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Single: Nicki Minaj - "Lookin' Ass"
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Originally posted by HenryR
The reason is because when Nicki uses the word "nigqa" they think it just applies to black men, but when someone uses the word bitch it applies to all races nowadays.
People think the song is ONLY targeting black men, I guess people don't know that the term "nigqa" can be applied to all races now.  |
I completely disagree w/ the bolded part. But I see your point.
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Member Since: 5/16/2012
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Barbz: Nicki has received quite the interesting article. Get in tha thread. 
About to update the stats as well w/ new praise, the Cassidy remix, and this article.
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Member Since: 2/2/2014
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Originally posted by HenryR
The reason is because when Nicki uses the word "nigqa" they think it just applies to black men, but when someone uses the word bitch it applies to all races nowadays.
People think the song is ONLY targeting black men, I guess people don't know that the term "nigqa" can be applied to all races now. |
People are so lazy on their hate that they dion't even care if their information and arguments are correct or not. So ignorant it hurts.
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Member Since: 6/2/2012
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I completely don't mind the controversy. It's working in her favor. She knew what she was doing.
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
I completely don't mind the controversy. It's working in her favor. She knew what she was doing.
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I agree. It's not horrible controversy in the vein of SH. It's more of social commentary with different views, which is getting her name out in all formats of mainstream media for the first time since Idol, really.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
I completely don't mind the controversy. It's working in her favor. She knew what she was doing.
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Right. I'm here for this.
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Member Since: 2/2/2014
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I wonder how people would have perceived the song if she released the clean version first, with hitta.
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Member Since: 4/20/2012
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Originally posted by OnikaLovato
I completely disagree w/ the bolded part. But I see your point.
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Why do you disagree? All races are using the word to each other nowadays.
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Member Since: 5/16/2012
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Post-24 Hour Round Up
The WS video is less than 20k away from 10,000,000 views. [ x]
The Youtube video has reached 4,000,000 views.[ x]
She has eclipsed pretty much every track that was released on that same day thanks to a mixture of controversy (blogs still talking about the unofficial artwork), ****** being upset, women being empowered, Vine, and IG as well as remixes from rappers on a mainstream level and an underground level as well as everyday people.
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Originally posted by Time
Nicki Minaj has harnessed the concept of balance like few artists before her: it’s a major part of her success in every imaginable realm, from music to merchandising to the cultivation of her persona. She’s a pure pop star who crashes the charts and pals around with toddlers on The Ellen DeGeneres Show; simultaneously, she’s a ferocious, obscenely talented MC who makes a habit of chewing up and spitting out rappers crazy enough to let her drop the hammer on a guest verse.
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Originally posted by Complex
She isn't just for repping like-minded fans anymore. Her labyrinthine bars are more like misandry mission statements [...] She's using the exact language men use to hold women down to turn them into the fairer sex. And instead of delineating herself as the only woman able to do this, she's drafted a blueprint (or, pink print in this case) for other women to do the same [...] She's potentially opening up the floodgates—with a little preemptive push from Beyoncé—for a year dominated by women.
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Originally posted by JS Online
No matter how crude and unsophisticated her method of delivery may have been there is substance to her argument: she is in essence assuming the same representational space as Malcolm X, just in a different setting, time, space and understanding. Think about the context in which we see Malcolm X peering out of his window. What’s being represented in that image?
he image poses both an unwavering heroism and intimate vulnerability. It speaks to the viewer in the same way a portrait of a woman standing in front of her children with a shotgun pointed at an intruder would. She’s essentially propagating the same notion. Only her opposition is not would be assassins, but rather male hegemony: a misogynistic system of oppression in which men lay claim to biological superiority, allowing them to set the rules of society and define gender roles.
In her video, Minaj employs the same narrative concept implied in Malcolm’s photo. She is aware of her role and the limits of her power, even as an international pop star. And while she has played the game, both to her detriment and benefit, she is now looking to take that power into her own hands; the same power constituted in Malcolm’s posture.
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Member Since: 4/20/2012
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The thing I hate the most is people saying she can't rap & is rhyming the word n-gga with n-gga.
To me, the best part of the song is this:
Bitch I'm me, hundred on the wrist, I ski
Art on the wall, Basqui, **** who see
Look at you fake dope dealers
Know real n-ggas that be movin' weight in them villas
Talkin' 'bout key's, say it's key's in the van
But he really move grams and he split it with his mans
Because she just went so much harder & she's not using n-gga in every line. If the whole song was like that I doubt some people would be saying it's wack, she doesn't know how to rhyme, etc. I feel like that part really shows her lyrical ability compared to the rest of the song.
I still really like the whole song & it's meaning though.
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Member Since: 6/2/2012
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Originally posted by HenryR
The thing I hate the most is people saying she can't rap & is rhyming the word n-gga with n-gga.
To me, the best part of the song is this:
Bitch I'm me, hundred on the wrist, I ski
Art on the wall, Basqui, **** who see
Look at you fake dope dealers
Know real n-ggas that be movin' weight in them villas
Talkin' 'bout key's, say it's key's in the van
But he really move grams and he split it with his mans
Because she just went so much harder & she's not using n-gga in every line. If the whole song was like that I doubt some people would be saying it's wack, she doesn't know how to rhyme, etc. I feel like that part really shows her lyrical ability compared to the rest of the song.
I still really like the whole song & it's meaning though.
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The N-word isn't the ending rhyme.
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Aatthew. 
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Member Since: 4/20/2012
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Originally posted by SebaMonster
The N-word isn't the ending rhyme.
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I know it's not in some parts.
But some people are still on their repetitive sh-t saying she rhymed n-gga with n-gga regardless.
I'm just saying personally I wish more of the song was like the last part, but that's just my opinion.
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Member Since: 4/20/2012
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Originally posted by Aatthew
Post-24 Hour Round Up
The WS video is less than 20k away from 10,000,000 views. [ x]
The Youtube video has reached 4,000,000 views.[ x]
She has eclipsed pretty much every track that was released on that same day thanks to a mixture of controversy (blogs still talking about the unofficial artwork), ****** being upset, women being empowered, Vine, and IG as well as remixes from rappers on a mainstream level and an underground level as well as everyday people.
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Queen. 
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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Originally posted by HenryR
I know it's not in some parts.
But people are still on their repetitive sh-t saying she rhymed n-gga with n-gga regardless.
I'm just saying personally I wish more of the song was like the last part, but that's just my opinion.
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You need to stop worrying about what people think, lol. You can have an opinion on the song, but don't use what "people" think as justification.
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Member Since: 6/2/2012
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Originally posted by HenryR
I know it's not in some parts.
But people are still on their repetitive sh-t saying she rhymed n-gga with n-gga regardless.
I'm just saying personally I wish more of the song was like the last part, but that's just my opinion.
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It's not in any part.  She keeps rhyming the word before "ass ******" throughout the whole song. When people say that, just answer that it's not the ending rhyme.
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Member Since: 5/16/2012
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Originally posted by Nasiir15
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We gotta clock lessors when they try to deny Nicki's impact.
I have a great feeling about this era and I want to be able to pull receipts whenever someone tries to downplay her this era. A lot of these tweets and articles would get lost in the internet had I not compiled them.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Originally posted by HenryR
I know it's not in some parts.
But some people are still on their repetitive sh-t saying she rhymed n-gga with n-gga regardless.
I'm just saying personally I wish more of the song was like the last part, but that's just my opinion.
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Does the n-gga rhyme scheme bother you more because people make these comments, or does it just naturally bother you? Honest question.
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Originally posted by Nasiir15
Aatthew. |
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Originally posted by HenryR
Why do you disagree? All races are using the word to each other nowadays.
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It's okay, nevermind. It's not worth getting into right now.
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Originally posted by Aatthew
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Yes at Nicki's song reaching all throughout the urban and male demographic. Get that promo sis.
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