuck her!
Fuck her!
Then yell fuck her!
Then imma go and get my Louis belt, slug her

http://twitter.com/OFFICIALWILEY/status/22039642832

:D

would like to think wiley's never spoken or had dealings with nellee hooper in his life and just pulled his name out of the air there

thanks to mark ronson i am thru to her manager now thanks mark and woolf secure nicki please
about 10 hours ago via web

tenner says this will end with him sacking his manager again for the 76th time this week

i got memphis bleek as well jus need to finish that
about 11 hours ago via web

LOOOOOOOLLLLLL

:o

genuine lol

SHE'S ON A DIET BUT HER POCKETS EATING CHEESECAKE

http://i51.tinypic.com/33454ch.jpg

Her stylist must loathe her. Cute hair, but both of her outfits made her look like a pregnant hooker.

she does look like she's in labor there

everyone knows i like to rag on nicki but it's really some fucking bullshit that they couldn't fit her into the real show

performance-wise

She was way more entertaining than, say, Usher.

her & katy perry should be the nucleus of a view-style show hosted by female pop stars

^

http://i55.tinypic.com/f4qqag.jpg

i would watch this show

OMG at that .gif

she is the gift that keeps on giving

she looks like an actaul oompa loompa in that .gif

can someone find a gif of drake saying "i quit" that doesn't have the 'justin bieber' part before it

the guy in the white shirt in that pre-show performances was almost out-goofing nicki at one point

http://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/post-feminist-consumerist-theory-in-action-nicki-minaj-will-i-am-and-valerie-solanas

i guess i should try to catch the3 mtv awards but between this thread and stuff i've read elsewhere i think i've got a pretty good sense of what transpired

i wanted to make it nicki minaj vs noam chomsky but then was like nah, too dry

My kid and a pal were doing their Nicki imitations at lunch at school the other day--raising their voice loudly in an affected way on the last words of each line.

xxp thats written by the same guy who did the kanye west/foucault thing after power right? that schtick is pretty played out, particularly when done in this pseudo-ironic, tongue-in-cheek style

hahaha kp that's beatrix kiddo

i should have my name legally changed to that

http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/awkward-front.jpg

who can blame him, i didn't post for a long time there and i'm not even sure who HE is.

p.s. thank you unemployment for delivering me back to ilx/ile!

he's only been here a year or two, used to post as killah priest.

what forks said

u otm tho tbrr w/u

this has me dying:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GmzofW_Gs

genuinely sounds less put-on than kate nash's accent

:D

bottoms up and monster both feel like steps in the right direction to me
i just really need this girl to get like 20% more substance and i dunno maybe the same amount of style?
I was watching a BET tv-doc about female rappers and Nikki D basically said all props to nicki for being a success but she isn't saying much of anything and that's kind of where I'm still at.

i have no idea what forks is talking about

anyway this is a bit rich coming from a magazine that laps up the jizz of people like kaws, but it's still a nice gesture & a pretty cover

http://cdn.nahright.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Complex-Nicki-Minaj-Cover.jpg

Jordan, u seriously don't follow me? I like Nicki's style and she's got nice flow but her raps are fucking lamentable, she hasn't seemed capable of a live performance onstage (she's been dubbed in the five or six appearances I've seen televised) and while recent singles suggest she's fucking about in a direction that's more pleasing to me she's still lyrically garbage

idk man

the whole "she's not saying anything" argument doesn't mean much to me -- she raps about flossing & i think she can do it pretty well -- she can flow like a motherfucker, my problem is that i just can't get past the robin williams thing

she IS pretty hairy

for nicki style is substance

then again, some might say her schtick is pretty played out, particularly when done in this pseudo-ironic, tongue-in-cheek style

a+ cover

wtf does "she isn't saying much of anything" even mean?! she isn't being deep'n'meaningful? she has a limited set of themes? i mean hell0 welcome to most rappers we love. how precisely are you defining "content" here?

her raps are fucking lamentable

this though is just flat-out wrong, and has never actually been right. she has a couple of horrible singles and a few blah guest spots in the debit column but a whooooole load of greatness on the other side. wtf do you even mean here? give me an example of how her lyrics or whatever it is you're referring to is lamentable. not "your love" or "check it out" which everyone hates.

for me, she had to win me over style-wise. the voices, the barbie schtick, the cartoonish shit - i'm on board with it for the most part now, but it was her raps that made me a fan in the first place.

i'm defining content as storytelling/making a decent metaphor/doing anything more than stringing together a series of barely related words just because they happen to rhyme and fit the syllable count

just looked over thread and most of the lyrics you're calling exemplary (say the "keys to the benz" bit on bottoms up) are exactly what i'd cite as garbage, so I just think we're gonna have to agree to disagree... though i'm amused that you're all like WTF GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE (except for these horrible songs)

i'm defining content as storytelling/making a decent metaphor/doing anything more than stringing together a series of barely related words just because they happen to rhyme and fit the syllable count

she does this and always has done, idk what nicki songs you've been listening to but i can prob guess the ones you haven't

my favourite nicki lyrics are probably either "itty bitty piggy" or "keys under palm trees"

the first time I paid attention to her was when she gets to that "rim rim rim" line in Bottoms Up. I don't have a problem with her. complaining about her "content" in the context of modern pop is sorta um waht? I agree with lex on that point

whatever nicki has mad fucking swag and is great fun + a female voice in rap right now. fuck the haters

i listened to beam me up scotty about twice and then put it away so yeah, neither of those songs made much impact on me. I've probably heard ten or eleven singles and guest spots above and beyond that.

you are not fun

this right here is my not fun swag

hahaha!

i dunno nicki's appeal to me is just so obvious. not trying 2 be a dick

me neither! i'm not trying to say you shouldn't like her, i'm just talking about my response. YMMV is the constant refrain.

her appeal really isn't obv to me either

ok well then i'm tryna be a dick

i honestly don't understand the voices thing -- it's like different for the sake of being different -- it's like digging asher roth raps about going to penn state

it's funny!

or like the seligh bells blown out speaker annihilation aesthetic -- i don't see what it adds to the music at all -- it's distracting & fucks up what is obv real talent

right but it's funny like the rest of young money are clowns funny

the voices appeal to me because they're funny and liven up her delivery. it's all about energy and persona for me... she'd still be a good emcee without them and a lot her stuff before she started using all the voices is actuallly my fave material of hers, but yeah I don't find them to be an obstacle or anything, they're entertaining - don't get the asher comparison it's not like she's the first rapper to use funny voices/rap in a comical persona or something

the rest of young money is just boring, I'm laughing AT them moreso than anything else

fucks up what is obv real talent

yeah this is maybe true. i dunno the other young money people are just obviously wack to anyone rap nerd or not. i know loads of ppl who don't give a shit about rap who are suddenly talking about nicki. don't expect to hear them telling me how much they lock mack maine or whoever in this eternity xp

i can't remember the last rapper (esp a pop rapper of her stature) to rap in literally 10+ different voices in one song

well yeah obv she takes it to another level (which is part of her appeal - the wackiness, WHICH VOICE WILL SHE USE NEXT OMG)

honestly i think it's dope when she dips into the voices thing sometimes, but it's really overkill -- it's like dabbling in some fetish porn or something & all of a sudden your watching some chick dressed like little red riding hood drinking the piss of a fox

she's like playing dress-up with every new voice and persona (she makes distinctions between Nicki the Ninja, Roman Zolanski, etc.) - she's just a genuinely fun and entertaining figure who has obvious technical talent, if she didn't use the voices she'd still be good but they set her a part - I guess whether that's in a good or bad way is up to you

yeah i mean it's quite clear she's trying to carve a niche out for herlef that isn't just like smut rap or whatever. whether that's the best route for her i dunno but she's doing pretty good imo

*herself ....drunk

lol so Nicki is apparently inspiring an entire generation of slam poets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95EIcIHU20s

"you are talking about pussy buffets and he's on a diet"
^can't hear this any other way but in Nicki's screamy voice

http://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/3932625198645248

did this bitch seriously just say "i look like yes and you look like no"? get the fucking fuck outta here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEVmWHWD58U

Lol I guess Nicki's the king cuz shes gettin married to Drake and everyone knows Nicki's less of a bitch then Drake 
IloveHater9623 5 minutes ago

ohhhh snap

JackieChain74 Jackie Chain
Nicki Manaj took some of her swag from Tammy Faye Baker

The Kingdom Dub of Sean Kingston's Letting Go is totally wonderful for summertime purposes, and is basically just Nicki + synths + air sirens.

http://www.mediafire.com/?7gyo40nv4c5t0n4

is she retarded?

― eagle tears was a popular drink and it still is (a hoy hoy), Friday, 1 January 2010 15:23 (1 year ago) Bookmark

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100316055606AA5s7BI

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker

I like to think of myself as a Young Money-ologist so I'll field this one.

She no longer goes by Nicki Lewinski (she felt it was inappropriate after she garnered so many young fans) but she used to because she felt Monica Lewinsky could have been very powerful if she had been smarter. Monica Lewinsky could have exploited her close relationship with the President and made things happen for herself.

Source(s):
Youtube, thisis50.com

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Asker's Comment:
thanks! makes a lotta since

did this bitch seriously just say "i look like yes and you look like no"? get the fucking fuck outta here

― gosamosapodin simgibmelreel (some dude), Sunday, January 23, 2011 6:10 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark

i love this line

A$$ would be a single of the year candidate if it was it just a nicki single

reminds me of her verse on thicke's "shakin it for daddy"

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^^

fuckin little whores fuckin up my decors

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wish rappers would stop saying 'anus' dunno

dope verse

i read the entirety of j0rdan's post

tl;dr

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― J0rdan S., Wednesday, November 9, 2011 2:20 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

hey got a good friend looking for someone in LA to interview nicki for his fashion mag (reasonable $$ i think). drop me an e-mail if interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6j4f8cHBIM

Hmm... scooped.

First listen: this song is awesome, best thing she's put out in the last year. Nice to see some different voice-pastiches getting thrown into her Batman toolbelt here - particularly, I don't think I've heard the thing she does around 1:55 forward. It feels (to me) like she's verging into a wide set of real-life character impressions, like part of that could be Any Girl's Mom, and then the part that's Any Girl Practicing R&B Singing In Front Of The Mirror...I dunno. There's potential there.

I wish she would drop the candy-colored wig thing for just a little while - I love the look but I'm kind of into her dialing it down as this flattened-makeup, no-eyebrows thing she's doing in parts of this.

more discussion here fyi: Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday

Oh right - forgot this new album is just a loaded-up reissue.

no, it's a whole new album

such a terrible title, I can see how it would appear that it was just a reissue. i thought that too initially.

http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/nicki-minaj-beez-in-the-trap-song.746582.html

this seems to be the main Nicki thread now: Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday

just occurred to me that there's so many people now that think "rawr rawr like a dungeon dragon" is a nicki minaj lyrics

:/

haha I have had that exact same sadface

....lex that's your cue

hahaha omg

Busta's cap-doffing on the remix is incredible

TBF there's probably a lotta folks that think Dawn Richard wrote Claire de Lune

haha

nicki made it hers

uh

did the Barenaked Ladies make "Chickity Choco, the chocolate chicken" theirs as well?

http://gawker.com/nicki-minaj-hands-dj-his-ass-calmly-talks-the-chip-on-510149391

1. Minaj looks Rosenberg right in the face and tells him what she thinks of him: "To me, I just don’t know your resume. I never found you funny. I never found you entertaining. I never found you smart."

YES

(pre-emptively salts perimeter of thread against inevitable horrible posts)

I dunno. They at least make sense as a couple.

Sounds like they may just be goofing; but if true, what’s not to like? She’s the best, and he seems cool these days..

Why would people complain about this? It’s not like she’s dating Elon Musk.

Just so we're all on the same page, the rumor is that she's dating Eminem

That's just for everyone who, like me, came into this thread and had no idea what anyone was talking about

well, that and the fact that there's an album cycle

her snl performance was the worst shit ever

if that's music i'd like a refund

the backing track was awkward but the dancing was cool, and chun-li is super fun imo

that weird flaccid breathy sax loop is kind of awkward tho

chun li street fighter wins sorry.

the performance was sub karaoke levels shite. logging off, later

?

haha, wild mic drop

I blame Katherine
wgaf

Dating a man convicted of first degree rape and manslaughter, real nice....Remy was right I guess

im prob just old but she seems too over-saturated / all her shit now sounds m/l the same to me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NERmgwWfnoI

God, that's one of my favorite songs on earth but please don't release your pet goldfish into the wild! They can be a very destructive invasive species.

I would be absolutely knocked-over shocked if she truly never releases music again. I mean, I have no problem with her saying she's "retiring," I just don't know why we have to take it seriously. 9 times out of 10 "retiring" just means "I'm taking some time off and don't want people harassing me so I'm just gonna say I'm retiring"

amazing diss of itty-bitty-piggy era nicki from 2010 by baltimore rapper keys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W8_xOWd4-Y

did the Barenaked Ladies make "Chickity Choco, the chocolate chicken" theirs as well?

― how's life, Friday, February 15, 2013 9:44 AM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink

this is cracking me up

lol, that was definitely me until age 14

what a rotten person

Yeah, it's really a bummer

oh no what happened?

she's getting friendly with the alt right, giving props to Ben Shapiro

trying to take down Megan the Stallion and siding with Tory Lanez

aside from like everything with her husband being a sex offender

she's been shit for awhile now yeah

I'm not sure I'm 100% caught up with all the rotten shit she's done lately, but I just wanted to note that the "Megan's law" line that set her off recently was great.

i like "hiss" a lot in general. annoying but typical that it's being reported as a diss track when it's pretty much meg's repudiation of all the heinous vitriol she received during the whole shooting/trial saga, the handful of lines suggesting specific 'critics' aside. of course mrs. goofy's embarrassing/pathetic behavior has now made it a 'nicki minaj diss' in the public eye but oh well, what probably would have just been a strong statement track (like previous single "cobra") is now on its way to becoming an actual hit from the looks of it