Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday

good article imo

yeah agree with it re: minaj, though i haven't heard - and will not go out of my way to hear - the ke$ha

though i'm not really disappointed as such with pink friday - i think maybe cuz my expectations dipped and fluctuated so much ahead of it, i'd definitely abandoned any hope of my dream minaj album that showcased everything i love about her happening, so i think i'm more relieved than anything that it's half-decent. what with the bonus trax there's definitely an acceptable album in here if you prune the more pointless songs, which is more than can be said for eg kanye west (and if we're talking about what an "interesting" "character" he is despite his album's flaws, how much more can that be said of nicki).

i'm the best
roman's revenge
did it on 'em
dear old nicki
super bass
blow ya mind
muny
girls fall like dominoes
catch me
wave ya hand

^^the keepers here

LOL at the NYT suggestion that we should consider Ke$ha a rapper now because she's no longer singing. Like she was singing before!

Good album. Nice balance between Nicki's pop side and her rapper side. (Like I'm an expert on that! OK, I like the balance between the two. If it had been all one or all the other, it could have been a bit of a chore to listen to the whole record in one go.) Superb use of samples too. I think I got more joy from the first listen to this than from any other 2010 pop album I've heard so far.

No bonus tracks on the copy I bought :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImpqbT47Ugg

such an awful diss track

http://girlboymusic.tumblr.com/post/1983183843/when-youre-a-girl-you-have-to-be-everything

probably the best take on what's going on with this album so far, courtesy of a regular Jukebox contributor

how does it rectify the gender politics with the fact that the music is creatively bankrupt horsecrap

didn't suggest that it made me LIKE the album more than i do - i think it's still largely disappointing given the level of raw talent and potential nicki has, although there are four-ish tracks i like ok on this, and adding in massive attack and one or two of the bonus tracks it makes for a decent EP.

lyrically she spends way too long talking about the gender politics and not enough time actually doing them. aside from the production, she doesn't even break out the voices on two-thirds of the album, and she never switches up mid-song. which...what is the point of that?

still maintain it's not a bad album for what it is - there are enough bloody tracks that piecing together a decent mini-album from them is easy. fuck the record buying public for making "massive attack" a flop and "your love" a hit though.

I will trust you if you tell me to get it but is there anything even remotely as good as "keys under palm trees"???

depends how you intend to get it, it only becomes worth getting when you take the 6 bonus trax into account (two of which - the best two! - are only available to non-americans like us if downloaded illegally anyway)

"keys under palm trees" is maybe the most underrated nicki song, soooo vibes

Yeah that's the one I always go back to, I always get surprised by how emotional the ending makes me.

it always surprises me how blasé nicki is on record about doing coke - like even on "girls fall like dominoes" on pink friday, when she describes her ideal woman one of her qualities is "she can sniff up a ton"

like it's par for the course for rappers to rap about doing weed and e on record, and about dealing coke obv, but how many actually go there re: doing coke? (and on a couple of lines that i assume are just nicki BSing, heroin too o_0 )

seems sore common lately although i can't think of examples atm

coke is so expensive!

(and on a couple of lines that i assume are just nicki BSing, heroin too o_0 )

why would you assume this?

probably just because heroin isn't the kind of drug one can use casually without it noticeably effecting a professional life that involves writing and recording on a daily basis and constant public appearances with wig/outfit changes?

o_0 at having to ask that ilxor

also the line i was thinking of is "got some heroin, wanna go dancing?" and while i cop to a certain lack of expertise re: smack, i've never heard of it being used as a dancing drug

unless you're gonna move it like bernie

also the line i was thinking of is "got some heroin, wanna go dancing?" and while i cop to a certain lack of expertise re: smack, i've never heard of it being used as a dancing drug

hahaha okay now that IS bizarre!

The bonus tracks are way better than most of the album. She should just stick to pitched-up dancehall samples, rave synths and air raid sirens and ignore all other production styles ever.

Khia gives the album a review, to hilarious results

http://www.motormouf.com./

<3 <3 khia

but her trina one was the classic, really - her heart doesn't even seem wholly into this one

oh i do love her really - http://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/11825297380872192

she got her minaj à trois for her bday!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bH0QQ5tlXL4/TQJHm7hU9jI/AAAAAAAAAPU/X_FaXSapGMU/s1600/x2_3b2a878.jpeg

Could Cassie be more stunning?! I can't even see the other two.

i thought it was funny that kelenna from dirty morning is sporting a partially shaved head now

lol, dirty morning

i need to go to bed

haha..that was excellent.

Nicki Minaj: Weezy :: Da Brat: Snoop

Nicki is more a bargain bin Da Brat than Da Brat was a bargain bin Snoop

this album is really fucking boring

i got the version with the bonus tracks and of course those are some of the best tracks on the album, but all of the boring cookie cutter emo pop tracks are stacked on top of each other so I have to skip 7 tracks to get to another decent one.

I don't mind her going more pop for her debut but at least it could ahve been interesting. faux-poignant pop with cliche lyrics, meh

the "Moment 4 Life" beat is so dope but ugh her singing

yea way prefer her mixtapes

My sister has been playing "Right Thru Me" pretty much 24/7 since she moved back here. :(

i haven't listened to this yet but my roommate did & apparently it's all inspirational "i made it u can 2" music for teenage girls -- is it true? & lol if so

yes

that angle kinda redeems it!

a lot of this album has grown on me - once you ignore the really egregious shit there's a lot of stuff i genuinely enjoy listening to. even "moment 4 life"!

^i agree with this. and 'super bass' has slowly become one of my favorites from her

just sayin that "Did it On Em" is a queer club party anthem out here.

"did it on em" is amazing. YOU AIN'T MY SON YOU MY MUHHFUKKIN STEPSON

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhyk7oqSaB1qzw3gpo1_500.jpg

taylor swift rapping "super bass" - adorable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSSwUzdk8rU

in other news i fucking love "super bass" right now - just a perfect candy pop song

^ omg that was so great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JipHEz53sU

So. Video isn't as amazing as it could have been, but I'm glad that her team have finally realized that all of the genuinely GOOD SONGS are on the bonus tracks and started releasing them, especially since this is a perfect summer jam.

I love how the first two or three couplets are at like 100 mph, kinda wish she went 'beatless' or 'acapella' (if that's the term) longer, kinda disappointed when the beat kicks in tbh