And don't miss the similarities between Minaj and her dancers and Eve and hers from the "Tambourine" video. When Minaj cages her own inner Shakira -style leopard, a la "She Wolf," you can't miss the comparison. Later, she swaps the leopard look for a duck instead. With yellow lipstick and pink hair, she bears a striking resemblance to a Katy Perry phase that hasn't happened yet, as does the giant lollipop, which is straight out of Perry's Candyfornia in "California Gurls".
If Lil Kim isn't shaken, these ladies might be. Too bad the same can't be said for the video, which hasn't fared well among YouTube viewers so far, with over , dislikes. And this comes after news that her sophomore album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded has now been pushed two months, to an April release date. Whudda thunk it. Absolutely Unnecessary: Will. If she can keep it up for five more weeks, she'll set a new chart record, currently held by Whitney Houston's soundtrack for The Bodyguard at twenty weeks on top.
Adele could do it, too. Its new popularity only helping to drive sales of Now if only sales of Rihanna 's "We Found Love" would start to slide Bodysuits and Dominoes: British pop star import Jessie J spent the second week at number one in the U. Expect to hear the track even more now in the States, as more and more Top 40 stations have begun to play "Domino" more frequently. Hey, better that than "Price Tag. Join the Westword community and help support independent local journalism in Denver.
Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. Some of the lyrics are disses to fellow rapper Lil' Kim. A music video for the song was shot and directed by Hype Williams. The video went to break the record for the most views by a single artist within 24 hours of its release.
The week following the song's release, it debuted on the Billboard Hot at number After the video's release, the song reached a peak of number The music video was recorded in November, Upon its release, the video set a record by accumulating 4. Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj claimed this record again with their " Beauty and a Beat " music video that reached That record has since been broken.
Read more after the jump. See, you teaming up with Hype Williams should be a total dream team, right? And then there's all that good, old-fashioned ass-clapping. Normally, pelvic thrusting in music videos is something I can get behind, but your gyrations behind bars in a black PVC leotard just feels a little… joyless.
You've perfected the art of the goofy, with theatrics in your videos, but there ain't no whimsy in "Stupid Hoe. Were you trying to make this video feel sort of grimly mechanical in its blatant sexiness which at times starts to feel sexist? I want to give you the benefit of the doubt and say that all that nasty grinding was intended to parody artists who exploit their sexuality to sell records kinda like Jewel did in the "Intuition" video?
Remember that? OK, just me, then.
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