The Truth: Is Nicki Minaj’s Appeal Fading?

Friday, November 30 2012 1:42 PM EST | Posted by: Big Homie | Posted in: Blog, Focus

Despite her other ventures, many would say that Nicki’s has lost her touch. For YN’s latest debate, he analyzes her recent antics and her new album’s low sales.

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Comments (49)

  1. Elliott Wilson wants to be famous soooooo bad says:

    Not another one this guy needs to get a life

  2. Del says:

    I never been down with her music YN…. besides the fake ass and tits, what’s the appeal?

  3. london says:

    lost her touch?she was is and will be a fake ass bitch that can´t sing/rap.useless

  4. Love/Hate says:

    It’s time to get her out of here….

  5. dopeaom says:

    She tried to sell the same CD three times in two years.. and you wonder why her sales are low this time around.

  6. County Of Kings says:

    looks like more money more problems. she fading from hiphop but rising in pop music. but the fact that everytime some one doesnt like her she plays the racist black girl card, that makes me think that she is a typical dumb nigga that always blames whitey for everything they do. no respect for that

  7. Nathanial Hörnblowér says:

    Amen YN, I want mixtape Nicki. Her appeal is broadening and that’s that shit I don’t like. Some of those Roman Reloaded songs are more like Britney records. I thought Pink Friday was dope minus the Will.I.Am track. This is hip-hop it should scare the masses a little bit not appeal to them. Til then it’s Jean Grae all day!

  8. Watever says:

    1.7 million sales first album
    800,000 sales second album
    Almost a million less sales in only 2 years.
    Just going by the numbers it’s clear her appeal is fading with the general public.

    It’s only the media/industry and her core fanbase that’s obsessed with this chick.

  9. Your mother's "friend" says:

    If you look at music in general artist who start out big always go downhill, plus she’s nowhere near as talented as people make her out to be, the best bet for her is to follow the Rihanna model ie have people write all her songs & she’ll be fine

  10. Hip Hop2 says:

    I would say yup…shes fading..but nothing to do with her music…i think her split personalities are annoying the hell out of people…that fake shit taking a bad turn…..but i will say this..any1 that thinks she cant spit…doesnt know hiphop..that annoying bitch can rap her ass off when she wants to…when she wants to….

  11. Your mother's "friend" says:

    Can someone point me to a decent Nicki verse ? cause i’m always surprised when people say she can really rap ? sure here verse on monster was great but ye helped her write it so in my mind at least it doesn’t count , none of her old “come up” stuff is really moved me sure she can rhyme but who can’t ? “i look like yes & you look like no” lmao foh

  12. HipHopLives says:

    @E Wilson..how bout a special on tomrws rappers….pac and big are gone..so is pun…..nas, jay, em, and inconsistent wayne and every rapper that rapped in the game in the 90′s are about to exit… even middle ground like ross, 50 and others that came in early 2000′s are out the game soon as they are well into their mid late 30′s…… wonder if this new wave of rappers can be as elite and as successful ….to a point where the population wont want them exiting the game… shit im holding on to nas and jay aslong as possible..knowing the end is near soon….

  13. Rap Game Shawn Kemp says:

    Her appeal in the HIP-HOP community is kind of fading away…But the big money is not rap.Most of the niggas that hate her music don’t even listen to her.How can you RELATE to a FEMALE rapper? HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY RELATE TO A FEMALE RAPPER?

    I’m not a fan of her but the hate towards her is ridiculous

  14. SpkdaTruth says:

    She sold a bag of lies when she was on the mixtapes, got famous and lost the streets, now wants the streets back

  15. WESTSIDE says:

    FUCK NICKI WORST FEMALE RAPPER OF AL TIME
    SUCK DICK AND STFU

  16. mundL says:

    Not bad, Elliots never said anything wrong in these videos

  17. freshsidenyc says:

    Overall she’s slightly fading, she’s to gimmicky her personality is getting tired,she can’t rap,I think she’ll put out one more album before she starts talking about retiring and all that other bullshit . Either that or become the female version of Pitbull and Flo-Rida.

  18. Safe Dwade says:

    She only makes the same music every fucking day

  19. flawda says:

    Gimmicks only last so long and unlike Nicki, Lady Gaga has true talent and her image is not forced like Nicki’s is. I don’t understand how YN say Gaga is faltering when her album sold over a mil in the first week.

    Nigga is a lost artist imo, she intentionally tried to cross over and go pop but ended up selling selling less. What did Jay-z say ” the worst thing to be is successful not being you and having to wake up everyday looking yourself in the mirror”. Nicki cannot go back to hiphop now that she has fully sold out, and that pop lane only last so long.

  20. Toya says:

    I’m not surprised her new album has low sales numbers. She essentially tried to sell the same album 3 times. It’s one thing to remix a song; it’s another to remix an entire album.

    Maybe she can bounce back with a new full album… maybe. It just seems that she got so wrapped up in all this other stuff (movies, TV, a fragrance, product endorsements, etc) that she forgot who brought her to the ball.

  21. truth23 says:

    Only problem I have with Nicki Minaj is that she gets credit for being an Hip-hop artist when most of her music is pop, I feel that she takes away hop-hop awards from artist like J. Cole and Kendrick who really deserves these awards. I think she is fading a little because people are tired of her antics. I do like mixtape Nicki. I think straight pop is not her best lane, I think that she makes better music when she has a mixture of pop and r&b together

  22. Kween Ebony says:

    You guys who commented obviously didn’t do your homework! And go by unreliable and FAKE info posted on twitter! If you knew anything you would know that Roman Reloaded was not a re release of the first album! And you would know that it had the Highest first week sales of any rap album this year! Hell even more than Rihanna Unapologetic! And its still the highest selling rap album of 2012 overall!

  23. Devante says:

    Everything I seen above me is true. She Droped the same album 3 times..when your career is based on gamick and half decent music and lil bit of everything that’s hot(Katey Perry, Rihanna and Lady Gaga) is only so long before people get bored with you.

  24. k1ng petey says:

    can someone please convert this to an mp3 i cant stand to look at this fuckers mug lol

  25. Novakaine says:

    Keysha Cole outsold Nicki Minaj on first week sales #BOom #BayArea

  26. attaboy says:

    Elliot please speak the truth or stop doing this shit. It’s a lot to do a show like this.. You might be afraid of Baby (cash money) I know its politics… its safe to take jabs at old school artist like LL or Nas because you know they won’t respond in violence, but enough is a enough. Nicki is fading. tell the truth for once big homey or your blog or segment gonna fade fast like the rest of the shit that faded due to lies. Tell the truth Ruth (Samuel L Jackson voice:DTRT) or leave it the fuck alone.. Nicki is over… too much gimmick and not enough talent to go with the gimmik.. She doesn’t even talk like she really talks… She has to remember at the end of the day what AMERICA really feels about her… Get the money Nicki, but your time is almost up…

  27. LuxuryRap says:

    Her verses on the re-up are wack. Every single one. She needs to work with some more creative people that aren’t bowing down to her. She’s not hip hop imo and drop this Pink Friday shit already…it was only clever the first time around.

  28. DK says:

    I get this feeling from this installment of ‘The Truth’ and the last one about Lil Wayne that YN sets out to make these bold statements, gets intimidated by potential responses midway through the video and kind of backpeddles his way to the “conclusion.” And the conclusions are always way too NICE – it’s like YN wants to make these criticisms without shattering anyones self-esteem in the process. I like the idea of these segments as an audio/visual version of the “Blackout” sidebar panel, but these last two videos seem a bit like Wayne and Nicki paid Elliott to say, “He/she’s still cool, you guys! Don’t worry about it!”

    As for Nicki — her pop music, cosutumes and whatever else wouldn’t bother me half as much if she was even the LEAST bit humble and if it seemed like there was even ONE genuine bone in her body. I understand the idea of wanting to appeal to multiple demographics. I get that. But she seems SO ENTITLED and SO FAKE that when Rosenberg bitches her out at her own headlining event, you can’t feel sorry for her at all.

  29. Emgutta says:

    Yo I get the undestanding that Certain audiences are not feeling Nick Minaj. But what’s more important is YN’s need to be in the spot light. At one point this website had a lil bit of integruity. It’s clear that YN has another agenda then just posted an un bias opinion. Word of Advice YN stay away from the camera

  30. DJ Semtex's Prothsetic says:

    re-releasing albums is stupid, you cant really expect much sales out of a re-release in the frist place tbh, it need sto be a brand new album to even have comparable sales to her first album. and steven tyler is not racist, nicki should be embarassed for even trying to pull the race card on him, extremely degrading and uncalled for. and i think everyone wants to hear a more hood nicki again, she jsut has a different fan base now, its not hip hop heads its pop heads, like flo rida who is a hip hop artist who makes pop hits, making them pop rappers, cool concept of the truth series tho

  31. floridaboy says:

    the answer to his topics are always yes: has ludacris fell off, hiphop nd obama…

  32. Hip-Hop Fiend says:

    Why do you dumb fucks keep saying she tried to release her album 3 times? She had her debut album, then droped her sophomore joint Roman Reloaded and then she re-release that. I agree re-relasing any album is stupid she should just dropped a EP or Mixtape… I also agree she a decent artist when she mixes rap & rnb, that Freedom song was dope compared the gimmick bullshit she does. But is she fading naw she’ll be here a while.

  33. JAGUAR says:

    ha ha, only 35,000 sold. and the bitch tried everything for this album to sale. she had a 3 part E documentary leading up to her release. FAIL. she accepted to be a judge on american idol, when every one knows those jobs are offered to has beens who need cpr done to there careers, and aint nicki the top dog in the game, why she working as an idol judge. Lame……Shes done, and will maybe only last a year or so because of the sympathy she will get from her stans. But once them little girls grow up and realize what a bafoon this bitch really is. bye bye nicki. you pepper nose having, bleached , fake booty monkey……………lol

  34. TROLLING says:

    DISAGREE… THE FANS GET SICK OF THE CORNYNESS SOONER OR LATER… PEOPLE RUNNING AROUND CALLING THEMSELVES BARBIES JUST FACE ALL THE SLANDER FROM EVERYBODY AND THEY FINALLY REALISE ITS DUMB AS FUCK AND THEYLL MOVE ON

    I GIVE IT 2 MORE YEAR AND NICKI WILL STRUGGLE TO SELL RECORDS

  35. Barbie says:

    Let any other artist only have limted copies of there album sold ONLY at Best Buy and see if they do over 35K. She’s C-L-E-A-R-L-Y winning! What other female rapper took fame as far as she did? Shit most niggas can’t keep up with her.

  36. IamRealTalk *MKW* - Position: CEO/Five-☆-General of MKW - MAYBACH MUSIC KEYBOARD WARRIORS - Shout out to Real R&B Jesse Boykins III & Dwele !!! says:

    AS MUCH AS I DONT FUCK WIT NICKI MUSICALLY….I DONT THINK ANY FEMALE RAP ARTIST

    THAT WOULD RELEASE A BRAND NEW ALBUM ON A MAJOR WOULD SELL 35K FIRST WEEK…WELL MAYBE LAUREN

    MKW

  37. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    She is trash.

  38. @p0is0nedkoola says:

    The problem is over-saturating the market & not really changing her look/sound. It’s starting to all sound the same.

    Time for a make-over , new sound.

    Mr. Wilson is open to question people who aren’t as hot, I’m curious when he will address the false claims of an “empire” by MMG or the selling out by hip on reality shows. Game/Jim Jones etc. Beating up on someone who’s already down (LL, Eve, Luda, Lil Wayne) is not that impressive and is not something that really requires an “opinion”. Unless you’re a STAN , it’s clear who’s falling off in the game.

    Let’s see Mr. Wilson take on a controversial subject that will upset his political connects. Beyonce’s last album was a dud, has she fallen off?

    @p0is0nedkoola the Lester Bangs of Hip HOp

  39. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    The Truth: Is William L. Roberts ever going to sell over a Milli?

  40. IamRealTalk *MKW* - Position: CEO/Five-☆-General of MKW - MAYBACH MUSIC KEYBOARD WARRIORS - Shout out to Real R&B Jesse Boykins III & Dwele !!! says:

    ^^^^^GFID IS 2X PLATINUM

    MKW

  41. BLACK EBERT says:

    Truthfully….

    YN has never said anything that is off in his vids. He is absolutely right about everything to be real.
    Nicki has still grown, despite everything, she is still extremely as relevant as before and is becoming an entrepreneur in the game as well. She a boos bitch now. Nobody can talk shit. Lets feel bad for lil kim. Kimmy should just work at zellers or som’.

    Nicki in that last Breakfast club interview was incredible. She does not bite her tongue for anyone and demands the respect that she’s earned. She even put the hosts to shame for asking questions of her music they knew nothing about…wow. Watch that…

    Boos Bitch for real. And I ain’t even a barb nigga. I just recognize truth when i see it.

    Her new music also is dope. She can still out rap pratically any bitch right now.

    2 THUMBS UP YN

    Sincerely,
    BLACK EBERT

  42. BLACK EBERT says:

    BOSS** BITCH. lol my bad

  43. uptempo says:

    Naw she not fading, she has a dedicated fan base still , and i bet her next full album (if its not titled PINK FRIDAY) will sell some decent numbers, but like somebody up top said , its time for her to change it up a little. she’s a character, and very entertaining, so people will still flock to her.

  44. R says:

    She tried to step on the Diva Mariahs toes like Mariah did on her come up but it didnt work. The Clown failed and needs to stay in the circus. Mariah was more evil than the clown on her come up she alot of her peers and fucked alota old dudes to get to the Top Fame is a bitch but a youngn fukd her 2 lmfao it all comes around 360!!!!!!!!

  45. kayandgee says:

    when she game in the game she was fresh, different every little black girl wanted to be her and supported her hard, now she switched up the music and confused them and tried to appeal to the pop market, the difference is when the hood love you, they really love you as far as the pop world ure only as hot as your last song. she needs to go back to the basics and and try to win back her real fans.

  46. Bmjac says:

    First off, WHY is YN on camera?! Dude, you have a face for blogging!! No one wants to hear from an old man! Second, YES NO ONE LIKES NICKI! YOUR 15 minutes is over gurl!

  47. Real Muthaphukkin G's says:

    Do a video on if Eminem is fell off it or not.

  48. akashaa01 says:

    The album was good but it was only half new. next time plz release a brand new album.

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