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Celeb News: Nicki Minaj, Pac, Andre praised for uniqueness and flow
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Nicki Minaj, Pac, Andre praised for uniqueness and flow
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Originally posted by Hip-Hop DX
In a sea of styles, flows, regional influences and cultures, these 11 stand out for their individuality, creativity and uniquely divergent deliveries.
But what the hell is delivery? Well, we’re defining delivery/flow as how you say words and as how you string them together within and throughout a beat. [...] So below, we present a list of 11 emcees who all have very unique deliveries for a variety of reasons, whether it be influenced by dialect or just personal creative tenor, and even though nothing is new under the sun, we can still stand around and appreciate the bars. This is not a ranked list, but feel free to argue amongst yourselves as far as who employs the most unique delivery.
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Nicki's blurb:
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Originally posted by Hip-Hop DX
Sample Verse - “Monster”: “Forget Barbie, **** Nicki cause she’s fake / She’s on a diet but her pockets eating cheesecake / And I’ll say bride of Chucky is child’s play / Just killed another career, it’s a mild day / Besides ‘Ye, they can’t stands besides me / I think me, you and Am should ménage Friday…”
Nicki Minaj has been walking the Hip Hop/Pop tightrope since her debut and follow-up albums Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded featured songs like “Super Bass” and “Starships,” but what gets overlooked is Nicki might be the second fastest crossover star in Hip Hop history with a right to claim the space. There’s the Pitbull’s of the world who’ve moved from making traditional Hip Hop onto greener Pop pastures, but Nicki’s bars are nothing to ever sneeze at. You may be able to tell when she’s rhyming for a different audience, but any rapper who has once rhymed, “Pink whip, thick ass, give em’ whiplash” and can then get little girls to dance to one of their hits on Ellen has figured out something others are still trying to.
When the black Barbie is rapping (like we want her to rap, of course), she is charismatic and precise, and, you know, she’s back to rapping. On Young Thug’s breakout hit “Danny Glover,” she spits New York nostalgia wherein she throws bar over bar on top of each other like some teetering Jenga set. There’s more. On “Lookin’ Ass *****” she comes for people’s senses once again, pinpointing a cadence that seems to flow in both directions. But it’s her alter-egos that make her stand out. On “Monster,” she raps as both Nicki Minaj who’s soft voiced style is conversational and Roman, her aggressive moniker that growls in a grizzly pitch. So, multiple personas each with it’s own specific set of flows? We’d say that makes for a unique delivery.
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Queen of Hip-Hop.
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Queen of Hip-Hop.
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Here for a mellow Nicki ft. Andre 3000 track or her sampling Pac.
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I see no lies
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The Danny Glover praise. It's a godsend.
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The tea has been served. Drink up, sistrens.
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Originally posted by MDJD11
Here for a mellow Nicki ft. Andre 3000 track or her sampling Pac.
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Nicki was actually supposed to be on the Tupac-sampled Hit 'Em Up by Tyga, but she backed out for some reason and Tyga replaced her with Jadakiss. Then, the sample didn't go thru so they had to remove Tupac's bits for the album version.
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Nicki flow is amazing.
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Queen of Hip-Hop.
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The acclaim is just, astounding. Her lyricism is just. She's getting more and more respected for the work she puts in.
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Only the KING of hip hop.
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Originally posted by Aatthew
Nicki was actually supposed to be on the Tupac-sampled Hit 'Em Up by Tyga, but she backed out for some reason and Tyga replaced her with Jadakiss. Then, the sample didn't go thru so they had to remove Tupac's bits for the album version.
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Well Nicki commented on the Michael Jackson hologram performance, saying that she doesn't really agree with posthumous releases and performances as it hasn't been approved by the artist... Which doesn't sit well with her. So maybe she pulled out for that reason.
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Where is The New Trash? Poor Piggy
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Get that acclaim from Hip-Hop DX, I guess?
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Originally posted by Willy.
The acclaim is just, astounding. Her lyricism is just.
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Unmatched. Underrated.
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Originally posted by Starburst
Get that acclaim from Hip-Hop DX, I guess?
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Get that acclaim from Hip-Hop publications and the Urban community, yes.
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oop they didnt lie. she truly is the QUEEN
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None of Nicki's competition (male or female) was listed. The true king of rap for our generation.
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