disagreeeeee..no hardcore hip hop fan likes minaj

missys video from 1998
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWHicFCKxVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHcyJPTTn9w

EXACTLY the same look and style and concept as what minaj is trying to do in 2011.

lauryn hill isnt even a hardcore rapper like missy or lil kim as lil kim has started to some singing a little bit. i see missy does a little singing also but she's a hardcore rapper.

of course she is her first two albums (fugees) are straight hip hop besides killing me softly cover..only her solo album has R&B influence and she always raps the verses on that and sings the choruses

missy does alot of singing if you care to buy one of her albums

I said NICKI has the ability to be a hardcore hip hop artist. and I know loads of hardcore hip hop fans who love her. loads of black girls in my old sixth form were raving about her.

lauryn also sang in the sister act part 2 and she was quite a singer and of course the killing me sofly is what proves that she can sing. nicki is also singing in all her songs besides doing the rapping.

riiiiiight some 15 year old black girls like her so that makes her hardcore..
shes a pop star who happens to rap.

Im not doubting lauryns singing ability or her rapping..i think shes great (even if she is abit of a one album wonder)

no, I said I know hardcore hip hop fans who like her. and 6th form has 18 year olds in it.

I also know people who like hardcore hip hop who like Nicki tbh. So I can believe what you're saying there.

She's also gone very pop lately though, with Super Bass, Turn Me On, Where Them Girls At. I think she has the ability to appeal to a wide audience (hence her popuarity), although based on her most popular songs in 2012, she's a pop artist to most of the general public, since they won't know her other songs.

true. I dont think its her fault. she being the add on rap artist ie flo-rida/pitbull to maximise exposure, impact and her wealth (nothing wrong with that) she originally wasnt going to release super bass as a single, as did it on em was set for release (so she still was a hardcore rap artist) but super bass took off, thanks to selena gomez and taylor swift (disney generation and country fans) and there you have it. did it on em peaked at 48 (i think) on the hot 100 but did well on urban airplay charts as all her singles have. and super bass went 3X platinum (3m copies sold). it was also her breathrough, and her first top 10 hit, and just kept on rising, airplay kept it charting for AGES! and its still being frequently played.

^ Yeah, I heard that too. She said she only released it because Taylor Swift said it was her favourite song on a radio interview, and Selena Gomez put a Youtube video up about it.

sad that that became the biggest hit off pink friday, and was the most pop orientated song too, well oddly, no surprises there. at least it got her billboard rising star, and for a female rap artist, thats an achievement, she's sold about 7-8m records so far, not bad, seeing as bar one, all her singles were non-top 10 hits. well hot 100 I mean, she's been dominating urban radio this year and last year too! I hope she has a great top 3 placing with her next LP, maybe even number one now she has attention. I hope radio 1 dont ignore her, until moment for life she was ignored by them with only 1xtra playing her. and they had the nerve to play super bass!! but ignore your love/right through me!

^ I'm pretty sure her next album will go to #1 in the US easily. Pink Friday even went to #1 in the US, after she released Moment 4 Life as a single (it may not have done well in the charts, but it sold her album more).

I agree though, I wish more hip hop orientated songs could be hits. Not just from Nicki, but it's similar with a lot of artists. Only the songs with lots of electro sounds and big catchy melodic choruses can be big hits atm.

I miss the Nicki from her Mixtapes.. when she was STRAIGHT HIP HOP... no pink/barbie/alter ego rubbish.. she was a plain looking girl who just rapped.

Fast forward and shes totally changed.. she is definately a POP artist now who does the one off Rap verse in hip hop songs (Monster/ Y.U Mad/Dance A$$)

Its a shame really.

If anyone loves Nicki Minaj for what she does NOW.. I advise you to listen to her mixtapes and watch her videos Warning and Itty bitty piggy.. That was the REAL Nicki

1. Nicki Minaj considers herself a recording artist - not a rapper.

2. Nicki Minaj considers herself a popstar - not a hip hop star.

3. Nicki Minaj's favourite music is dance-pop.

if you actually LISTEN to her billboard interviews, you'll see that she is all of those things. shes said she likes to be versatile and not boxed in as an artist. and she is a recording artist

Nick said in a Interview back when she did songs like warning or click clack it she was not being herself she was just acting like how people told her and she thought she had to act to be successful in rap and when she got signed to young money she felt she had more freedom as a artist. I prefer her itty bitty piggy- present day style of rap

are you trying to compare Nicki minaj to Lauryn hill