worst Nicki Minaj song on the radio right now

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

xpost

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

it almost erases any goodwill luda had built up in the last year and a half or so doing remixes and stuff

massive attack = lol u have sean garrett on ur hook, c u l8r

aiyeeeeeeee i never heard my chick bad before fucking a this is horrible, luda what are you doing???????

I have the same relationship with "Massive Attack" that Rev does, I think. The problem is that so little of the stuff between those headsticky points is particularly memorable.

"My Chick Bad," yeah... it's not the worst thing I've ever heard, but it's sorta uninspired and you'd think Ludacris of all people could do so much more with that premise! The references are really blah - she always brings a racket like Venus and Serena? Okay, yeah, I get the joke but is that as bad as your chick gets, Luda? Compare to "What's Your Fantasy?" and there's been a real loss of energy.

I maintain that it should have been a battle song with another male rapper, with them arguing over whose chick was badder... and then we get to Nicki's verse and we realize that she's BOTH their chicks! Or something.

holy shit nicki was EPIC at the bet awards

just like, an utter trainwreck

nicki otm

http://fourfour.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b8c369e20134850b083c970c-pi

omg horrible :( oh well

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This Nicki Minaj video is making me hate hip-hop.

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It's not Nicki Minaj, herself. It's not even, really, the video, which strikes me as cheap, but not inappropriately so. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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I think it's me; i.e., me + these images + this music. I think I'm overwhelmed by the idea that this is insufficent. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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I was just overwhelmed by the sense that we have for the most part, failed the possibilities of the form, and what it calls for. Like... about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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...it just struck me as kind of cowardly. Lacking audacity and courage. Kind of meaningless. None of the fire that, say, Sha-Rock brought. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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Here's what watching the Nicki Minaj video made me realize: For hip-hop to *become* something else, it will have to *do* something else. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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When I say that for hiphop to *become* something else, it will have to *do* something else, I'm not trying to be mysterious. I'm saying... about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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Otherwise, it will merely continue to slide into whatever package is open and the bottom of its descent and, then, take that shape. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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...that culture is powerful. It changes people's thinking, it makes people wealthy, it becomes what we seek when our spirits are tired. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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It is not enough to merely consume it. We must make it, speak for it, or against it. Tell our children what is good, and why. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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Like, the Constitution is too important to leave to lawyers? Hip-hop is too important to leave to the people who make hip-hop. about 1 hour ago via TweetDeck

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where is that from?

it's actually a pretty great video for a pretty bad song. though i'm beginning to hear how "your love" could be made into something good (get rid of the ke$hatune for starters). i like her kimono-clad ninja style, cf this early video -

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

this hits kinda hard IMO:

I was just overwhelmed by the sense that we have for the most part, failed the possibilities of the form, and what it calls for. Like......it just struck me as kind of cowardly. Lacking audacity and courage. Kind of meaningless. None of the fire that, say, Sha-Rock brought.

Hip-hop is too important to leave to the people who make hip-hop

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I love "your love," "lil freak" and "bedrock" btw

hate "my chick bad"

young money is the worst crew of all time it's so fucking embarrassing

this is weird! nicki pre-makeover??

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

hooooly shit!!

i know every pic of her is retouched but it looks and sounds like they retouched her whole fucking life

That can't be real? Yikes!

I'm too busy lolling at the "G-stack" with the obvious $1 bill on it