Thursday, January 6, 2011

Nicki's Pink Friday Review

Album Artist: Nicki Minaj
Album Title: Pink Friday
Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B/Pop
Release Date: November 19, 2010
Album Length: 50:55
Record Label: Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown
Production Credits: Bangladesh, Swizz Beats, Drew Money, Papa Justifi, J.R. Rotem, T-Minus, will-i-am, and Blackout Movement
Advanced Singles: “Massive Attack” featuring Sean Garrett, “Your Love,” and “Right Thru Me”

Arguably one of the most anticipated albums of the year, Nicki Minaj’s debut album Pink Friday is a hit or miss record depending on the listener’s musical taste and when they became her fan. If you were a fan of Ms. Minaj before the release of Young Money’s “Bedrock,” and haven’t become attuned to the poppy-tune of rap these days, you probably shouldn’t waste your time copping the album. This album is flooded with instrumentals that were produced with the mainstream audience in mind. If anything, the most daring song on the record is the Eminem featuring track, “Roman’s Revenge” and lyrically, it’s definitely somethingwe’ve heard from Nicki before. In fact, it’s a message that is repeated throughout the entire album.


Truth be told, I’m not exactly familiar with the way hip-hop lyrics are designed---but practically every song featured on this album has a verse or line talking about “haters”. The word becomes so repetitive that the conscious listener might actually question has this artist experienced anything else in life??? But repetitive themes aside, there are other themes to be found in Pink Friday.

With that being said, I still thoroughly enjoyed this album. Style-wise, Nicki doesn’t stray too far from the sound of “Your Love,” the first number one single by afemale rap artist in nearly ten years (the last time any female rapper managed to top the charts independently was Missy Elliot). Laced with violins, “I’m the Best” mildly addresses the mystique of Minaj’s past and gives her fans the reassurance she never received as a youth. The advanced single, “Right Thru Me”is truly the standout track on the record. Minaj takes the raw-emotions experienced by a woman in love and essentially calls men out on their “shit” by asking the simple question, “how?” The album’s greatest disappointment is “Fly.” The track, which features guest vocals from pop-singing sensation Rihanna,is quite dull on the songstress’ part. Nicki’s rapping skills are sick, but Rihanna sounds as if she was just recovering from bronchitis or something. Apparently, her heart just wasn’t in it. Interestingly enough, Nicki also sounded the same way on Rihanna’s fifth studio album LOUD on the track,“Raining Men.” Perhaps it has something to do with the rumored feud between thetwo of them last Summer?


“Save Me,” is the American album’s signature experimental track. Seriously, every American album as of late, has one of these weird sounding songs that sounds like someone’s having a difficult time using acomputer. Lyrically, “Save Me” reveals Nicki’s vulnerable side. It will be interesting to see how the rap community embraces this track, given all the hell it put the Game through for his self-exposure.

Slated for release as the album’s next single, “Moment 4 Life” features Nicki’s most fiercest rhymes and fellow Young Money rapper, Drake. It also helps clear up the twitter-controversy started by the two over the Summer. Sampling “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles, the joint collaborative effort between Nicki Minaj and Will-i-Am entitled, “Check it Out” is one of those songs that you just can’t hate for loving it.

Crazy-Ass Kanye West also makes a guest appearance on Pink Friday, but fails to really deliver anything profound to the track “Blazin’.” “Dear Old Nicki” is thematically reminiscent of any coming-of-age track. Now whether or not Nicki wants the “old” Nicki back is a totally different matter.

As you’ll soon come to know in the reviews to come, I HATE deluxe editions primarily because most of the tracks featured on the deluxe edition should be on the standard edition. That said, the deluxe editions of Minaj’s debut album include six exclusive tracks. The best of those said six are the sexually-charged, oral-sex encouraging “Blow Ya Mind” and the oddly-good-for-a-song-about-a-chick-picking-up-other-chicks track, “Girls Fall Like Dominoes.”

Overall, I give Nicki Minaj’s album a 4 out of 5.

Review by: SparklingYume


The Best MAN Team

The Expendables vs. The A-Team vs. The Losers Who is the better team.


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This year we have had three movies that featured teams of Men. The Expendables, The Losers, and The A-Team contain men that come together either by military allegiance or a job that issues money these guys get it done.

They will be judged on several accounts:

Best Roster- Who’s got the better team on paper
Best Storyline/Plot- Is it trash or a masterpiece
Best Acting- Who is the more convincing crew
Best Action Scenes- Which movie had the wilder action scenes
Best Woman Co-Star- Which lady were the coolest/sexy/helpfulto boys
Best Villain- Who is more evil?
Coolest Name- Which team got the coolest name

Before I go into that let me shed light on each of these films

The Losers:
Starring: Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Columbus Short, IdrisElba, Jeffery Dean Morgan, and Oscar Jaenada
A military force who was thought to be dead after completing a mission. With the help of a woman named Aisha Clay, Rogue, Pooch, Cougar, andJensen return to take down the guy that wanted them dead.


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The A-Team:
Starring: Jessica Biel, Liam Neeson, Quinton ‘Rampage’Jackson, Bradley Cooper, and Sharlto Copley  
A team of veteran Army Rangers come together to form one ofthe best military teams on earth. After being set up by a rival team the A-Teamis on the run and must prove their innocence.


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The Expendables:
Starring: (I don’t think I need to put first names on thisone do I) Stallone, Li, Statham, Rourke, Couture, Crews, Willis, Lundgren,Schwarzenegger, Austin, Roberts, and Giselle Itie  
A mercenary gang paid to do various jobs for money. They geta job that seems a little odd from an employer who seems strange as well. Turnsout there, is more on the line than just money.

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Let’s start it off shall we!

Best Roster: THE EXPENDABLES Goes to the expendables handsdown. The reason being is that you either seen or heard of these guys somewherebefore (unless you lived under a rock but even then you heard about one ofthese guys). Hall of famers in fighting, academy award winners or nominations dominatethis list.  Unlimited Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire


Runner-Up: The A-Team.

Best Storyline/Plot: THE A-TEAM. This was one of the toughercategories seeing how all three plots had holes or ridiculousness attached toit but the A-Team held it together better. It maybe generic but the way it’spresented brings out the good parts.


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Runner-Up: The Losers

Best Acting: THE LOSERS. They really bring out the movie even if it is a another generic plot we’veseen before. Even the villain is well acted, and because of that most viewers looked over the films shortcomings. Unlimited Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire

Runner-Up: The A-Team

Best Action Scenes: THE A-TEAM. The over-the-top works hereseeing as how the film doesn’t take itself too serious. The actors also do abang up job of delivering these scenes. Unlimited Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire

Runner-Up: The Expendables

Best Woman Co- Stars: THE A-TEAM. Jessica Biel has biggerand better supporting role. Giving the team a mission and helping them get outof the hands of the law. Unlimited Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire


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Best Villain: THE LOSERS. Jason Patric does a good job atplaying the charismatic Max. From blowing a helicopter full of children toalmost eliminating a city Max is definitely twisted. 
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Runner-Up: Patrick Wilson as Agent Lynch

Coolest Name: THE EXPENDABLES. Believe it or not it sounds imitating. I would hire them over the Losers or the A-team any day based on name. Unlimited Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire

And the winner is….



THE A-TEAM- With over-the-top action scenes, some decentacting, and a slightly more in depth plot the A-Team prevails again. Unlimited Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire

Runner-Up: The Losers- Good acting isn’t enough to save thisrun of the mill action film.
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The Loser: The Expendables with great action scenes and asuperstar cast to make any action fan jizz in their pants, ultimately can’tdeliver with the talent.
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  Update: It seems that I forgotten the Takers but I didn't see that movie and it look kinda  of bad to me (but we will see).


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