on the other hand she can come on my cone like whenever
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 March 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
16. Young Forever (Produced by Dr. Luke) 3:07
^^haha for a minute i was all sweet luke skywalker is producing nicki but then i googled and i guess it's some dumb guy from the SNL band that produces pop music now
― the penultimate prophets (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
i guess you could call him that, yeah
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
I googled this Obama guy and he's some dumb senator for Illinois who's running the executive branch now
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
Remember when you went to the ER last week for hummus injuries? Our taxes paid for it.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 March 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
This album is one Mutt Lange collab away from being his year's Born This Way.
― Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Friday, 30 March 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
probably will have a similar overall arc, yeah
― some dude, Friday, 30 March 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
"gun shot" on loop
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
right there wit ya
― r|t|c, Friday, 30 March 2012 09:58 (twelve years ago) link
MAKE THE GYAL DEM KNOOOOOOW
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 10:04 (twelve years ago) link
it is so brilliantly constructed tho. like i know i said "becomes a duet" upthread but that doesn't quite do it justice the way it builds with nicki and beenie each having two completely separate scenes to themselves apart from one another (their own different choruses even!), bound by the beat's heart-fluttering hushed twinkling, and how it just ERUPTS with them finally coming together and almost just shouting the chorus at each other with the gunshots BOOM, BOOM, BOOM every line
― r|t|c, Friday, 30 March 2012 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
of course the only kane beatz production on the album - pushing those 'super bass' emotional buttons again
can't believe i had to spend an afternoon defending him from j0rdan's bizarro abuse that time
― r|t|c, Friday, 30 March 2012 10:30 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't realise kane beatz also did "good fucking night"
there's a bonus track, "va va voom", which is okay in a kind of "consciously going for the super bass feel again" way, but rtc otm in that "gun shot" is the one that actually gets there
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
this is really corny but will probably sound good on the radio
― lag∞n affiliated (The Reverend), Tuesday, February 14, 2012 10:37 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i was v wrong about this btw
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Friday, 30 March 2012 11:52 (twelve years ago) link
haha
i like the obnoxious "higher than a motherfucker" section of the song but it's not really enough to redeem the rest of it for me
― some dude, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
bound by the beat's heart-fluttering hushed twinkling
those oo-oo-oo-oo-oos are killing me
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
this isn't going to be a single is it :(
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
man, does ross sound totally lost on "i am your leader"
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
cam is amazing on that tho
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
this shit reminds me of like a ludacris album or something, tho i guess it's a bit more pop. also nicki doesn't have a 'back for the first time' under her belt.
i wonder how the push/pull b/w "best selling female rapper of all time! and "but she's never made a great album!" will play out. feel like maybe she'll drop a straight rap mixtape to shut everyone up.
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ your first comments on this album being about...rick ross and cam'ron, not nicki minaj
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
luda albums seems like a pretty accurate point of comparison
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Friday, 30 March 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know. i mean i don't have much to say that hasn't been said already. everything up until "champion" is hype as fuck and after that it's all TUPAC PLEASE TALK TO THIS SUCKER CUZ THEY'RE RUINING HIP HOP shit
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
the first 17 seconds of "beautiful sinner" are incredible, shame about the rest really... but that's probably the best one out of that whole stretch of songs.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Friday, 30 March 2012 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
nicki may well outsell missy, lauryn, kim, etc. within a few years but that def hasn't happened yet
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Friday, 30 March 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
some of the pop stuff on here is so bad that it actually makes me appreciate "starships" (which listening to it more is basically an amalgamation of "california gurls" and "til the world ends")
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
nicki accidentally emailed "whip it" to birdman instead of the creative director for the mario kart wii sequel, right?
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
also kinda disappointed that "hov lane" doesn't turn into the throwback 99 cash money track that it threatens to be in the first three seconds
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
also this is sorta nitpicking cuz i do think the rap tracks at the beginning (save "champion" are great) but this reminds me of the ross tape from this year where it feels like the person is really at the top of their game and in a perfect and very singular place with their sound and then they throw half the verses at guest rappers.
i mean, i like ross & cam on "i am your leader" but i need three verse from nicki on that
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 17:07 (twelve years ago) link
i realise how nerdy "alternative track listings" are but this album begs for it
roman in moscowroman holidaycome on a conei am your leaderbeez in the trapstupid hoehov lanepound the alarmva va voomroman reloadedchampiongun shots
THERE, 12 TRACKS, THAT IS ALBUM LENGTH AND WOULD HAVE BEEN SO AMAZING
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
"whip it" and "automatic" are my two favorites of the pop stuff, i guess
― J0rdan S., Friday, 30 March 2012 17:21 (twelve years ago) link
"Come on a Cone" is fabulous. I've been playing for the kids all morning.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 March 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
i love the finality with which she sings "SUCK A BIG DICK" on the "i am your leader" hook
― lex pretend, Friday, 30 March 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
six people in my office turned around when she sang that hook
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 March 2012 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
then the associate dean of the journalism walked in and said, "Hey guys! What's goin' on?" and I said we were discussing the newly leaked Minaj album.
"Do you think she's talented?" His lips curled as if to suggest the answer was obvious to anyone with a molecule.
"I love her flow and jokes," one of the students said.
"It's not because she's 'controversial' [SCARE QUOTES]? I dunno. It's a dead genre. It needs a new wave."
I said, "Do you want new wave or do you want the truth?" He didn't get the remark and changed the subject.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 March 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Kill that dude IMO.
I trust Lex on this so I am going to only obtain the tracks he lists above and order them accordingly.
― Tim F, Friday, 30 March 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
"christopher bosh" is such a lol and hardbody punchline
― dayo, Friday, 30 March 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
somebody please surgically remove weezy from roman reloaded
― dayo, Friday, 30 March 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
anyone with a molecule
excelsior
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Friday, 30 March 2012 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
add starships (daleplay remix) between pound the alarm + va va voom, and yes this is the perfect tracklist
― nowadays suckers seem to be so fucking naïve (uberweiss), Saturday, 31 March 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
every song with "roman" in the title can fuck off imo
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
also lol at "beez in the trap" apparently being in the amazing unimpeachable half of the album, maybe i don't need to hear this
― Eisbaerg Slim (some dude), Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
the track she did at the grammy's sounds muuuuuch better on the album... really cool drums and she pulls off the chorus really well. it's prob one of the best few songs on the album.
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
cant stand the chorus personally :/
― dayo, Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
still diggin beez in the trap
― dayo, Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
"beez in the trap" kinda grew on me... it's being overrated as the best song on the album but the beat is pretty hot
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
yeah the beat is what makes it
― dayo, Saturday, 31 March 2012 03:26 (twelve years ago) link
I dunno who 2 chains are tho
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― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Saturday, 31 March 2012 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
i was gonna do that, but u beat me to it
― #yolo contendere (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 31 March 2012 05:31 (twelve years ago) link