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

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

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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.

DJP OTM honestly

DJM OTM OBV

She’s hitting bottom hard or, more likely, angling for a pardon for her brother. Erika Kirk brought her out at the Turning Point event to talk about our “handsome, dashing president”.

this irredeemably pathetic person

I thought she wanted a pardon for her husband, who was charged with sexual assault. Looked up her brother: oh look, child rape. She certainly enjoys surrounding herself with a type, I think the Republican Party is probably right for her.

alt-right for her

investing the energy to be outraged by all of this seems silly?

it's ok it doesn't require me to expend much energy

Hate and bigotry will never make sense to me.

investing the energy to be outraged by all of this seems silly?

what’s the “silly” part

the entirety of the energy behind my investment in the whole thing stems from confusion. in order to be outraged, i think a general understanding of the situation is a prerequisite, which excludes me.

kind of funny in a nihilistic way too? also feeds my brain's ideas about the nonexistence of free will and everything being scripted. ultimately i find it very discouraging for the human spirit, if such a thing exists in the first place. no outrage here whatsoever.

and what is the value of the energy invested in policing people's outrage?
people are allowed to discuss what they want. that's kind of why ilx exists in the first place.

i was looking at the US iTunes chart last night for an unrelated reason, but i noticed that "Super Freaky Girl" was #1. thought that was odd for a two-year-old song and only now am i realizing that it's probably a show of support from MAGA folks.

wild. i cannot imagine your typical red hat lunatic enjoying her music at all.

maybe not but i can imagine them buying a song on itunes to own the libs.

fine, she can tour MAGA strongholds with Azalea Banks and the rest of us can ignore her

who buys from itunes anymore?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/07/apple-download-chart-battleground-pop-politics-megan-thee-stallion-nicki-minaj

Over 20 years after its launch, Apple’s online music store has found a surprising new life – as a battleground for online turf wars. Last week, at least five songs rose to the upper reaches of the Apple Music (formerly iTunes) download charts, powered by different internet factions. Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion fans waged war against each other as foot soldiers in the rappers’ feud; Britney Spears fans mass-bought the singer’s years-old songs Liar and Selfish as a way to troll her ex-boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, who released a song also called Selfish last month; and rightwing media influencer Ben Shapiro encouraged his fans to drive Facts, his new rap song with Canadian former wrestler Tom MacDonald, up the charts. Far from a measure of objective popularity, the chart reflected political biases, years-old feuds and outright pettiness.

Fans mobilising to push certain albums or songs up the Apple Music download charts is nothing new – in 2018, a group of Mariah Carey fans mass-bought the singer’s 2001 flop Glitter as part of a campaign called #JusticeForGlitter. But musician and writer Jaime Brooks says that the cratering of the digital download market in recent years – around 152m digital songs were sold in the US in 2022, less than half of 2018’s 412m – has allowed campaigns that are smaller and far less coordinated than #JusticeForGlitter to disproportionately affect the charts. “I don’t think anybody’s actually using their phones and iTunes to listen to files any more, except people who have not upgraded their setup since 2012 – there are a lot of people like that in America, but not enough to sustain these huge numbers,” she says. “This [downloading] is a purely performative gesture – it only ever happens as a result of some kind of factional culture war that somebody has the money and inclination to try to represent on the charts.”

Ben Shapiro encouraged his fans to drive Facts, his new rap song with Canadian former wrestler Tom MacDonald, up the charts

what the fuck

anyways. i refuse to give spotify my money - so will download the occasional song. but usually go straight to the artist when i can.

hahahaha

https://www.tmz.com/2026/01/21/nicki-minaj-says-came-to-america-illegally-resurfaced-post/

There's a petition to try to urge authorities to send her back to Trinidad

https://www.change.org/p/deport-nicki-minaj-back-to-trinidad-9c28d4ac-5eca-48db-a3ed-59bc3a3d6ea8

personally i don't think that's cool, laughing at her for being a hateful dumbass on the other hand is fine

yeah I am always grossed out when people see the heinous shit happening and then immediately their response is "I hope you get sent back next", like....the whole point of being against deportation is being against deportation, not just for people you like.

otm, as much as i hate her heel turn here, that's a terrible look

shit we already got her to cancel her album, that's the Death Star as far as I'm concerned

i'm really fascinated by this thing where a judge has issued her mansion to be sold to pay off a $500,000 judgement and she just refuses to engage w/ the court in any way shape or form even as the story has become headline news

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mdipqhzoao2q

Trump is already enjoying her more than Kanye.

yeah she's a complete asshole, sorry for investing that quantum of energy towards posting that, anyway i'll be glad to see her career sink into oblivion.

https://streamable.com/narspg
Trump mocking her for being broke lol

Nikki Minaj should fuck off into the sun