Another exceptionally lame interview by S Hattenstone for the Grauniad; warning, some of the most stupid questions ever asked in any interview are present here - http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/apr/27/nicki-minaj-bigger-balls-than-the-boys
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 30 April 2012 09:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
haha i yelled at my computer when i read that thing. so many interesting questions to ask! none of them asked! i learn not one single new thing about nicki.
might as well have got a random commenter to do it in the spirit of ~open journalism~
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 30 April 2012 09:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
"i'm really sitting with anna"who?
― billstevejim, Monday, April 30, 2012 4:23 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
this line really bothers me, makes nicki sound like a try-hard. if you get to sit with anna, no need to brag about it!
― dayo, Monday, 30 April 2012 10:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
the westwood interview wasn't much better
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 30 April 2012 10:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost i dunno who that is, but i guess she's a big deal since it's mentioned 3 timeseither way it sounds cool in the song
― billstevejim, Monday, 30 April 2012 17:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
anna wintour!!!
omg
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 30 April 2012 17:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
shocked that billstevejim doesn't hear the name "anna" and instantly think "anna wintour," shocked.
― some dude, Monday, 30 April 2012 20:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
BOTTLE / SIP / BOTTLE / GUZZLE / I'M A BAD BITCH NO MUZZLE
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 12:28 (11 months ago) Permalink
people who don't acknowledge the greatness of "pound the alarm" = fronting imo
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Tuesday, 22 May 2012 12:29 (11 months ago) Permalink
LONDON
who is attending her show on sunday
I AM
― star-spangled david banner (lex pretend), Thursday, 21 June 2012 17:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
FUCK WHO YOU WANT AND FUCK WHO YOU LIKETHAT'S OUR LIFE THERE'S NO END IN SIGHT
i can't believe i ever hated "starships"!!!! i just blasted it out of my window and sang along to every word and enjoyed every moment.
it's kind of like the OPPOSITE of a memento mori club banger - we are immortal, we were born for this and there will never be a comedown~~~
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 15:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
I still have mixed feelings about the track despite having very clear feelings abt the rap half of the record vs the pop half.
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:14 (9 months ago) Permalink
song is pretty whatever... if it was jessie j or something i'd give it slightly more credit but nicki is capable of much better
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:27 (9 months ago) Permalink
My wife is obsessed with it and its starting to grow on me the more I hear it, but it certainly does gain something in being heard flying down the highway on a nice summer day.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:33 (9 months ago) Permalink
hearing this song constantly on the radio while my wife is driving just makes me want to murder
― PITILESS LIVE SHOW (DJP), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
the 'higher than a mf' dance part of the song is by far the best part of "Starships" imo, hearing Nicki spit so-so bars over "Raise Your Glass" is whatever
― nakhchi little van (some dude), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:40 (9 months ago) Permalink
I really like "Starships". At the Nicki concert I went to, that song got by far the biggest response from the fans, even bigger than "Super Bass". I was surprised.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:41 (9 months ago) Permalink
yeah the "higher than a motherfucker" followed by the shameless breakdown is amazing.
i'm glad i caved into it before seeing nicki live - it went OFF here as well
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 16:44 (9 months ago) Permalink
so pleased Lex has done a 180 on this song :)
Is the Ghetto Barbie compilation CD that suddenly appeared in Europe earlier this month worth the money?
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:31 (9 months ago) Permalink
lol there would be a nicki minaj album entitled "ghetto barbie" on sale in europe
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 July 2012 17:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
Would usually disagree with stripping out elements deemed 'mainstream', but quite enjoying this mix of Minaj tracks re-edited with most choruses removed:
http://soundcloud.com/ryi2012/ryj-minajmix
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 20 August 2012 18:36 (9 months ago) Permalink
her singing is definitely a bigger problem for me than dance beats or w/e
― some dude, Monday, 20 August 2012 18:45 (9 months ago) Permalink
I really liked that - and had never heard her rap over grindin' before
― jack chick-fil-A (dayo), Monday, 20 August 2012 20:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, this is kinda cool, anti-poptimist implications aside. Lots of my favorite raps by her, plucked from songs that otherwise involve having to put up with some crappy guest artist or w/e.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 20 August 2012 21:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
http://thewire.co.uk/articles/9613
― sisilafami, Monday, 20 August 2012 21:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
haha that was made by VLADISLAV DELAY and AGF???!!!! amazing
― lex pretend, Monday, 20 August 2012 21:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
wow, "massive attack" kind of gets wrecked by this though, some kind of bad synchronization or something
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 20 August 2012 21:36 (9 months ago) Permalink
Only just noticed this AGF mix -- brilliant stuff.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 02:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
I wish it was downloadable. Streaming rap is useless
― Fareed Zaireeka (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 05:12 (9 months ago) Permalink
dl
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 06:02 (9 months ago) Permalink
sharships is a grower for sure. she's the rap equivalent of prince, and starships is her "i wanna be your lover" but if the label keeps her on through the slow-sales-critical-acclaim and lets her do her own thing eventually she's gonna come at us with something insanely unstoppable?
i tried this argument on with someone yesterday and they countered "or, maybe she's great for a guest verse but just doesn't have it in her to be a mega pop star" and i was thinking well maybe this could be true too, but then they said "also i don't really like prince" and i was like THEN UR ARGUEMTN IS CLEARLY INVALID!!! and quickly changed the subject
― messiahwannabe, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 06:08 (9 months ago) Permalink
but if the label keeps her on through the slow-sales-critical-acclaim and lets her do her own thing eventually she's gonna come at us with something insanely unstoppable?
maybe i'm reading this wrong but isn't she already a mega pop star? isn't starships already insanely unstoppable? am i dreaming?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 10:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
starships is dope cant believe ppl ever hated it
― protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 11:02 (9 months ago) Permalink
well the chorus is dope anyway
there's something ungainly about the HO HO HO HO post-chorus part, i just envision cliche old german men hoisting beer steins
― protected by kl0pper. stand back (D-40), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 11:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
points against starships:
- redone- namechecking bud light and patron in the first verse- the video- ho ho ho post-chorus "rave" part
points for:
- Jump in my hoopty hoopty hoop / I own thatAnd I ain't paying my rent this month / I owe thatBut f-ck who you want, and f-ck who you likeDance all night, there's no end in sightTwinkle, twinkle, little star- impossible not to sing along to
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 11:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
the post-chorus rave bit of "starships" is amazing
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 11:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
i love the "pound the alarm" video, bit of a pleasing wrongfooter in how it blithely elides two hitherto separate nickis, mainstream pop nicki and island carnival nicki. kind of want to hear the full steel pan remix!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 11:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
the post-chorus rave bit of "pound the alarm" is also amazing
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 11:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
yea i'm not sure why i like it more there but that is the way to do a good old pop-bosh-up imo
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 12:41 (9 months ago) Permalink
i was fuckin with starships from day one
― flopson, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 15:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
still hate "Starships", feeling very lonely now but being right all the time is a difficult road
― Lil Swayne of Pie (DJP), Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
got your back, dude
― some dude, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
I like all the EDM-pop songs on RR except "Starships" which is total bullshit.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:35 (9 months ago) Permalink
I've also been f'in with starships for time, I'm glad consensus is swinging around.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 21 August 2012 22:50 (9 months ago) Permalink
YESSSSSSS this video
― lex pretend, Friday, 24 August 2012 17:26 (8 months ago) Permalink
hahaha
― flopson, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:09 (8 months ago) Permalink
colours are p garish imo but the rick ross part of that is great
― flopson, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
I realize this is like a million and one videos, but for some reason in this one it really bothers me that Nicki is dressed like a stripper while the two dudes look normal. Really feel like there's been this creeping tendency in Nicki's stuff towards more and more sexualization of her body. And I realize that's been there for a long while but it was often cross-dosed with her being deliberately weird and OTT-looking. I'm thinking of the drag-queen vibe in "Massive Attack" or about half of "Stupid Hoe"...felt like between that, Gaga, and actually a goodly part of Ke$ha's career,* there was this nice trend of female pop stars who were willing to curdle the camera's hard-on, and now that's sort of dissipated (although it was probably just in my mind to begin with).
* Ke$ha obviously just as rife with exceptions as Minaj, but I'm thinking of things like the drag-queen look in "We R Who We R" or the expressly non-sexy glow paint sequence in "Your Love Is My Drug," and just generally the amount of clothing she always had on despite lyrical themes that would seem to veer close to "wild party time" stuff. And who was it that pointed that "Blow" went out of its way to never have anything to do with blowjobs (or cocaine for that matter) and was just about raving good times?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:19 (8 months ago) Permalink
man, coffee really kicked in there, sorry about that, carry on!
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:20 (8 months ago) Permalink