‘It’s gettin’ hot in here!’
Peep these snaps of Nicki Minaj, on the set of her brand new video ‘Starships’.
Caught writhing in the Hawaiian sand, these new pics arrive one day after these snaps emerged from the video, set to debut in the next two weeks, ahead of the release of her new LP, ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded’
More below, courtesy of Roman Empire…
In what is a testament to her genius, Minaj like Eve, Missy and Lauryn before her, proves that Femcees can be just as successful as their ‘singing’ counter parts. Even, if we compare US sales of ‘Pink Friday‘ to those of Rihanna‘s ‘Loud‘, outsell them.
So, as much as we’re here for Kim’s comeback, we doubt she’ll be able to best the records Nicki has scored in the last year. If not due to poor strategy then to lack of fan support.
While many of her detractors disregard these records seeing as ‘Nicki isn’t Hip Hop‘ , let us remind you that ‘Rap’ is a vocal style and Hip Hop is a genre.
This, being the reason Mary J. Blige is dubbed ‘The Queen Of Hip Hop & Soul‘, when she has ‘spat’ all of four times in a career spanning two decades.
Therefore, while Minaj’s music may not be Hip Hop, she is indeed a Rapper, as this is her predominant style, in the same way Katy Perry could be considered a Female Rapper if she decided to spit her lyrics instead of sing them from here on out.
We hope that clears things up for you.
@ THAT GRAPE JUICE STAFF & SAM
AMEN!!!
“RAP” IS A “VOCAL STYLE” & “HIP-HOP” IS A “GENRE”!!!
MARY J BLIDGE ISN’T A RAPPER, YET SHE IS REGARDED AS THE QUEEN OF “HIP-HOP SOUL” – WHEN HAS SHE EVER LAYED DOWN A TRACK WITH JUST “PURE & RAW HIP-HOP???”
BEYONCE HAS MADE HIP-HOP SONG AND RAPPED IN A FEW, YET SHE ISN’T A RAPPER… BUT NICKI IS “PREDOMINANTLY” A RAPPER!!!
Damm, TGJ, how many licks till you get to the center of Nicki’s ____ ?
“We hope that clears things up for you.” – LOL, and you finna school too! #bye
I don’t agree with everything she does but Nicki is like the only one on the mainstream stage now. Beyonce is nursing , Rihanna is Britney-crazy , Ciara and Keri are sleeping and the others are trying. So yeah, Nicki should take any opportunity coming to her. But still TGJ, y’all doing the most.
LORD HAVE MERCY! That girl is HUGE!
Finally, rap is a VOCAL STYLE!
So this works!
Go Nicki, but damnnnn!
I like how you try to justify nicki is a rapper. Lol Mary is considered that because of the way she married R and B to hip hop beats. No excuse for this coonery. And for the record Lil kim has nothing to do with this. So why drop her name in this post. You don’t know what she is going to do. Rise over that ok?
NEED THIS VIDEO NOW!
@jake beyonce cannot rap or sing
@ creamer niki cannot rap nor sing. what can she do? she doesn’t know where to stay. She is suppose to be hip hop artist but yet cannot solify that yet.
Btw that ass of niki is so huge. Niki in a bikini is unattractive. That bikini is huge
message to Sam: Mary J is hip hop because of her style. she never did a pop song or a rap song for crossover appeal. I have never heard a rap song from maryj or a pop song. I have heard r and B with soul and hip hop mix. On the other hand Niki is making pop songs for money and cross over appeal. How do you justify that one. Why can’t niki crossover with hip hop like other artist. Why can’t she rap for her fans. Why after one album niki have so much freedom to ditch her rap fans and go to pop?
message to niki: Too much too soon will be a problem for you girl. Master what you have first and move on to try something else.Girl you are almost 30, you will not carry all these colors around you. are you.
About time someone spoke on hell Ashanti is dubbed the princess of hip hop soul and has never rapped and only sampled one hip hop beat! But Kesha and Fergie both dont sing they RAP there lyrics and there still considered pop artist and not rappers even Amy Winehouse has before Ciara and a lot of others the children have no clue to what they be talking about
YES YES YES YES YES dats my queen,keep on doing it Nicki i liiiiiiiiiiike every minutes of it…….
These pictures are very unflattering…..I be they will photoshop the ishh out of her soo that she looks great but in reality, she doesnt. Eww.
Don’t you ever compare Nicki Minaj to Mary J. blige. Mary bought life to this game. She put the hood on her back and carried us with her on her journey to success. Mary loved Rap music. That why she flowed so well over the beats. Hip Hop is a cultural. Mary lived it AKA Ghetto Fabulous. Nicki Minaj jumped ship. Be a man or woman whatever you are and just admit it. The b**** is a sell-out. We have the proof. Nobody is stopping her from shucking and jiving. We just comment about it. By the by has anyone seen any starships or flying or outer space type ship for this video. All I see is beach and booty. Will this video makes sense or will this be another Massive Attack. Tom toms bigger than a monster. Lol.
she look good lilkim could never look like her
Is she wearing a fat suit though?
Will she ever make a video with clothes on????????? I like how the old school females dressed….u can be s*** with clothes on.
Sam,stop trying to justify Nicki’s wackness.She’s not hip hop and that’s that.The End.
Silicon Valley.
Nicki can’t rap or sing.
@JAKE Mary.J.Blige is hip hop.Nicki is 100 percent pop.
WERK ONIKA 4-3- 2012
NICKI MINAJ IS THE ONLY MAINSTREAM FEMALE RAPPER/HIPPOP OUT RIGHT NOW!
WHERE IS TRINA AT IN THE MAINSTREAM S***
WHERE IS FOXY BROWN AT IN THE MAINSTREAM S***
WHERE IS DA BRAT AT IN THE MAINSTREAM S***
WHERE IS AZEALIA BANKS, IGGY ALZEALIA, DIAMOND,
NONE OF THEM FEMALE RAPPERS WOULD EVER SELL PASS 50k MARK
IT’S A SHAME
@NAHJEE Lil Kim just perform at B.E.T Rip the Runway.STFU
How dare you EVER compare Mary J Blige to this no talent having chick! First Mary has always been about her hip hop style and roots. She sings the songs rappers rap about! @ JAKE (KING BEY, QUEEN ADELE & EMPRESS GAGA)) If you listen to her first cd whats the 411 you can hear Mary spitting BARS!!!!!! She has always stayed true to herself and never been the one to put out material JUST TO MAKE A BUCK! Mary has way more respect in this game by hip hop and the pop world because she stayed true to herself! Thats how she crossed over without have to change who she is!!!!! REAL RECOGNIZE REAL!!!!! Ask Bono, Elton John, U2 and other world ICONS about Mary and they will tell it to u str8! I doubt them ever speaking of a Nicki Garage! You youngens are REALLY disrespectful…..
A testament to her genuis? She’s not a f****** female rapper. If she was, this wouldn’t be rap song. It’s not “rap” just because she’s black. Is Ke$ha rap? No, it’s not….but only because she’s white. Stop with the b*******. She’s doing well as a pop artist that raps (which is what her label has said). She’s a genuis in that she secured her audience and then crossed over. Comparing her to Lauryn Hill and Missy? NO THE F*** NOT. TGJ and everyone else who ever spit that nuclear waste out of their mouth can have several SEATS.
Congrats Nicki, the worlds newest pop-superstar.
SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS.. LUV HER
lmao at the kim shade.. lack of fan support ha!
I LOVE HOW MY B**** YALL SO MAD, SHE SNATCHED THE HIP-HOP CROWN AND YALL WILL DEAL… HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
4.3.12 ROMAN RELOADED.
Nicki raps because she cant sing
Kayne’s songs are not hip-hop or rap neither just to name one.Sweat by Snoop dogg is not a rap song it’s a dance song.He is doing dance music.
How do you describe a R&B artist then? Because R&Bing is a way of singing?
Taylor music is country because of the beat or her way of singing? 😕 /,
Nicki is pop,she should get over the criticisms and embrace it.
#Shooled
Still trash, music trash, her looks, trash, all around trash garbage and fake.
i see you nicki keep doing you.
im not hating nicki but i wonder how tgj can call kim a divatox when clearly nicki is one too
Her body is nasty looking…everything is FAKE x10…he shape is not even nice looking…Nicki Minaj please kill your plastic surgeon…
Wait is Nicki Minaj really a man? She looka like a man…Drag Queen status…
PS they are gonna AIRBRUSH the hell out of this video when it is release…watch!
” ’Rap’ is a vocal style and Hip Hop is a genre” since when did TGJ write the rules on the game? #SIT
Is YMCMB paying you to sweat Nicki Minaj? I believe so…you stay bringing up Kim this this and Kim that, but yet Kim will straight up tell you “Yea I got fake tits, and nose job!…so what!” when will Nicki Minaj confess to the fake ass…fake breast..fake nose…and bald head? hmmmmm
Nicki need to sit her POP ass down! and so does TGJ
Ok just because someone is a Rapper that doesn’t mean they have to stay “hip hop” ! IF THATS THE CASE WHY AREBT WE TALKED NG ABOUT RIHANNA BEYONCE AND TPAIN N CHRIS BROWN N TUE REST OF R&B SINGERS WHO WENT POP! Missy Elliot was a MAINSTREAM RAPPER! Not every rapper has to b Hardcore Nicki is an Entertainer with Diverse styles! Roman Reloaded is Hip Hop. Starships is a pop song with rap. Flo Rida and Pitbull does it! Why can’t Nicki?
A HOT DAMN MESS INDEED…..Hey but if little kids like it than its a hit.
Rap and hiphop are different and hip hop was made from other genres as well so it’s not even an original genre by itself. It’s only associated with rapppers because of how it started with ppl rapping to it. Adn nicki looks awkward here. The lime colored hair is just ugly. The bikini even tackier.
WHERE IS LIL KIM? TRYING TO GET BACK IN THE GAME
WHERE IS MISSY ELLIOT?HAD HER TIME
WHERE IS IGGY? AINT GONNA REACH DER
WHERE IS TRINA? IRRELEVANT
WHERE IS FOXY ROWN? IRRELEVANT
WHERE IS EVE? IRRELEVANT
WHERE IS NICKI? NICKI AT THE TOP
NICKI GETTIN DAT PAPER AND RECONGITION
BROUGHT FEMALE RAP BACK ON THE MAP B******
ONY FEMALE RAPPER DOING S***
NICKI IS #SHTTING ON YOUR FAVE RAPPERS
she looks good!
I’m sorry but if you’re going to make the swimsuit the main attraction, then it should be top couture like Mariah’s Gucci bathing suit.
The suit is too plain.
Well, if Nicki Minaj is a rapper then why isn’t Adele on the R&B charts?
people keep trying with nicki outselling loud in US ONLY.
real sales
LOUD 6.5 million world wide
PF 2 million world wide
umm there is a 4.5 million gap there!!!!!!!!!
and if we need to go there here are the top female albums of the past two years!!
Adele’s 21 20 million world wide
Rihanna’s Loud 6.5 million world wide
Taylor Swift’s Speak Now 6 million world wide
Lady Gaga’s Born This Way 5.6 million world wide
Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream 4 million world wide
Beyonce’s 4 2.5 million world wide
Rihanna’s Talk That Talk 2.5 million world wide
Nicki Minaj’s Pink Friday 2 million world wide
TGJ really is gunning for a Nicki interview.
That’s some pretty obvious lipo on her midsection IMO. She looks good though.
*BARF*
I see the scarring has healed – So now she can show the world her disproportionate hips with the ass sitting unevenly behind her!!! The boobs were done properly though.