@ethen..i agrre with everything you have stated in this post aaaannd..i dont see nikki around in the next 5 yrs now..im just gonna say...kim is the queen, kim started everything nikki is doing now..only diffrence is nikki's flow you youngsters gotta know kim did biiiiig things in her career..that i personally dont see nikki doing... (like)..going platnium with a nasty as album..(hardcore)...only releaseing 2 singles of that album..and it went platnium...k..kim has done sooo many things for the females of hip hop.... ~dont get me wrong nikki drones..the giri got swagg....i have pink friday...to me...it is a HIP HOP POP !! ALBUM....not saying i dont like it just callin it like i hear it... until nikki gets to her 2nd platnium album.... be able to be a stand out SOLO artist..meaning..kim didnt havr to jump on errbody's record to get her name up...cae in point~jr mafia !!....i not going to go on nd on...cause i know that the nikki drones are piising them selves in anger, cause im telling the truth...lol