Tag: Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj’s Reissue of Beam Me Up Scotty Reminds Us Why Cardi Is Still Second-Best
A woman with an album called Queen isn’t very likely to disappoint on delivering a regal output. And yet, Beam Me Up Scotty came out [Read More…]
“WAP” Builds on the Khia Philosophy–But Only So Far
“All you ladies pop your pussy like this,” Khia instructed back in 2002 with the since widely acknowledged feminist anthem, “My Neck, My Back (Lick [Read More…]
There’s Some Whores in Megan Thee Stallion and Cardi B’s Quarantine House (Kylie Jenner Included)
Considering that music video director Colin Tilley is also responsible for the visuals of Nicki Minaj’s “Good Form” (and that Minaj was ahead of the [Read More…]
The Most Vexing Problem About Lana Del Rey’s “Question for the Culture” Isn’t the Just Question Itself, But How She Responded To Its Backlash
It was the letter read ‘round the world. On May 21, 2020, seemingly apropos of nothing other than an extremely odd and roundabout way to [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #12: Making a “Remix” of Doja Cat’s “Say So” With Nicki Minaj
With the excitement that briefly built up toward the release of Doja Cat’s so-called remix of “Say So,” the fourth single from 2019’s Hot Pink, [Read More…]
Ariana Grande Does the Madonna Method for Soundtracks on Charlie’s Angels, Providing the Bulk of Songs For It
For those who have quickly forgotten Madonna’s storied past with film–and incorporating her own music into it so as to secure at least some success–Ariana [Read More…]
Quavo Steals Lil’ Wayne’s Act on Quavo Huncho
It feels laughable to attempt to write “scholarly” sentences about an album like Quavo Huncho. Speaking “eloquently” on the debut release from Migos’ “star” only [Read More…]
In The Ongoing LDR/Banks War, Del Rey Is Not Taking A Page from Miley Cyrus–Perhaps the Only Other White Lady to Have “Taken A Stand” Against A Black Artist
It is something of an unspoken cardinal rule that the white woman must never speak “out of turn” against a black woman lest she 1) [Read More…]
The Feud That Escalated Between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Speaks to the “Crash” Conundrum of Blackness
Crash was, like La La Land, one of those Oscar-hyped/winning films that people instantaneously lauded before ripping it a new asshole for being “contrived” and [Read More…]
How Do You Render A Pussy Man Even More Sexless? By Turning Him Into a Puppet: Nicki Minaj’s “Barbie Dreams” Video
As immortalized in the best documentary ever made, Truth or Dare, Madonna famously called then boyfriend Warren Beatty “pussy man” as an epithet connoting that [Read More…]
