Nicki Minaj - The Pink Print (2014)

He does dp the blank-stare/chin-scratching strip-club-dude thing well.

He DPs all day.

"papiconda" jesus fuck
http://swaggernewyork.com/2014/08/19/drakes-cameo-in-the-anaconda-preview-was-basically-to-raise-awareness-about-papiconda

Feat. Riff Raff

http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2014/08/nicki-minaj-riff-raff-remix/

i think adam lambert's penis was nicknamed by his fanbase also, i wonder how many more there are

pole poll pls

the sole positive thing I can think of in connection with this song is the inevitable awards program moment when Mixalot does his thing live onstage

im more into the song now tbh, i could see a DJ using it properly

Yahhhh, dropped this at a queer party the other night and people went nuts.

^^^Shocking!

Lol yeah

From a gay male FB friend:

<i>Just watched Nicki Minaj's 'Anaconda' video. It's like a nuke dropped on the women's 'don't objectify me' movement. Nicky should just change her name to Dat Ass, as her transformation is now complete.<i/>

this did NOT blow up the crowd when played at afropunk; i saw several subgroups break out to TED talk it to death

lol at trying to picture that

i haven't seen people go nuts to anaconda, i feel like it's more a filler track in the build up to a song where the beat actually drops, good for building tension but not a release of its own

that is explicit

flies up to #2 on the hot 100 this week due to streaming - her highest charting hit ever

thank u teenage boys

they were streaming alright.

they're gonna feel pretty dumb when they learn how she flipped their gaze

i have come round to this as dj/mixshow tool (ie it sounded p fun when westwood gave it a v quick spin)

the breakdown got people pretty excited at the drake/lil wayne show in boston the other night

just drake just sit onstage with a boner while they play the end of the song?

hahhaha no this was before the BATTLE ROYALE occurred

papiconda vs weenus

papiconda vs. wheetus

Prolego dude so far the only ppl into this (vid anyway)'re teenage girls and gay men ("sample" limited to here/aatwitter, so just maybe not accurate)

they're gonna feel pretty dumb when they learn how she flipped their gaze

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lol

a+

yeah i almost excelsiord that myself

you guys know that playing up to the male gaze and rejecting the male gaze are not mutually exclusive, right. the position of power that nicki does both those things from is the point. i for one love how she flips from "oh my god, look at her butt" to "stop looking at my ass" like they're both compatible! cuz she can and cuz they are.

you know that I get that you can make that argument in theory but that in practice a performer screaming "FUCK THE SKINNY BITCHES IN THE CLUB" over a cover song doesn't necessarily merit a vigorous debate of intention vs action, right?

and that arguing that nicki's objective is subverting power dynamics in a song where she is repeatedly stating that she's "on some dumb shit" is... well, maybe not disingenuous but at the least indicative of a very selective way of appreciating the work?

i mean bully to you for getting something positive out of tanaconda lex but this sounds DOA to me and it's primarily cause nicki's verses are not so good, the production is outstandingly lazy and the various young money tics throughout are maddening
it's not so much that you're wrong so much as why bother in support of something this pedestrian

plus i would add don't forget fart remix subverts the subversion of the subverting subversiveness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv--npievoI

yeah, was really hoping that wouldn't show up here

Whatever your opinion of this tune this song does actually. seem to be a success. Why is that? Is it just the video or does the actual song have anything to do with it?

perfect storm: nicki, deathless sir mix track, catchy enough, papiconda, nicki's butt, teens, etc.

it's the video

or that

actually "nicki's butt" is a more complete analysis since the song popped off the itunes downloads which in turn popped because of the single cover

the song is pretty weak, imo, those who say it's a build-up to nothing are otm, it doesn't actually go anywhere

also i think she's saying "i'm not some dumb shit" rather than "i'm on some dumb shit"

song sounded like a hit the first time i heard it over dodgy wifi in a remote town square in romania. it's a bit of a mess structurally but since when has that mattered

forks' argument basically = "i don't like this so why are you analysing it" - i'm not usually one to really conflate success with importance but i think in the current pop climate it's certainly pushing back against a few things in a healthy way, and the fact that men are wanking over it doesn't really change that

wtf of course she's saying "i'm on some dumb shit"

yep my mistake

I like this song more every time I hear it but I like ice-t's "the girl tried to kill me" and other dumb shit like that

in the current pop climate it's certainly pushing back against a few things in a healthy way, and the fact that men are wanking over it doesn't really change that

new board description

this song is really bad

the first out-of-context thing that popped into my head after reading that sentence was "bronies in a nutshell"

it's not really good but it's not really bad either. lots of it really, really works. it's the kind of thing that only improves with ubiquity, too - an embarrassment if it flops, the kind of thing you cave to when you hear it in the wild a lot. a bit like "starships" in that regard!

okay I'm finally listening to this and this is some lazy mid-90s-Puffy-throwback shit

the video and the pre-release hype from the single cover both contributed to its success. it started climbing rhythmic and urban radio charts rather quickly basically from the get-go, so it's not *just* the video making this song a success.

i'm generally skeezed out by overt sexuality/pornographic imagery in music (obviously this is my problem, not the artist's) & i can't really comment on whether this song is actually profound or subversive, but i like nicki's rapping on it