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[orochi91]

Bro you mistake me... Im not talking about what you think of her rap skills, im questioning how the only value that you see she has is her "sexual" attributes.

How the fuck is that fair?

It's how she markets herself, at least that what it seems.

The first video of her I've seen was Starships, later followed by Anaconda.

She knows what people want and markets herself accordingly.

To be fair, the booty craze is taking over the industry; I blame Kim Kardashian lol

 

[flaxknuckles]

Whhhhhaaaaat tthhhhhhhheeeeee fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck aaaaaaammmmm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii rrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaddddddddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg?!

So her verse on monster putting to shame kanye and jay-z means nothing? Her hit records? The fact that she is arguably the best Mc out now regardless of whether its male or female?


Lol

dafuq?

And nobody cares about Nicki and her garbage singles.

 

[Cagey]

212 feels like it came out in 1992 at this point.

 

[shira]

dafuq is this guy doing?

Doggystyle but no baby

 

[norm9]

Bro you mistake me... Im not talking about what you think of her rap skills, im questioning how the only value that you see she has is her "sexual" attributes.

How the fuck is that fair?

I think her rap skills are lacking. What even puts her on the map is her ability to mesh the sexual/marketing aspect to help disguise her weakness on the mic.

Disclaimer- I was on the Foxy Brown > Lil Kim train in the late 90s.

 

[TheKaeptain]

dafuq is this guy doing?

That dude could totally pass for Meek's father or uncle.

 

[Onemic]

Whhhhhaaaaat tthhhhhhhheeeeee fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck aaaaaaammmmm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii rrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaddddddddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg?!

So her verse on monster putting to shame kanye and jay-z means nothing? Her hit records? The fact that she is arguably the best Mc out now regardless of whether its male or female?


Lol

lol no

 

[ExplodingKetchup]

she just represented her in the way she represents herself, but oooooh the sjw's will come out and say it is wroooooong

lol @ people who talk about 'SJWS!!!!!!'

you sound like a drag to be around

 

[Ingueferroque]

Do they really think that Tussauds does not get approval from the artist before commissioning the piece?

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Do they really think that Tussauds does not get approval from the artist before commissioning the piece?

Came to post exactly this. Minaj approved (and possibly requested) this pose.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

dafuq?

And nobody cares about Nicki and her garbage singles.

Purchase your copy of The Pinkprint today

Spoiler

make sure to delete Anaconda

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

That's that bullshit. They aint do Miley Cyrus like that

 

[Toxi]

Funny how a women being sexual and owning her sexuality goes right into "she asked for it" territory

I'm not sure if she specifically asked for the statue or if they asked her for it, but I'm pretty sure the sculptors needed her permission to use her likeness for a wax statue in the first place.

 

[BioHazard]

lord have MERCY at the girl in the pink pants

 

[Azalean]

I have no problem with this. It's from her most iconic and recent video Anaconda. Nicki is well known for selling her sex appeal.

Whhhhhaaaaat tthhhhhhhheeeeee fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck aaaaaaammmmm iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii rrrrrreeeeeeeeaaaaaaaddddddddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggggg?!

So her verse on monster putting to shame kanye and jay-z means nothing? Her hit records? The fact that she is arguably second the best Mc out now regardless of whether its male or female?


Lol

Fixed. She ain't touching Iggy.

 

[wenis]

That dude could totally pass for Meek's father or uncle.

That's only cuz it is Meek. Nicky still not letting him back on the tour bus.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

I was under the impression that touching the wax figures was strictly prohibited. Seems like it'd be easy to damage them.

 

[MisterGrey3000]

Discussing and denouncing society's problematic depictions of black women/girls as inherently sexual, animalistic, and "exotic" (all while devaluing their natural features and framing them as loud bitter undesirables at the same time) is very important...but this honestly doesn't seem like the best jumping off point for that considering that Nikki's always been about freely expressing her body/sexuality, and she most likely approved everything from the outfit to the pose.

I don't know...there is definitely a larger important discussion to be had about the previously mentioned concepts, but I'm honestly not too keen about it being sparked by something like this.
:/

 

[Zen_Arcade]

That's that bullshit. They aint do Miley Cyrus like that

That's because when Miley Cyrus tried to be sexy most people thought it was awkward and annoying.

 

[Bubba T]

Yeah. First thing I noticed.

lord have MERCY at the girl in the pink pants

:thumbsup:

I stopped at that pic and kind of forgot what this thread was about. Whew.

 

[23qwerty]

Fixed. She ain't touching Iggy.

So wait, Nicki's pose from her breakout music video is a source of unimaginable social sexual malfeasance, and not the guy who saw it and decided to pretend to fuck her from behind?

Breakout music vid? haha what?

But yeah I doubt Nicki has issue with it?I'm sure they talk with the person before making the statue.

 

[DemiMatt]

I think the first time I saw her was in a music video where she was on all 4s shaking her booty.

I would say this sculpture captured that moment for me.

 

[Stinkles]

Isn't this Nicki's appeal? I would say her body is more famous than her rapping.

I would actually say her fashion and video sensibilities, and I don't even know what "Stan" means as a verb.

 

[norm9]

Discussing society's problematic depictions of black women/girls as inherently sexual, animalistic, and "exotic" (all while devaluing their natural features at the same time) is very important...but this honestly doesn't seem like the best jumping off point for that considering that Nikki's always been about freely expressing her body/sexuality, and she most likely approved everything from the outfit to the pose.

I don't know...there is definitely a larger important discussion to be had about the previously mentioned concepts, but I'm honestly not too keen about it being sparked by something like this.
:/

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

In this case, its just a hot artist capitalizing on her hotness.

 

[ISWThunder]

Would anyone be surprised if this was exactly the position that Minaj wanted? Unless she comes out against this, it's a non story. That position is a reflection of one of her most iconic moments and is a position that she has chosen to get into often.

 

[BFIB]

dafuq is this guy doing?

Who posed the Idris Elba figure like that?

 

[Zeus Molecules]

lord have MERCY at the girl in the pink pants

same thing I said

 

[CountAntonius]

dafuq is this guy doing?

I wanna see a pic from the back....


Also sick of hearing from this banks chick.

 

[jwk94]

she just represented her in the way she represents herself, but oooooh the sjw's will come out and say it is wroooooong

Have to agree with this. I mean isn't she like this in the anaconda video?

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Would anyone be surprised if this was exactly the position that Minaj wanted? Unless she comes out against this, it's a non story. That position is a reflection of one of her most iconic moments and is a position that she has chosen to get into often.

Nicki loves her wax figure

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WTF?!?!?!?!??!??" Nicki wrote. "Had no idea they were really doing this. I would've went to Vegas for this. #HappyBirthdayAnaconda Madam Tussauds Wax Figure- whoever did this <3."

Tragic

 

[GavinGT]

That's that bullshit. They aint do Miley Cyrus like that

Miley looks like a special needs kid wearing a picnic blanket bikini.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Is Azealia Banks like a professional racist on twitter now or something?

She kinda called the Rachel Dolazel nonsense.

Edit: and some of y'all act like Pink Friday never happened. Anaconda is basic as hell compared to some of Nikki's good shit.

 

[Starfish Hero]

I agree with Azealia Banks' point but Nicki probably posed for the figure and if not at least approves of it, so who are we to judge.

Pink pants girl is the true hero of the story though god damn.

 

[norm9]

Nicki loves her wax figure



Tragic

Save her from herself!

 

[Mushroomer25]

Isn't this Nicki's appeal? I would say her body is more famous than her rapping.

I will admit that her most famous moment arguably is the Anaconda video, so their reasoning was probably no different than any other major pop star.

That said, holy shit how did they not foresee people straight-up dry humping that statue.

 

[Dr. Malik]

 

[LyleLanley]

Fixed. She ain't touching Iggy.

Iggy and Nicki are the two best MC's today regardless of gender?

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

Suspect as usual in the portraying black women as animistic.

Yup

 

[PeskyToaster]

Iggy and Nicki are the two best MC's today regardless of gender?

The only wax figures with something to say.

 

[Damerman]

dafuq?

And nobody cares about Nicki and her garbage singles.

Yeah, her stuff is corny generic pop stuff, but anaconda is an iconic song and she killed it. If she put out a full on hip hop album, u really think there is a hip
Hop artist that could lyrically stand up to her?

 

[Mammoth Jones]

The only persons opinion that matter is Minaj. Banks don't own all women of color. Nor does she speak for them.

Obviously the inspiration for that sculpture was taken from her Anaconda video. Shit even the backdrop. And I mean her defining trait is her sex appeal. White women throughout history have been able to do it and are celebrated for it. But when a Black woman does it it's suddenly trashy?

 

[Gouty]

Live by the sword die by the sword. You'll never see any wax depictions of Aretha Franklin on her knees.

 

[hypernima]

Could you explain how it's out of context? Isn't it her most famous video? I saw her Anaconda video and didn't feel she was trying to be "ironic" in it, like it was a statement against sexism or whatever. Rather, it was more like her embracing and exploiting it. You kind of reap what you sow, no?

The way I see it is is that there's many moments through her career that could have been portrayed, sure Anaconda Nicki is well known but its pretty sus that other risque pop stars don't have wax figures in such a frame. They could have chose any other frame in that video or just simply had her in the outfit from the video and the point would have been made.

Anaconda the video portrays Nicki as a sexual being, but the thing is that its a video where it's all under her control.

That being said the second picture is gross, like dude what are you thinking?

 

[A Link to the Past]

Considering Nicki is fine with it, I don't see much issue. However, I do take issue with the idea that "Anaconda is famous, she does this in Anaconda, what did you expect?" She did lots of poses in Anaconda, many of which also accentuated her butt. So the idea that you can't comment on the direction they took is a bit silly.

EDIT: And has also been said, the fact that Anaconda is a music video about sexuality does not necessarily justify sexualization. I can understand why people would uniquely find the pose problematic, especially as it will inevitably lead to many more people pretending to fuck her while holding her by the hair.

 

[Kickz]

 

[Brakke]

"Wow, they finally give nicki minaj a wax figure and it's a statue of her bent over on all fours......"

"Finally".

 

[Cagey]

Live by the sword die by the sword. You'll never see any wax depictions of Aretha Franklin on her knees.

She's not "dying by the sword".

There's weird competing narratives here that Nicki either 1) has been victimized by racists and sexists or 2) has to own what she brought on herself, implying it's a bad thing.

Neither seems remotely close to the truth.

 

[norm9]

That being said the second picture is gross, like dude what are you thinking?

Pretending to be standing next to a wax figure is one way of taking pic. The other is to be pretending to be boning the wax figure. Those are really the only two types of pictures you're expecting to take at the wax museum.

 

[FadedRevolution]

Yeah, her stuff is corny generic pop stuff, but anaconda is an iconic song and she killed it. If she put out a full on hip hop album, u really think there is a hip
Hop artist that could lyrically stand up to her?

I don't know if you're serious but there's a looooooooooooooooooooong list of artists that can destroy her on the mic. In terms of how she markets herself and what she does she is one of the best out.

 

[Bleepey]

At first I was like who gives a shit, then I saw Azaelia's comment and I rolled my eyes and I saw the Kylie thing and I thought this was a load of bullshit about nothing.