Here’s some juice. Please put the kool-aid down…
The next topic I’m going to address was also inspired by pop culture events which took place this weekend….The Grammy’s.
As a whole, the Grammy’s were just awful. I never enjoy them and only watched because I was curious about how they would recognize and address Whitney’s passing. I was thrilled with Adele’s wins and performance but the absence of my favorite artists plus the fact that the AARP clearly sponsored the event, left me with a sour taste in my mouth. I struggled to watch it in its entirety and flipped back and forth for the most part.
In the pile of garbage that was collectively The Grammy’s, there was a particular odor that managed to waft stronger than all of the garbage combined: Nicki Minaj.
Despite the fact that I loathe Nicki Minaj and hate everything Young Money stands for, this isn’t’ a diss blog post to Nicki….Not entirely, at least. This post is about her captain save-a-gimmicky-rapper-who-has-to-do-dumb-shit-to-stay-relevant crew.
I don’t feel like rehashing Nicki’s “performance” as I don’t even want to recreate those images in my head. It goes without saying that the general consensus was that Nicki’s performance sucked. So, in typical kool-aid drinking fashion, her fans ran to defend her failed attempt at being the Black Gaga. “When Gaga or Madonna does it, its creative. But when Nicki does it, it’s bad.”…”Y’all don’t understand talent. Her performance was creative.” And the lies and pleas went on along those lines.
Now, I’m all for creativity in music. Let’s face it; we have more artists who sound the same than we do standout, artistically unique ones. Creativity is necessary and appreciated in hip hop. I get it. The problem I have is with the people who blindly think that something “different” is automatically creative when it’s actually trash.
Art is subjective. We can all agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. However, there are basic standards which deem whether or not someone is being creative or just has run out of material and is grasping at straws.
Nicki is a gimmick rapper. Don’t try to argue my opinion or tell me any different. Any woman over the age of 18 who refers to herself as a “Barbie”, wears hot pink weave, and alters her physical appearance to ridiculous measurements in order to get attention is a gimmick. It works, but it’s still a gimmick that she must maintain to stay relevant.
With that said, despite the fact that everyone knows Nicki pushes the envelope and does the absolute most in the name of “artistic expression”, what Nicki did last night went too far….even by her standards.
Nicki was blasphemous, made a mockery of Christianity and Catholicism, spoke in tongues, levitated, and more importantly….SHE DIDN’T RAP! Nicki spent her entire set acting out a mini-movie scene whilst squawking and mimicking a possessed, schizophrenic with Tourette’s syndrome. IT WASN’T ART! IT WASN’T HOT! IT WASN’T CREATIVE!
I understand that people worship Nicki…for what reason, I’ll never know…but I get that. She has a large fan base of blind followers for some odd reason. My thing is, regardless of how much of a fan you are, you should be able to distinguish between trash and creative expression. Hell, I’m the biggest Tip fan in the world, but I can admit when Tip releases subpar work.
I’ve dedicated countless blogs and statuses/tweets about my disgust over the word “hater” and everything it encompasses. I will try not to delve too much into that, but it is relevant to this nonsense. I hate when black people make shit about race when it has nothing to do with it. People who don’t agree with your declaration that something is art, aren’t haters.
Dear Black people,
Nicki’s performance was TRASH!!
Signed,
A Black woman
People actually had the gall to say that people embrace Gaga and Madonna but demonize Nicki. Are you all mentally challenged fucktards?! People talk shit about Gaga and Madonna ALL THE TIME! Who praises the crazy shit they do? Furthermore, Gaga and Madonna do crazy shit and perform ACTUAL songs whilst doing it. I don’t know what the fcuk that shit was Nicki thought she was doing up there, but she wasn’t even performing a song. It was the Grammy’s! Nicki had some chart topping hits that appealed to the audience. She could have done Super Bass, Moment for Life, hell, I would have even settled for Stupid Hoe over that bullshit she pulled last night.
More importantly, I think everyone was waiting on her to perform one of those songs. No one was prepared to watch her attempt to exorcize the alter ego she created.
Another thing that pissed me off about the kool-aid drinkers is how they love to throw money out there.
“Yall hating, Nicki getting paid”. What the fck does her bank account have to do with her releasing trashy ass music or giving subpar shows?! Black people seem to be the only race of people who associate quality with income. As long as someone is “gettin paper” that somehow makes them immune from making stupid decisions. That’s the most ignorant ass, ghetto logic I’ve ever heard in my entire life.
Her bank account is lovely…ok, what does that have to do with the quality of her music? If she released remixed nursery rhymes (I really feel like this is on the horizon by the way) and started eating ants, growing hair on her face, and wearing a green stripe on her cheek I’m sure you idiots would still say “she’s creative. Y’all hating. She got paper. She hot”
Call a spade, a fcking spade! Stop defending these artists who keep making crappy decisions and even crappier music. Just because a rapper does stupid shit that no one else is doing at the time, doesn’t mean it’s creative.
Let’s say Nicki or her young money cohorts started rubbing shit in their hair when they were in public. According to the logic of the brainwashed cult, because no one else is doing it, it’s hot and creative. She also is winning despite having a hair full of animal feces because “she got paper”.
What the fcuk is wrong with y’all nggaz?!?!
DIFFERNT DOES NOT EQUAL HOT! Say it with me….DIFFERENT…DOES….NOT…EQUAL…HOT!
Also, why are you so concerned with a celeb’s bank account? Is she giving you money? Is she paying your bills? Is she increasing your credit score? No? So what exactly does HER money have to do with the quality of her work? EXACTLY!!!
Clearly today’s “artists” and I use the term loosely, have a sole mission to keep their names in the spotlight regardless of the cause. So in that regard, she and others like her are achieving that task.
If you like the bullshit these people are dispensing, by all means, continue to be great with your subpar music standards. But please stop trying to act like you are so enlightened that you deem all an artist’s attempts at being different as being some sort of artistic genius. Again, when trying to prove your argument STOP THROWING IN THEIR NET WORTH! Money doesn’t equal art.
People sell their souls for fame….Nicki proved that without a shadow of a doubt last night. So mentioning how much money an artist has when people criticize their fcukery isn’t a solid argument. If you’re trying to tell me that someone is “winning” because they sold their soul for a Maybach, I only hear how much they are actually losing.
You see, I’m a part of a rare breed of indivuals who don’t associate quality/creativity with dollar signs, amount of followers, facebook likes and so forth. I don’t care if I’m in the minority, I will never drink the kool0-aid and cosign on this bullshit that y’all are calling “music”. No fcking way!
Quality, content, creativity, artistic expression has nothing to do with a person’s bank account. Never has, never will. Hell, there are popular artists who admit that they aren’t the best. Waker Flaker is getting money and this ngg is always talking about how he knows he can’t rap. T-pain gets money and he admits he’s not a real singer. So will you monkeys please stop using that as your argument for why we should think a pile of shit with vanilla icing is a cupcake!
Daily, I am reminded that I am getting older. It also saddens me when I realize that my offspring will not know about quality entertainment nor will they actually know how to determine creativity. I guess that’s just the cycle of life. Keep your kool-aid and shit-cakes though.
