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Originally posted by Midnight
She clearly stated that she was the female Weezy.
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I think you're the second poster to say that in this thread. Kanye is
Yeezy. Weezy is Lil Wayne. (
Edit: Unless that was your point.
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No, Nicki is too different from him to be the
female version of Kanye. Her dress can get very unconventional, while Kanye is very typical when it comes to his. Her music borders on the line of pop quite frequently, and often crosses over while Kanye is
not a pop artist and he does not create pop music anywhere along the lines of Super Bass, Va Va Voom, Marilyn Monroe, Pound The Alarm, Starships, and many others. Their style of rapping is very different; Kanye goes a little slower and lacks the creative "silly" rapping style that Nicki is pretty popular for.
Their critical acclaim are on completely different levels. Nicki has her share of critical acclaim (i.e. Roman Holiday is a critically acclaimed song) but her albums have not connected very well with critics and it shows in her Metacritic scores. Nicki has yet to get an album score that rivals even Kanye's lowest reviewed album. Just to top it off I'll provide the Metacritic scores.
Kanye West
College Dropout: 87 (for comparison; The Suburbs)
Late Registration: 85
Graduation: 79 (for comparison; Ceremonials)
808s & Heartbreak: 75 (for comparison; Rated R)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy: 94 (for comparison; channel orange has a 93)
Nicki Minaj
Pink Friday: 69
Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: 60
It's also worth noting Kanye is one of the most awarded Grammy artists of all time, while Nicki has yet to receive one. Nicki Minaj
does get good reviews for her albums, but because she changed a bit from her first to second album it makes sense that her Metacritic score took a tumble between the eras. Really, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is one of my favourite albums of the year.
tl;dr? Basically, they're too different to warrant a logical comparison.