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Originally posted by JayRockafella
Why weren't labels signing female rappers before the success of pink friday? You may not like nicki but the fact of the matter she did
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Why are we still seeing just one female rapper on the mainstream landscape? Cause Nicki is a rare success. Female rappers have always been signed. The only thing is that they didn't had that x factor that made Minaj to be recognizable among the females rappers: her weirdness. And as strange as it appears, Minaj success is strongly ligated to the pop world. Super Bass is the song and the video that MADE her career as of now. And we all know that song is pop-infused.
There has always been female rappers and them making big deals, but they never came up to the top also because they didn't have the right management. Nicki had some clever association with Sean Kingston, Kanye and Weezy. You'd think that her being a rookie and getting this kind of help would have to be associated with her rapid arisal. There's nothing groundbreaking about this or about her music. The only groundbreaking thing about Ms. Minaj is that she has her head so up her ass she feels the need to talk as if she was some kind of Missy Elliot second coming.
Oh, and I actually like some of her songs, it doesn't mean I hate her. It means I'm objective about my likings.