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Thread started 08/16/10 2:20am

Spinlight

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Nicki Minaj

I don't expect much of ya'll to know who this... gentlewoman is.

But for those who do - Her flow and style is really reminiscent of Prince's track "Silicon" with weird juxtapositions of blunt metaphors and stylized, off-kilter rhyming.

So cue up your "Silicon" track. Listen to it.

And then listen to..

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ature=av2e

The 2 songs are cousins and her rap flow is very similar to Prince's on "Silicon"...

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Reply #1 posted 08/16/10 2:45am

therevolutionw
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Does she have a CD out?

[Edited 8/16/10 3:18am]

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Reply #2 posted 08/16/10 6:44am

ernestsewell

Seeing as how I don't like "Silicon", I won't be watching that video.

I've seen this chick. She ain't impressive in the least. A lot more hype than substance w/ her.

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Reply #3 posted 08/16/10 8:11am

BklynBabe

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is more impresed by her Rihanna style singing than her rap flow or fashion style....

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Reply #4 posted 08/16/10 9:00am

RebirthOfCool

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She's good for a good fuck and that's about it.

You can call me "ROC" for short wink
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Reply #5 posted 08/16/10 9:29am

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Wasn't she the one rockin' the wedding gown & orange hair at the BET Hot Mess Awards?

I saw her on the pre-show. neutral

I only watched a little of that video. "Silicon" did not come to mind.


"Love Hurts.
Your lies, they cut me.
Now your words don't mean a thing.
I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..."

-Cher, "Woman's World"
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Reply #6 posted 08/16/10 11:37am

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I never liked Silicon. But Nicki Minaj...Ill wait for a CD to actually come out ebcause without one I cant make a judgement
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Reply #7 posted 08/16/10 4:26pm

bboy87

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I'd hit it

"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world."
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Reply #8 posted 08/16/10 6:36pm

Alamine

ernestsewell said:

Seeing as how I don't like "Silicon", I won't be watching that video.

I've seen this chick. She ain't impressive in the least. A lot more hype than substance w/ her.

No, she is not alot more hype.

She got some rap skills, you just don't know anything about rap/hip hop.

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Reply #9 posted 08/16/10 7:24pm

RebirthOfCool

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lol It's fucking hilarious to see the words "rap skills" and "Nicki Gar-baj" in the same discussion.

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Reply #10 posted 08/16/10 8:04pm

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RebirthOfCool said:

lol It's fucking hilarious to see the words "rap skills" and "Nicki Gar-baj" in the same discussion.

Those ain't the skills I'm interested in when I look at her wink lol

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Reply #11 posted 08/16/10 8:32pm

MyNameIsPiper

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The beyotch had to lip-synch a rap song!!!

FAIL.

Honey, stop talking and just create the music.
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Reply #12 posted 08/16/10 8:42pm

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Alamine said:

ernestsewell said:

Seeing as how I don't like "Silicon", I won't be watching that video.

I've seen this chick. She ain't impressive in the least. A lot more hype than substance w/ her.

No, she is not alot more hype.

She got some rap skills, you just don't know anything about rap/hip hop.

I don't want to seem like an elitist.

But if you think Nicki Minaj is dope, Your opinion on Hip-hop has no value.

You are just a fucking Young Money groupie

You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam!
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Reply #13 posted 08/16/10 9:11pm

RebirthOfCool

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bboy87 said:

RebirthOfCool said:

lol It's fucking hilarious to see the words "rap skills" and "Nicki Gar-baj" in the same discussion.

Those ain't the skills I'm interested in when I look at her wink lol

lol

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Reply #14 posted 08/16/10 9:31pm

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Both songs are mediocre at best. Both artists also suck at hip hop. I could imagine both artists to star in my wet dreams. So yeah, alike.

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Reply #15 posted 08/16/10 10:01pm

funkycat00

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I'm really feeling that "your love" song biggrin

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Reply #16 posted 08/17/10 12:16am

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RebirthOfCool said:

lol It's fucking hilarious to see the words "rap skills" and "Nicki Gar-baj" in the same discussion.

co-sign X 10000000000000000000

"Let love be your perfect weapon..." ~~Andy Biersack
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Reply #17 posted 08/17/10 1:26am

purplesweat

She's fun.

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Reply #18 posted 08/17/10 7:58am

RebirthOfCool

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noimageatall said:

RebirthOfCool said:

lol It's fucking hilarious to see the words "rap skills" and "Nicki Gar-baj" in the same discussion.

co-sign X 10000000000000000000

lol

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Reply #19 posted 08/17/10 8:33am

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bboy87 said:

RebirthOfCool said:

lol It's fucking hilarious to see the words "rap skills" and "Nicki Gar-baj" in the same discussion.

Those ain't the skills I'm interested in when I look at her wink lol

You could do better with an actual porn star. lol

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Reply #20 posted 08/17/10 10:58am

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I actually think she's pretty hot. But then I like usually go for the slightly "different" looking ones. lol Rap skills? Eh, whatever. What does that even mean anymore? I mean, I recognize when somebody actually has them. But all it takes for a portion of the music listening/buying/downloading public to believe an artist is "good", or "important", these days is for somebody to tell them they are. Drake and Nicki are both perfect examples of this. Regardless of her "rap skills", I've liked a couple of the tracks I've heard her on. Again, at least she's something different.

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Reply #21 posted 08/17/10 11:02am

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Cerebus said:

I actually think she's pretty hot. But then I like usually go for the slightly "different" looking ones. lol Rap skills? Eh, whatever. What does that even mean anymore? I mean, I recognize when somebody actually has them. But all it takes for a portion of the music listening/buying/downloading public to believe an artist is "good", or "important", these days is for somebody to tell them they are. Drake and Nicki are both perfect examples of this. Regardless of her "rap skills", I've liked a couple of the tracks I've heard her on. Again, at least she's something different.

neutral Ok how is she different? It's all been done before and better. shrug

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Reply #22 posted 08/17/10 11:13am

Cerebus

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noimageatall said:

Cerebus said:

I actually think she's pretty hot. But then I like usually go for the slightly "different" looking ones. lol Rap skills? Eh, whatever. What does that even mean anymore? I mean, I recognize when somebody actually has them. But all it takes for a portion of the music listening/buying/downloading public to believe an artist is "good", or "important", these days is for somebody to tell them they are. Drake and Nicki are both perfect examples of this. Regardless of her "rap skills", I've liked a couple of the tracks I've heard her on. Again, at least she's something different.

neutral Ok how is she different? It's all been done before and better. shrug

Really? Please list the names of the artists that look or perform like her. I'd like to check them out. biggrin Regardless, I meant different in the context of being different than all the boring, redundant crap that's out there right now. So I guess you should tell me who else is out there like her right now, too. lol

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Reply #23 posted 08/17/10 11:14am

Cerebus

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Note: Please remember that I did mention her as being an example of what's good because somebody said she is. It ain't all that serious. I just think she's more interesting than a lot of the alternatives. Because there really isn't any.

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Reply #24 posted 08/17/10 11:20am

JabarR74

The Black Lady Gaga

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Reply #25 posted 08/17/10 11:27am

RebirthOfCool

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Cerebus said:

noimageatall said:

neutral Ok how is she different? It's all been done before and better. shrug

Really? Please list the names of the artists that look or perform like her. I'd like to check them out. biggrin Regardless, I meant different in the context of being different than all the boring, redundant crap that's out there right now. So I guess you should tell me who else is out there like her right now, too. lol

lol Let's start with the obvious one, one whom she's totally jacked her steelo from = Lil Kim.

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Reply #26 posted 08/17/10 12:06pm

baroque

i love that song your love

"maybe i meet him

when i was a geisha and was a samurai"

met him in the swai

understood him when he spoke thai?

whats a swai?

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Reply #27 posted 08/17/10 3:32pm

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RebirthOfCool said:

Cerebus said:

Really? Please list the names of the artists that look or perform like her. I'd like to check them out. biggrin Regardless, I meant different in the context of being different than all the boring, redundant crap that's out there right now. So I guess you should tell me who else is out there like her right now, too. lol

lol Let's start with the obvious one, one whom she's totally jacked her steelo from = Lil Kim.

Definitely THIS!

Honey, stop talking and just create the music.
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Reply #28 posted 08/17/10 3:39pm

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baroque said:

i love that song your love

"maybe i meet him

when i was a geisha and was a samurai"

met him in the swai

understood him when he spoke thai?

whats a swai?

hmmm let's listen closer.....

Anyway I think I met him in the Sky
When I was a Geisha he was a Samurai
Somehow I understood him when he spoke Thai
Never spoke lies and he never broke fly

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Reply #29 posted 08/17/10 3:51pm

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Cerebus said:

noimageatall said:

neutral Ok how is she different? It's all been done before and better. shrug

Really? Please list the names of the artists that look or perform like her. I'd like to check them out. biggrin Regardless, I meant different in the context of being different than all the boring, redundant crap that's out there right now. So I guess you should tell me who else is out there like her right now, too. lol

1. Lil'Kim (the person that Nicki Minaj ripped-off the most!)

2. The Spice Girls (especially Geri & Mel B)

3. The Mary Jane Girls

Now go back to YouTube and watch all of the music videos of THESE^ artists and then you can talk to us old-timers about how "great" Nicki is suppose to be. wink

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