Nicki Minaj: Queen Of 2012?

I'll cut to the chase and admit that like 90% of heterosexual males I like Nicki Minaj because of her figure, however like the other 30% of males in that category I like her because of her music. Now I can instantly hear every known rap fan in the universe foaming at their mouths and preparing to write an obnoxiously long comment about how "you don't know anything mannn" but I could care less as I dig Minaj's music as it's self aware as is it stupid, as clever as it is ridiculous and as gender friendly as it can get (no girl would want to get down and dance to kendrick lamar or a$ap rocky)

However enough straying from the point, here is 3 reasons why Nicki Minaj is the clown princess to Beyonce's Queen of Girl R n B anthems (boo you B not even a single :( )

Beez In The Trap
For those not in the know, trap music is basically the audio equvilant of what it's like to be in a crack den, and Beez In The Trap brings that awful electro spacey noise by the gallons in what could only be describe as the most delightful hood economics related song of 2012. The video has everything from pseudo-lesbianism (she touched another girls butt omg) a rave party thing, nicki rapping behind some barbed wire, 2 chainz well being 2 chainz and one of the most ridiculous cases of booty popping i've seen in a while. Definietly a release that signifies that Minaj is trying to stay to her rap roots without giving up her partying fanbase which leads neatly onto...

Pound The Alarm
Ridiculous Beat? Check
Zany Video? Check
Nicki Minajs Booty On Show? Double Check (amirite hur hur)

Not really much happens in this song, but it doesn't matter it has all the trappings of what makes a good summer song being a easy to remember chorus that you can drop at any party and someone will at least have a dance to it and yet again more of Minaj's brand of lyrical drippings that vary from ridiculous "i'm bitch, no muzzle, let's go" to "if you need a bad bitch, let me call a few" and with a video so blisteringly bright you could cut your eyes on it and some semi-hood posturing for good measure add up to a great summer song, Suck on that flo-rida with your rubbish whistle song.

Starships
We come to the final Minaj single offering (barring the god awful "stupid ho" which despite my love of Nicki, I do agree was absolutely shit) being starships which can be broken down into two easy to digest segments:
Good: the song goes in hard, more flouncy bouncy beats like pound the alarm but still some of the more wiser and voliatile Minaj lyrics. The coreography is good too (i promise one day i'll come out) and i was really digging the crazy topless dancing with the fire and the volcano, such a beautiful location. Minaj's pink bikini (enough said really)
Bad: the video itself is just dire, so hard to look at it seems like it was shot on super 8 or some shit (attn title fight) and i'm not really feeling the green wig, but the real beef I have with this song is the chorus which although is super danceable just seems a bit slap dash (any song with OH OHOHOHOH's tend to be).


So there you have it, has 2012 been a good year for Nicki Minaj's singles? I certainly think so, and it proves that when she is actually doing her own song instead of just droppping a verse on someone elses (what the fuck was that thing you did for madonna Nicki?!?!?!?!?!?) she can actually be quite good. So here's to you Nicki Minaj, 2012 belongs to you on the goofy club girl pseudo hard man gangsta pop rap front.

owen xoxoxoxo