Murder INC’s Irv Gotti has long been renown for not holding his tongue. Ironically, the once-influential label head will no doubt set tongues wagging with his latest statements. For in a recent interview with VIBE, Gotti claims that “Nicki Minaj is just as talented as Lauryn Hill“.
His full quote after the jump…
The world has yet to see the best of Nicki Minaj. What she’s delivering to the world now is basically what they want. But I know that she’s a super talented superstar who can do anything at a high level—rap, sing, act, whatever she wants to do. This is just the beginning of Nicki Minaj. Her best is yet to come. In my opinion she is as talented as my other girl Lauryn Hill. They have completely different styles. But as far as the talent is concerned they both can do it all. Nicki just isn’t showing it yet ’cause she doesn’t want to. But world be prepared ’cause she’s the truth!
Do you agree with Irv?
Randomness: Do you remember when Murder INC ruled the charts?
Irv needs to sit his failed Record CEO ass down.
Been done with him since he tried to f*** over Ashanti’s career.
And without her and Ja he is HISTORY, SIT DOWN!
HOW DARE THIS SOMMA-B**** DISRESPECT LAURYN HILL LIKE THAT !?!!?!
I want to find this man and give him a hard slap back to reality. Lauryn please forgive Irv. He doesn’t know any better…
Mann ppl just say anything nowadays! There will never be another Lauryn or Lil Kim! Queen latifah an Missy Raps an Sings! An ACT! Nicki Is
no different! This reminds me of when lil mama saidichael jacksons death was like losing Jesus like are u serious!!!!????? Nicki is good but it’s not anything we heard before! S** Sales! Who doesn’t know that! I bet yu if Nicki came out dressin like Lauryn Hill or DaBrat the b**** would have not have a HIT! Do u agree!? Imjustsayin#
I love me some Minaj but just “No” case closed.
Gorl, what?? Let me shift my wig and read that again.. It’s just not REGISTERING.
@Sam and Trent
Thats a beautiful picture of Lauryn by the way. Loves this women. 🙂
theres no comparison- lauryn hill has substance- nicki is fake- Irv failed two careers, Ja Rule, and Ashanti, so all of a sudden he knows whos talented!- so pathectic
I’m mos def anti Nicki- jus can’t stand fake bish’s that think they are the s*** because they have no real competition. Heres sum real chick, i found her by accident
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwnpQS7Tu_0&feature=related
i almost forgot, she actually plays guitar too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiuyEER9fA8&feature=related
Irv need to sit his a** down somewhere. His “opinions” are irrelevent like his label smh
I’m gunna need this fool to find the deepest hole and fall in it. There is no way that nicki minaj is anywhere in the same UNIVERSE as LH! Irv gotti been sniffin some good s***!
HOW DOES NICKI KNOW HOW TO SING? SHE USES AUTO-TUNE. THATS SO DISRESPECTFUL TO LAURYN’S WORK & TALENT… I’M SURPRISED SAM OR TRENT DIDNT GIVE THERE OPINION ON THIS QUOTE. ITS LIKE SAYING ASHANTI IS IN THE SAME LEVEL AS BEYONCE. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT’S BS TOO…
PERV Gotti = FAIL.. What more can be said?
i agree with him nicki is multitalented can rap sing and act and i feel that alot of people dont acutally know what nicki is caplbe of..nicki is no lauryn cuz nicki is more fun and stuff but she can be serious when she wants to she is really talented listen to her mixtapes some songs are very moving and real ..i really think nicki is going to prove to people with her abulm that she can do it all and is vetitle and goanna stop playing with people like irv sed the world has not seen that best of nicki is sorta playing rite nw y would she put her best mterial on somebody else song and i the features they ask her to do r for not serous songs just like lil freak my chickbad bedrocl stuff like that ..anywayay cant wit till nov 23 so i can really hear her.
Put the pipe down Irv.
LMBAO
Nicki is fake # Lauryn is real
THAT IS ALL.
@WILL
HOW DOES SHE KNOW HOW TO SING? SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS!
ANYONE I’LL TAKE ANY ANSWER
lmao @ “Nicki just isn’t showing it yet ’cause she doesn’t want to”. what a load of bs
HATERZ GET MAD IF YOU WANT TRUE S*** HURTS NICKI FINNA SHUT THE GAME DOWN! & P.S. SHE LOOK WAYYYYYYYY BETTER THAN LAURYN HILL YOU PEOPLE GOTTA BE UGLY ON HERE HOW YALL TALKIN S***! & I LOVE SOME LAURYN HILL BUT HAVE U SEEN THE BRAUD LATELY?? SHE LOOKS LIKE SHES STRUNG OUT ON CRACK! SMDH
I’m sorry, but Nicki Minaj can’t see Lauryn Hill in the day time, unblind with bifocals on or dime/dime. Yeah, that’s 10/10. You know, better than 20/20 vision. Just thought I’d spit a lil bit.LOL!!! But is Irv crazy? Nicki doesn’t even have an album out. Lauryn Hill shits on Nicki Lyrically and Vocally. Moreover, Lauryn’s music had substance, meaning, and it inspired all at tha same time. I bet a million if I had it, Nicki’s debut will not touch The Miseducation of Lauryn HIll. Hopefully, this is just a strategy to motivate Lauryn Hill to come back.
“In my opinion she is as talented as my other girl Lauryn Hill. They have completely different styles. But as far as the talent is concerned they both can do it all. Nicki just isn’t showing it yet ’cause she doesn’t want to. But world be prepared ’cause she’s the truth!”
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…
… This fool has really lost his damn mind. The only mainstream artist that even belongs in the same sentence with Lauryn Hill as far as talent and substance is concerned is Janelle Monáe. Everyone else is a joke compared to Lauryn. Her one album is far more meaningful and influential than most of today’s artists entire discographies.
Comparing Nicki Minaj to Lauryn Hill is like comparing Justin Bieber to Michael Jackson. Too outrageous to even THINK about it.
SLAAAAYYYYYYYYYY NICKI!!!
@Trent
You have to post RichGirl (Swagger Right) OMG the song is hot! Watch out look like an IT girl to me
BTW, this reminds of the time Kanye compared Soulja Boy to Nas… Irv must be smoking/snorting the same s*** Kanye is taking.
Yall clearly can’t read.
Smh.
I DO AGREE that Nicki may not be showing us the “BEST OF NICKI MINAJ”….that’s it tho lolz
Who listens to Irv Gotti anymore any way..him, his company and his comments are an EPICFAIL. Nicki the next Lauryn Hill, I dont think so. Lauryn has substance and meaning in her music..and many people today still listen to Lauryn’s album the Miseducation..I know I do. Nicki cant sing…she uses auto tune, can Nicki play the guitar..umm no. Irv sit your pudgy self down. The people on here who is dissing Lauryn Hill must be some kids and dont understand the talent that Lauryn Hill has . There is only ONE Lauryn Hill..okaaaay. Irv must be smokin…
LMAO!! NO Just NO!!!!!
SO NOW IS GOING TO SHOW PROOF OF HER SINGING SKILLS?
ANYONE…………………………………………………………………………………………?
ANYONE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….?!
*NO ONE
How is Nicki just as talented as Lauryn Hill, Nicki’s not even on the level of Lil’ Kim yet LOL
Ive gotti is a f****** idiot what he said………………………
Irv Gotti is the biggest Nicki Minaj Stan i’ve ever seen XD
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Ebony Eyez; St. Louis, MO
First Project: 7 Day Cycle (2005) (Capitol)
Last Project: Nice Girlz Finish Last (2009) (Mixtape)
Up Coming Project: Murder She Wrote (Mixtape)
Ms. Jade; Philadelphia, PA
First Project: Girl Interrupted (2002) (Interscope)
Last Project: Million Dollar Baby (2007) (Mixtape)
Up Coming Project: I’m Not Dead (Mixtape)
Mia X; New Orleans, LA
First Project: Good Girl Gone Bad (1995) (No Limit)
Last Project: Mama Drama (1998) (No Limit)
Up Coming Projects: I Get The Paper (Mixtape), Betty Rocka Locksmith (LP)
Jacki-O; Miami, FL
First Project: Poor Little Rich Girl (2004) (TVT)
Last Project: Griselda Blacno, La Madrina (2010) (Mixtape)
Gangsta Boo; Memphis,TN
First Project: Enquiring Minds (1998) (Relativity)
Last Project: The Rumors (2009) (Mixtape)
Up Coming Project: Forever Gangsta
Unladylike; E. St. Louis, IL
First Project: Unladylike Radio Vol.1 (2009)
Last Project: Certified (2009) (Def Jam)
Others to peep out:
F.E.M. (Females Earning Money) (Lady of Rage, Lady Luck & Babs Bunny)
Hedonis Da Amazon
Amanda Diva
La Chat
Jean Grae
You Don’t Have To Be On The Radio To Be Heard!!!
What a beautful picture of Lauryn. There’s nobady like Lauryn nobody!!
*facepalm* lmao i can’t *walks away*
Ashanti has NOTHING to do with this so you hating ass b****** keep it all the way cute.
WTF DNT GET ME WRONG I LIKE NICKI BUT WTF NICKI MINAJ COULDN’T HOLD A CANDLE TO LAURYN HILL. HE NEEDS TO SIT DOWN WITH THT COMMENT SMH.
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Why is he wasting his breath? No one is going to believe that Nicki is as talented as Lauryn unless we see and hear it for ourselves. I’ve never heard her sing and she barely raps live, she lips through almost every performance I’ve seen. When she is rapping it’s no where near the level of Lauryn. Irv’s comment is ridiculously unbelievable.
UTTER AND COMPLETE BS
It’s like if people say Irv Gotti is the next Quincy Jones…FAIL
What a fail. I can’t even believe this. #Next
No this n**** didn’t!!!!!!! Nicki is no where near Lauryn when it comes to skill, and talent. These MF’s today see a good looking light skin girl with a little talent and lose they got-damn minds. What an insult!!!!! But it doesn’t really matter since Irv is the one who said it, and he hasn’t been relevant since 2002. LAURYN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
I THINK I JUST TOOK A S*** IN MY OWN MOUTH!
H3AVENSENT08 s*** the bed with the Ashanti/Beyonce comparison. You people really need to stop holding Beyonce in any kind of esteem. Lying, stealing, pathetic b****.
She just might be. Let’s wait & see. We can’t judge until we see “said” talent, so i’ll wait then make my opinion accordingly.
Well I’m not impressed by a damn thing she’s done so far. So she better hurry up and show and prove. If she wants my money.
WTF WTF WFT WFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gotti shut your trap for good, Mister!!!!
Nikki hasnt done enough in my opinion to be classified in the same category as Lauren Hill yet, no shade
“Nicki is just as talented as my other girl Lauryn Hill”
He making it sound like he discovered them and put them out.
I love Nicki but Lauryn is a singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and musician. Nicki is just a rapper. She has yet to prove herself on her own. So for Irv Gotti to be making such big out there statements is just foolish *no pun intended* lol
He need his a** kicked for saying such a thing
It’s about showing and proving in this industry…, and also about not selling out. Part of Lauryn’s credibility on top of being an incredibly visionary and uber talented artist (might I add a lot of females rap and sing but there’s the Estelle’s and Alesha Dixon’s and then there’s LAURYN freakin’ HILL yaknowutamsayin Lol) is that she stayed true to her message ON RECORD…, Nicki Minaj is a confused wanabee that has no message of value and that even if behind the scenes she can sing like Mariah Carey circa 90’s, rap like Rakim and is shares perspective with the Dalai Lama why the hell should she be respected if she is not putting/not choosing to put display talent in her music?! This era of music is crying out for substance, if what Irv Gotti says is true (and I don’t believe it for a second) then Minaj loses major points for being a total sell-out and keeping her audience dumb. If you hadn’t already gets, Minaj gets no love from Teflon lol.
and Lauryn modeled and acts too..
The crazy thing about it is she was doin all of this over 10 years ago, made her exit, and is still out of these h***’ reach!!!
There are people in Lauryn’s league as far as being jack of all trades like Queen Latifah, Brandy Norwood and a few others!
Nikki can’t sing without autotune so she already out the GAME.
LOW LIFES SIT ON HERE AND WAIT FOR POSTS TO HATE ON PPL YALL P*** ME OFF WITH THAT S*** YOU GUYS HEAR WHAT YOU WANNA HEAR BECAUSE HE SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT SHE IS “AS” TALENTED HE DIDNT SAY SHE WAS BETTER OR SIMILAR TO LAUREN…NO MATTER WHAT YALL SAY NIKKI IS TALENTED I JUST WANNA KNOW WHY CANT WE LIKE BOTH ARTISTS FOR WHAT THEY INDIVIDUALLY BRING!..YES NIKKI CAN SING SHE WAS SINGING BEFORE SHE WAS RAPPING AND IS A TRAINED SINGER SHE WENT TO A PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL LIKE ME & EVEN THOUGH SHE MAJORED IN DRAMA YOU STILL GET THE TRAINING SHE SUNG HOOKS & BACKGROUNDS AROUND THE HOOD AND WILL ALSO SHOWCASE HER SINGING ON HER ALBUM WITHOUT AUTO-TUNE WHEN IT DROPS…SECOND I LOVE ME SOME LAUREN BUT LETS KEEP IT REAL PEOPLE OVERHYPE HER SOOooO MUCH BUT GUESS WHAT YOU CAN ONLY LIVE OF THE HYPE FOR AN ALBUM FOR SO LONG LAURENS ALBUM DROPPED WHAT 10 YEARS AGO?..OH AND SHE HAS AN MTV UNPLUGGED ALBUM..WOW..IF YOU WANNA GET DOWN TO THE NITI GRITTY NIKKIS CATALOUGE IS WAY LARGER THAN LAURENS SHE HAS ENOUGH MUSIC FOR ABOUT 5 ALBUMS!..SO I WOULD SAY NIKKI CAN MEET HER HYPE WHAT HAS LAUREN DONE FOR THE GAME RECENTLY HAS SHE RESSURECTED THE FEMALE RAP GAME NO!..ANY SINGLES OUT?..NO…YALL ACT LIKE SHE A SAINT BUT ITS OBVIOUS SHES STRUNG OUT ON DRUGS AND NOT ALL THE WAY THEIR MENTALLY..EVEN WYCLEF SAID THAT & SORRY STANS BUT LAURENS VOICE AINT ALL THAT..NEVER WAS AND EVEN NOW ITZ KINDA QUESTIONABLE..DID YOU SEE THE BET AWARDS 05 SHE SOUNDED LIKE CASSIE ON CRACK!…ANYWHO I WILL LEAVE THIS SAYING RESPECT EACH ARTIST INDIVIDUALLY FOR WHAT THEY BRING THEIRS ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYONE OH AND @ONLY1KENE THATS NOT S*** ITS YOUR BREATH ASSHOLE!
Ummm No She’s Not
lol why doesn’t he take his irrelevant ass back to where ever he was hiding all the these years.
This basic b**** Nicki gets too much attention.
um….no.
NO
OMMMMMMMMMMMMG
How can he say THAT????!
@ not hating, just saying.. I couldn’t have put it much better myself.
That being said everything Niki is doing has actually been done and dusted by lil Kim hence what makes her so special to be in the same league as LH.????
Bet Lauren will feel insulted when she hears this silly comment coming from some irrelevant has-been CEO.
Someone shoot his dumbass
Yeah LETS NOT start Ashanti Beyonce comparisons.
But to the hater who wants to, at least Ashanti is LEGIT and does write her own music!
Irv sit down child Nicki can’t do Lauren on a good day. Nicki gimmick , Lauren talent.
Nicki Minaj just as talented as Queen Lauryn Mothafuckin Hill?!?!? IN WHAT WORLD?? LMAO Irv must have been on that stuff again. Maybe supahead was suckin him off and it clouded his judgement. Nicki Minaj currently is not and will never be as talented as Lauryn Hill. PERIOD END OF STORY!
If you don’t like it, then STAY MAD!
NNNNOOOOO!!!! How Can U Call A Copycat Talented, She Will Never Be Like Lauryn Hill. First Nicki “Copycat” Minaj Is Copying Lady Gaga, Rihanna And Lil’ Kim Second There Are People That Have More To Give Then Nicki Manaj Ex. Sugababes, Cheryl Cole And Teairra Marí
Again BIG FAT NNNNNNOOOOO!!!!!!!!
I dont think we should compare them yet nicki have alot to prove but shes deff doin something right teamnicki
HE MAY BE RIGHT…..
New Lauryn Hill song leaked “Repercussions”….
LOL @ 15 years goin by, this dumbass statement made yesterday, and we get new music.
Lauryn still has a huge fanabase! Even those who were too young to remember when she was actually out are fans because you can’t deny someone like that!!
Hey Nikki…if this is true then prove it! I’ll wait….
People damn! Let the hate begin I guess right? Lol…
First off, Irv Gotti is not a failed CEO a failed CEO is someone who never had ish pop off. Irv was killin it wit Ja Rule, Ashanti, all yall favorite Lloyd. J.Lo. I could go on. So lets jus leave that there…
Secondly, he’s right. If u pay attention instead of go off initial statement they are as talented but in very different ways. They both can act, that’s obvious. Lauryn is soul, spoken word, her vocals are more gospel neo soul. Nicki is more metaphor, punch line word play, her vocals are more pop r&b. Its a matter of taste after that. I agree wit Irv when Nicki is ready she really is gonna make an impression
“The world has yet to see the best of Nicki Minaj. What she’s delivering to the world now is basically what they want.”
~ STFU Ive Goti! Man you must be HIGH! Ms. auto-tune, lip syncing a rap tune on-tv minja will never know the success of a true artist like Lauryn Hill. Yes, THE AMERICAN MEDIA HAS PROPPED NICKI MINAJ UP OKAY! That does not mean it is what we the ppl who MISS ACTUAL SINGERS, DANCERS AND TRUE PERFORMING ARTISTS WANT! I don’t dislike N. Minaj but she like, Ke$ha, jacob derulo, and so very many more, are heavily helped by the media. There is no way in hell anyone is going to tell me that the powers that be did not put “your love” at the top of fake ass Billboard’s R&B/Hip hop chart! But “DEUCES” a heavily requested record isn’t in the top 10? Hell, Ne-Yo’s “Champaine *sp? Life” or whatever its call is a better song then that auto-tune laced crap. Come on ppl WAKE THE F*** UP!
someone is GASSED…better than Lauryn u know LMAO
WHAT?! I could go on forever about this but i will keep it short.
Nicki Minaj is a throwaway artist meaning that she has no real talent, she is just a gimmick.
Lauryn Hill is the epitome of a true artist. The woman is a musical genius.
Well, damn. He might as well just cussed Lauryn out , or made a diss track about Ms. Hill.
Nicki Minaj IS just AS talented AS Lauryn Hill???
To AAAAAAAAAANYONE who even remotely believes that, let me just say, IN MY LAURYN HILL VOICE:
“Showing off your ass ’cause you’re thinking it’s a trend
Girlfriend, let me break it down for you AGAIN
You know I only say it ’cause I’m truly genuine
Don’t be a hardrock when you’re really a gem
Babygirl, respect is just a minimum
N***** f***ed up and you still defending them
Now Lauryn is only human
Don’t think I haven’t been through the same predicament
Let it sit inside your head like a million women in Philly, Penn.
It’s silly when girls sell their soul because it’s in
Look at where you be in hair weaves like Europeans
Fake nails done by Koreans
Come again”
I’ll die the day i believe that…I f****** hate Nicki MiNoTalent….Lauryn is on 100 point while Nicki still@ -1…………
IRV den lost his damn mind….
While I agree that Nicki is very talented, she is far from being in Lauryn’s league! I just listened to Lauryn’s new track, “Repercussions” (http://bit.ly/cop9Vk), and cannot wait for her to release a new record! Then, we can put all of the comparisons to Nicki, and whomever else, to rest.
Lauryn’s back! 🙂
While I agree that Nicki is very talented, she is far from being in Lauryn’s league! I just listened to Lauryn’s new track, “Repercussions” (bit.ly/cop9Vk), and cannot wait for her to release a new record! Then, we can put all of the comparisons to Nicki, and whomever else, to rest.
Lauryn’s back! 🙂
This is really sickening. It’s ppl like Irv who are the cause of hip-hop being on life support right now…How dare u compare a lyrical heavyweight like Lauryn to a wack @zz, tone def, no singin’, bitin’ @zz bird like Nicki. R u kidding? Between him…and Puff trying to compare Rick Ross to Biggie, I just have nothing else to say…
Nicki’s flow is garbage which is why she should be named “Nicki Garbaj”; I have yet to hear any “quotable” lyrical content penned by her and not Drake or Wayne. The only thing she’s done for these young and dumb stans who follow her is to teach them the names of Santa’s reindeer. I’m not even going to go into her singing and acting. Just take another look at that wack single “Massive Attack” and the “Your Love” vid. I wouldn’t compare that acting to Lauryn Hill’s Sister Act 2 or soap opera debuts. And the singing…I would rather listen to nails scratched across a chalkboard before I listen to that autotuned up ho with her fake, disproportionate @zz repeat “You got spunk” like a broken record.
There are plenty of real female MCs out there today who just don’t get their shine ’cause you have lucky ppl like the Nicki’s who have a good marketing and promotional team behind them and…well, yeah…s** sells. Personally, I’m gonna keep riding for my underground female rappers…like Keys, Luck, Babs, Ms. Hustle, Lanz, Oriana Tinique, Reese Steel, Jean Grae, Remy, Rah Digga, Amina, Hedonis, Miss Nana, Byata, and Nina B. True female rappers. They’re out there, but they don’t have the push that Nicki does, unfortunately. U just gotta open ur eyes and Google. ‘Nuff said.
lmao at someone mentioning keys and chris brown’s song deuces trying to prove a valid point. A lot of you sound mad about what. This man’s opinion. He never said she wasn’t better. Nicki can spit. Lauryn can spit. Its all about personal taste.
And she named the reindeer in a song about being a man’s lil freak. The reindeer were used in a clever way
She said I keep a couple hos, like santa I keep a vixon.” Vixon is a model type female. Vixon is also the name of one of the reindeer. So she kept it going by saying she has all of these women like Santa has all of these reindeer. This is called analogies. Although shallow and degrading in a way, there was nothing dumb about that lyric. It fit just right with the song.
@HIP HOP POLICE: Thanks for breaking that “phenomenal” verse down, p****. Noticed you tried to get all intellectual with the “analogies”…LMAO. Also noticed all the grammatical errors in your response. Please get properly educated before “attempting” to educate. There’s obviously corruption in the police department. You f**** aren’t ticketing the wack ass rappers. HIP HOP IS DEAD!!!!!
Lauren Hill flows. She don’t use auto tune, she don’t allow white America to tell her what’s hot and what’s not, thank god she’s not the of talk of the girls high school bathroom because if she was, she’d also be the s*** in cracked out mainstream America, and Irv is a fat punk. Ask 50 cent. Lol
For the Hip Hop Police, a VIXEN is a Female Fox. You get educated!!! That’s the wackiest metaphor I’ve ever heard in my life. It only makes sense to someone who’s either young or Dum! By the way, Vixen is spelled V.I.X.E.N.
Irv gotti is smoking CRACK!
I like Nicki but SHE’S NO LAURYN HILL! There’s only one of them. IDK how talented she is in singing because I’ve only ever heard her do autotune but if she can sing good for her but no not a lauryn hill. Lauryn Hill is truth, soul, talent, and so much more!!!!!!!!!! love lauryn!!!
lets not focus on her ass and clear shot of her p**** she provides for you let’s get back to reality. If your not sure you just stated she is as talented as Lauren Hill……………. HA that s*** is hilarious, Nah son let’s be real nicki can’t come out with one album and that support her for the rest of her life. ur crazy!