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Originally posted by TeamMinaj
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PFRR wasn't controversial or experimental. Take your stan goggles off, sir.
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It depends on how you define those words though.
Being experimental does not mean you are just play around with a genre. Experimenting means (to me) to try something new... Nicki did exactly that with Roman Reloaded. She experimented with her own sound (more than two 'loud, Roman' rap tracks, a ratchet anthem, dance pop), her rapping/singing techniques (use of another language as seen with Gun Shot), and the structure of songs (i.e. belting out "dick in your face" in the middle of COAC, Martha doing the chorus of RH with Roman doing the verses, and the promo single Roman in Moscow). She also experimented with herself as a person, with fashion, and with her features during the era. Had we ever gotten a 'serious' and emotion-driven verse from Nicki before Girl on Fire?
Lol, I know that is long, but even with saying all of that... It is all in how you define "experimenting". Roman Reloaded might not be Nicki's "808s & Heartbreak", but it is her most experimental work IMO to date. And it is nothing wrong with admitting to that because RR will always stand out in her discography as an experiment that might never 'fit in' with her other albums. Just look at The Re-Up which is going to be mixed with a new sound and Pink Friday for the third album... Lmao, a totally different direction in comparison.
The only controversial thing about PF:RR was the backlash from her doing pop. Other controversies that happened within the era, though, were indirectly caused by it. Nicki would not have been able to do Idol without Starships thus never would have come into contact with Mariah, etc...
