This is true.

Many of us have known this for months...years even.

@ MCBeth trying to dictate who is a "true stan"

Of course race was brought up Nicki has previously been more successful than Iggy has ever been as a black mc. Stop Nicki is just falling short. What y'all need to know is that it's okay to fall short sometimes. No one is on top forever, and Nicki can still snatch back.

Queen of rap doesn't even have a gold certified album after the biggest single of the year .!

This is an ARTPOP after the sales predictions sized mess that I am seeing about everything TPP and Nicki today

But... The Pinkprint is a very pop record? Many music critics and hip hop heads have noted that.

By your logic, the OP should love The Pinkprint (and Roman Reloaded, to be fair).

I live for threads like this.

I hope so badly that Iggy win the Grammy for best rap album the meltdowns going to epic

I'd be here for the show The meltdowns and news articles. It'd be like watching a burning train riding full speed off a cliff into an ocean of nuclear explosives and dynamite, only to rebound off Nicki's ass and start the whole process over again.

Wait. Why do you care about "real hip hop" when you were at Nicki's throat to drop POP music? Bitch, what?

I think you're using this situation to distance yourself from Nicki. A hand over myself to another country tea.

It's not unfortunate. In a purely waterdowned music industry where fan bases rely on album sales versus actual artistry and critical merit. Hiphop doesn't follow Top 40 trends, if it crosses over Great! If it doesn't, so be it. They sell albums based on what they do versus selling out.

Fancy is in no way, shape, or form better than anything in Nicki's discography and I'm even including the mess that was Roman Reloaded. Even that pop fiasco was better than the new classic.

Mad props to you for admitting this. So many other Barbz are trying to deflect and make up excuses for the album and you're telling the truth.