Common: “Iggy Azalea Isn’t On Nicki Minaj’s Level”

Published: Friday 5th Sep 2014 by David

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Is Iggy Azalea on the same level as Nicki Minaj?

No…would be the answer one would receive if they asked Grammy award winner Common, who weighed in on the comparisons between the two hours ago.

Why he feels Iggy would be incapable of taking on Minaj in a Rap battle?

His opinion after the jump…


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  1. Me>>>you September 5, 2014

    He is correct tho. In my opinion Iggy is no where Nicki’s level at all. I mean the only thing her fans talk about is that #1 single. How about her album? Isn’t it stuck somewhere in 400k world wide after 6 months of its realese? So Iggy fans should calm down a little bit.

    • KMichelle 4 Zayn Malik September 5, 2014

      Nicki slays her even we we don’t throw sales into the equation but I don’t want to shade Iggy too much because it’s not like she’s trying to beat Nicki, she’s just trying to do her.

    • OnikaSaidJump September 5, 2014

      We don’t even have to take it to sales honey and we don’t even have to take it gutter hardcore Nicki. Even if you take a Pop song from Nicki and a Pop song from Iggy you will see that Nicki’s metaphors and overall delivery are on a ten at all times. Iggy still slays me with her flow though.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      All yall eat me box

  2. booboo bye September 5, 2014

    And Nicki will never be on kim’s, dead lol i kid.

    • Lana Del Bae September 5, 2014

      Yes dear, because she surpassed her years ago.

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        Biitch don’t u have an A meeting to attend you drunkn ho…

    • RemyMadeMe September 5, 2014

      No shade but coming first doesn’t make you better. TGJ said something that stuck with me once and it was something like Nicki took Kim’s recipe and made a better meal out of it. Mad true.

      • The Truth Emeritus September 5, 2014

        Nicki took Kim’s recipe and the industry made it better for Nicki. The industry is totally different these days than when artist came out when Kim did. Nicki should be thanking God she didn’t have to be first.

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        Worry about that MSN u standn for u broke down ran tthru ho

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        ‘MAN’

    • booboo bye September 5, 2014

      I was playing Damn! ya’ll are so pressed on this dry tired a** site lol you h**’s need to get over yourselves.

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        HONEY DONT APOLOGIZE to this broke bitvhes!! I gotcho back!! U told the gotdamnit truth. Tell these hoez to eat u

  3. ConfessionsofaGoodKisser September 5, 2014

    Def Jam tried their damned hardest to pump Iggy up to be this superstar but rap isn’t like Pop, you actually have to be a good rapper to be respected even if you’re spitting on a Pop beat. At the end of the day, the only place Iggy beats Nicki is in her videos which are far more creative that Nicki’s but as far as being an overall artist goes Iggy isn’t touching her.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Stfu u dicksucka

  4. TheMiseducationOfMissy September 5, 2014

    I still can’t believe people think Kim is a better rapper than Nicki just because Nicki copied her fashion sense. Kim knew how to pick good singles but that’s about it, she’s not a smart business woman like Nicki is and doesn’t have as variety of themes in her songs like Nicki does and when it comes to raw lyrical skill/diction? Let’s not. Nicki beats her there too.

    • CommanderKelly September 5, 2014

      Hit the nail on the head sis, Kim’s singles were better but she wouldn’t know what to do if she had to battle Nicki.

    • What? September 5, 2014

      Rap reviews and critical acclaim something much different…. 5 mics yet for Nicki? 4? 3? Oh ok..

      • JiggaYonce September 5, 2014

        But what are 5 Mics really worth when we know Kim got one even though she uses a ghostwriter. Do your research and find out the connection between Kim, TI and Iggy.

        TI was signed to Atlantic at the same time as Kim and he used to write a lot of her lyrics and that’s the REAL reason Kim is always showing Iggy love because they both know the truth tea.

        Nicki may be a lot of things, but she can rap and she does have a decent singing voice and her songs are good so you can sit down with your HipHop credibility b******* because that credibility sure as hell isn’t enough to make the people who have it relevant outside the hood.

      • HK September 5, 2014

        Correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t we talking about HIP HOP? So hood credibility DOES matter. Black people are so desperate to get white people’s approval that they forget the people that matter the most, in case ya’ll forgot, the hood created hip hop, so it’ll always be relevant. Kim has two things that are more important than any chart certifications and business ventures. Real critical acclaim and a Grammy. When Nicki gets that we can compare until then Kim still reigns supreme.

      • Bonnie September 5, 2014

        If we’re gonna try to discredit Kim coz she used a ghost writer, then we’ll have to discredit 90% of our favourite rappers. Let’s keep it real Jay,Snoop,Dr.dre, T.I and many more have used ghost writers before that doesn’t make them any less great. What actually made Lil Kim a great rapper wasn’t so much her lyrics, it was her delivery and stage presence. forget who writes your bars, CAN YOU DELIVER THEM? CAN YOU SELL THEM LIKE THEY’RE YOUR OWN?

    • Lady Flopga September 5, 2014

      Kim can flow better than Nicki & Kim performs better live than nicki even lyrically Kim is better than Nicki

      • LB September 5, 2014

        Lyrically?? Nicki writes her own bars, Kim uses a ghost writer.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Ho change yo screen name b4 i slap the shyt outta yo mammy for birthing u. U sound stupid…THOT!!

    • Cupid September 5, 2014

      Ummmm do you know anything about Kim? Kim came in an era where female rappers where trying to get respect as rappers! Her albums push the envelope and pretty much gave women the feel that it’s alright to a act like a man, and that it’s alright to deliver rhymes and be just a vulgar with what they spit, just like their male counter parts. Nicki isn’t the better rapper, she’s coming up in a different era! Without Kim there would never be a place for Nicki or iggy, and to say Kim wasn’t a smart business woman is INSANE. Their whole motive was money! Every endorsement nicki is doing Kim has already done.

  5. JFB September 5, 2014

    When did Common’s opinion actually matter? Who gives AF what he has to say? We finally get more female rappers and here come the MEN in the industry trying to get them to compete. Iggy is Iggy and Nicki is Lil Kim on certain days, but lately herself. STOP COMPARING !

    • AzealiaBankable September 5, 2014

      Lol, because Iggy’s label had nothing to do with that Forbes article right? If Iggy’s managers had their way Nicki would be out of the picture so don’t act like Common is the problem here.

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        Like ur struggling musty lip fav right?? Oh OKAAAAYYT!!!

    • BaddieBey September 5, 2014

      Nuh uh sis, don’t play the sisterhood card now, cos you sure as hell weren’t talking about unity when Iggy got that number one and Nicki didn’t have one. Fact of the matter is that Iggy has every right to want to beat Nicki in the same way Nicki had every right to want to beat Kim. The difference is that Nicki beat Kim by being smarter and more talented than her while Iggy’s people tried to beat Nicki by getting her that on the verge deal just so Fancy would slay.

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        It’s clear u eat pus sy

  6. Bey-Minaj September 5, 2014

    No lies detected Common.

    • Career Ender September 5, 2014

      Onika >>>

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Eat me…both of u

  7. Career Ender September 5, 2014

    *kermit*

    .
    i saw that big bird avatar flop commetor threatening Career Ender, i’m here

  8. Realest September 5, 2014

    Neither have churned out a classic album or song so who cares?? A bunch of catchy one liners and analogies don’t mean much when you’re continuously saying the same thing- generically. Missy, Lil’ Kim, Foxy, MC Lyte and Lauryn Hill will always come before either of these girls. Maybe not in #1 singles or iTunes or YouTube views… But as a legacy as rap pioneers and innovators for female rap- Nicki and Iggy both got a lot of work to do #WheresTheClassics #QualityPlease

    • Career Ender September 5, 2014

      Blazin’ ft. Kanye (go listen to Onika”S genious) >>>>>>

      • Realest September 5, 2014

        It’s cute but hardly a classic. What year did that come out? That’s the year it was forgotten and will be left in.

    • Bey-Minaj September 5, 2014

      Nic’s classics
      Moment For Life
      Monster
      Superbass
      Roman’s Revenge
      Did It On Em
      Anaconda is a classic in the making

      • Realest September 5, 2014

        Lol I like all those songs but those are NOT classics honey. Those are some of her popular songs… But not classic. A classic would be Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop” or Missy’s “Get ya freak on” or Lil Kim’s “queen b****”. Songs that changed the game, told stories, were innovative and will always be played 5, 10, 20 years from now. Nobody will be playing any of those Minaj songs in decades and the delusion of you calling that CRAPPY ASS anaconda crap a classic. That’s delusional. Popular doesn’t equate a classic. Classic means timeless boo

    • nicko September 5, 2014

      I think it takes time to know whether a song is a classic. Im 100% sure that when Kim’s “classic” songs came out ppl didnt know they were classics yet.

  9. Bey-Minaj September 5, 2014

    Common is only saying what everyone already knows…the hip hop community has no love for Iggy. Its the reason she only collbas with white pop stars, where she drops a couple verses and have someone else sing a catchy hook.

    • BaddieBey September 5, 2014

      This isn’t about Hip Hop, this is about talent and everyone can see that Nicki is better.

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        No ho that’s what YOU wish

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      No biitch…seriously nicki has the STUPIDEST stans omg yall some dumb b******

  10. RihNaj September 5, 2014

    No lies were told!! I’m glad someone other than a fan cleared that up I love Iggy too but hell no she ain’t on Nicki’s lev’s!

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Dumb THOT

  11. The Great Lacefronce. September 5, 2014

    Onig is a gimmick and a sell out, who aspires to be like her? Plus, she flopped on her second album she doesn’t even have longevity lol

    • Career Ender September 5, 2014

      that flop paragraph can be applied to your fave too
      .
      flopfronce

      • The Great Lacefronce. September 5, 2014

        Look what we here, a member of the C00n hive worried about Queen Rih as usual

        Thiefonce could never top the sales from her first album and she’s supposed to be the album seller, Queen Rih is a consistent seller faggggg

    • nicko September 5, 2014

      She flopped on her second album, how ? It is plat in the US n sold 2M WW. As for her longevity, her currently having 5 songs on the bb hot 100 at the same time, having certified singles n breaking recoeds on BB shows that she DOES have longevity. Stop trying to discredt Nic :-/

  12. Bey-Minaj September 5, 2014

    He mentioned someone named Dreezy. Who dat?

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Shut up u funky biitch

  13. Dylan Spears September 5, 2014

    I don’t have two shits to give about Hip Hop tastemakers and what they think because most of them are still stuck in the 90s want everyone to be a gangster rapper. The way I see it is like this, Iggy is a sweet girl who is really trying her best and is putting out really good singles and slaying me downe with her performances but she can’t beat Nicki because she isn’t as talented AND didn’t put in the ground work.

    Nicki is better because she’s better not because Hip Hop says so but because it’s just true.

  14. K September 5, 2014

    Word.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Ho

  15. 5SecondsOfSelena September 5, 2014

    Mainstream media tried to dethrone Nicki when Iggy came but that’s not Iggy’s fault, like are we really gonna drag her because she can’t rap as well as somebody else?

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Chile nicki old news…like yo box

  16. Beysus September 5, 2014

    I’ve only liked half of Nickis and Iggys albums… But Iggys flopped so…

  17. Mark111 September 5, 2014

    Uggly isn’t on Nicki’s level, but she may be on her way. Uggly can ride that pop route all the way and no one will say anything, but Nicki has to balance hip hop and pop and I that’s a hard job. But Uggly may be on her way. My question is, can Uggly and Wacklemore make a hit without pop features? I’m still waiting. They’re really no more of rappers than Pit Bull and FloRida imo.

  18. LittleJohnny September 5, 2014

    It’s only a matter of time before they do Iggy like they did Eminem. Take a goofy looking anomaly and pretend like she’s talented and boost her sales. They will soon be calling her the best female rapper alive knowing that she can barely rap and has goofy flow, just like Em. lol.

    • S****** Blonde September 5, 2014

      Let’s not, Eminem is white but a f****** hell of a rapper, it’s not his fault that he is white and that his skin color helps his career, didn’t he murdered Jay-Z on his own track, isn’t Jay-Z a BLACK rapper.

      • Lady Flopga September 5, 2014

        Stick to Pop music & Madonna you don’t know anything about the Hip Hop community. Eminem isn’t the greatest rapper alive common & nas could outrap his ass

      • BEYHIVE_MINAJ September 5, 2014

        He didn’t say that Eminem was the best rapper alive. He only said that he is a really great rapper. And it’s true. If you were a true rap fan,you would know that.

  19. Bey-Minaj September 5, 2014

    I found this girl Dreezy who Common mentioned. All i gotta say is her flow is at least tighter than Iggy’s.

    http://youtu.be/hJW–8QZdVE

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      AND yo fav. Ho

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Who??? Figures a NO BODY giving an opinion ON and nobody (nicki) and praising a NOBODY (Dreesy) chile I can’t kii!!!

  20. Kim Kardashian Stan September 5, 2014

    Common who? i don’t see him on the charts….

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      THATS the 1st thing u said that I agree with…u pronounced ho

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        ‘Pronounced porno ho’

      • TRUTH SERUM September 5, 2014

        lmao @truth, you’re a mess!!! Stay off the Queens post. yasss nicki

  21. eric September 5, 2014

    As if there aren’t better rap artists he’s not on level with. People will say anything to build up their stock.

  22. Barb B**** September 5, 2014

    Of course. Stating the obvious and it doesn’t need a great bug explanation. She is the female version of Vanilla Ice. Two years from now we all will be saying ‘Who dat, who dat’.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Fucka

  23. Pat September 5, 2014

    This fail of an attempt to promote Dreezy or whoever she is, smh! Leave Iggy alone Nicki’s time is up period!

    • nicko September 5, 2014

      Nicki is the most successgul female rapper ever n currently has 5 songs on the bb hot 100 including two top 5. How can u say her time is up ? #Delusional

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        CAUSE IT IS U HO

  24. S****** Blonde September 5, 2014

    Nicki is better, i don’t get Iggy’s appeal.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      And I don’t get nickis

  25. LB September 5, 2014

    But has there ever been any doubt, even on her crap songs like Anaconda, Nicki’s delivery is still 100x better than Iggy.

    Iggy fans can be in denial all they want but Nicki is a beast and Igor is well, a munchkin. Nicki is better.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Stfu lezbo!!

  26. nicko September 5, 2014

    Nicki >>>>>>>>>> Iggy. In any aspect. Sales, impact, skills, versatility, live performances. EVERYTHING.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Me>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> u and the ho u call mom

  27. nicko September 5, 2014

    So.. uggly has a radio deal + is white. N her album is flopping hard. BW isnt even top 5. Shes such a failure.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Like yo man…oops..u don’t have one

    • Rosie September 5, 2014

      Anaconda wouldn’t even be top 15 if it wasn’t for Barbz refreshing VEVO every 30 seconds. What’s your point?

      • rihicon September 5, 2014

        But its almost gold already…

    • Bey-Minaj September 6, 2014

      Actually its already gold and it only took 3 weeks. They say Ana is on the charts because of streaming only but yet people buying it. So no ho, its a popular song and many love it.

  28. truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

    Honey common is a queen that has NO relevancy

  29. truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

    He hasn’t even heard iggy music so wtf he talkn bout? And nicki rhymes r nurse ryhmes. Why would anyone listen to the opinion of soneone who has NEVER really sold cds

  30. BEYHIVE_MINAJ September 5, 2014

    He didn’t lie. I don’t need to explain the reason why,it’s pretty obvious.

    • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

      Stfu BIITCH!!! How can he judge if he hasn’t really listened to Iggy u pathetic bum BIITCH!!! Little qween!

      • BEYHIVE_MINAJ September 5, 2014

        Get a GED before you talk to me.

      • truth (icki is the QWEEN OF PUSHBACK!! Iggy got her scuured honey. #IckiAFlop) September 5, 2014

        Just Eat my pus sy and STOP talkin!!

  31. rihicon September 5, 2014

    I mean, was that ever a question?

  32. yu kno September 5, 2014

    Yeaaa Common. school em. Iggy is manufatured. White people swear she is the best female rapper ever all because she got a number 1 on those white washed ass charts. Then, they goin in all Nicki videos trying to say she can’t rap and dissing black people. What the hell they know about rap?

  33. flowers & rainbows September 7, 2014

    I love common. Testify is one of my favorite songs. He is true hip hop. He knows what he is saying. Hope he works with Nicki.

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