worst Nicki Minaj song on the radio right now

really think "saxon" is fucking incredible

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like the only way i know popular songs exist is via what people say and link on the internet and that makes me feel so disconnected and kills me inside

― zsockster (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:46 AM Bookmark

feel u dude, I haven't had a car or tv since september. it's a weird feeling.

― The Reverend, Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:48 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

not being glib or anything, but u guys should get like a little walkman or clock radio or one of those waterproof dealies that can go in the shower, imo a few minutes a day of radio listening is nice. tbh i don't know why FM radios aren't part of the package with iPods, i know why include a dead technology with the hot new thing etc. but it seems like a no-brainer to me.

Not really a "no-brainer" since Apple wants you to fill your iPod with songs you pay them money for, not listen to for free. But I totally agree w/ your premise. Kicking back with the FM radio now and then can be a good thing.

yeah especially living in new york, good god

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"my chick bad" = sorely underrated in this poll

yeah that song is all kinds of ugh

iPod Nanos come with radio now...

oh, huh my ipod does have radio. didn't notice that before.

the Mariah single is a snooze.

so weird that so many of my favourite joints right now are nicki or nicki-featuring tracks, but apart from "shakin' it 4 daddy" i'd consider these crossover radio hits pretty inessential

cover of The Fader

"People come up to me wherever I am, girls—sexy girls—like, 'Can you sign my boob?'." -Nicki Minaj

yeah especially living in new york, good god

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I MISS THE RADIO IN CAR

i feel u -- but yall need to get one (1) clock radio if you have access to pop/hip-hop & r&b radio in a major market

i have one actually. i can't believe i haven't though of this before. 6pm pop radio hour? this is like a new ritual, i can feel it.

duh!

if anyone has doubted her lady gaga complex, nicki has supposedly hired gaga's management

tbh minaj has never worn, said or done anything that struck me as obviously gaga-esque or gaga inspired

most of it still feels totally wayne-derived or out of the missy/left eye/da brat wacky female rapper playbook

the rigid fembot thing reminds me a lot of how gaga poses/acts on stage

when has gaga actually done rigid fembot moves, i can't think of any examples. that seems more the province of beyonce imo.

maybe i'm being poisoned by proximity

also all the valley girl voices and harajuku girl stuff are clearly gwen stefani, who's really patient zero for a lot of the goofy female star stuff going on in pop the last few years

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when gaga's on the charts
boy you gon think
you gon think she invented quirk

it's a gagafication, clap, clap bravo

Actually it raises the question, to what extent has Gaga been influenced by the aforementioned high-profile female rappers of the 90s/00s? Like it seems a pretty reasonable thing to interrogate, esp. re Lil' Kim and Missy, but I haven't run across anyone writing about that. Are people just more comfortable linking her up to Peaches or whatever indie electro type person, or has Gaga herself emphasized other lines of influence? (Or, I guess, is the connection all in my head?)

sorry, i guess that really belongs in Gagathread - - - will repaste.

kinda crossing over w/ the bedrock thread w/ this post but since it's about "my chick bad" i figured it might as well go in here

anyway the spring break performance of "my chick bad" is so funny

http://www.musicistheheartofoursoul.com/2010/03/mtv-spring-break-2010-performances.html

first of all, for some reason minaj is yelling her verse and it seems like she can't really find her footing in these massive heels, so it comes off like an amy poehler parody or something

also the best part is that her fembot routine gets thrown off by people accidentally batting beach balls at her

ok the line on the lemonade remix where she threatens to "put this pussy on your chipped tooth" is so much worse than the sideburns line ever was

there's no such line on the remix i have?

i'm in a tricky little mood
i trick these little dudes
i tell 'em that i love 'em but i never really do
see i like pretty shoes
and i like pretty minks
and i like sightseeing the pyramids and the sphinx

she's not as good as trey songz or fabolous, who are both GREAT on it, but her verse is fine

also this seems not to be the thread where "massive attack" was discussed, but i definitely love that song. and the video.

It's actually on the Fabolous - "For the Money" remix. That "Lemonade" verse is boring and fuck off with the "minks," too.

Oh, and the complete couplet is “I told Fab 'Get that Michael Knight KITT Coupe' / before I put this pussy on your chipped tooth."

IT'S GUCCI

i'm not sure what i think about massive attack yet; i still want to hear her sound good and that might be the track that I can grudgingly commit to? not sure yet.

4got that song existed -- is it getting any radio play outside of hot 97

#65 on the R&B chart, which is to say not really

Mmmassive Attack gets discussed on I'm Nicki Minaj, Nicki Lewinsky, Nicki the Ninja, Nicki the Boss, Nicki the Harajuku Barbie ... prob should lock one or the other of these threads since they're both effectively open-ended Minaj-watch.

locking seems excessive, but i'm fine w/ the other one being the default thread in the future. i just revived this one because this is the thread where we talked about the 'sideburns' line.

"my chick bad" is my jam until nicki comes in, I mean not that luda's verses are amazing but the "nightmare on elm street and guess who's playing freddy!" thing is like a whole nother level of get this shit off my radio now

the thing about that line is that it would work for me alright if she didn't also say "friday the 13th and guess who's playing jason," putting both those references in the first in the exact same construction feels so amateurish and lazy.

i have a grudging respect for the uncompromising schtick overload of "Massive Attack" but "Your Love" is just such a lame-ass retreat in the other direction.

also imo Nicki is really the lest of "My Chick Bad"'s problems, shitty beat, shitty hook, worst Luda verses ever

emilys: "If Luda's chick does stuff that he can't put in words, why did he think a rap would be the best way to express his feelings?"

the best thing about "my chick bad" is nicki in the video

i really unapologetically love "massive attack" - i love how it takes a few listens to arrange itself in your head but once it does you pretty much grow to love every aspect of it

what do you think of the tinny timid generic "Your Love" though

is that the terrible autotune one? unless it's been changed significantly (completely) since the version i heard last year, i dislike it v much

"Massive Attack" is a lot stickier than I would have expected the first time I heard it. I have "Mmmassive attack! Mmmmassive attack!" and "Tom toms over here bigger than a monster/ Blak! Blak! Blaka!" stuck in my head all the time, which doesn't quite translate into me wanting to listen to it.

there's nothing good about "my chick bad" -- worst single of the year so far