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Originally posted by Cap10Planet
Of course pop fans would be here for her. She was making music for pop fans. What point are you even making?
I'm talking about that other poster saying how no one had an issue with Nicki doing pop music but Iggy is a bad guy for doing Hip Hop. You're comparing two different artists, genres and situations. Nicki received backlash for doing pop music, which in turn, made her go back to her roots with her follow up release. While she was able to find success, she had tainted her brand. Even the pop fans here made fun of Nicki doing songs with Dr. Luke and wanting to be like Katy and Ke$ha.
Why do you keep on saying the Hip Hop crowd, as if Rock, Country and R&B fans aren't just as protective over their genres, artists and cultures as Hip Hop? All of those fans have had something to say about the watering down of their artists for mainstream pleasure. Most of those pop fans you speak of are fickle as **** and will drop those artists as quickly as possible once they decide to even remotely go back to their genres. Meanwhile, for the most part, Hip Hop, Rock, Country and R&B radio will most likely give those artists a chance if they did choose to come back.
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Nicki received backlash from the HIP HOP crowd for jumping to Pop. She was originally a hip hop artist.
Iggy is receiving backlash from the Hip Hop crowd for being in Hip Hop at ALL.
That's the difference. And the main reason, again, goes back to stereotypes and close-mindedness. We aren't talking about country/rock, etc, though if we were, I would probably be equally critical about them if they were so vehemently against Taylor Swift.
Thing is, the main criticism for Iggy isn't that her music ISN'T Hip Hop, but that she's white, from australia, etc and shouldn't have so much success. That's just stupid. Quality is subjective. And you can't blackball people from your genre because music and musical style isn't owned by anyone.
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Originally posted by cherrygoddess
And what about when Nicki was dressing all weird and wearing wigs and stuff, she was ripped apart but when Gaga and Katy did it they were "innovators" and "creative" all in the same year. Dont try to say the public wasnt against Nicki when they were.
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No one minded Nicki dressing weirdly, but they would laugh rightfully so when she dressed weirdly AND badly, just as they mocked Lady Gaga and Katy for their mistakes too.