Nicki Minaj On “Massive Attack” Flop
June 14, 2010 @ 8:24 PM EDT
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Let’s be honest, Nicki Minaj’s street single “Massive Attack” was ehhh. In her VIBE cover story, she addresses the debacle—sort of.
“Massive Attack was the record she wanted to go with,” says Sean Garret, sounding a little bit defensive. “I think it’s a different sound. She wanted to make a statement. She definitely has a different direction for her album and her career than where most people think she wants to go.
Ask Nicki how she feels about the response and she looks way before answering. “It was important for me to do something not everyone thought I was gonna do…People close to me have their preferences,” says Nicki, lowering her voice, “their favorite Nicki thing, and I have to stand up sometimes and block out the noise.”
Yea that song was wackness. 95% of her stuff is though.
Typo Alert: —> She definitely has a different direction for her album and here career than where most people think she wants to go.
That song should’ve been thrown in the recycle Bin. Sean Garrett knew that Ish was wack in the studio!
100% is!
Basically, translation: “I was expecting tha same success from a Sean Garrett track like Mario, and he gave me this bullshit. I tried to like it but couldn’t. He was more concerned about his pecs than my single…” lmao! Either way Nicki, that shit sucked…
Sometimes being different for being different’s sake doesn’t work. Also, you have to prove you can make some regular hits first. (See kanye, Andre 3000) It was also real foolish to shoot the video (with Hype Williams no less) before the song was even out. Who’s idea was that???!?!
Damn that sucks…. I wish her the best….hope her next single is at least listenable
IN OTHER WORDS…I KNEW IT WAS A HOT MESS, BUT I WANTED TO TRY IT ANYWAY
ITS OK NICKI…ITS OK
Song was, ehhh not so good.
Video = Spank bank material.
MUSIC > GIMMICKS
EVERYTIME!!!! HA!!!! JUST KEEP THAT ASS FIRM AND I’LLL KEEP BEING INTRIGUED NICKI!!!! HA!!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
I agree with everything that was said so far. lol especially “Ac@pella”
It’s funny too, cuz I thought the song was super wack…and then of course, the video made it better, but it was still sub-par…but now this week, it’s been growing on me. I think it’s just her sexy shots in the video though…cuz I’ve watched that twice this week, but never bump the song audio just by itself.
yea real talk the truth is she is pretty wack it’s plenty of female rappers who have skills but no shine her project is RUSHED just like her ciliconed ass I’m sorry I’m not a FAN of the Wave
I’ve only heard ONE VERSE that I’ve liked from Nikki Minaj, and even that verse is just meh. Pretty sure the reasons i like it so much are because of the hook, the NIIIICE beat, and her grimey delivery of a few REAL “catchy” bars. Namely:
“Drizzy say get her I’mma get her/
I got that kinda money make a broke b***h bitter/
I got that kinda….wait, wait…fixate/.
Which b***h you know made a million off a mixtape/?
that was just a keepsake/
bought the president the Louie presidential briefcase/
never been a cheapskate/.
We got the Hawks i aint talkin bout the peachstate/
Man for Pete’s sake, scratch dat sweepstakes/.”
So when you add the “on a diet but im doin donuts in the sixspeed” line, that comes out to a little over half a verse that’s nice??
Guess the point im tryna make is that SO FAR ALL of Nikki’s raps have been whack. So whack in fact, that even the ONE verse that alot of people will agree sounds good from her, is only HALF good on top of the fact that it is greatly assisted by a strong beat and catchy hook.
She is talking about being a lesbian my lil cuzins can’t listen to her music as a result of her content her image is FORCED into our cars and Pc’s it’s not the Move EPIC FAIL at the end of the day
…….all of that negative ish being said, if this chick was standing in front of me and said i could smash if i told her how great she was, id lie my ass off so that i could smack dat ass and ride the wave all the way home. “uh yeah nikki. your better than every other female rapper in the history of female rappers. Lauryn Hill, J. Grey, Missy, Q. Latifah, Foxy, Kim….NONE of them have ANYTHING on you babygirl. It’s Barbie bitch???” lmao.
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AND THAT”S THE GAME BEAT”S FOR HEAD FEATURE from the back a video for a day and i’ll sign you for frequent visits
I’m not Gona lie when i watched the video…. I press mute and watch it…. Video is all I cared from Nicki……..Don’t Judge Me!!!!!!!
@ Barzini Meeting. I’ll give u a mutha F”ing” cosign lmfao!!!!
the thing with trying to be different just to be different its like u do it and it doesnt mean just cos u are doin something different that its good or gonna work take for instance j.cole who dat he wanted to come with something diff but truth be told a singles a single it has a job to do and a single like lights please would have done a better job same as drake and over trying to be so different when something like unforgettable would have worked much better even eminem man and not affraid a better single would have been the song with rihanna or space bound they would have did the job of a single save all your outragous different tracks for the album where they will be more readily accepted
^perfect. I love it.
I tell people that EXACT same thing AAAAAAAALL the time. Being different DOES NOT automatically equate to better? It seems like people try so hard to APPEAR like they aren’t on a bandwagon, that AS SOON as something considered “different” is available, they ignorantly follow it whether it’s good or not. the irony is beautiful.
just gives kim a little more leverage @ material to go in on young barbie. baby is defintely gonna jerk her now. re-couping from a hype williams video with a flop single and hella lawsuits (birdman voice) so priceless lmao!
Being Original is Important that’s when different is Aparent but when it is obvious your a “swagger Jacker” at least say something publicly so you dont appear as Arrogant/ as Kim Fans beleive Know you are/ Barbie fans can’t be fans without Kim Influence It’s just is what it is the single is RUSHED
Nicki is not that Young Kids she is 28 two years from 30 she is just trying to Milk the game as Fast as she can So Payola barbies
“Your Love” sucks the same.
Your LOVE was aight not a Athem EVE first single MUCH Hotter L-Boogy First 3 single HAWT Foxy Whoa imean should i go on
@Barzini…lmao
@ truth be told, what is hawt?
Nicki is an alrght rapper but she need Remy Ma skills to match that beautiful body.
i miss Lauryn & Remy with a passion, Lauryn was the new McLyte and Remy was the new Antonette, yall probaly never heard of her. Antonette and Lyte use to go at it on some real man type of rhymes
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@truth be told
“Truth be told”, u don’t know what tha fuck ur talking about. She’s 25, NOT 28. Getchur facts str8 dickhead…
You’re dropping the ball Nicki!!! a deaf man coulda told u that song was azz!!
What’s funny is minaj thinks that puffy managing her is going to help her sell albums. It’s not 98 or even the early 2000s, Puffy couldn’t push any of that making the band stuff platinum and those groups were getting mtv exposure on a weekly basis.
Cash $ + Puffy= Broke Minaj
Greatest song ever. My grandfather just had a stroke and even he was boppin half his head to it.
@Ac@pella! she 28 The lable is constantly pushing her age back but A reputable media outlet put her Birth cirtificate on Blast so don’t beleive the Hype lamo it’s cool though alot of female rappers are over 25 but on that Barbie Tip Iduno NEXT topic Pls
The problem is the poor thing doesn’t really know where she wants to go with her career. Her album should be pushed back forever till she realises what kind of music she wants to do – otherwise nobody is gonna buy it and she’ll believe she’s only good at being half naked in the photos. And we’ll have another girl who makes a living by being half naked in the photos, which is not what I expected from Nicki.
i knew it the first time i heard it, was a flop from day one, she should go back to the drawing board make a listenable single and kick start that debut album, if she keeps mking the same way too crazy songs she will flop and not take advantage of her big buzz
Who gives a fuck about her music?
Nicki do porn and capitalize on your looks and buzz!
i appreciate her saying it wasn’t great, but i felt like the single was forced on her part. Kudos to you Ms. Minaj for admitting that u can do wrong, no judgement on this end.
have you noticed that many of her raps dont have SHIT to do with the song at hand?
Nicki was never able to release a song that she wanted people to hear, The streets and her fans spoke up and told her what was a hit and what wasn’t. Thats what happens to most “Mixtape” artist any way. A leak becomes a classic when the people decide not when the artist tells us it is before we hear it….Very few people in Hip-Hop can call a hit before its a hit..And she dam sure aint one of them
nicki got buzz right now but when kim comes out youll c the difference on how to make a hit. nicki’s first and second singles r garbitch. now hurricane kim is gonna whip poor nickis’ ass because the buzz will b back on kim. remember lilkim is nicki minaj’s favorite mc hands down. thats why nicki is bitting lilkim. foxy literally did it, all female rappers changed their image because of hurricane. im rollin with hurricane kim all day.
and believe me it wont b no flopping shit either
THATS THE TRUTH
I do not feel that song was a flop, I feel as though she is having a harder time getting attention without Lil Wayne because face it, people followed him, he had that charisma, and she is trying to speak to a crowd that doesn’t have alot of representation, Bi-sexual Black women or Bi-sexual women in general.
DAT WAS A BS SONG, I THINK SEAN GARRETT MADE THAT CALL. THE MAJORITY OF HIS SONGS SINCE “YEAH” SUCKED…..SEAN GARRETT IS A ONE HIT WONDER GET RID OF HIM ALREADY
Face it, the buying public is sick of bullshit “music” being forced on us. Mix-tape/street buzz don’t translate into album sales. She’s wack and Wayne only shines because there are nothing but wack ass rappers in the game now. Drake is the only one with real talent. He’s way too conservative though. He should have signed with Timbaland or at least let him produce an album for him. He killed his career before it started signing with Young Money. I can only name 3 acts in that shit crew.
Nicki Minaj is all gimmick and no talent. She thinks just because she has Wayne behind her and shes pretty that’s enough. All of her fans are 90’s babies 14-20 they are the only ones supporting her. Her lyrics are trash with the exception of a few things she did prior to getting signed. She doesn’t rap the same or dress the same she’s bitting off Kims image and another girl from NYC named Tokyo Diva. Go on YouTube and type in “NIcki Minaj Steals Tokyo Divas Swag”. Everything she is is fake including her ass. It’s sad when you have to steal someone elses image to try and sell garbage. Massive Attack is trash and it’s only a sign of things to come.
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Massive Attack was a Massive Failure. What the *!@# does this girl think she’s doing? She raps like a 5 year old and looks like she has down syndrome, and its not just on this particular song. Its people like her and the rest of young money that make hiphop the piece of trash that it is today. I’m a DJ of 15+ years and I find myself playing more 90s and early 2000 songs in the club than I do the latest stuff. Why? Cuz all of the new stuff is all trash. Nicki Minaj…. FAIL!