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Monday, September 20, 2010

For 9/27: Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday’ Is Due Out in November - NYTimes.com


Nicki Minaj’s ‘Pink Friday’ Is Due Out in November - NYTimes.com

Anyone want to try a feminist commentary of Nicki Minaj's song "Monster?"

Here's what the NYtimes says about her performing and writing in collaboration with her male colleagues:
"That Ms. Minaj’s verse was better than Jay-Z’s and Mr. West’s was an accomplishment. (“Can we just talk about Nicki’s verse???????!!!!!!!!!” Mr. West posted to Twitter. “I toooooooooooooooold yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallll!!!!!!!!!!!!”) That her contribution to the song was weirder than Bon Iver’s is just par for the course.
"Over the last two years no rapper has stretched the boundaries of the form more than Ms. Minaj, who is due to release her first album, “Pink Friday” (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal), on Nov. 23. On “Monster” alone she raps in Jamaican and British accents, with a sneer and with a quaver, while growling, and with Barbie-doll naïveté: just a few bits from her vast toolkit."

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