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Originally posted by Captain Planet
Missy Elliott? Lauryn Hill? And they didn't do that by being a feature artist on a bunch of big names' tracks either.
I like Nicki, may joke around about her and definitely do not like how Kim went at her, but these are the type of exaggerations I dislike and most of them come from young teenage queens and girls. Nicki has yet to get a HUGE single by herself, she has yet to get a Platinum album (her album won't be out until tomorrow) and she has yet to get any big awards like the Grammys (look at Missy, Eve, Kim, Lauryn, Salt-n-Pepa and Latifah). So, I do not know how she is the "biggest" or "most talked about" female rapper ever when there has been no proof of that. Now, she may be the most talked about female rapper in a long time. I'd give you that, but stop with the exaggerations.
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Okay, not ever, that was an exaggeration. But in the long term, Nicki IS going to have a Platinum album, even if she doesn't, albums don't sell anymore so you can't count on that entirely. She's easily going to swift Grammys, she has zero strong competition. Yeah, Nicki is dominating and no one's there to compete. It's very obvious you have something against the woman, she's successful, talented, on her way to being one of the best Rappers alive, and you are very aware of all of that but you insist on hating. Her stans might exaggerate her success, but then again you have GaGa's stans who make an event out of her wearing a telephone on her head. I have always seen Nicki as the Pop reinvention of Missy Elliot, and her songs are even more Radio friendly and bubbly. Adding to that, she's got so much swag and a new style, something new to the table, and the music industry knows who Nicki Minaj is and how powerful and strong she is and the woman just released her album yesterday. Watch her smash.