“Sell outs”.
Ask hip hop’s reigning highnesses – Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott, and Nicki Minaj – and they can attest to being titled such at some point in their illustrious careers (the latter more than her rap predecessors).
Indeed, in the heavily male-dominated genre of rap, trying to “hang with the boys” has either constituted hypermasculinization or explicitly detailing bedroom antics. Either way, rap’s estrogenic entities have had to take the extreme route often to little notoriety…
But, as artists like Elliott and Kim began to straddle the genre fences by collaborating with pop’s heaviest hitmakers, they found their social profile rising as well. Such formula is one a certain Nicki Minaj has seemingly subscribed to and perfected as her pop potion has reeled in many-a-patron. Conversely, her “harder” hip hop servings seem less desired by the general public despite cries of fans and spectators alike for the return of “the old Nicki”.
So what’s the recipe for rapstress success?
Even acts like Trina and Foxy Brown, who once found themselves camel toe to toe with the Kims and co. of yesteryear ,have found less success in their attempts to evade succumbing to pop positions – a decision that is costing them greatly. And, while a new school lay in wait to track their heels across hip hop’s female foundation, are they being taught that the formula for successful male rappers is different than that of female rappers?
For, history has shown, fewer male rappers have had to go the pop route and even when they do (i.e. Flo Rida), they are oft less respected.
So you tell us:
What is the formula to create a successful female rapper?
Your thoughts?
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love this. great article.
MISSY UGLY ASS IS THE MOST OVERRATED OF THEM ALL TBH
SHUT THE F*** UP YOU STAN FOR A M***** IN A DRESS YOU STANK B****
@BEE Killing these H*** COSIGN chile!!!
@BEE
Dont worry! He/She dont stand for ppl with actual talent!
the formula is…copy Nicki Minaj…this entails:
1. WRITING YOUR OWN LYRICS!!!!!! many female rappers struggle with this…this enables you to have tons of songs and features which puts your music out there…you are also independent of waiting on someone to give you dope bars
2. DOMINATE ALL AVENUES…music and everything else…Nicki is the second female rapper to kill every avenue but what makes her different from Latifah is that she is still a female rapper..Latifah had a very short rap career and success only came to her well after her rapping days
3. SPEAK ELOQUENTLY…you must be able to network with the top dawgs…Nicki can be very hood, but also knows when to be professional
4. BE HANDS ON…Nicki is in charge of every aspect of her career which prevents anyone from screwing her over…even though it’s more work it is worth it in the end
Clearly Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea are taking notes…it’s over for any female rapper comebacks though…time for the new generation
TREV YOU BETTER POST THAT S*** DAMN IT! NICKI IS LAYING THE PINK PRINT FOR THESE WASHED ASS, ANCIENT, LAND BEFORE TIME, DINASAUR FOSSIL B******!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trev suck a d***
lol “DeezNUTS”…you went a little ham on the older rappers but you still make me laugh….this is coming from a person that likes almost every female rapper…after hearing Missy & Eve release their struggle tracks i was confused as to why they suck so bad…it ‘s not the lyrics…it’s just that they don’t fit in anymore…all of it sounds forced and annoying…Trina just dropped the ball too, which shocked me because her last mixtape was so good…so yea i think i’m done having hope in them…but their old music will forever slay lives
as for the new girls, I’m loving em…A Banks, Iggy, Kreayshawn, Lee Mazin, Honey Cocaine, etc….as long as they know Nicki is their mothers they will be fine
Azealia Banks & Nicki Minaj >>>> the rest honestly don’t Matter if your old n ratchet like Trina or Lil Kim just hang it up the world isn’t here for you!!!
Azealia Banks & Nicki Minaj are both s***** rappers h**
@ BEE
EXACTLY..THEY ARE REALLY NOTHING SPECIAL
h**
Azealia Banks definitely got flow! Dont no about garbaj though…
SHARON DAMNIT! S***! WHO THE F*** BROUGHT YOU BROKE ASS OUT THE PSYCH WARD?! NICKI IS KNOOOOWN FOR HER FLOW! HER FLOW IS FLEXABLE! THATS WHY SHE’s FAMOUS!
@DeezNUTS
I didnt mean just her flow! i meant her as an artist overal! Her style, her music etc. it just doesnt appeal to me! should of included that so i appologise!
@sharon girl dont apologize to someone when they slayn u sweetie…F*** DAT H**! chile speak yo mind…I got yo back…PLEASE BELIEVE!
death at kreayshawn being on that pic…..gworl white gurl mob bout to be feeling herself today…
LMFAO!!!
Samantha, we the readership would like the Rita Whora story. Why are you dragging your feet, we want to drag this w**** so hurry up and post it.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are the rumors true? Is “Mrs Robyn Brown (BEYONCE’S WEAVE)” actually a dude? If so, what a f**!
IT’S THE MAINSTREAM, CORPORATE LABELS THAT MAKE THEIR ARTISTS SELL OUT.
The purpose of a label signing an artist is for monetary gain, so technically the artist is the label’s investment. They want to do what’s current aka what appeals to masses. Back in the day, everyone listened to hip-hop for lyricism, times have changed, as people began to party like crazy, the music that went along with it flooded the mainstream. Everyone blames Eminem, and other rappers who crossed over and garnered mainstream success, for selling out but in reality it’s not their fault, labels control artists. Adding to this, if you were offered 2 million dollars to make “Pop” music, would you? Any sane person would.
I’m not a big fan of hers but I’m 99% positive that Nicki is making the “music” that her producers and record label executives want. Ever notice how when pop artists always wind up coming out with their “own” album because it’s something they always wanted to do? That’s because they’re pressured by their label to make music that will sell, sell, sell millions of records, not necessarily make the kind of music they want to make. So, in a way, they’re selling out from the very beginning so they can gain popularity and make millions and then find the courage to make their own music one day. Then if they flop, at least they’ll have millions of dollars to rest their heads on at the end of the day.
IT’S ALL A MONEY MAKING BUSINESS.
Couldn’t have said it better Jake! 😉
Thank you boo. 😉
@JAKE
YOU ARE F****** SEXYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!
DAMN BOY. Are you Latino or other…!?!
ANd I agree 100% with your comment.
LOL. Yes…
My mother is White (Sweedish) and my father is Bi-Racial (African-American & Puerto-Rican)
😉
Jake you’re so fine. I want you so badly.
You H** wash yo funky p**** 1st you s***** c***
DEAD @BEE Killing these H***!! LOLOLOLOL!!!!!! MORE MORE MOOOOOREEE!!!!!
Spoken like a Republican.
Jake…you’ll let me suck that d***? I’ll do everything to you, boy! You ain’t never have better head than what i’ll give you.
ejh999@hotmail.com; email me Jake. 😉
ANYWAYS THAT WAS A GOOD READ!!! LMOFA!!!!!! AS IF JAKE WOULD F*** ANY OF YOU F***!!!!
aaahahh i knew you guys loved Kim.
whoever thumbs down this her comment can kisssss my black ass chile
Honestly, no one wants to see a female walking around grabbing her crotch and rapping hardcore lyrics. The public wants a s***, bubbly, fun female rapper and that’s why Lil Kim was so hot in her heyday, and Nicki is hot now. Unfortunately, I am not hot.
HOW MUCH YOU WANNA BET LIL KIM JR WONT BE HOT IN 2014!!!
DEATH chile
@CHRISTINA AGUILERA
KIM WASN’T HOT IN HER HAY DAY??? R U SERIOUS? KIM WAS THE ISH U DUMB A$$ ..HARDCORE WAS THE MOST CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUMS EVER…FOR FEMALE AND MALE…KIM WAS HOT…AND TO BE HONEST SHE STILL IS… KIM IS STILL A BIG F***** DEAL..WHENEVER SHE GOES ANYWHERE, IT MAKES HEADLINE NEWS…SO ALL YOU HATERS WILL JUST DEAL
It’s a bout time ya post a pic if kreayshawn on this site you chicken eating finger licking n*****. WTF! Kreayshawn is second hardest working girl on that list (lil Kim first cause she just the queen) but kreayshawn is number 2 putting these b****** to shame gucci gucci went gold and n***** is hating on her. They in her twitter mentions hating saying she would not eat.. But she snaking on that paper baby y’all n***** ain’t f****** with kreayshawn she from tha streets she dont play.
@WGM give it up please. Kreayshawn is done! Her flop album was one of the biggest flops in music history.
AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHLOLOLOLOL chile!!!
suck the s*** out of diseased monkeys ass you white b****!!
LMAO!! I CANT WITH THIS FUCKERY!!
Listen Nicki is wondering where her career went wrong it’s plain n simple once she was exposed as having been so disrespectful towards LilKim and the other femcees after really ordering all their outfits redoing their poses and just blatantly belittling their importance and success hip hop said f*** her. When she calls a truce with Kim maybe we will give her a lil respect until then she can start kissing her music career goodbye! FORMULA = RESPECT * HONESTY * HOMAGE
NICKI was paying homage to that HOODRAT since day one so please hush h**
Nicolas is wearing finger paint on her face as make up you f***** dirty c*** shut the f*** up b****
@BEE Killing these H*** i think i love you!! READ B**** READ!!!!!! YAAAASSSSS!!!! (pop tongue chhile)
@DRAYNER….EXACTLY..THESE YOUNGINS DON’T HAVE A CLUE.
To think that Nicki is blatantly copying kim is a little overboard. When artists go to photoshoots the photographer already has a certain look hes going for. NIcki doesnt direct the shoot. The only shoot thats blatant in that regard is the lollypop picture…but that was paying homage to Kim.
Girl U just need to shut the F*** up bfo u get draaaaaggg by yo wain p****….AGAIN!! THAT BITVH did copy kim, h**!
@ Deez,
Nicki wasnt paying homage to KIM when she took that pic!! she was trying to make a name for herself..all the time she was coming up she was dissing kim…true fact check out lilkim present chapter 1-7…do your research!!
Nicki said she was paying homage. She obviously was paying homage. This is something that cant be argued. lol
I watched the Playtime is over b*******. The fact is NICKI came out the door showing respect to other female rappers.
“Name a qirl as real as her
No not dem
Who’s ya best MC
Nick Fox & Kim”
-Whose ya best MC. off of NIcki’s first mixtape.
My take is that, KIM wanted to be with cashmoney, but Cashmoney/Youngmoney wanted NIcki. Kim got jealous. Kim realized that NIcki was gonna snatch her whole life and started saying nicki stole her style. I dont give a f*** about style. Nicki’s music is original and sounds nothing like any other female artist.
Lmao, Perez Hilton readers are going in on Rita. RIP to her career.
what does this have to do with rita ora??? Is she that much of a threat to you? If you claim she’s a flop say that and leave it alone. Stop beating a dead horse. Damn.
Lmao, they’re calling her ugly, manly looking and a dirty w****. Where’s the story Sam, spill the Rita Whora tea, I’m ready to go in.
Ain’t gonna happen you funky h**
LOLOL!
B**** made n***** walk all over kreayshawn since last year she finally put ya n***** in you’re place when gucci gucci went gold!
Record label did kreayshawn wrong kreayshawn was to street for they asses they tired to change kreayshawn. Record label f*** up they drop the ball on a great mega hit artist gucci gucci got the most veiws than any Rihanna & beyonce video!
Kreayshawn is on top of these b**** made ass n***** she eating good off her tour money she still on top of the female rap game y’all n***** can’t tell her nothing. Kreayshawn can sell a million out her trunk she dont need no record label like nicki Minaj & Rihanna flop asses she dont.
Kreayshawn counting paper saying f*** the world n***** I’m from Oakland where b**** n***** get they head crack open.
funky white HUNKY!!!
So you’re basically saying you got dropped from the label? Happens to the best of artists…don’t give up on your dreams.
Kims career lasted a decade. I dont see Nicki achieving this.
Lauryn Hill is the queen of rap.
Nicki is already at 7 years in the game lmao. But you know whats different, NIcki is ensuring that when shes done, she’ll still have her foot in the game. Ie. Record Lable, Fashion, Acting, Cosmetics. NIcki’s gonna be rap’s first female mogoul. lmfao Kim was too busy sucking d***.
Nicki is not 7 years deep. her debut album dropped in 2010. Nobody cares about money, I dont know her! she isnt paying my bills! i will judge a female rapper on their talent and Nicki is mediocre.
Gooowrl u MUST b 12 to think that chile
I’m sorry 5 years Deep. Nicki started in 2007. If you think Nicki isnt talented thats your opinion. But her stats speak for themself.
7 YEARS IN THE GAME??? CHILE!!!!
ROTFLMAO!!!! LORD HAVE MERCY ON ME! LMAO!!
NICKI’S lasted 2yrs….LOLOLOLOLOLOL chile!!!!!!!!!!!111
not really, and it was avery inconsistent career….y’all act like kim is jay z and can drop an album at anytime….
B**** go juice up yo dry ass p****. Kim was too consistant for over a decade so eat me!
DEATH!!! @truth
Aside from the Grammy, Nicki has accomplished more than Lil Kim has in her two to three years of mainstream visibility than Kim has in ten years. Because Nicki can write her own s***, she doesn’t need to rely on ghostwriters.
put on that wig taht Keri lost you F**!!
HUH??? IS THIS FOR REAL?
NICKI ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN KIM??? GTFOH. KIM SHYTS ON NICKI ALL DAY EVERYDAY..
DO YOUR HOMEWORK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty2yULDCwbY
Salt n Pepa had the longest success run and the best material.
Asalt with a deadly Pepa and black’s magic>>>>>>>>
Best overall female mc of all time (skill wise) is roxanne shante.
Most successful cross over act is Latifah. Acting, singing, book writer, jazz albums, modeling, rapping, etc.
My fave from the UK female will always be Neneh Cherry!
The new girls are talented, but the legends did the damn thing!
Lauryn is more successful at cross-over. do any of these girls have an 8x platinum album like Lauryn?
Yet no one calls Queen Latifa a sell out and shes the biggest sell out of them all.
chile f*** you..IKCI is the BIGGEST SELL OUT YOU H**!!!!!
@DeezNuts
a “sell-out” isnt someone who makes money.
a sell-out is someone who waters down their music in order to appeal to their masses, compromising their own integrity to the point where their original fanbase cannot identify with them anymore.
@REALXOXO
So Latifa’s original fanbase identified with her Jazz album?
Nicki wasnt trying to “appeal to the masses” . Her fans like that music. I’ve been with NIcki since the beginning and I like starships, I like whip it, I like superbass, i like turn me on. Superbass is her biggest hit and it was somewhat of an accident. So as an artist you say, “hmmm ok, I guess I make similar songs on my next album.”
If Nicki has the ablility to make a pop record that WIDENS her fanbase and her fans love it, why not? For street cred? So she can end up washed like Krim, Trina, Lil Mama, Eve? This is a business! Music BUSINESS!! This isnt singing Negro spirituals by the campfire. Mainstream artists are trying to make money! And Nicki is doing so flawlessly.
Lastly. The hip-hop community doesnt buy records! Why isnt Kendrick Lamar’s or Wale’s album selling as well as Nicki’s? Tyga? Nas? RickRoss? Marinate on that.
Stop acting like Nicki’s album is selling like iPads on black Friday. She’s not selling albums either. Her second album has been out for the longest and still hasn’t sold a million copies yet. Where are those illustrious pop fans who buy albums…and why aren’t they buying hers, since she went so far out of her way to cater to them? Hmmm.
All Nicki is is a female version of Flo Rida; she sells digital singles and ringtones, while her actual full album is largely overlooked and unsold. The hip hop community has a long history of buying albums, when they are compelled to do so. If Kendrick Lamar and Wale aren’t selling, then maybe it’s because they aren’t proving themselves to be compelling enough. You fools here at TGJ **kill** me with acting like pop fans actually buy albums, when the reality is that all they do is hang out as iTunes cherry picking singles.
I don’t see One Direction selling like The Backstreet Boys, Taylor Swift selling like Shania Twain or Katy Perry moving units like Paula Abdul during her peak. Again, all pop fans largely do is buy singles. So to me it’s damn stupid when black acts sell out to pop, thinking that it’s the smart, money making thing to do — it’s not. Usher and Neyo are seeing the poorest sales of their career as they churn out dance/pop, thinking it’s where the money is, while it actually chases away the audience who bought Confessions and In My Own Words. Same with Nicki and Flo Rida. Nicki isn’t seeing Hard Core #’s and Flo Rida for damn sure ain’t selling albums like 2Pac, Biggie and 50 Cent did.
These pop pandering acts don’t sell albums, all they do is sell singles and ringtones. And, seriously, WHO gets in the business to be known as a Ring Tones artist? That’s a joke. So quit acting like that type of music is flying off shelves, because it’s not.
And Latifah’s jazz album was a one time novelty piece that happened years after she earned her iconic status and peaked. It wasn’t an attempt to sell out or jump ship to another genre, it was her doing something different one time…long after she had already established herself as true woman of hip hop, that’s why no one looks at it as being a sell out piece, or holds it against her. Nicki has been doing pop from virtually the beginning of her career, trying to manipulate hip hop fans and pop fans into buying into her at the same time, and everyone smells the fakery.
Yasssss!! u betta READ!!!!
DEAD @ negro spirituals!!!
how is kim washed??? her career spans from 1995- til now if u really think about it. she stays in the limelight. …whether she has new music out or not…and she still spending money from what hardcore generated..get it right b******!!!
@Absolved
Nicki’s first album sold 3.8 million world wide. WW her second album has sold around 1.5 million. LMFAO Name 3 rappers that outsold her in 2012 and I’ll drink Lil Kim’s cocktail recipe.
Nicki is NOT the female version of Flo RIda. When has Flo Rida ever put a song out like Did it on em, Beez in the Trap, Save me, Roman’s Revenge, Come on a Cone, or a verse like Monster?! LMFAOOO He can’t. Thats what sets her apart.
Youre comparing One Direction to the Backstreet Boys? lmao You have to compare in CONTEXT to this era. THe music industry has changed drastically. Downloading, recession, youtube…music doesnt sell like it used to. And Wtf do they have to do with anything.
If Kendrick Lamar and Wale are “REAL HIP HOP” how come they arenet getting supported?! lmao
I will NOT accept excuses for Latifah’s Jazz Album. If NIcki sold out, Latifah sold out. end of story.
ok nutz lemme explain this in a NICE way to you because you CLEARLY are lost. The difference is icki’s STANK attitude..End of story! but if you need more man just look at how fucky she is to EVERYONE!! she told yall, her stans, that she pays yall DUST and then she deleted her twiter acct says she gonna find OTHER barbs to be her fans. THIS IS ALLLL FACT! i used to REEEAAALLLY like her when she first came out…HONESTLY!! with usher, ludicris…hell i LOOOOVE ‘I GETS CRAZY’! I really liked her but that interview she did with Angie Martinez when she call Kim a sore loser..THAT was when i saw her for the fake person she is…and so did everyone else. AND SHE GOT WORSE! THAT why i caint stand the b****.
I wanna know who told you selling 3.8 million worldwide was good. Holla back when a Nicki album sells that much in the U.S. alone. She’s supposed to be one of the hottest acts in music right now, but her sales are horrid. If you’re in the “It”-girl stage of your career, then your album sales should be approx. 3-6x platinum US and 10+ million WW. Not 3.8 WW and less than 2 million in the U.S. That’s s*****.
I can’t with stans bragging on low sales. No one is jealous of Nicki’s numbers.
Lets Check the Chronology of this whole Beef.
-08- Nicki does the sucker free Lil Kim homage shoot.
-09 in an interview. “said, “Shout out to Lil’ Kim. I think she’s dope. I love her. I met with her and we had a little talk, and I told her, ‘Listen, I have nothing against you, if anything I ever said or did that came off crazy, I just want to let you know it wasn’t meant to be that way.’” *They take a picture.
-09- They do a track together. (KIM GETS JEALOUS)
-10-Kim disses Nicki on stage with RayGay and says Nicki needs to show her respect/homage.
Hold up….what happened between 09/10? Jealousy. Realizing NIcki is gonna snatch that wig? Nicki always showed that h** respect. Kim just wanted to be with CASH MONEY.
Pink Friday sold 2.3 million world wide. Not sure where this extra 1.5 million is coming from
@Irrelevant Iggy
http://www.fantronomy.com/blog/2012/04/02/nicki-minaj-celebrates-a-triple-platinum-pink-friday/
@Rancor. You’re beneath me! lmfao AS A FEMALE HIP HOP ARTIST. 3.8 million world wide is GREAT! The TOP selling hip hop males in the business arent selling 6 million yet alone 3.8 million.!! WHat makes you think Nicki can? NICKI IS An IT-GIRL not a worldwide PHENOMENOM like Gaga, Adele, One direction, Taylor swift, justin beiber! Sit on a fat d*** and come CORRECT before you respond to me H**! LMFOAOOOOO
@ Deez Nuts
A Nicki Minaj fan telling someone that they are beneath them is hilarious. Your b**** ass admitted to liking “Starships.” 😆 You have zero ground to stand on in your wannabe quest at pretentiousness. Quite frankly your taste in music is GARBAGE and I bet when you were in school (if you still aren’t) you sat at the nerd table at lunch and were beat up constantly.
My position stands! For someone who is supposed to be in the prime of their career and one of the biggest names in music, Nicki’s sales are basically AWFUL. I’ve seen one-hit wonders albums move more units than she does. Her second album is performing horribly, and hell her debut album didn’t exactly do astonishing numbers either. If every album does half of what the one before it did, then her next album will be something straight out of an informercial for K-Tel Records.
Speaking of d****: go raw ride a sick one, you c*** b****. Wack m********* on here straining his lone 2 brain cells defending the non-sales of this wretched cartoon rapper who no one takes seriously, aside from little girls and gay teenage boys. Ha. You’re a joke and should feel honored I even bothered to respond to something your dumbass posted.
@the real xoxo
Yes lauryn did have the best selling cross over album. I meant latifah had the best cross over overall with different ventures. After Lauryn’s 1st album nothing much happened with her. I think the only movie she did was sister act 2(way before her album). What about endorsments, other acting roles, etc.
That’s what I was talking about..
I agree with u both on this
Icki is what’s wrong with femcee…her and her GLOW IN THE DARK MAKEUP chile.
It’s going down, down Barbie Pushing a pink Ferrari
I breeze through Africa Just to see the safari
I am the baddest bi*tch In America
Slicker than a jerri curl
Just ask Erica The black Sarah Jessica je-je-je-je-je-je-je-je JESSICA!
Don’t be text messaging me
I never check my messages
Only thing you could ask meIs how I want my sandwiches
I want more cheese Lots and lots of cheese
And when I’m on the stageI’m with SB’s
And when you see my luggage It says LV
And when I’m on the plane
It’s so empty! Hmmm. That’s why all those female rappers envy HAHAHAHAHAHA
NICKI MINAJ
U creaky p**** b****
Carter called, lemme get the car key, you don’t want it with the Harajuku Barbie
Keep a marquis, everything sparkly (man man down! ) hit em on a walkie-talkie.
Hit em, hit em knock-knock, tell em let me in. my name ring bells b**** buzz me in
And I only stop for pedestrians, or real real bad lesbian.
Hit em wit the Mac, hit em wit the Tec 9, hit em wit the Ruger by the intersex sine.
Hit em wit a Tommy so my n***** call me Pammy and I always the jammy in the trunk or in the lamby
Put my whole burrough on my back and I’m gooda, I don’t wanna hear what you would, what you coulda
I represent all the girls that stood up, used to drink water wit a little bit of sugar.
Now I’m in the gym with my squats and my sit-ups, doin the scissor-leg on the mat wit my foot up.
Young black pin-up, all of my b****** did up, now I’m tellin LA Reid to step his bid up.
And I’m tellin President Carter he picked a winner, b****** like nelly and kelly got a dilemma
These birds all fly south in the winter, f*** I look like chompin on a chicken dinner?
You can hate me, but why knock my hustle; I’ma be a queen no matter how they shuffle
Skirts with the ruffle, louis on the duffle. I’m a bad b**** no muzzle. (no muzzle).
B****** is softer than Al Dente, cut from a different kentae. tell em I’m the ninja,
Weezy is my sensei. so I call him Splinter, faster than a sprinter. gimme my chopsticks
I’ll have the rap b****** for dinner.
This is for my gentlemen in button-ups and khakis
This is for my n**** 7-up in Castaki
This is for my n***** wheelying them Kawasakis
Shout out to the back east salt fish ackes
kisses is to my fans, unless I’m feeling kinda cocky.
Winter Wonderland is on my hand, it’s kinda rocky.
I am Nicki, Minaj or Lewinski.
Pumps on the clutch, right hand on the six-speed.
Write my own raps I gotta go, I gotta get me (gotta get me.)
OOhhh!
U as funky as @funky ass f** who is SURE to b on here soon chile. (plucks eyelashes til that b**** shows up)
Anyway, lil’ n*gga don’t test the kid
Even Maury Povich couldn’t test the kid
Even R. Kelly couldn’t touch the kid
And even with all your bars you couldn’t text the kid
I got a pool that I never even swam in
Airports that you b*tches never land in
They be like what you doing Nicki?
Brandin’
Suck a cockpit, prepare for landin’
I’m brandin’, I ain’t talking about Presley
I keep a sniper, I ain’t talking about Wesley
Why these b*tches so pressed, B?
Open my trunk, all I gotta do is press B
I’ma violate y’all asses like Chris Stokes
I’m the Sandro, paid on a big boat
Go my way to make a billi like a big goat
Pull my d*ck out case you b*tches get a slick throat
Won another round, Willin’, get the ref
Got the clothing line poppin’ and the wigs is next
When I fly you know G5 is the jet
I’m the motherf*ckin’ Queen, ‘lizabeth
Meetings with the president of every network
That is what the f*ck I call how to network
My net worth, that net works
Keep my shooters out in Brooklyn where the Nets work
Chillin’ with executives
Check the charts, all my winnings are consecutive
Trillion dollar deficit
But y’all don’t hear me though, all you b*tches deaf as sh*t
B-b*tches ain’t got punchlines or flow
I have both and an empire also
Sell out shows out in Norway, Oslo
This is the Re-Up better cop it while the cost low
F-flow’s sick, I-I’ll slap a patient
I’m checkin’ these b*tches like an application
Cause these b*tches trippin’, no navigation
So it’s off with your head, decapitation
S-s-s-send ’em up in flames like a firemen
I do the hirin’ and I do the firin’
That boss sh*t that you talk, I live it
And I’m callin’ a travel if you don’t stay on your pivot
B*tches
MINAJ
GYRL!! NO ONE HAS TIME FOR THAT!! CHILE BYE!!
You done, you tight?
You suck at life?
You don’t want a round three? You done suffered twice
Worship the queen and you might could pass
Keep it real, these b****** couldn’t wipe my ass
Anyway, stylist, go get Bvlgari
I am the ultimate Svengali
These b****** can’t even spell that
You, you h*** buggin’
Repel that
Let me tell you this, sister
I am, I am colder than a blister
Cause my flow’s the sickest
And I’m a lunatic
And this can’t be cured with no Elixir
Cuz y’all know who da f***, what da f***, I do
I done put the pressure to every thug I knew
Quack quack to a duck and a chicken too
And put the hyena in a freakin zoo
Uhh! Unghh!
B****** ain’t serious, man these b****** delirious
All these b****** inferiors, I just pimp my interiors
I just pick up and go, might pick up a h**
Might give conversation, if you kick up the dough
Never mind my money; never mind my stacks
Every b**** wanna be me, you can find ’em in Saks
“Pink Friday” two milli, “Super Bass” triple plat
When you see me on Ellen, just admit that I’m winning
Do a show for Versace, they request me by name
And if they don’t get Nicki, it just won’t be the same
When I’m sitting with Anna, I’m really sitting with Anna
Ain’t a metaphor punchline, I’m really sitting with Anna!!
Front row at Oscar de la Renta posture
Ain’t a b**** that could do it, not even my impostor
Put these b****** on lockout, where the f*** is your roster?
I pull up in that new new, marinara and pasta
THe Key to Success: Versatility
The most successful female artists are versitile and able to fuse genre’s and widen their fan base.
Nicki: Hip-Hop/Pop
Lauryn: Hip-Hop/ R&B/ neo soul
Missy: Hip-Hop/R&B
Kim: Hip-hop…..????? sucking d***? lmfao (Thats why shes washed)
Like her or not, NIcki is a very unique artist. NO ARTIST has been able to straddle the fence between Rap and Pop and make hits in both fields. NIcki also makes BUSINESS moves which besides Queen Latifa, no female hip-hop artist has done consistently. When NIcki is done, she will be legendary. I’m sorry to tell you.
Re-Up in stores 🙂
Your promotn the reFLOP wont help sell daaaarln! She flopped h**…ADMIT AND ACCEPT IT!!
If only other rappers can Flop like Nicki. Name 3 rappers that outsold Nicki in 2012 and I’ll listen to Black Friday for 3 mins.
DEEZNUTS Co-Sign.
B**** GET THE F*** OFFA THIS GOT DAMN POST FUCKA!
NICKI IN THE LAST 3 YEARS HAS DONE & ACHIEVED MORE THINGS THAN ALL THESE H*** BESIDES QUEEN LATIFAH
Exactly. Mf be like. “She wont last as long as Kim.” Pauz..
Kim’s net worth after 15-20 is 18 million
NIcki’s net worth after 5 years is somewhere around 30mil.
NICKI DONT HAVE TO STAY IN THE GAME THAT LONG. HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE ENDLESS!! SHES A BRAND B****, SHES A BRRRRRRANNNNND!
H** f*** your ENTIRE life chile. (tries new batch of pork chop grease on my lips chile…STUNNING!! bats eyes at self in mirror)
UM MISSY KS WAYYYYYYY RICHER THAN LIL KIM JR!!! DA BRAT SOLD OVER 4 MILLION OF HER FIRST LP! SO STFU LIL KIM JR STANS
Stop trying to make lil krim happen.
right I can’t deal with that h**…
deal with soap and water then u b****
Like u STOPPED cleanin yo molded p**** w****? Whatever! (curls lacefront)
Stfu!!! THAT B**** ALREADY HAPPEND AND OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOUR COPYCAT LIL KIM JR AKA ICKI GARBAGE
Lil SLAYED AND SHE DIDNT SELL OUT THE HIP HOP COMMUNITY TO SELL A MILLI!! SHE STAYED TRUE TO HER ROOTS AND STILL GOT HER ENDORSEMENTS AS WELL!! GTFOHWTBS!! LIL KIM JR STANS KILL ME
And she stop being relevant since 2005. You mad??
You done, you tight?
You suck at life?
You don’t want a round three? You done suffered twice
Worship the queen and you might could pass
Keep it real, these b****** couldn’t wipe my ass
Anyway, stylist, go get Bvlgari
I am the ultimate Svengali
These b****** can’t even spell that
You, you h*** buggin’
Repel that
Let me tell you this, sister
I am, I am colder than a blister
Cause my flow’s the sickest
And I’m a lunatic
And this can’t be cured with no Elixir
Cuz y’all know who da f***, what da f***, I do
I done put the pressure to every thug I knew
Quack quack to a duck and a chicken too
And put the hyena in a freakin zoo!
you must be born after 1995 if you think thats a hot verse.
LMAO!! SO EMBARRASSING!
FAIL!
FOXY BROWN’S FIRST ALBUM WENT 3 TIMES PLATINUM.. FIRST FEMALE RAPPER TO LAND A CALVIN KLEIN AD CAMPAIGN WITH A BILLBOARD IN TIMES SQUARE.. LUV HER
Not to mention she is the first female rapper to have a #1 album
I thought that was Missy
In order to be a successful female rapper, you must have a successful MALE rapper behind you! Kim had Biggie, Eve had DMX, Remy Ma had Fat Joe, Nicki has Lil Wayne, Trina HAD Fat Joe. If you lose that link, you lose you career. Ask any of the aforementioned, excluding Nicki!
I am NOT a Nicki fan, but you gotta admit that she’s doing the damn thing. Her new album isn’t doing as well as Pink Friday, but she has sooooo many business ventures outside of rap.
Most of her original fanbase stuck with her during the Pink Friday era, but she lost them with the Roman era. That’s where she went wrong musically. She NEEDS the bulk of her original fanbase AND the pop audience to be successful. And the fact that shes going around cursing urban radio hosts out isn’t helping either.
who did missy have???
…and who did Lauryn have?
(Don’t say Wyclef, because he wasn’t at all involved in her post-Fugees material.)
To say that in order to be a successful female in rap that you have to have a male rapper pulling your career strings is a stereotype.
Timberland
Missy had Timberland, and Wyclef DID put Lauryn on (even though she was a hip hop artist, not rap).
Timbaland wasnt a well known rapper back then. He was more or less working in the background. He wasnt big like wyclef, biggie or dmx was. Timbaland became more recognised in the late 90’s after missy already blew up!
but i guess yall are right since timbaland helped create missy’s records.
I meant to say Trina had trick daddy.
Unless your a t***** that wears a pink wig with a pee pee in between your legs, you won’t find commercial success….
DEATH chile
You saw between her legs?
No, your dad told me.
what does my dad gotta do with this? Stay on topic.
You asked if I saw what’s in between her legs and I said no your dad told me. How is that not on topic??
Oh but you don’t know my dad and my dad doesn’t know you. Stop the lies. Have a good day. 🙂
You trying to act like “you didn’t get the shade” makes you look like an idiot. Onika’s a t***** #Deal
aint nobody checkin for female mcs just keepin it real. nikki aint even a rapper no more she doesnt count!
REMOVE ICKI GARBAGE AND IGGY WACK AND KREYTRASH AND AZELIA BAMA AND THE LIST IS A LEGEND LIST!!! IT WOULD BE REAL HIP HOP IF YOU REMOVE THOSE WACK ASS SEEDS!!! OAN DA BRAT WAS THE FIRST SOLO FEMALE MC TO SELL OVER A MILLION ALBUMS!!!
b**** bye
B**** aint s*** iconic about that wack ass flop you stan for
Name 3 Rap Albums in 2012 that outsold Nicki’s and I’ll do the ChickenNoodle soup in the middle of the highway! PLEASE…anyone.
CAMEL Z AND KANYE DRAKE RICK ROSS EMEMEM
Jay Z and Kanye, and Eminem havent released and album in 201
Cruel Summer is not out selling NIckolas. sold 333k
1 point for Drake
Rick Ross is not outselling Nickolas. His last album sold 444k in the US.
Who the hell is nickolas?
NICKI MINAJ B****! aka Young Nickolas aka Nicki Lewinski, aka Nicki the Ninja!
LMAO!!!
OOOH AKA NIKKI THE FLOP AND THE RE FLOP!!!
AND ALL 3 OF DEM B****** YOU NAMED ARE ALL FLOPS!!!!
I think its VERY FUNNNY that no one can answer my question. They call nicki a FLOP but cant name 3 (THREE) hip hop artists that outsold her in 2012..??? If she was a Flop this should be an easy question!!
-The TRUTH is Nicki is one of the best selling artists of 2012. Grammy Noms are coming tonight b******! Watch my B**** get them Noms, while “Krim Queen of the Land of Hasbean” watches from her COUCH!!! LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO haahahahahahahahahd
LOL…NICKI’S THE HASBEEN, B**** GETS NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NODS FOR THE GRAMMY’S WASHED B****
most my not like Nicki but she is doing the da-n thing.
B**** boo!! (paints nails)
I appauld Nicki’s accomplishments, but her attitude sucks! I’m not claimimg to be “Team” anything but, I do enjoy Kim music . You may have a different opinion on music, you may think your fav is everything, but why down play another artist accomplishments??. Lil kim’s careeer lasted longer tham most females in the game. She done pretty much everything thing Nicki is doing now. Every artist has their season, Do u really think ppl will be bumping to starships 10 years from now? no shade, real question. Lil kim may not be whats’s hip to the “kids” these days but best believe kim is in the legendary lane. All I see on this blog is “kim is washed” “Hasbeen” “Old”. Lesson kiddies, everyone get old, and 37 is far from old, damn nicki is damn near 30! I read a post saying “who outsold nicki in 2012?” I would love for u to ask that question 5 years from now and see if u get the same response. Shout out to the QB lil Kim, eve, missy, lauryn, and Trina!!! A
And shout out to U hun..GREAT read. (tryn on new thongs)
LMao yall always act like yall can see the future. ha
Hater Chronology:
“Nicki wont get signed.” (young money)
“Her album aint gone drop.” (Pink Friday
“Her album is gonna flop. Itll sell 2 copied first week.” (375k largest 1st week since Lauryn.)
“It opened well, but her s*** aint gon go platinum” (2xplatinum 3.8 mil ww)
“Nicki is a feature artist, she cant stand by herself.” (Superbass 4x platinum. one of the best selling singles in history)
“She’ll never have success like superbass again.” (Starships 3x platinum)
“Her second album is gonna flop!” (253k first week)
“Yayyyy seee, seeeee! Yes. It didnt do as well as Pink Friday! she’s done, OMG! YES. Finally!!!!” (still one of the best selling albums of 2012)
“LETS SEE IF THEY SAY THAT 5 YEARS FROM NOW.”
o_0 When will it end. According to yall..Nicki aint even suppose to be here. She continues to Transcend!
Great Post!!
I don’t think starships was that great of a song nor do I think people will care about it years from now. I do think it was a filler and just a fun song. Not every song gotta be so tough and hardcore. But whatever.
WHEN THE F*** DID NIKKI GARBAGE BECOME A RAPPER? IF THAT B**** IS A RAPPER THEN SO IS SELENA GOMEZ AND MILEY CYRUS!!
Nicki IS 30! Or she’ll be 30 this month. I don’t know her exact birth date.
BEST F***** COMMENT HANDS DOWN..THESE NICKI STANS HAVE NO CLUE
Real Classik!!
In other news, Nicki Minaj becomes the main model for Viva Glam MAC. <3
in other news Queen Latifahs networth is 300 million and missys networth is 100 million and when will nikki’s
They’ve been out longer and done more/produced more. And Nicki will stay on your mind and you will stay irate. Bye.
Actually missy is worth more than 250 million!
http://whatuwantnow.b*******.co.uk/2011/07/top-10-richest-female-rappers-net-worth.html
Dear barbz, stop quoting Nicki’s mediocre verses. Your just showing us how she cannot stay on topic or make a song without calling someone a b****.
Sam, where is ke$ha? if your gonna class Nicki as a rapper then so is Ke$ha.
DEATH!!!
Time machine b****** always talkin bout da old days
When dey was hot when dey was tourin with da oj’s
I tell a b**** this I’m not impressed b****
I’m nicki m trick I’m always on da guest list
I’m on my way 2 rickers island with a couple hard
I’m on a bike 954 double r
And dey dnt write s*** dey mite write a couple bars
Dats y dey gettin drop drop like a couple cars (u should’nthave said that)
NY 2 NO late nite shows like letterman and lenno
End where u cut it homeslice your gar-bage
White bois tell me dat I rock like guitars
[talkin: Nicki Minaj]
C c ya c anna mae, I’m bout 2 slap ya’ll b****** round and call ya’ll anna mae
Like dat dats what ya’ll go get in a minute, real real talk like cause ya kno dis is 08 now like so
Anything u talk about like it gotta b it gotta b at least within a 2 year radius type s*** like
I I dnt care what happened 50 years ago like u kno u no u no call all bets all bets r off b******
Ya no game just begun
9/10 female rappers are bull s***. they talk about d***, p**** and twerking. most guy rappers talk about stupid s*** but their male fans go out and buy the music. i do not like Nikki minaj but she came in and filled a void.
i’d like to slay u but u made since.(damn!)
I don’t understand why you got so many thumbs down. You aint lying honey.
@SAM/TGJ,
This is a great hot topic! Rap has become mainstream mainly due to the POWER THAT BE assuming control of the genre. It’s funny to note how much the genre has changed from it’s early days where you had a wealth of diversity within the genre from conscious rappers (Lauryn Hill, Common Sense, KRS1) to the fun rappers (Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince) to the political rappers (Public Enemy) to the “gangsta rapppers (NWA, Snoop Dog) to what you have now….basically a SAD JOKE designed to denigrate BLACK MEN & BLACK WOMEN for the most part.
There is a clear difference between the paths male and female rappers can take! A few rappers can take the Pop route. Folks can blast Flo Rida but he has done a masterful job of creating a lane for himself in the Pop World! I’m not a Nicki Minaj fan but you have to give her credit for playing the game! She started as Lil Kim’s clone to get the “gangsta” crowd who missed a Lil Kim type (gritty, pretty, sexual, saultry voice, spitter etc) and adapting a Lady Gaga strange” winning” style! Of course this will not happen for all FEMCEEs. I do think they will grow tired of Nicki especially since she is now beefing with black “white favorites” and white folks (i.e. Mariah carey & that guy who looks like 10 miles of bad road, Steven Tyler). Anywho, there has been no women to every step into the game without being introduced by a male Rapper which says a lot about who runs thing from a male-female perspective!
EXACTLY…WELL PUT, THANK U
I think having a successful male and being versitile are the keys to a successful female rapper. You dont have to sell out but appealing to mainstream is important to selling albums.
YOU OR YOUR FLOP BELONGS ON THIS POST!! B**** SIT!! ALL THE BLACK D*** WACK IGGY SUCKS THAT B**** WILL NEVER PROSPER!!!!
Y the two white girls couldn’t get a full pic?
I think its VERY FUNNNY that no one can answer my question. They call nicki a FLOP but cant name 3 (THREE) hip hop artists that outsold her in 2012..??? If she was a Flop this should be an easy question!! :O ahhahah
-The TRUTH is Nicki is one of the best selling artists of 2012. Grammy Noms are coming on tonight b******! Watch my B**** get them Noms, while “Krim Queen of Hasbean” watches from her COUCH!!! LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO haahahahahahahahahd
Soo..the Grammy Noms came on…NICKI MINAJ WASN’T NOMINATED! Lmmfao her time is UP! She wasn’t even honorably mentioned! Didn’t even receive a “Grammy” nod! DAMMNNN WOMP
& to the idiot who keeps posting “who has outsold Nicki Minaj in 2012″‘. Don’t know, don’t care &why does it matter?
Lets ask a more important question like “Why do Barbz insist on bragging about Nicki Minaj low ass album sales?” selling 3.5 million albums is a f****** joke & since you Insist on believing that she “slays” check the stats. Eve had a clothing line, OWN sticom, Grammies & went multi PLATINUM & those so called “stats” like “1st female artist to do xyz” come a dime a dozen. Ask Whitney, Mariah, Britney Spears, Shakira ect. Ain’t nothing new under the sun, y’all just been sleeping & couldn’t catch it. Nicki Minaj ain’t making no waves.
F*** all the numbers and statistics for a second. Bottom line is, (in terms of female rap) Lil’ Kim dropped 3 of the most epic, memorable verses in Hip-Hop history. 1. “Get Money”, 2. “All About The Benjamins”, 3. “Quiet Storm”. That’s all she needed…
EXACTLY AND MOST OF HER MEMORABLE LYRICS WERE WRITTEN AFTER BIGGIE DIED…SO WHO WROTE THAT SHYT??? DID BIG COME FROM THE GRAVE AND WRITE IT FOR HER? EVERYONE IN KIMS CAMP SAYS SHE WRITES HER OWN LYRICS..ANYONE SHE HAS WORKED WITH SAYS THE SAME THING…SO COULD EVERYBODY IN THE INDUSTRY BE LYING? I THINK NOT… SHE HAS MADE SO MANY MEMORABLE SONGS IN HER CAREER..SHYT U CAN STILL BUMP TO IN 2012. WHETHER YOU LIKE HER OR NOT..IF YOU HEAR ANY OF HER SONGS COME ON..GUARANTEE YOU WILL SING ALONG. HATERS WILL DEAL