And also why didn't she perform any new songs from The ReUp. I always thought she pushed the Oceania leg after the release so that she could perform the new songs.
All she needs is a 6-12 month break. If she did that and actually lived her life and smells the roses I guarantee she'll come back new person with **** to actually rap about, like things people can relate to. I can't take another rushed album full brag rapping. I CAN'T!
She doesn't need 6-12 months. She just needs a season (3 months worth of a break. I just hope she does AI and gets some inspiration and then take the early part of summer to go on a nice vacation soak up the sun and have fun then go in the recording studio end of July/August/September
Release the album in November. She needs to secure 3 good eras. Then she can take a break
Think Britney, Beyonce, Rihanna Madonna, etc.
Nicki can't take a break. She needs to have a really good 3rd Era. Then she can think about a break. And Nicki is a hip-hop artist. They don't really take breaks at all.
I think American Idol she should just relax. She doesn't have to go on tour in the U.S...
Oh, crap. I forgot that she will be touring the U.S. in the summer.
Sigh.
Well, wow...
Once she returns from the europe tour
-do the Marilyn monroe video and the next urban single video in December take a xmas vacation.
Start idol..no other promo just idol January-April
Do another urban single video
End idol
Then I guess hit up the tour june/july.
Studio July/August
Another vacation
Start new era in October
November 2013 release.
Then take a 6 month break +2-3 months in the studio
Flawless 4th album era.
"Batman, I'm robbin hoes
I tell them bitches, yo bomanos
These hoes my sons, I'm papa tho
I feed them bitches with papa dough
I'm tropical, you comical
Bitch read my muh ****in chronicle
You my son son, prodigal
And you adopted, I need a biological"
A good showman always leaves the audience wanting more, and Nicki Minaj did that Saturday night.
She burst onto the stage at quarter past nine and was done 90 minutes later. Some of her fans would have spent longer than that padding their leotards.
There was no encore, no warm up act, no intermission, and in the case of some songs not much Nicki either. The celebrity rapper could be seen wandering the stage, most notably during her homage to Marilyn Munroe, the microphone by her side as her recorded words filled the stadium.
The support act, American rapper Tyga, cancelled and was replaced by DJ Tim Phin who did a good job of reviving an enthusiastic crowd into life. The curtain was then pulled revealing Minaj cocooned in a tiny spaceship roaring to the crowd that she was a dungeon dragon, the refrain to her song, Roman's Revenge.
For reasons that are unclear, Minaj likes to be called Roman and Roman's Revenge is a full throttle attack on Lil' Kim, a 38 year old rapper many believe is the muse behind the younger singer's persona. With lyrics like "You play the back bitch, I'm in the front/ You need a job, this ain't cuttin it" nothing is held back.
The full song, which we get at the end of the night, is a duet with Eminem and is better appreciated on CD.
There was one stage set, an elaborate video display and occasional bursts of fireworks. It was well constructed but sets are not what the crowd was there to see and hear. They wanted Roman, and when they got her they were ecstatic.
Most songs were truncated, we were teased with a few bars before the music mixed elsewhere. For a generation raised in clubs where songs are sliced and reassembled like sausage meat they danced along regardless but when a full song was played the roof rattled.
Beez in the Trap was an easy song to sing along to and the crowd obliged, with special delight in belting out the more colourful profanities that define much of her work.
Likewise the catchy Super Base, and there was a howl of appreciation as she emerged in a pink car to the tune of Automatic.
Minaj is a skilled rap singer who made her reputation partly off the back of her accents and clever wordplay. None of this was on display last night. The acoustics meant it was never really possible to appreciate these talents. Her music drowned her out.
This was a shame but the audience didn't seem to mind. Vector held maybe 11,000, most who no doubt had downloaded her music for free, they knew the lyrics by heart. They wanted the experience and were willing to pay for it.
It was a good night, but it was too short, the songs merged and melded in a confused jamboree and the lady of the night seemed more of an ambassador for her music rather than it exploding from her. Some artists feed energy from the crowd and the feeling is reciprocated. Last night felt like a power-point presentation. Engaging but not enthralling.
The final set piece was the song most of know her for, Starships. Minaj ran through the motions, as did we, and then lights came on.
