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Should’ve made this as the first annotation to this article, oh well. This decade gets more confusing of a mindfuck for females, than any other generation we’ve had for the emcees.
It shows Rap as whole, doesn’t know what they prefer in women anymore:

Mindless bangers (Missy), or dancing songs (Beyonce)
Deep, introspective (Eve), or romantic (Gwen Stefani) songs
Lyrical (Lady of Rage), or non-lyrical bragging (Foxy) songs
Sexy (Fergie) or, dirty (Lil' Kim) songs
Sociopolitical (Lauryn), or feminist (Queen Latifah) songs

So, what works and what doesn’t and how do female emcees avoid, “trying too hard” to impress male listeners? Seemed Minaj tried a bit of everything in her career and cater to every demographic in modern music, with no one caring overall for 6 years straight:

Pink Friday era

Criticisms “Inspiring and girly though not for me, shows all of her sides but no consistency, talented and skilled, NO REPLAY VALUE, where’s her sexy persona!?”

Roman Reloaded era

Criticisms were “Not deep enough, too many Pop songs, barely any Rap, she can’t sing, terrible songwriting, voice was mostly annoying, is entertaining though”.

Re-Up (after RR)

Criticisms: “Of course her best rapping is not on an album but an EP, why didn’t she promote this, she got it right except no one knows this exists, shows versatility and cohesiveness, but for what for reason?

Pinkprint Era

Criticisms: “Where’s ‘Monster’ (STILL AFTER 5 YEARS LATER?), not enough bragging, no catchy songs, her delivery is boring (LMFAO…see 2 years ago), excellent singer and songwriter, why is she delving into more personal material!? I remember, she used to be fun, playful, unpredictable, etc.”

She’s probably exhausted by now, lol what else does she have left in her to express?

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Should've made this as the first annotation to this article, oh well. This decade gets more confusing of a mindfuck for females, than any other generation we've had for the emcees. 
It shows Rap as whole, doesn't know what they prefer in women anymore:
http://images.genius.com/e8130686e01bd7c574806e78305c238e.426x435x1.jpg
- Mindless bangers (Missy), or dancing songs (Beyonce)

- Deep, introspective (Eve), or romantic (Gwen Stefani) songs

- Lyrical (Lady of Rage), or non-lyrical bragging (Foxy) songs

- Sexy (Fergie) or, dirty (Lil' Kim) songs

- Sociopolitical (Lauryn), or feminist (Queen Latifah) songs

So, what works and what doesn't and how do female emcees avoid, "trying too hard" to impress male listeners? Seemed Minaj tried a bit of everything in her career and cater to every demographic in modern music, with no one caring overall for 6 years straight:

# Pink Friday era

## Criticisms "Inspiring and girly though not for me, shows all of her sides but no consistency, talented and skilled, NO REPLAY VALUE, where's her sexy persona!?"

# Roman Reloaded era

## Criticisms were "Not deep enough, too many Pop songs, barely any Rap, she can't sing, terrible songwriting, voice was mostly annoying, is entertaining though".

# Re-Up (after RR)

## Criticisms: "Of course her best rapping is not on an album but an EP, why didn't she promote this, she got it right except no one knows this exists, shows versatility and cohesiveness, but for what for reason?

# Pinkprint Era

## Criticisms: "Where's 'Monster' **(STILL AFTER 5 YEARS LATER?)**, not enough bragging, no catchy songs, **her delivery is boring** (LMFAO...see 2 years ago), excellent singer and songwriter, why is she delving into more personal material!? I remember, she used to be fun, playful, unpredictable, etc."

She's probably exhausted by now, lol what else does she have left in her to express?

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@fatherwithstretchedhands it sucks being a female emcee, lmao man I can’t imagine what it’s like to not please ANYBODY.

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Teen Says She Believes Rapper Eminem Is Her Father Teen Says She Believes Rapper Eminem Is Her Father - YouTube

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Made my day after Trump being elected, lmfao.

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Eminem the goat

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Yeah, you been saying that all the time. I just made this annotation to remark upon the creepiness of his female stans believing he’s their father – when he already has a daughter..

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I won’t pretend to be an impartial observer here, but this seems to me an absurdly generalised way to frame a debate over a genre as varied, complex and historically charged as hip hop. Provocative hooks sometimes lead to interesting discussions, but in this case what followed was a bizarre reprisal of disputes I thought had been buried alongside whether or not Marilyn Manson is to... Hip hop vs hip hop: Why we must defend rap music from itself / In Depth // Drowned In Sound

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I was amazed of the carelessness of each speaker, whom were representing in all sides of the debate.
They all were dumbfounded fools, who didn’t know how to articulate themselves, yet call themselves “adults”.

Note, this was 4 YEARS AGO, but I wouldn’t be surprised if this was at large, unchanged at all in perception.

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...comedian Michael Richards, chef Paula Deen, Hulk Hogan, and Donald Trump are caught expressing — or are bold enough to publicly share — the way they feel about nonwhite people, it captures headlines. Meanwhile, the daily actions and inactions that keep inequality going are status quo and, to many, boring. If Donald Trump becomes the face of American racism, racism wins - Vox

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American will never heal as a nation, because of this. Awesome, Trump would love wearing a White hood every year at Halloween, we get that.

However, you gonna ignore how other parties talk about “minorities” with an superb grasp of euphemisms, sugarcoating, mastering every fallacy in human logic and reasoning?

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The inclination to use such a “simple” definition is easy to understand. But there’s just one big problem: Racism isn’t simple. Deen Freelon, an associate professor of communications at American University, says clinging to an elementary conception of racism that misses the complicated ways race pervades American life helps b... If Donald Trump becomes the face of American racism, racism wins - Vox

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Why aren’t voters getting this as a basic idea? LMFAO, all those red and blue motherfuckers are already racist.

If you had every color of the rainbow in a political party, how does that not exclude all others, if only one is chosen to be president?

HINT: RACISM STILL EXISTS.

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When Trump proposed a “Muslim ban” and surveillance of mosques, when he labeled Mexican immigrants “rapists,” and again when he revealed how little he thought of black people by dismissing “the African Americans” as “inner city” dwellers with “nothing to lose,” he solidified the scorn. If Donald Trump becomes the face of American racism, racism wins - Vox

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Trump is definitely playing the “Trump Card” in full effect here, if we’re talking Tarots. His master troll game exceeded way more than the “Apprentice” days.

Republicans acting like he isn’t their twisted, toupee, Sun-Dried Tomato tanned Jesus.

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Coon Train Is Coming Part 2 Coon Train Is Coming Part 2 - YouTube

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Saw all 3 parts of this, has me in tears. Also, for the record I never liked Soul Train, lmao.

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@HipHopScholar95 thanks for showing me this, my abs hurt like a motherfucker right now.

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No problem haha

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Porn's Safe Sex Problem: Inside California's Controversial Prop 60 Porn's Safe Sex Problem: Inside California's Prop 60 - Rolling Stone

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I know somewhere G00bz is crying about this shit, what is going on with my state?

You want to make sex safer? Then attack all forms of media that degrades it, not just stopping at porn, lol.

Have nude beaches banned for one, lmao.

Also don’t elect a president who sexually assaults and abuses women, then marries a mail-order Slavic bride.

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@ItsG00BZ isn’t the only one crying…

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This is some real BULLSHIT tbh. I don’t see how this is really a PUBLIC concern when each of these scenes are consensual. If the performers and everyone else in the industry do not want these so called “regulations”, then why have them? And is it really going to do anything? Theyve already avoided laws before that tried to enforce condoms, so why enforce this one? They’re just going to leave California to perform these scenes, which they’ve already started doing. They’re making it seem like every other performer is contracting a serious disease like HIV with every movie they perform in, which is FALSE. It just seems like people with their overly conservative morals are trying to get rid of the porn industry. If this were really a public concern or epidemic as theyre portraying, nearly every adult performer in history would have HIV. This is ridiculous.

VOTE NO ON PROP 60 YALL

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Nicki Minaj Cries When She Meets Lauryn Hill: Watch Nicki Minaj Cries When She Meets Lauryn Hill: Watch | Pitchfork

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She can check that off her bucket list, lmao. This video had me dying considering they’re the same height, she acted like a statue of a deity came to life (both women are 5'3', LOOOOOOL). Lauryn looks like a retired African Studies professor, who became a kindergarten teacher.

I bet you, Hill still ain’t had collaborations with anyone these past 20 years, smfh.

This is epic considering how much she’s either alluded, or paid homage directly to her throughout her career.

In all honesty, if Hill wasn’t ever around, Nicki never would’ve did singing to crossover and become Mainstream. She’d be stuck in the underground like 100’s of others, who no one bothered to check out, or help get on the comeuppance.
So this means a lot to her, artistically and beyond merely Rap as a genre goes. Any female emcee should not cast judgement, and be inspired watching this as guidance, that anything is truly possible.

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2014 (Rephrasing the line below, both songs share that similar idea based on relationships)

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She can check that off her bucket list, lmao. **This video had me dying considering they're the same height**, she acted like a statue of a deity came to life (both women are 5'3', LOOOOOOL). Lauryn looks like a retired African Studies professor, who became a kindergarten teacher.

## I bet you, Hill still ain't had collaborations with anyone these past 20 years, smfh.

This is epic considering how much she's either alluded, or paid homage directly to her throughout her career.

- In all honesty, if Hill wasn't ever around, Nicki never would've did singing to crossover and become Mainstream. She'd be stuck in the underground like 100's of others, who no one bothered to check out, or help get on the comeuppance. 
So this means a lot to her, artistically and beyond merely Rap as a genre goes. Any female emcee should not cast judgement, and be inspired watching this as guidance, that anything is truly possible.

## 2007

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## 2008

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## 2010 (Yearbook photo quoted reference)

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## 2014 (Rephrasing the line below, both songs share that similar idea based on relationships)

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Rest assured, Nicki is happy as a clam with Meek Mill, and she’s not looking to get with Drake. The source also tells us that Drake’s the one that’s been calling Nicki, not the other way around. On the other hand, Nicki and Meek have been on-and-off almost as much as Drake and Rihanna, so who knows if she’ll call it quits for good with Meek in favor of going after Drake? We’ll keep you updat... Nicki Minaj Comforting Drake After Rihanna Split - Hollywood Life

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People really gonna ignore they been throwing subliminals at each other, since 2015?

But then assume they have any kind of “relationship”, or ever really had one to begin with?

They’re just business partners on Wayne’s label, lmao.
No one cares about that 5-head Rihanna either, lol and wasn’t Drake prior to Rihanna with Serena Williams – along with some other woman????

Drake also fucked Wayne’s gf while he was in jail, no actual woman respects that “beard”. Only those dumb enough to waste their time, money and energy on somebody who wears the panties in all his relationships and can’t go a day without complaining about every woman he knows, had sex with, interacted, befriended, etc.

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Wait Drake fucked Wayne’s gf?

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Pink Friday era

Criticisms “Inspiring and girly though not for me, shows all of her sides but no consistency, talented and skilled, NO REPLAY VALUE, where’s her sexy persona!?”

Roman Reloaded era

Criticisms were “Not deep enough, too many Pop songs, barely any Rap, she can’t sing, terrible songwriting, voice was mostly annoying, is entertaining though”.

Re-Up (after RR)

Criticisms: “Of course her best rapping is not on an album but an EP, why didn’t she promote this, she got it right except no one knows this exists, shows versatility and cohesiveness, but for what for reason?

Pinkprint Era

HINT: RACISM STILL EXISTS.

Also don’t elect a president who sexually assaults and abuses women, then marries a mail-order Slavic bride.

I bet you, Hill still ain’t had collaborations with anyone these past 20 years, smfh.

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2008

2010 (Yearbook photo quoted reference)

2014 (Rephrasing the line below, both songs share that similar idea based on relationships)

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