You might be right but she doesn't even attempt to sell that video the way stuff does other stuff
― kaká flocká flame (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
that knockout video is really something else
love her verse on the drake album though!
― Jacques_Lamure, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
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 skywhen i was a geisha he was a samuraisomehow i understood him when he spoke thai
historical liberties aside, i like what she's doin thur
― Jacques_Lamure, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 03:02 (fourteen years ago) link
"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
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 08:28 (fourteen years ago) link
the lyrics, my god, the lyrics
― I have been forks-style since day one (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
"bottoms up" video! you know, i really like this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9mcUOO4jKU
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 08:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i will say that i far prefer the betty boop voice to the, um, other voice
― Jacques_Lamure, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:56 (fourteen years ago) link
she is so smashable right now, rawr
― dyao, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
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 NOWi'm with a bad bitch, he's with his friendsi don't say hi, i say keys to the benz
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link
rumrumrumrum
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
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 friendsI don't say I hi I say keys to the BenzKeys to the benz!Keys to the benz!Mu'fuckin' rite, yeah, B to the 10If a bitch try to get cute imma stomp herThrow a-lotta-money-at-her then yell fuck herFuck her!Fuck her!Then yell fuck her!Then imma go and get my Louis belt, slug her
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/OFFICIALWILEY/status/22039642832
:D
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:16 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:30 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks to mark ronson i am thru to her manager now thanks mark and woolf secure nicki pleaseabout 10 hours ago via web
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:34 (fourteen years ago) link
tenner says this will end with him sacking his manager again for the 76th time this week
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:36 (fourteen years ago) link
i got memphis bleek as well jus need to finish thatabout 11 hours ago via web
LOOOOOOOLLLLLL
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:39 (fourteen years ago) link
:o
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:42 (fourteen years ago) link
genuine lol
― king boy swag (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
SHE'S ON A DIET BUT HER POCKETS EATING CHEESECAKE
― dayo, Sunday, 12 September 2010 01:03 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i51.tinypic.com/33454ch.jpg
― one hood ass geometry teacher (The Brainwasher), Monday, 13 September 2010 19:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Her stylist must loathe her. Cute hair, but both of her outfits made her look like a pregnant hooker.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Monday, 13 September 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
she does look like she's in labor there
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 September 2010 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 September 2010 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
performance-wise
She was way more entertaining than, say, Usher.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Monday, 13 September 2010 20:03 (fourteen years ago) link
her & katy perry should be the nucleus of a view-style show hosted by female pop stars
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 September 2010 20:05 (fourteen years ago) link
^
― markers, Monday, 13 September 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/f4qqag.jpg
― markers, Monday, 13 September 2010 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i would watch this show
― one hood ass geometry teacher (The Brainwasher), Monday, 13 September 2010 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG at that .gif
she is the gift that keeps on giving
― one hood ass geometry teacher (The Brainwasher), Monday, 13 September 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
she looks like an actaul oompa loompa in that .gif
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 September 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
can someone find a gif of drake saying "i quit" that doesn't have the 'justin bieber' part before it
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 September 2010 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
the guy in the white shirt in that pre-show performances was almost out-goofing nicki at one point
― some dude, Monday, 13 September 2010 21:25 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/post-feminist-consumerist-theory-in-action-nicki-minaj-will-i-am-and-valerie-solanas
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― /\/K/\/\, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 18:35 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha kp that's beatrix kiddo
― markers garvey (The Reverend), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 19:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i should have my name legally changed to that
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago) link
http://youoffendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/awkward-front.jpg
― Gulab jamun (Gulab Jamun) into the syrup please. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
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!
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:25 (fourteen years ago) link
he's only been here a year or two, used to post as killah priest.
― markers garvey (The Reverend), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
what forks said
― /\/K/\/\, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 22:04 (fourteen years ago) link
u otm tho tbrr w/u
― markers garvey (The Reverend), Tuesday, 14 September 2010 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
this has me dying:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GmzofW_Gs
― i feed these skreets (tpp), Monday, 20 September 2010 11:47 (fourteen years ago) link
genuinely sounds less put-on than kate nash's accent
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Monday, 20 September 2010 13:58 (fourteen years ago) link
― camphor jars (c sharp major), Monday, 20 September 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
bottoms up and monster both feel like steps in the right direction to mei 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.
― Muscus ex Craneo Humano (forksclovetofu), Monday, 20 September 2010 22:15 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Monday, 20 September 2010 22:31 (fourteen years ago) link