There was a time when Nicki Minaj was defined as much by her image as by her bars — by her many alter-egos, her outlandish costumes and hairstyles, and her tendency to break into a British accent (or, on occasion, into tongues).
But that's all over now.
Wearing a classic black number courtesy of Alexander McQueen on Monday, the Cash Money MC told MTV News that she's getting back to her roots — both literally and figuratively.
"I went so far to the other side that there's only one place to go from there," Minaj told us while promoting "The Other Woman." "You can either continue doing costumes or you can just say, 'Hey guess what? This will shock them even more. Doing nothing will shock them even more.'"
"The tracks on Pink Print are back to my hip-hop roots. And I don't think it's something that I'm necessarily trying to do. As soon as I started working on my new album, that's just the songs that I've been writing," she said, adding that not every track on the album is like "Lookin' Ass" and "Chi-Raq."
In fact, she teased that she'll have a track out next week that is "nothing like" them. "I'm just gonna do what my heart tells me to do."
So, does that mean we might hear something along the lines of "Starship" or the equally pop-friendly "Super Bass"?
Why doesn't she wanna do pop I get she's trying to get the urban.audience back or whatever but they don't buy music like mainstream pop listeners do.
They buy singles not albums and there are ENDLESS rappers that do fine without a single in the top 10. She'll be fine. + She wants to get the respect she deserves as an emcee. After everything she went through with PFRR she's in a place where she needs to prove some of the hip hop community wrong.
They buy singles not albums and there are ENDLESS rappers that do fine without a single in the top 10. She'll be fine. + She wants to get the respect she deserves as an emcee. After everything she went through with PFRR she's in a place where she needs to prove some of the hip hop community wrong.
Idk I don't want her to become irrelevant in mainstream culture and I feel her doing pop is what pushed her past the other female rappers.
Fancy is turning out to be a huge hit, and other songs like Happy, Talk Dirty, Show Me, Turn Down For What, Loyal, Dark Horse, Drunk in Love, etc. have smashed, so I think Nicki is doing the right thing tbh.
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I'm actually surprised she said that in reference to "Super Bass", though.
I agree. Super Bass isn't pure pop like Starships is.
"You can either continue doing costumes or you can just say, 'Hey guess what? This will shock them even more. Doing nothing will shock them even more.'"
I get she's trying to get the urban.audience back or whatever but they don't buy music like mainstream pop listeners do.
