Part of me likes this a lot and part of me is repelled:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm41e98gJTE

Alternative thread title: "Minaj a twat?"

Very good. Perhaps she could also have her own brand of Stella.

I find her stuff unlistenable. Mind you, I could say the same of almost all R&B post-2001 or so.

The few minutes I caught of her a day or so ago, where she spoke, her voice, a squawking blart, commanding the power to peel paper off the walls, was enough to put me off any music she had out there in the market.

Poor mans Lil Kim.

Some of her stuff is so so but "beez in the trap" has to be one of the worst songs ever recorded, appallingly repetitive.

She's alreet, I liked Saxon and that turn she done on Kanye's last LP.

She looks like she went crazy in the Gimmick Shop when they had their 2-for-1 sale on.

Reminds me of Gwen Stefani. A lot. In every way. Which is hardly ever a good thing. If at all.

How to do this sort of thing properly

Lord have mercy is this an over-the-hill gang.

Drake unlistenable, Nikki unlistenable, Lil Wayne unlistenable.

I put Tac Genius up on Nikki two years ago, so at least she's finally made it to otf.

She's a better performer than Missy Elliot, with somehow not approaching Missy's genius. Much, much better than Lil' Kim, not as good a singer as Gwen Stefani...I'd say a Vegas version of Lauren Hill.

I like her. She's desperately uneven though.

Lord have mercy is this an over-the-hill gang.

How dare you! I should point out that I'm up to date with today's swingin' sounds, such as that Frank Ifield fella, all teeth and hair he has. Where is that mouse? Where? there on the stair!

Bloody Yoko Ono. John Lennon should get rid of that Welsh tart.

Stupid Hoe is simply phenomenal. Everything else I've heard by her has been lame as hell.

Mumpo wrote:


I'm just hearing a very bland melody on a loop, with an extremely repetitive lyric. What am I missing?

Analogue Bubblebath II wrote:

Yep. Utter fucking shit, and Minaj is the bit of undigested sweetcorn sticking out the side.

She does seem to be another better-in-theory-than-in-practice act (see also Lady Gaga).

My impression is that it's theatre rather than music. Minaj is cleverly playing a role which, to be fair, she's very good at, but it's not musical creativity in any meaningful sense.

The correct answer is...This is none of my business.

The correct answer to the thread title is she's quite talented. She's not at Missy Elliot's level, however.

I really miss Missy.

Drake is listenable, jv? Autotuned rapping, for crying out loud.