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[Korey]

Nicki Minaj has been in the pop music scene since 2009. Her breakthrough was Kanye West's "Monster" in 2010. Ever since then, she's been the go to "rap feature" on every pop star's track. This has resulted in a shitload of songs she's contributed to.

And she never phones it in. All of her features blend seamlessly into the style/feeling of the track and elevate it into something better.

Here's a sample of her best verses. The links go straight to her part:

• Kanye West - Monster
• Robin Thicke - Shaking It For Daddy
• Justin Bieber - Beauty And A Beat
• Bebe Rexha - No Broken Hearts
• Nicki Minaj - Itty Bitty Piggy
• Ciara - I'm Out
• Lil Wayne - Can't Stop Won't Stop
• Drake - Make Me Proud
• Madonna - Bitch I'm Madonna
• B.o.B - Out Of My Mind
• Trey Songz - Bottoms Up
• Jay Sean - 2012 (It Ain't The End)
• Nelly - Get Like Me
• Sean Kingston - Letting Go (Dutty Love)
• Madonna - Give Me All Your Luvin'
• Chris Brown - Love More
• David Guetta - Hey Mama
• Meek Mill - All Eyes On You
• Ariana Grande - Side To Side
• Jessie J - Bang Bang
• Nicki Minaj - Trini Dem Girls
• Lil Wayne - Sweet Dreams Remix
• Nicki Minaj - Stupid Hoe

And this is just a fraction of the 50+ songs she's featured in, not including even her own tracks.

So is Nicki Minaj the most talented artist of the 2000's? Is there any other single artist that's affected the music scene more than her?

Love her.

Absolutely without question.

"Stupid Hoe" should have won a Grammy. It is easily the greatest and most influential song of the 21st century. This is why I can't take the Grammys seriously anymore. They frequently honor garbage and not amazing pieces of art. ��

 

[eosos]

No

 

[Anung]

No

 

[gdt]

Um. I'm not sure even Minaj fans would claim this



Clearly you made this thread looking to get people to hate on her lol

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Mods we have to have a trolling sticky now, this is getting out of hand.

Edit: Haha she never phones it in, that's gold

 

[Kusagari]

Alert: we got ourselves a barb. I repeat, we got ourselves a barb.

 

[bob_arctor]

Ah, a memoriam thread. RIP, Nicki.

 

[MANGOD]

https://youtu.be/5YGEftoGzY0

 

[MonkeyMan29]

Absolutely

Spoiler

not.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

Ah, a memoriam thread. RIP, Nicki.

.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

That's just cruel, OP.

 

[Voidguts]

no, please stop.

 

[Perfect Blue]

lol don't you have anything better to do than make obvious troll/joke threads?

 

[Twookie]

lol

no

 

[Lender]

I cant even...

 

[UnObtainium17]

Dude/sis justmade a Nicki minaj appreciation thread few days past she just got bodied by a 7 min diss track.

 

[giancarlo123x]

You put too much effort into this troll thread.

 

[Anth0ny]

what in the fuck

 

[Loxley]

 

[KingV]

How can anyone say this in a world where 22 savage exists?

 

[Permanently A]

I wonder if the best artist of the 21st century will actually be discovered centuries from now.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Jesus Christ

 

[EPaul]

Nah , not really

 

[NESpowerhouse]

lmao

Spoiler

LMAO

 

[B.O.O.M]

She isn't even the best talent in the US ffs...

 

[N° 2048]

Holy hell, no.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Have you seen her butt?

 

[Mimosa97]

This is just sad.

 

[Fulminator]

absolutely not

zero percent chance

no

 

[KarneeKarnay]

 

[Slayven]

She is not even the most talented person signed to her company

 

[BlazinSkatinAxel]

As fake as her butt.

 

[Murugo]

I think you're seeing a nicki mirage.

 

[throwawayname]

 

[SgtCobra]

Yeah why the hell not, and Sharknado is the best movie of the 21st century.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

You forgot her best verse.

Bump in my hoopty-hoopty-hoop

 

[torre_avenue]

We have a thread for parody urges.

 

[HiResDes]

I like that time she ripped off sir mix a lot

 

[louiedog]

I like that time she ripped off sir mix a lot

Well he was the most talented artist of the 20th century.

 

[chromatic9]

 

[riotous]

For the way you are rating her; not really even close.

Here's an ask billboard article from about 2 years ago; I don't think NIkki has made it any higher on these lists.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/c...-vs-featured-artists-who-has-the-most-hot-100

Musical artists with the most hot 100 hits as the main artist, and then the second number is as a featured artist (with irrelevant old artists and the Glee Cast removed):

126 - 45, Lil Wayne
86 - 45, Drake
83 - 54, Jay Z
72 - 37, Chris Brown
69 - 66, Taylor Swift
67 - 41, Kanye West
65 - 26, Nicki Minaj

Jay Z and Wayne had pre-21st Century hits so might not belong that high on the list, but I think they cunt (particularly Wayne). But Drake, Chris Brown, Taylor Swift and Kanye all beat out Nicki.

And I think Drake likely has more hot 100 songs since this article was written (July 2015) than Nikki quite easily.

None of this is really a good measure of talent, but it's the measure you are using.. and Niki while highly successful is not the top performer of the 21st Century, nor is she the defacto "go to" feature artist. Wayne has been doing crossover songs for a LONG ass time.

 

[SuperSah]

In terms of actual talent, music and the ability to entertain?

Bruno Mars all the way. Have you heard this guy live? His voice surpasses every studio recording of him every time. His music makes you dance, wanna have fun and just relax. He is the most talented artist of our century.

 

[torre_avenue]

.

 

[Shadynasty]

OP why no twerking gifs? I'm disappointed.

Also

 

[Game-Biz]

Nicki Minaj is great but come on

 

[bemusedchunk]

not in a universe where sum41 exists.

 

[Thebeardofknowledge]

Remy Ma

 

[KarneeKarnay]

shes not even the most talented drummer in the Beatles.

 

[Marquis]

Please, just fucking stop. For the love of god she is no where close to Jay-Z or Kanye West. Hell she isn't even close to her labelmate, Drake.

 

[Barzul]

Safari crashed when I opened this thread.