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Post by tamed09 on Oct 28, 2014 13:25:00 GMT -5
I feel for Nicki right now....like she's struggling within to either send out a pop record or really fuel a full out urban campaign. Some of the fans want a Hot 100 number one yet don't want her making poppy music. We know lyrically Nicki is annihilating chicks but I really think iggy a success gets to her. The BET speech(even though she was talking about many), the tweets about some races being able to be medicore and make it, and the tweet today about opening your eyes...followed by "hip hop Barz". Thing is I don't even see them in the same sentence, but I think it's a bothering topic for her.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 28, 2014 13:30:04 GMT -5
I hate when fans are not open to versatility.
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Post by johonmilla on Oct 28, 2014 14:22:27 GMT -5
Is this song on itunes?
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 28, 2014 14:38:21 GMT -5
YES
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Post by ILLUSION on Oct 28, 2014 14:46:48 GMT -5
This is fun. Nothing amazing but still cool.
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Post by ILLUSION on Oct 28, 2014 15:03:00 GMT -5
YES No it's not
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 28, 2014 15:12:54 GMT -5
YES No it's not JK
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2014 16:24:38 GMT -5
Looooooove this. It reminds me of Chiraq too, but I think I like her verse here a little more. Wayne and Drake KILLED it too. I wish someone else was on the hook, I've been over Breezy for a cool minute.
It doesn't feel like a single but it's probably my favorite song to come out this era.
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 28, 2014 17:18:41 GMT -5
I love it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 0:12:20 GMT -5
The explicit version is out. Honestly, I really wish that Nicki just sang the hook on her own. There is nothing that Chris is doing that she couldn't do vocally and it'd help remind people that this is her song.
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Post by B-Boy on Oct 29, 2014 0:43:31 GMT -5
It doesn't feel like a Nicki track, but it's hot.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 29, 2014 7:39:31 GMT -5
Ok, this is hot. All 3 of them killed thier verses, Chris kills the chorus.
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Post by think pink. on Oct 29, 2014 16:48:30 GMT -5
NICKI MINAJ - Only f/Drake, Lil Wayne: 5.173
iTunes: #9
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Post by ILLUSION on Oct 29, 2014 17:16:06 GMT -5
Yas!
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Post by Hashtag Pow on Oct 29, 2014 17:38:08 GMT -5
Wayne has the best verse on this.
And the hook is kinda catchy, so this will at least sustain her urban audience if nothing else.
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Post by Live Your Life on Oct 29, 2014 17:49:08 GMT -5
I think it's garbage, but it's definitely going straight to #1 at urban.
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Post by think pink. on Oct 29, 2014 21:14:49 GMT -5
#5 on iTunes
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 29, 2014 21:17:57 GMT -5
Real Niqqas Only, Bad Bitches Only!
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 30, 2014 11:05:58 GMT -5
NICKI MINAJ - Only f/Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown: 6.590 (+ 1.417) #4 on iTunes.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Oct 30, 2014 11:41:12 GMT -5
Nicki's verse is...tragic. Telling us that she just set us up for a non-existent punchline to a line that wasn't clever to begin with, LOL. Dem other verses tho...
As for the whole "open to versatility" thing, I'm open to anything Nicki does...when it's actually worth being open to. If she brings sub-par to the table then I'll pass and move on to the next course.
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Post by NeRD on Oct 30, 2014 21:24:31 GMT -5
It's cute. But definitely not what she's needing right now. I think her opening numbers for this will be dissappointing for most.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2014 21:27:29 GMT -5
I didn't realize PFRR wasn't closer to 1 mill, even with the Re-Up included. She will definitely not make it to Platinum this go round, unless she has a killer crossover single at the final hour like Super Bass.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Oct 30, 2014 23:49:42 GMT -5
It's cute. But definitely not what she's needing right now. I think her opening numbers for this will be dissappointing for most. Idk, it's kinda hard to decipher that right now. I'm assuming this is Urban single, a 4th Pop single will come out and hopefully it's good.
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Post by think pink. on Nov 1, 2014 6:44:14 GMT -5
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0 44 NICKI MINAJ Only f/Drake, Lil Wayne 523 0 523 5.814
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Post by think pink. on Nov 2, 2014 7:17:38 GMT -5
URBAN 39 + 5 NICKI MINAJ Only f/Drake, Lil Wayne 641 0 641 6.806 +118 spins +118 bullet +0.992 audience
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Post by ddlz on Nov 2, 2014 10:15:01 GMT -5
Urban is going to overplay this.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Nov 2, 2014 11:20:25 GMT -5
#6 on iTunes. Loving the stability.
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Post by velaxti on Nov 2, 2014 15:15:56 GMT -5
I feel for Nicki right now....like she's struggling within to either send out a pop record or really fuel a full out urban campaign. Some of the fans want a Hot 100 number one yet don't want her making poppy music. We know lyrically Nicki is annihilating chicks but I really think iggy a success gets to her. The BET speech(even though she was talking about many), the tweets about some races being able to be medicore and make it, and the tweet today about opening your eyes...followed by "hip hop Barz". Thing is I don't even see them in the same sentence, but I think it's a bothering topic for her. The thing is, Iggy makes great commercial music. She uses hip hop beats, but has catchy choruses on them and mainstream friendly raps and music videos. Nicki has struggled to do this the past few years (Anaconda is the closest she's got since 2011). Look at Beez in the Trap, where is the catchy melodic chorus on that song? Where are the synths? Pop radio will never play a song like that. Then look at Starships, basically a full-on eurodance song, and she expects people not to bat an eye-lid? This song will have no appeal whatsoever to most hip hop fans. And fair enough if it's a one-off, but for her next single (Pound the Alarm) to sound exactly the same, and then for there to be a bunch of other songs like it on the album, it's a bit much. Had Nicki lead her 2nd album with a song like Fancy or Black Widow instead of Starships, she would never have had all the criticism of selling out, and she still would've managed to have hit singles (and they'd have at least SOME appeal to her whole fanbase). She probably thought it was impossible to get a pop radio hit using a hip hop beat (hence all those RedOne collabs and her refusing to send any of her songs to both pop and urban in her 2nd album), then Iggy comes along and does it effortlessly, so I can see why she might be a bit annoyed, but I think she's got herself to blame. It's not like she tried and failed, she literally didn't even try.
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Post by think pink. on Nov 2, 2014 15:26:22 GMT -5
Iggy's white, Pop radio will play her "hip-hop" records the same way they'll play Justin's R&B songs but ignore Chris Brown.
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Post by *Who Is?* on Nov 2, 2014 18:10:38 GMT -5
Iggy's white, Pop radio will play her "hip-hop" records the same way they'll play Justin's R&B songs but ignore Chris Brown. I'm so glad somebody said this. Alot of people don't want to admit this, but this is nothing but the truth. If Nicki Minaj or any other black female rapper would have released Fancy and rapped it the same exact way as Iggy, and replaced Charli XCX with someone like Tinashe, the success would not have been nearly as big. Even if Charli remained, alot of the appeal in the record is that a white person is rapping, hence a significant amount of the target CHR audience can automatically identify and relate with them to an extent. It's just like how urban will flirt with Rihanna's pop records. There was even a joke made on SNL doing Anna Kendrick's skit where she started to rap the lyrics to Fancy, and the other characters looked at her like she was crazy, and then she quickly says "Oh it's okay, she's white!". I'm not saying CHR is racist, but the truth is when it comes to Urban records, Pop will be more comfortable playing it if it was a white artist, it does not feel as "risque" to them. Now tell me, do you think "Suit & Tie" would have went #4 on CHR if Usher released it? Do you think "She Came To Give It To You" would have made a big impact on CHR if Justin Timberlake released it?
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