"Knockout" with her and Wayne is incredibly bad. Wayne and smug, slurring autotune over Avril covering some random old MxPx song
― m@tt h (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 June 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
this verse & accompanying slice of video is 25% dope, 25% awful, 25% rofl & 25% I KNEW LEFT EYE, AND YOU, MA'AM, ARE NO LEFT EYE
― kaká flocká flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 21 June 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
i felt really bad for her about "knockout" -- obviously there is no way she can turn down wayne if he asked for a feature, and i'm sure she was just praaayyyying that it didn't get selected as one of the songs for video, cuz that shit is embarrassing
my xp refers to http://www.thefader.com/2010/06/21/video-diddy-f-rick-ross-nicki-minaj-hello-good-morning-rmx/
also lol @ whoever directed that video not even bothering to match up nicki's mouth with the verse
― kaká flocká flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 21 June 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I understand why everyone hates this girl, and most of the people I've introduced her to have switched teams and now find her grating, but I just cannot stop loving her. I think it's just the little subtleties (the way she moves her face, her attitude and delivery, etc.)
― cynthia batter blaster (Stevie D), Monday, 21 June 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i think if they were actually "subtleties" people would find her a lot less grating
― kaká flocká flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 21 June 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^otm
― k3vin k., Monday, 21 June 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
was gonna say
― The Reverend, Monday, 21 June 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
ok subtleties is totally not the right word. Nuances maybe? The sort of things I can't really put my finger on. I mean, it's not things like "Alexander McQueen's got a wrist on glow"
― cynthia batter blaster (Stevie D), Monday, 21 June 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
i think "embellishments" might be a better word
― kaká flocká flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 21 June 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes!! That is much better.
― cynthia batter blaster (Stevie D), Monday, 21 June 2010 22:29 (thirteen years ago) link
― kaká flocká flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, June 21, 2010 5:47 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
it's seriously blowing my mind that in your imagination Nicki Minaj can discern between Lil Wayne's bad tacky ideas and his good ones
― neal page (some dude), Monday, 21 June 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
the lyrics, my god, the lyrics
― I have been forks-style since day one (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 22 June 2010 16:50 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
she is so smashable right now, rawr
― dyao, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 14:08 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
rumrumrumrum
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 17:37 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/OFFICIALWILEY/status/22039642832
:D
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:16 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
:o
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:42 (thirteen years ago) link
genuine lol
― king boy swag (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
SHE'S ON A DIET BUT HER POCKETS EATING CHEESECAKE
― dayo, Sunday, 12 September 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i51.tinypic.com/33454ch.jpg
― one hood ass geometry teacher (The Brainwasher), Monday, 13 September 2010 19:53 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
she does look like she's in labor there
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 September 2010 19:58 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
performance-wise
She was way more entertaining than, say, Usher.
― (¬_¬) (Nicole), Monday, 13 September 2010 20:03 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
^
― markers, Monday, 13 September 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/f4qqag.jpg
― markers, Monday, 13 September 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i would watch this show
― one hood ass geometry teacher (The Brainwasher), Monday, 13 September 2010 21:08 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link
she looks like an actaul oompa loompa in that .gif
― banaka socka flame (J0rdan S.), Monday, 13 September 2010 21:09 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen years ago) link