American Rapper, Nicki Minaj has made the December 2023 cover of Vogue Magazine, inclusive of an article written about her navigating the release of her 5th Studio Album, Pink Friday 2, carded for December 8th 2023. Her last studio album released being Queen in 2018. Between both these full studio albums, she offered a “greatest hit album” Queen Radio 1 in 2022. The article lays a foundation using the teaser track “Last Time I Saw” you as an exemplar of her meticulous and deliberate nature in music.
The track “Last time I Saw You” is a melodic pop-flavoured style track in which the article referenced similarity to “Moment 4 Life” however I found it more similar in theme and tone to “Pills N Potions” despite “Last time I Saw You” having a faster beat. All the tracks mentioned give a more introspective look into self, its desires and intentions.
INTROSPECTIVE ONIKA
Nicki Speaks about Motherhood, Marriage, Celebrity and The Past. Her anxiety experienced coming from depressed conditions and the fallout of the crack epidemic on her family, even a brief commentary on her addiction to pain medication.
As she continued about her present family life, I am tickled to find that she cooks stewed King Fish. Although, I wonder if the author meant steamed King Fish, as a Caribbean palate would know there is a difference. But it hints to her Trinidadian roots.
She has the expected modern take on body positivity, she speaks about girls feeling comfortable in their bodies. General fan gossip says Nicki is not all natural, which is kind of counter to her present message. She admits to her growth on the issue and shared that her wanting a bigger butt is silly in retrospect.
With her being an entertainer, Her looks and butt was a major part of her appeal as much as her music. Nicki without the hypersexuality is like Michael without no dancing. It’s not a denial of other talents and abilities, or to say it is only because of this particular thing, but it came in a package which worked.
It is hard for me to divorce it from her initial looks… when she attained it the hypersexual look… and the heights she has reached now. I can imagine that conflict will also reside with girls she inspires who intend to walk a similar path.
PUBLIC RELATIONS MISTAKES
The article shines about her big ups and downs and PR missteps. I was amused about the one she had with COVID in September 2021. Nicki claimed the vaccine caused impotence in her cousin’s friend, who suffered a cancellation of his marriage engagement because of his newfound impotence post vaccination for COVID.
Official sources deny such occurrence. Nicki got a lot of push back from traditional media, inclusive of the Trinidad and Tobago Minister of Health going on the Daily show and debunking her claim.
In all of this I was like what about the Cousin’s friend? Let us call him “Mark”! Poor mark just taking strays because as we know Trinidad and Tobago is a small place. Whether true or untrue for a hot minute, poor Mark or the closest sound alike was advertised by one of the biggest female rappers in the world as having swollen impotent testicles.
My humour is dark, so everyone my not agree about the chuckle factor of it all. The years 2020 to 2021 was an insane period of time. The world shut down in a way that seemed impossible. People actually got incarcerated and fined for being outside during a pandemic.
It also shows that artists are not allowed to make mistakes and misconstrue issues as ordinary people. How oddly serious the world can take one’s utterances at times because people follow them for a particular thing, and they are influential because of it.
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