If I haven't already made it blatantly apparent by now - I LOVE NICKI MINAJ. And I'm not devoting this blog to her so I can list the various reasons why she is the issssh. I am compelled to look at the reasons why she is loved, but more so the reasons why she is so hated. See, every time I mention Minaj (AKA Nicki the Ninja AKA Miss Lewinski AKA The Harajuku Barbie) I get most people recoiling in disgust, and when I ask people why they react this way, they put it down to Nicki being "nasty", "foul-mouthed" or a "rude gyal". Truth is, fuck yeah, she IS all these things. Look at her - she looks like a dirty ghetto version of Lauren London - she's gorgeous but her "titties are bigger than Pamela" and she poses on her mixtape covers as if she's auditioning for the next instalment of Pirates (not the Keira Knightley version, duh). Her rhymes are all about how much of a bad bitch she is, how much she loves lesbians, how great her coochie is and how she shits on every other female rapper out there. So yeah, maybe she IS a "rude gyal". But let me say this...
Number one - how is what she's rapping about any different to what any other guy rapper is talking about on their tracks? All the big dudes in the game are spitting about fucking chicks, how hot they are, how many drugs they take and how much better they are than everyone else...and I'm pretty sure they ain't using pretty language either. Image-wise, there are a bunch of rappers out there who are dirty as hell, making film clips about "pussy poppin" that can't even be shown on MTV. Yet you don't see anyone telling these dudes they are nasty. It's considered cool, an image to be aspired to.
So this just says to me that there are some serious double standards going on. Hell, it doesn't surprise me, this has been going on since the dawn of time. Men can be dirty as hell and be considered gods...but when a woman comes along doing the same thing she is a nasty bitch and is hated on hard. It's stupid and unfair.
And i'm confused guys...Isn't a nasty girl what all you men want anyway? Lady on the streets, freak in the sheets or some shit? Nicki Minaj is the perfect girl for you then! She's Miss Lewinski...yet she's the sweet Harajuku Barbie...But the fact that guys look down on her says to me that there are some fucked up expectations for women and some of you men seem to be confused - you say you want a nasty girl but when you get one, you're suddenly dissin' her like she's a piece of trash. So which is it guys?
At the end of the day, Nicki Minaj is killing it. Fuck the image, the tracks she's coming out with from Young Money are good. The chick can rap, and she doesn't sound like a carbon copy of anyone else. I'll post one of my favourite tracks from the Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape - enjoy!
