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Nicki Minaj @ Sydney Entertainment Centre, 30/11/12
Not only was it the first chance for many to see her after the last tour quickly sold out, but for this tour Minaj brought a much bigger stage show and set down under, with YMCMB labelmate Tyga in tow as support.
Minaj may inhabit both rap and pop worlds, but there’s no mistaking where Tyga works - strutting out onto a bare stage with only a DJ to accompany, he warmed up the crowd with a set of crowd-friendly rap. It was dumb fun, at times comically explicit and yet effortlessly enjoyable - though he probably didn’t need to drop his breakthrough track “Rack City” twice in a half-hour set.
Tyga’s set may have hinted that tonight wasn’t going to be a sugary-sweet pop show, and Minaj confirmed it the moment she set foot on stage. Opting to showcase the rap half of her act, she kicked off the show with an aggressive “Come On A Cone”, letting the crowd sing along to the lingering “put my d*ck in your face” refrain.
That brash, determined vibe dominated for the first third of the set, as she powered through her own hits (“Roman Reloaded”, “Beez In The Trap”, “Moment 4 Life”) as well as her verses on others (Drake’s “Make Me Proud”, Rihanna’s “Raining Men”, Trey Songz’ “Bottoms Up”).
She may have started with a focus on rap, but that doesn’t mean that Minaj’s pop star theatrics weren’t on display as well. She brought her biggest stage show to date with her, creating a sea of lights, screens and fireworks that pounded along to every beat, and complemented Minaj herself, who somehow managed to be even louder and more flamboyant than her extravagant stage.
While she isn’t quite as outrageous as she sometimes makes herself out to be (anyone expecting the levitations and exorcisms of her Grammy performance would be disappointed), she flips between extremes - from cutesy to dirty to brash and abrasive - in much the same way as she does on record, making for a domineering stage presence.
She eventually toned things down though, embracing her pop side mid-set with a string of her biggest hits. The earlier hits that cemented her place as a pop star, such as “Right Thru Me” and “Super Bass”, got a huge response from the crowd, but it wasn’t until a series of house/EDM-influenced singles (such as “Pound The Alarm”, “Automatic” and David Guetta’s “Turn Me On”) that the room truly turned into a party - particularly the heaving floor section.
And that’s how it stayed for the rest of the night - even during a brief, but re-energised return to rap (including “Roman’s Revenge” and Kanye West’s “Monster”), all the way to a celebratory, set-closing “Starships”.
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