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I'm having a really hard time supporting her this era. She can go from making amazing songs like "Roman Reloaded" & fun, individual tunes like "Stupid Hoe" to non-sensical, disposable pop like Starships that while catchy & certainly listenable, it demeans her artistry.
Her image is the worst part. These chilidish outfits, atrocious album covers (I've attempted to refrain from commenting on it but it really is hideous - BtW standard cover is no longer the worst album cover of recent years), & following rather than leading is really bothering me. She's so confused as an artist & has no idea how she wants the general public to conceive her. Is she the rapper who sings occasionally or the popstar who can... oh wait... rap as well? Does she want to be a credible rapper or contradict herself in songs that appear a week apart from one another? (RR's lyrics contradict what Starships implies - that she sold out to go commercial).
As a fan, I'm extremely confused. I think she is confused as well. What she said is pretty ridiculous - yeah, you're the first really popular female rap artist in a long time, & yeah people dress like you, but I think every pop girl (she's pretty much in the league of pop girls now), has tons of people dress up like them. They're the most easy to emulate in terms of style (most recognizable). I also think she has undermined the significance of her success with Starships. Indeed, she is the first female rap artist to kill the game in YEARS, but, that's not what she's being recognized for most anymore. Starships has been Top 10 for two weeks, while Roman Reloaded, her most hip-hop song in a long time, can not even make the Top 30.
Anyway, I'll buy the album, but I'm really worried. The album cover better not be an indication of the remaining tracks.
I've heard Young Forever & Roman Holiday as well & the first is good but the second is terrible.