Congratulations are most certainly in order for Nicki Minaj. The Young Money star has seen her debut LP ‘Pink Friday’ certified Platinum by the RIAA.
Awarded for US shipments of one million (+), the magnitude of the feat is heightened when considering Minaj, real name Onika Maraj, released the LP merely a month ago.
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Though Minaj remains a figure of much debate, it’s hard to deny the positive ripple effect her success will have for female Hip-Hop.
Needless to say, those at the top of the industry hierarchy are primarily concerned with their profit margins; and with Nicki almost single-handedly reviving interest in female Hip-Hop, her acheivements will no doubt facilitate the signing of a new crop of female MC’s. What’s more, her success also re-opens doors for those who’ve been struggling to re-affirm their place in the ever-changing musical landscape (see: Trina, Eve, and Lil’ Kim). Again, not because “the suits” particularly care for female Hip-Hop. No. Rather, because there is clearly money to be made – again.
In any case, things are looking up for female Hip-Hop; and love her or loathe her, Ms. Minaj is a prime catalyst for it.
Congrats Nicki, u deserve every bit of success…F*** those haters!
Congrats NICKI! <33333
*—-*
Good for her. She worked for it.
Congrats Nicki! I’m glad to see things pan out this way for her.
Congrats Nicki well deserved !!!!
Very nice! Congrats Ms. Minaj.
Congratz Nicki!!!
Happy 2011 !!! Want a new life this year?
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Wow…who knew that hype would get a person this far. I cannot hate though Ms. Thing definately did her thing.
b**** stop SPAMMING
Shoulda sent a thank-you note you little h**. Congrats to the Queen of Hip Hop – Nicki Minaj.
Congrats to my girl
well done to her:)
Sorry Sam but ur wrong, the RIAA goes by shippments, not sales. Pink Friday has shipped 1 million copies, it has only sold around 685K, the same thing happened when Drake released Thank Me Later, ppl though he went platinum in 1 month with his album was only at 750K after one month. But that’s still really good, 1 million shippments in one month
@tones nicki has sold 852k not 685 and when drake went play he had sold 848k
congrats nicki. you deserve it
LMFAO..Where is Traci Summers?
@Tones
Actually it has sold 791K.
Taylor swift has actually sold 3 million of her new album in the states! just saying.
How is Nicki queen of Hip Hop?She has not been around long enough for that title.
who ever bought that album really should b ashamed of their self!!! its a HORRIBLE ALBUM
GREAT CD! GREAT ARTIST! GREAT SALES! YOU GOT THIS NICKI!!!!! LOVE HER!!!!
#TeamBarbie
Damn, Congrats to Nicki hate her or love her she’s doing her thing. If you dont like her music then its not you, she didnt sign up to make anyone but her fans happy and obviously shes doing just that. So much for Nicki not even going gold lol haters!
Damn, Congrats to Nicki hate her or love her she’s doing her thing. If you dont like her music then its not for you, she didnt sign up to make anyone but her fans happy and obviously shes doing just that. So much for Nicki not even going gold lol haters!
Damn, Congrats to Nicki hate her or love her she’s doing her thing. If you dont like her music then its not you, she didnt sign up to make anyone but her fans happy and obviously shes doing just that. So much for Nicki not even going gold lol haters!
WHERE ARE ALL THE HATERS WHO SAID HER ALBUM WOULDN’T SELL? PLATINUM…YOU FOOLS!
NOW, BOW DOWN…ALL HAIL ‘THE NEW QUEEN’ OF HIP HOP- MS NICKI MINAJ!!!!!!
Congrats Nicki- YOU “DID IT ON’EM!”
congrats Nicki !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the best colaboration is with Mariah Carey Up out my face!!!!!!! fantastic video
ohh lawd… trina is a FLOP!!!!!!!!!! EVE AND KIM HAVE PLATINUM ALBUMS.. and 652-865k or whatever yall sayin is still not 1mil..smh but i do stand corrected… but kim is still tha queen!!
First congrats to Nicki! 2nd: I agree with Sam sayin that she opens the door to female MCs again but she also force that image on them..the image of big ass and boobs and always lookin hot and pretty!! My question is “If she wasnt a “cartoon” would she have been that popular?” ..so my point is “Now female MCs will have to “w****” thmselves to be famous”
well written sam, very valid points raised.
– congratulations to nicki & i am looking forward to the singles & videos scheduled for this year. hopefully nicki will do touring & release another album in 2011, à la Drake.
good for her I like 3 songs on the album
Sorry Tones she did sell 1 million records. she was at 800,000 last week. your numbers are way off. and this is according to soundscan not RIAA
…Now, over in “certain quarters” *cough*Camp-Fenty*cough* THIS, isn’t AT ALL “good news!” ‘Matter of a fact, they’re taking it with “all the trepidation” you could possibly imagine; reason being? …Well, Nicki Minaj has gone platinum (based on shipments) faster than “certain other” artists.
(And even MORE-to-the-point(?))
…When Nicki starts to tour Europe, you can BEST-believe they’ll THEN forget “certain OTHER artists” whose NOW in the U.K./Europe, and JUST-NOW remain unchallenged – only because there’s no one else!
Long-story short(?) Nicki Minaj should hurry and tour Europe(especially the U.K.)! When she does(?) ..It’ll be CURTAINS for certain OTHER artists *cough*Rihanna*cough*
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT….!!!
Did Rihanna go plat yet? ..oh.
DIE LIL’H** !
Yeeeessss Nicki Thank U 4 saving female HipHip u r the Best thing 2 ever happen 2 Female Rap and Hip/Hop. U gave HipHip great meaning and u even fused Pop with HipHop , Incredible! No other Female Rap Mc couldve gotten away with it. Thats Y ure the Queen of HipHop.
@hip hop 4 life,,
she did sell a milli. by soundscan as well as riaa, tones and woohoo getcha facts straight!
no it wont force her image on anyone,, she opened a door fo femcees what they gon stop and reconsider cuz they dont like the colour paint! plus she aint a w**** not one sexual innuendo on pink friday..
shes so versatile that any mc can craft themselves into anything and still be like her.. SO firework SITYOASSDOWN
SHOUTS OUT TO NICKI,, and they said you wouldnt do it. x
Much love and respect to that chick. Congrats Nicki on your album success and showing these haters how its done. Fall back failures. lol
(TO HELL WITH IT: let’s keep it 1000%)
Nicki has “pushed Rihanna” off of the “U.S. Pop-scene!” Don’t believe me? …Go and see just how much comments/hits Nicki generates as compared to Rihanna! Nicki has WAY-TOO-MUCH hype, command-of-stage/showmanship and charisma! (as opposed to Rihanna’s tired, fast-fading, spent and talent-less a**!)
…And what Nicki has done to Rihanna, here in the U.S., she’ll THEN DO to Rihanna, when she tours the U.K./Europe. Never-you-mind that she’s a “female rap artist”; “your love” was as-good-as a Pop/R&B/Hip-Hop song as any! (Or at least, as any as Rihanna as ever done)
…SO FOR NOW, Nicki WILL SMILE IN RIHANNA’S FACE WHILE SHE PULLS THE TRIGGER! (it must be something to NOW be in Rihanna’s shoes: “doom”, “the end”, and “a certain obscurity” NOW IS CERTAIN for Rihanna/Brand-Rihanna/Camp-Fenty (not a moment too soon)….!!)
But the “changing of the guard(s)” doesn’t end here; OH NO…!!! Lady Gaga has, at the very least, forced Beyonce to “share the stage”!
Think about it: Scary/not-at-all attractive/weird/sexually ambiguous/meat-dress wearing Lady Gaga has, in ONLY 2-years, forced Beyonce to share the stage with her. And in 2-years FROM NOW? Lady Gaga would have completely forced her into irrelevancy!
“…Foolishness. …Rubbish …Nonsense” <– You're all now saying. No, never Beyonce! But just 2-years ago, who'd have EVER imagined a weird, strange, meat-dress wearing sexual ambiguity like Lady Gaga to NOW be the most selling artist of 2010?
X,Y,"and Z" — OUT…!!
@ Y,”and Z” – still delusional i see. Niki’s sales will slow down soon enough. Ri has longevity. BTW, this week Ri was at #3 and Niki was #4. Only diff b/w their sales right now is the first week sales. Which as you can see from the past most of your favs start out strong and them taper off.
Pink Friday is VERY lackluster, to me, with only a few REALLY good songs, i.e. Did It On ’em, Moment 4 Life, Fly, and Blazin’, and maybe Super Bass & Last Chance (only because of Natasha Bedingfield). But Congrats to her!
@ NAMZII That was the point I was trying to make. We are in agreement. read what I said. I am a big Nicki fan. What I was saying is last week she was at 800,000 and that she is platinumm by albums sold not album shipped. Try reading carefully please
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR FEMALE HIP HOP???? LORD JESUS MUSIC IS REALLY DYING.. IF U THINK BECUZ NICKI SOLD 852,000 COPIES OF HER ALBUM SHES SAVING HIP HOP… THE B**** AINT EVEN HIP HOP..THE ONLI THING SHES SAVING IS HER MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS TO B*** DOCTOR
@REALLY re: Jan 5th, 2011 5:59pm —
1.)”still delusional i see. Niki’s sales will slow down soon enough. Ri has longevity”
2.)”which as you can see from the past most of your favs start out strong and them taper off”
“Delusional”, based on what? How can YOU say anything regarding “my favs, and their tapering off” when “Pink Friday” is Niki Minaj’s FIRST ALBUM….??? CBreezy’s “Deuces” is STILL on Billboard’s Top10, and “Takers” went #1! The facts, which you seem to conveniently forget:
1.) Rihanna has NEVER done anything that had ‘gone platinum’ as fast as “Pink Friday” has.
2.) Nicky’s has pushed Rihanna, as far as the “U.S. Pop Scene” into irrelevance.
3.) Europe/The U.K. has “only known” mediocrity: Rihanna/Brand-Rihanna! You can be sure, when Nicki tours The U.K./Europe, she’ll do to Rihanna, what she did to her, here in the U.S.:push her into a certain dark-and-unforgiving irrelevance!
To state/prove a “delusional state of mind”, you must have something to place it against; as a measure! Your use of the term/word is ill-advised, if not outright, incorrect; in THIS case, there is no “track record” to speak of, as “Pink Friday” is Nicki’s first CD!
“…Rihanna’s longevity” isn’t infinite! If it were:
1.) She’d NOT have had to cancel/downsize her recent “last girl on earth” concert/venue tour dates!
2.) She’d not have had the poor sales, at least here in the U.S., as she had, given DEF JAM’S HUGE BANKROLL, (AND EVEN LARGER) HYPE/MARKETING MACHINE: she’s terribly underperformed!
So, your labeling me: “delusional(?)” ; I’ve now discredited, and you’re now dismissed!
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT…!!
Yessssssssssss! congrats nicki…”f*** them wack b******….old ass b******” Ahahahaha Follow me on twitter @Dolo_Malicious..i follow back!
@TBANGA AINT NOBODY FOLLOWIN UR HATIN ASSS…
so nicki causing so many underground ppl to kill her.. and ther not evne signed.. provoking lil kim.. and other female rappers.. HOW POSSIBLY CAN NICKI HAVE SAVED HIP HOP… in my opinion KEYS..MS KRIS.. MS HUSTLE.. LIL KIM <<< THEY SAVED HIP HOP.. THEY AINT LETTIN GABAGE LIKE NICKI MINAJ DISS ALL THE FEMALE RAP QUEENS AND RUN FREE.. NOO THEY SHOWED NICKI HOW TO B A FEMALE RAPPER.. ALL NICKI IS DOING IS STROKING HER FAKE EGO IN EVERY SONG … nicki i wna see u on ur second album.. lemme see wat u come up with THE PRESSURE IS ON !! WELL SINCE UR 1ST ALBUM WAS GARBAGE NO1S RELLI GNA B CHECKING FOR U.. I WNA SEE HOW U RIDE THIS NICKI..
@ TRACI SUMMERS Your acting like she was never underground. Back 08 she won the Hip Hop underground award. she paid her dues. Lil Kim never was under ground. she jumped right in on Biggies coattail. And she was crowned Queen right after her first album. So whats the problem with people calling Nicki the queen. Even Biggie was crowned King after 1 album. he only put out 2 and is considered the best to ever to do it. You can’t consider your opinion fact. its only opinion justlike my comments
This is just more proof of how dumb this new generation of music buyers are first Kesha and now Nicki too. The album is garbage but hey it proves if you have a cute face and some b*** implants any thing can sales
Most artist flame dies down after a while that will happen. If that is the determiner of her being wack then you have to admit Lil Kim been wack for a long time. She has only become relevant again because of Nicki. I mean Lil Kim is a beast on the mic. But to say nicki isn’t hip hop because of what she raps about. Her album if you listen is about having high self-esteem. trials and tribulations of a young girl. Love, Love lost, and rhymes. Not one d*** was sucked, not one p**** is eaten out. Some people like that and thats fine roll with it. but if that is what real hip hop is considered then you can keep that s*** ~ End truth
PK is a good album, and I am so glad to see Nicki doing so well. She won me over with PF.
Congrats on the success of the album.
@ BEYSUS don’t assume all her fans are young and new generation. I’m a 32 yr old black male from the hardest streets in Michigan. But to attack people intelligence who you don’t know only shows the limits of your own intelliegence.
@HIP HOP 4 LIFE … UR NAME IS HIP HOP 4 LIFE AND UR QUESTIONING ME??? LIL KIM WAS CROWED QUEEN FOR A REASON.. SHE SHOWED LOVE TO ALL FEMALE RAPPERS.. WORKED WITTH JUNIOR MAFIA.. SPIT MAD RHYMES.. THAT PUT HER UP WITH THE MEN.. SHE HAD HER OWN UNIQUE STYLE NO BODY ELSE HAS.. LETS GO TO NICKI.NICKI’S STYLE .HAS BEEN DONE.. NICKI’S RHYMES.. AVERAGE.. HER ATTITUDE..HORRIBLE.. HOOD CREDIBLITY..SELLOUT. BIGGIE DISCOVERED KIM.. BIGGIE WAS KIMS PROTOGE U WNA KNO Y I CALL HER QUEEN CUZ EVEN AFTER HER MENTOR DIED SHE STILL STAYED FLY.. STILL HAD DOUBLE PLATINUM ALBUMS.. USED WHAT BIGGIE TAUGHT HER..WROTE HER RHYMES AND GREW TO B SUCH AN ICON.. THAT I NEVER KNW SHED BECOME THAT IS Y I CALL HER THE QUEEN… NICKI ISNT CHANGING ANYHTING ITS BEEN DONE… SHES OUT THERE BY HERSELF.. AND BECUZ OF THAT UR TRICKED INTO TIHNKING SHES QUEEN.. NOO MA’AM ER CALL KIM THE QUEEN FOR A REASON
nicki cannot RAP. she simply RHYMES… HAS SPAZZ ATTACKS..AND STUTTERS.. to show lil kims versatitly as a rapper.. she was on a hip hop tribute award show i cant remember but it was a MC LYTE tribute.. KIM CAME OUT IN A HOODIE AND SWEATS AND WAS SPITTIN ..HARDDDDD.. MC LYTE WAS GETTIN WILD OVER IT..TO SHOW U KIM IS A REAL RAPPER..TAKE AWAY HER BARBIE IMAGE..LISTEN TO HER RHYMES AND LOOK AT THEM ON PAPER SHES A TRUE RAPPER AND LYRCIST.NICKI IS FOR 106 N PARK ..AND THATS WER SHE WILL STAY.. BUT IM NOT GNA RAISE NICKI UP WHEN SHE AINT RELLI DOIN MUCH.. IM NT GNA JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON..SHE IS NOT TALETNED.. SO MANY UNDERGROUND B****** KILLED NICKI AND THATS DISGUSTING TO ME
@XYZ YOUR A DUMB ITCH WHO COMPARES RAPPERS TO SINGERS WHO !!!
IF YOU WANNA PLAY THAT GAME …
DRAKE HAS ERASED CHRIS BROWN!!
DRAKE FIRST WEEK ALBUM DEBUT – 462,989 units!!!
CHRIS BROWNS FIRST WEEK ALBUM SALES :
DEBUT -154,000
EXCLUSIVE-294,498
Graffiti-102,489
NOW DO YOU SEE HOW STUPID THAT SOUNDS XYZ COMPARING RAPPERS TO SINGERS!!!
if nicki sold 800 000 last wk, that still wouldnt claim her 1 million mark this wk since she only sold 61,000, that being said, nicki will still go platinum in a couple of wks or a month considering the major decrease in all album sales for the opening year…
@ XYandZ…i still see the “power” in rihanna name all over your post, u’re the first to even make a comment on her “quite surprising” who im i kiddin…this is not surprising at all..”There’s so much power in rihanna’s name…If XYandZ pop off in his/her seat steady I’m gonna do the wave”
new year 2011, do concentrate on your FAME focus and try and let Rhianna live…do listen to your master”CB” and stop creating mountains out of mow hills
What Lil Kim done isn’t new. 1st you (by you I mean lil kim fans) say she stole her style with the wigs and black barbie. That lets me know all of you have never heard of GRACE JONES who originated the black barbie look in the 70’s. 2nd Lil Kim style was created by BIG she originally wanted to rap gangsta but he told her to rap about s** so there goes originality. if you really knew hip hop then you would know that when Nicki was talking about old female rappers she was talking about some of the underground femcees like “Reece Steele” who was coming at her. Reece dissed nicki over the “Grindin” Beat and Nicki came back over the same beat and Lil Kim thought it was about her. After BIG died the only album to do well was the NOTORIOUS KIM. the rest flopped and still are not platinum. Lil Kim grammy she brags about was for a POP song lady marmalade. so there goes your argument about pop/hip hop. even the crew roll with tody IRS stands for International Rock Stars not hip hop stars. you don’t know her personally too know her attitude. and Lil Kim has ghost writers that is confirmed
Yeah and Mcdonalds food is really good for u..and everything that is bad is really good…hmmmmm NOT!!!
@ George Liqour…..I’m so with you all the way on that one. You know what it’s nothing but a bunch of young ass high school kids up here that don’t know s*** about true hip hop that is giving Nicki Garbage praise. This chick ain’t real hip hop! GTFOH with that wack ass album! Girl Bye!
“she simply RHYMES… HAS SPAZZ ATTACKS..AND STUTTERS..”
^^^^^^THISSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nicki has broken records that Lil Kim has never reached so to say she’s not doing much is really a mute point. I’m not saying crown Nicki the queen but to say she’s not doing nothing come on man. Your opinion of lyrics is just that OPINION. Lyrically Nicki is a beast. but thats my opinion. Kims rhymes in my opinon is the same. Suck this, eat that, swallow this. Yeah really versatile. just my opinion….But the thing is i really don’t like lil kim so I don’t login to blogs and stories about her to speak negative about her. seems like a waste of my time to do that. I don’t have that much hate for someone whoo doesn’t know me. Gotta go….LOL
@Traci Summers
SORRY BUT LIL KIM IS A LOWLIFE CHICK FORM QUEENS WHO GOT ON BY F***** BIGGIE MARRIED A**
SHE A PUPPET ALWAAYS HAS ALWAYS WILL BE
BIGGIE MOLDED AND SCULPTED THAT B**** INTO AN OVERSEXUAL BLACK BIMBO
THAT COULD SPIT LIKE A DUDE,
SHE HAS SET FEMALE RAPPERS BACK NOT FORWARD
WITH HER ANTICS AND BEING N*** IN FRONT OF AWARD SHOWS AND THE WHITE
MEDIA , BEFORE NICKY DID CAME OUT DID YOU WONDER WHY
THEIR SEEMED TO BE AN ERA IN RAP , WHERE FEMALE RAPPERS WERE NOT RESPECTED
WELL IT BECAUS OF KIM SLUTTY A** WHO SET THE PRECEDENT FOR MAY RAPPERS AFTER HER
Oh I didn’t know The Emperor of Hip Hop was in here CHILE PLEASE I didn’t know you decided what hip hop is. I could see if you said there is some hip hop I don’t like. But to say it isn’t because you don’t like it is like saying. This chocolate ice cream isn’t real Ice cream because I don’t like it GTFOH. Old heads from the 80’s said the same thing about hip hop in the 90’s saying it wasn’t hip hop. history repeating itself. they said Lil kim wasn’t hip hop but a hip h**. do you even remember that
SO, “YOU’LL AWAYS BE NUMBER 2”!
I DON’T CARE HOW MANY UNITS SHE MOVES!
“PINK FRIDAY” IS STRAIGHT GARBAGE!
Bravo @ LOL well said.
“MANY”
Congrats nicki baby! I’m so proud of yu mommi! Ur the s***! F*** these haters!!
That is Wassup. The year is off to a great start for her. Nicki success is helping bring back Female Rap. Lil Kim to be exact. They really are opening doors for each others
@LOL re:January 5, 2011 at 7:19 pm —
“NOW DO YOU SEE HOW STUPID THAT SOUNDS XYZ COMPARING RAPPERS TO SINGERS!!!” <– See: Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart…!! …Has ANYTHING Drake done been #1, OVER 8-weeks, and has been on said R&B/Hip Hop chart, as long as "Deuces"…??? NO! …In this age of "the download" an artist isn't "just a "CD-moving-vehicle", NO! He/She MUST have access to, AND THRIVE, in film/TV(reality TV). Drake has YET to even enter that market! Er…and can't Drake be heard, on several of his more popular songs, singing? Isn't Drake a rapper/singer…?? YES!
Drake, and Trey Songz ONLY SOLD, the numbers they did, because of "Feb 8th-2009". But since THAT is quickly-fading from memory, and given the success of "Deuces" and "Takers", it's only too apparent: Chris Brown is back! HE is to be our next KING OF POP! ONLY HE, can dance as MJ did, or TAKE-COMMAND of a stage, as MJ once did! NONE-BUT 21-YEAR-OLD Christopher Maurice Brown – THE NEW KING OF POP!
But even from the far-reaches of Cyber Space, I can feel your pain: Nicki Minaj has completely surpassed, and given her current momentum and trajectory, will force Lil' Kim (as she's done with Rihanna) into that cold stillness: OBLIVION…!!
(Irrelevancy has no zip code, better "stan-for" Kim while she's still visible…!!)
X,Y,"and Z" — Out….!!
Congrads nicki!!!! You will forever have haterz but your numbers, billboard records, and album speaks for itself! I predict you go at least triple platinum because this album has so much more to prove!!!! Just mark my words
@XYZ IF YOU SAY CHRIS BROWN IS THE NEXT KING OF POP ONE MO GIN
B**** IMMA “POP” YOU THE KING OF POP IS DEAD DECEASED THEIR
WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER
YOU SOUND DELUSIONAL YOU SAY DEUCES WAS A SUCCESS ON THE RNB CHARTS WELL BABY YOU JUST PROVED MY POINT!!
THAT RNB CHARTS
NOT POP CHARTS
YOU COMPARED RIHANNA TO NICKY OFF OF WHAT FIRST WEEK ALBUM SALES
AND I COMPARED DRAKE TO CHRIS OFF OF WHAT FIRST WEEK ALBUM SALES !!!
DONT BE FOOLISH RIHANNA AND NICKY IN 2 DIFFERENT LANES
CHRIS AND DRAKE ARE IN 2 DIFFERENT LANES
NOW STAY IN YOUR LANE XYZ !!!
She did it! =D Congrats!
OH … L,O,”AND L “OUT… !!!
@ Daniel:
NO ONE ASIDE FROM YOU CARES TAYLOR, UGH!!!
Anyway, I think Nicki is crap, but congrats to her, I guess. I never, ever thought that she would be this successful. I honestly thought that she was gonna flop.
I bet Lil Kim is REAL mad, though!
Love her or hate her, I think that Nicki has definitely PROVEN herself with her debut album. I’m actually very surprised at the albums performance on the chart. It has yet to leave the top 10 and it has been one of the strongest sellers this holiday season. She has a lot to be proud of and she showed the doubters what she is made of. Congrats Nicki and keep doing you because it has obviously payed off…A LOT.
I wonder if people will bump this album 10 years from now? *Pops in “Hardcore* 😉
^^^^^LOL! Hardcore>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Stink Monday
Correction on a previous comment: No one cares about Taylor. Sorry for that obvious grammatical error.
Don’t you all find it strange that you’re trying to convince others to see your way of thinking. We’re all entitled to our opinion. Why should you feel the need to the defend the success of one artist over the next. We’re all fans of one or the other. We should all get lives already. I support the artist i like as everyone else should. Whether you’re for Nicki or against her, she’s going to sell to those she appeals to and in turn support her.
lmao at the jealous queen plastic stans yeah h*** nicki is slaying the old ” oh shes not talented” ”she can’t rap” ”shes a gimmick” you can take it and shove it in youre asses coooooooooonnnnnnnnnngggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttsssssssssss nicki keep slaying baby girl
Congrats Nicki I knew you was going to slay the charts. You go girl
Also people said that Nicki will sell like $40k in the first week. WOW! PLATIMUN is far from $40k. I know Young Money must be very proud of Nicki’s sales right now. Now what Nicki have to do now it go on tour.
Congratz Nickii!!!!…A solid effort with a solid album.
I’m happy for her!!!!
@LOL
“OH … L,O,”AND L “OUT… !!!” <– 0_o SWING-AND-A-MISS…!!!
…As far as Drake, Chris and "the charts"; (I labored in vain) It's called: "Billboard R&B/Hip Hop chart". Not "Billboard R&B" and, then-there separate, "Billboard Hip-Hop chart." The example I used, what I had referenced, was THAT SAID CHART. Long-story short(?) For the sake of Billboard(used in our discourse, the two are one-in-the-same….!!)
And you're -either slightly-and-or-completely daft- NOT to realize that Drake/Trey Songz/Justin Bieber ONLY got their "so-far recognition" BECAUSE of "Feb 8th, 2009 Chrianna!" Immediately there-after, everyone wrote-Chris-off, for dead! "He's finished" they all said! (but they didn't speak for us; us, as in, "the masses." We demanded: we wanted to see Chris pay homage to MJ! Enough so, that BET was FORCED to submit to us, the consumers. Alas, CBreezy and the heart-felt 2010 performance!) And since that BET performance? "Deuces" #1 and "Takers" #1
"YOU COMPARED RIHANNA TO NICKY OFF OF WHAT FIRST WEEK ALBUM SALES" <– Where, when and how? Given the momentum of her NOW-THEREBOUTS-3-WEEK'S-WORTH-OF SALES. Nicki has FAR-EXCEEDED ANY OF WHAT RIHANNA HAS DONE; FAR-FAR EXCEEDED…..!!!! The blogs no-longer talk about "fashionista Rihanna"! No-longer are the blogs all-so-enthralled by Rihanna and her everyday "sidewalk fashion-fair"….!!
The masses have ALREADY spoken:
1.) Out-with (the talentless and worn): Rihanna.
2.) In-with the fresh, new, TALENTED and exciting: Nicki Minaj!
3.)"Deuces" (for some 6-months now) in the Top-10 on the MySpace chart. And, in as many months on/in Billboard's Top-10 R&B/HIP-HOP chart! (social network users/subscribers actually buy stuff)
(hacking through the dense vegetation – no rest for the weary; and hoping my efforts aren't in vain, I'll again reiterate…)
…When you buy a Drake/CBreezy CD, you buy both R&B/Hip Hop! What artist today, DOESN'T have a rapper, rapping over some R&B singer?
And, as much as you're in denial, the evidence is OVERWHELMING: Nicki Minaj has retired Rihanna to "anonymous irrelevance"..!! And when Nicki decides to tour The U.K./Europe, you can THEN sound the death-knell of Brand-Rihanna! Rihanna no-longer generates the interest she once did – SHE'S FINISHED…!! Nicki Minaj is now the NEW "IT GIRL….!!!" And given these now-reported numbers, it's safe-to-say, Nicki didn't "only just" sell to Urban audiences, she's crossed-over. More-to-the-point: mainstream audiences have crossed over to purchase "Pink Friday"!
But today(for you) must be a difficult day, indeed:
1.) Nicki going platinum
2.) Lil' Kim now made to look bitter, reaching and old
3.) Rihanna (with today's reported numbers)being pushed into irrelevancy!
…Rihanna and Lil' Kim: two casualties of "The Harajuku Barbie."
X,Y,"and Z" — OUT…!!
Congrats Nicki have to give credit where it is Due
Yes she is now opening doors for female rappers and that but now everyone will be looking for the new Nicki Minaj and to be honest nicki minaj is a s*** rapper like the other’s said all she does is ryhm has spazz out’s stutter’s and pulls faces if yall think that is some amazing talenten then I don’t know what to think
These are the same people talking about real music and your calling Nicki Minaj queen of Hip Hop Looooool really QUEEN! ..Hmm No
Pink Friday was s*** as only 4 songs where good and the rest where BLAH =|
She needs to go back to her mix tape days
& She will always be number 2 Lil Kim —> Nicki Minaj even if Nicki Out Sales Lil Kim, Kim still spits harder and has that street credibility and is now a legend and it is sooooo true in 10 years who the hell is going to be playing pink friday =/ keep it cute just like her She is cute her looks and her music ain’t nothing serious,.
But still congrats to her keep getting that paper Nicki!
@lol b**** shut your ugly ass up how the hell did drake erase chris brown -the next king of pop
YESS PINK FRIDAY B******!!!!!!!!! PLATINUM … ALL YOU LIL KRIM FANS CAN STAY PRESSED …. NONE OF LIL KRIMS ALBUMS HAVE EVER SOLD LIKE THIS! …THAT UGLY BOTCHED FACE B**** COULD NEVER DO THESE KINDA NUMBERS …THAT UGLY H** TOOK 4 YEARS TO GO 2X AND WE DONT EVEN KNOW IF SHE REALLY EVEN HIT 2 MILL …CUZ ITS ONLY ABOUT THE SHIPMENT RIGHT ? HAHAHA ..NICKI DID IT IN 3 MONTHS WHEW MAD? …. SO WHAT MAKES ANY OF YOU KRIM FANS REALLY THINK SHE CAN SELL IN 2011? WITH NO FANBASE …OTHER THAN THE FEW 30 YEAR OLDS THAT HAVE NO LIFE AND HAVENT MADE A FAMILY …LMAOO
LIL KRIM WILL ALWAYS FLOP …JUST LIKE HER LAST EFFORTS (NAKED FLOP) OH AND HER LAST EFFORTS AT A SINGLE “DOWNLOAD FLOP” HAHAHAHA …
NICKI IS QUEEN OF HIP-HOP … RIH-RIH IS PRINCESS OF POP… BEYONCE IS QUEEN OF R&B LADY GAGA IS QUEEN OF POP ….
NOW ANSWER ME THIS ….. WHEW MAD??? HAHAHAHAHAH
And people say she’s going to sell less than Drake, LMFAO.
I LOVE Nicki! This is so amazing and she deserves all of the success in the world. Anyways, this will definitely silence the Kim stans who said she wouldn’t go 2x Platinum which she’s clearly bound to eventually.
Has Kanye even gone Platinum?
First id like to say CONGRATULATIONS NICKI!!
But also..honestly, i could UNDERSTAND if some of you were saying
“nicki cant rap,shes a w****,shes fake,she has no substance” etc..If you guys were comparing her to someone like Lauryn hill..but to downgrade nicki and praise KIM is ridiculous!!
Nicki has done WAY more for female hip hop than kim..
All kim did was make females feel like they needed to be sexed up to be hearrd!
The femcees on “My Mic Sounds Nice” even said so!
Nicki is opening doors for female hip hop and has SINGLE HANDEDLY made it relevant again..im not gonna say shes the queen but she definantly deserves respect..
Nicki has MUCH more substance than kim i.e fly,autobiography,dear old nicki,M4L,can anybody hear me,save me,here i am,n***** etc.. while kim is a ONE SUBJECT rapper who only speaks about how much shes the s*** & her burnt ass p****..
Pink friday may be pop, but LYRICALLY she came hard..she was extremely versatile & i can guarantee you her sophomore effort will win her the respect she deserves..
Do you realize how many records this girl has broke?
Nicki was on her grind for THREE years,put out three mixtapes,dvds,over 30 collabs & worked HARD AS HELL to get where shes at today..while, kim met the right person, he saw somethin in her & started writing music for her
LETS BE HONEST:
Disregard the wigs,pictures,funny voices & beef..
If NICKI came out when kim did,under BIGGIES wing, shed be considered the QUEEN OF HIP HOP right now..
& if kim came out NOW as Lil Waynes protege, youd all call her Wayne’s w****..
Lets actually be honest..we all know that theyre only judged because of who and what era theyre associated with.
@hip hop 4 life..
men i was agreein with you its cool tho..
much love for standin up to these haters. x
@traci summers..
smh someone secretly loves nicki and needs to come out da closet.. as your physciatrist i wuld recommend a few days rest,, stay off those drugs,, oh yea and to SITYOASSDOWN! lmao
@ HIP HOP 4 LIFE.,
you explained everythinq perfectly.! took the words riqht out of my mouth. *thumbz up.
CONGRATz NICKI.! *listens to FLYY.
My bad @ NAMZII. We on the same team. Bump these haterz
@ Kavion your right on point bro
(Channeling Nicki Minaj, while thinking bout “the haters” *cough*” Lil’ Kim”*cough)
“THESE B****** IS HER SONS….!!!!”
X,Y,”and Z” — OUT…!!
@BEYSOBREEZY
yep people sure will FYI everybody doesnt still listen to hardcore me personally never liked it ..
o and congrats to nicki i liked the ablum cant wait for he sophomore album and idk what nobody say the only reason kim got called the queen of hip hop is because she said she was and biggie said she was …nobody was calling her that before she called herself that …so many femcess where better than her and came out before her ex. mc lyte queen LAitfah da brat was all better than her so i think if people what to call nicki the queen of hip hop they can s*** atleast nicki writes her own stuff on her debut album somekrim will NEVER be able to say
Hey sam! i am actually wondering…………..does this really reopen doors for such mc’s as Eve, trina and lil kim???? I’m not so sure because nicki minaj is in a lane of her own. The costumes, the character, the stage presence, the entertainer she is, none of those other female rappers are doing that….oh and none of them are affiliated with Lil’ wayne and Drake.
@KIM’S WORL..TRINA IS NO FLOP SORRY..HER 2010 “AMAZIN” MAY HAVE DONE BAD..BUT LOOK AT HER PAST ALBUMS..& IN 2008 SHE’S WAS THE ONLY FEMALE RAPPER HOLDING IT DOWN..TRINA ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE SORRY..ITS LIKE EVERY2 YEARS SHE’S PUTTING OUT AN ALBUM..
BACK TO THE TOPIC:OMG..ITS REALLY SAD THAT PEOPLE CAN’T GIVE RESPECT & PROPS WHEN ITS DUE..I FOR ISN’T A NICKI STAN/FAN BUT I DO ENJOY HER MUSIC & EVEN SUPPORT A LITTLE HERE & THERE..CONGRADULATIONS NICKI U DESERVE IT & WILL BE MANY MORE ALBUMS TOO LOOK FORWARD TOO AS WELL
Congrats to Nicki, Love love your CD……:)
@Kavion
Could not agree more.
Some of you ignorant self hatting baboons. Nicki minajs album is what hip hop needs. To say its not hip hop is because u all have been embracing the sad state of hip hop we have endured through this decade. S**, guns, drugs. Since Nickis album strays away from that and she’s a black female rapper, Its not real rap? Get the f*** out of here.
One thing Nicki Minaj has over Lil kim is her ability to include inspiration into her lyrical creations. I love Pink friday for songs like FLY and Im the best. When has Lil Kim inspired anyone besides inspiring them to g***** on a d***. Nickis record brought hip hop back to its core and I applaud her for that. Give the girl her props. She is opening doors for female rappers again and doing it in a way that uplifts the culture of hip hip. I was tired of all the “make it rain stripper songs” defining hip hop.
Our culture is better than that. Black people we do have brains. We can touch on different things than what we have been tolerating. Stop putting up with the b*******. It’s all apart of the s**** mentality. We have to end it Now. Congradulations to Nicki and I hope we see more like her in the future.
@BLACK PEOPLE WAKE UP
100% Cosign..
People just refuse to give nicki her props because shes not what theyre used to and because the album didnt have hard beats..hip hop is about LYRICISM not beats, and the same people dissing nicki for “not being lyrical” are now the same ones saying her beats sucked? ITS NOT ABOUT THE BEATS..hopefully one day people will realize it
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