I'm sure she did but I still don't think it was anywhere near as extreme at what Nicki's been doing. For one, Whitney was ALWAYS a singer. That already is less of a transition. For two, Whitney never started out on some extra ratchet, I'm so hood type of **** either.
No.
Whitney's feedback from the black community pre-The Bodyguard was legitimately ten times worse than anything Nicki's dealt with. Nicki's never been booed at the Soul Train Awards, has she?
Well, you quoted a member that said the Hood doesn't buy albums. You replied saying that's why Rap artists have higher sales than top notch Pop girls. So, it seems to me that you're concluding that Rap fans live in the Hood.
RainMan has a point. If Nicki was a bleached white girl from the suburbs, none of you would care that she's making pop radio friendly music. But since she's black and came from her mixtape days, she's apparently 'selling' out. The racism and stereotyping of it all.
Ur right. Very right. I could see if she put as much of her creative effort into the rap songs like she does the pop but it's not balanced. A lot of the pop songs on the new album sound alike with the dance breaks+vocal delivery. She's trying to please everyone, and although it seems like she has it all under control, she doesn't. She's literally split in two instead of a fusion.
Exactly, she's tried to please both sets of fans on the album and couldn't even bother to do it subtly . The album feels disjointed, yet not the artsy schrizophrenic Roman "disjointed", but rather the rushed blotch job kind. She attempted to please everyone and compromised the cohesiveness of the album. She could have spent more time and created songs that both sets of fans will like rather than designating half an album to each.”
If Nicki was white she could do these pop songs and noone would have a problem. Because shes black shes a sellout and isnt representing the hood anymore. Its pathetic and is a racial stereotype supported by black people against their own. Im saying this generally of course, but its Nickis black fans that are saying shes a sellout and too commercial .. they want her doing mixtapes forever.
RainMan has a point. If Nicki was a bleached white girl from the suburbs, none of you would care that she's making pop radio friendly music. But since she's black and came from her mixtape days, she's apparently 'selling' out. The racism and stereotyping of it all.
Well that's just how life is. It doesn't make sense, but that's just how it is.
Exactly, she's tried to please both sets of fans on the album and couldn't even bother to do it subtlely. The album feels disjointed, yet not the artsy schrizophrenic Roman "disjointed"but rather the rushed blotch job kind. She's tried to please everyone in a way that compromised the cohesiveness of the album. She could have spent more time and created songs that both sets of fans will like rather than designating half an album to each.”
I agree. But she is only one her second album though. You have to give her time to experiment and find a way to please everyone in her fanbase. Both sides are important to her career. Pop fans keep her name relevant in the news and radio, while her hip-hop fans buy her albums. It's just gonna take awhile for both type of fans to be happy. Her fanbase sometimes.
RainMan has a point. If Nicki was a bleached white girl from the suburbs, none of you would care that she's making pop radio friendly music. But since she's black and came from her mixtape days, she's apparently 'selling' out. The racism and stereotyping of it all.
That's not the point.
The point is Nicki has been basically giving a "**** you" to the fans that helped her get on in the first place. It doesn't matter what color she is. Without her "hood mixtape fans" Nicki Minaj wouldn't have even got her record deal in the first place. Nicki could have easily catered to both audiences, but instead she just didn't...
I agree. But she is only one her second album though. You have to give her time to experiment and find a way to please both crowds. Both sides are important to her career. Pop fans keep her name relevant in the news and radio, while her hip-hop fans buy her albums. It's just gonna take awhile for both type of fans to be happy. Her fanbase sometimes.