Rap Critic: "Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj

[@FearMonarch]

Drake kills me everytime, he looks so bored and uninterested in the video, its like the director wanted to portray how the audience will react as well.

[@squashedshibber2684]

+Fear Monarch and nicki looks like a spider crawling around. After seeing it a few times she stops looking human in that part.

[@jakiee]

He salty because Nicki always twerks for him but never lets him hit lmao

[@1996funkytown]

thats not drake. its a fake drake

[@TheseBitchesWantNikes]

1996funkytown No way.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Fear Monarch I forgot he was even in this.

[@addictwithaphne6770]

This guy is pretty sharp. How refreshing

[@kjp551]

Truth

[@Moonie_MonRozE]

Amen!!!

[@slimgod1324]

that laugh sounds like a hyena from lion king

[@peter-peterpumpkineater4982]

The irony is that it made me laugh to tears

[@skunkman9815]

@@peter-peterpumpkineater4982 and they made a vine of it

[@nonyodambiz]

What especially pisses me off about Nicki Minaj is that she comes from a shitty house hold to the point where she could be considered nothing and rose to the very top of the music industry and that's amazing, but now she's become nothing more than a hypersexualized gimmick. It just sucks God I hate how the music industry can just twist people around, man. It's bullshit

[@soniquecat4745]

Well, her non-single stuff is kinda good and she made few really heart-felt songs... but yeah, nobody is gonna take her seriously with crap she puts out.

[@DarkbloodDubstep]

3:45-3:51 and not to kention the most annoying sound they used... nicki minaj... Nicki: HYAHYAHYAHUAHAU 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@loveitsonlybabyscars6778]

That Music Guy Them hyenas getting jealous

[@Rubycek]

HYUCK HYUCK HYUCK

[@CazTheGamerGuy]

One of your best and most insightful reviews. I personally loathe this song so I could not imagine that, at the time of its release, people were championing this song as a feminist piece, let alone a positive piece for women to enjoy. Mind you, being a man and all, i'm not one to say what is/not empowering but I never expected anyone to claim this song fell under that definition.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

2014 apparently had tons of embarrassing moments for feminism. Between those thinking this song was good and freaking out over a dumb party song called Literally i Can't, its more proof why more don't take this seriously anymore. Props to Rap Critic for that joke revolving around being eaten out with grillz. What was ever the deal between fancy mouth wear?

[@crazyluigi6664]

+Thomasmemoryscentral I think the deal was more of the impressionable youth thinking that having your teeth being completely covered with jewelry is considered cool. I should know because I was one of those people that thought that kind of way with the grills in one's mouth was cool back when I was middle school and a bit of my freshman year of high school.

[@silvertamagachi]

+Caz I'm actually impressed with her . . . not exactly as a feminist icon, but as a shit-stirrer (which in a lot of ways is in the service of feminism, however unintentionally). Nicki portrays whatever character she fucking wants to, without giving a shit whether she's a positive role model or a "good girl" or whatever. Feminists (particularly white feminists) loved this, and gave her a lot of pats on the head for being a good little Beyonce-lite and not needing no man . . . until she comes out with stuff like this and "Hey Mama," which pissed all the white feminists off, because you can't be and empowered woman and enjoy male attention, or at least not in the way Nicki's doing it. In a lot of ways she very much became the epitome of "angry black woman" as well as "video hoe," both obviously derogatory terms white feminists often use to denigrate women of color. I don't know how intentional any of this is, obviously -- I haven't really seen any interviews with her discussing her relationship with white feminism -- but I love the fact that she's able to piss off everyone in every direction. She's a skilled player of the media with (in my opinion) extremely catchy songs, and the fact that she is impossible to fit into a box makes me love her more.

[@mcnzefili]

+silvertamagachi trying to piss annoying people off is no excuse for hoeing

[@silvertamagachi]

mcnzefili Why not? And what's wrong with "hoeing," anyway? It's a time-honored and essential element of agriculture.

[@queenemma5823]

TBH, I love when Critic talks feminism. He brings up so many great points :D also, in regards to 6:35, what's empowering to one person might not be empowering to another. For example, while some women may feel empowered by wearing makeup and revealing clothing, others might feel more empowered by just being in sweats with their hair tied up. And while some may feel most fulfilled in the workforce, others may feel that way as a stay at home Mom. None of these choices are wrong/better than others; imho as long as people are doing what they TRULY want to do with their lives and aren't doing it because they're being told to, then that's okay in my book. It's about having the freedom to choose. But that's just how I interpret feminism

[@queenemma5823]

But, I'm sure Rap Critic knows this. He's a pretty knowledgeable dude :)

[@jesusrox4u]

If only the radical feminists were smart enough to understand that sort of thing.

[@ggvgrf6374]

@@jesusrox4u Lol.What are you talking about ?Funny.

[@jesusrox4u]

@@ggvgrf6374 @QUEENEmma said "TBH, I love when Critic talks feminism. He brings up so many great points :D also, in regards to 6:35, what's empowering to one person might not be empowering to another. For example, while some women may feel empowered by wearing makeup and revealing clothing, others might feel more empowered by just being in sweats with their hair tied up. And while some may feel most fulfilled in the workforce, others may feel that way as a stay at home Mom. None of these choices are wrong/better than others; imho as long as people are doing what they TRULY want to do with their lives and aren't doing it because they're being told to, then that's okay in my book. It's about having the freedom to choose. But that's just how I interpret feminism." I said in response, "If only the radical feminists were smart enough to understand that sort of thing." When I said that, I meant the feminists who are pretty much militant and all, "It's our way or the highway and all men suck no matter what."

[@ggvgrf6374]

@@jesusrox4u So what?Read more books bro. You don't now what you talking about.It's a shame.

[@AnSoRap]

Remember when songs used to have a message? Oh wait, this one kinda does. 10:45, to be exact.

[@bm64553]

oh yea. the deep philosophical implications are just oozing out of that lyric. way too deep for us mortals to comprehend.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

The "educational version" is way better and funnier. It also talks about ACTUAL Anacondas.

[@wraith.ferron]

"Dude, just end it" -Everyone, towards Nicki Minaj's career.

[@ischbindu1138]

daaaaaaamn

[@mbhp2009]

that couldn't have been said better, and i aint even talking about wordplay

[@Boemaja]

Life*

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I can't tell Nicki to end it. Just DO BETTER!! She was soo good on the Warning remake. WTF happen to Nicki?? :(

[@thabeavsta]

kenterminatedbygoogle wth? she's always been garbage dude.

[@lilturk726]

The messed up thing in all this, is that Nicki actually _has_ skill, she just doesn't use it.

[@firepuppies4086]

lilturk726 Pretty much. Wasted potential is worse than having none

[@stereotypicalchatnigga6349]

Fire puppies So true. I even fuck with her mixtapes too. So sad to see talent to go to waste

[@supavids4eva]

"End the song." "COME ON." "END THE FU-" LMAOOOOO.

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

You forgot about the "I'M GONNA EMPOWER WOMEN OF ALL BODY TYPES!!!!! ....by ranting like a 12 year old about how skinny women suck" part

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

+Mike Evilman Did the people standing up for this song forget the last part where she laughs like a villainess and starts using swear words like crazy? What part of that was suppose to be "positive?"

[@RhythmGameAddict]

You know, the clean version of the song makes some really peculiar and kinda funny edits ("I only took a half a pill" becomes "I got them first in Track & Field"), but the one really good thing it does is that it obliterates the whole outro and jumps right to the minor key change to end the song. It really was the weakest portion of the song.

[@Charion-50]

Thank you for pointing this out man. Like... how the heck is this the hip when all it's is just actually a messed up modern Sir Mix-A-Lot song.

[@Ikerot]

The video of that girl shaking her booty (worldstarhiphop, man...) creeps me out every time o-o''

[@CurliFox]

***** Its super sketchy and grimy looking.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

+Ikerot Dea The Booty remix by Jennifer Lopez and Iggy Azalea is more listenable and to remind you of how bad it is, this is the chorus for that song:"Big big booty, what you got a big booty"

[@squashedshibber2684]

oh my god thank you. I am up to here with people acting like she's some sort of role model and feminist icon. What goddam drugs are they smoking.

[@KekBoostedSongsYourMumsBae]

haha remember when she was trying too go too schools & talk too kids

[@zaybans23]

Kek Boosted Songs (Your Mums Bae) you need to* go to* school

[@bliss9280]

@@zaybans23 The care for me profile picture 😳

[@misterprickly]

Today we get to the *bottom* of things with Anaconda!

[@AmaranthOriginal]

Misterprickly That was baaaaaaaad.

[@BlakeGeometrio]

Ba dum tsss...

[@marlonpabello1533]

Goddamnit, Barb...

[@bigshambowski]

I hate how people these days assume that something is automatically a pro-feminist piece just because there's women in front of the camera and attack those who criticize it by labeling them as misogynists. Ghostbusters 2016, anyone?

[@jawmatt2102]

Cough* AVGN

[@luckpup2766]

Agreed.

[@HeiTheDarkReaper]

Nicki laughing sound like Rollo from The Cleveland Show

[@joelplascencia3568]

Oh shit, true. hahaha

[@willsmith3425]

lmao

[@kodyandkara]

"dude, just end it" Hahahaha his face. You're the man RC.

[@matthewlonis3384]

Hey I don't normally comment on videos but I thought you should know I just discovered you channel and I'm really loving it! Anyone who is observing the rap industry and wondering how these rappers are allowed to get away with some of the garbage they make it mind blowing. Plus in some of your videos you talk about songs that are actually good. All in all, love your content man! Keep it up and you'll soon get big! I've been telling all my hip hop friends about you!!

[@EternalYorkieMom]

I’m overweight and there was something empowering about Baby Got Back where he specifically finds women with my body type attractive. Since usually when overweight people are brought up it’s always “Oh you have inner beauty.” It’s the same reason I love Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen. All About That Bass does it the most empowering way though. Also good on you Rap Critic for knowing about and applying the concept of male gaze!

[@c.w.8200]

Did you see the girls in the video though? They want "thicc" girls with a small waist, not overweight ones.

[@tykeriantucker9466]

The College Humor version is better

[@IABITVpresents]

Tykerian Tucker it isn't so bad either

[@presidentforlife1732]

in baby got back, sir mix a lot says -silicon parts are made for toys.

[@konstantintupikov]

"another shake-your-booty song" is just too mild

[@mileschieng2307]

Maybe she meant the leaning tower coz.. you know.... it leans n stuff

[@nritsch]

3:50 That's worse than Just Lose It. Wow.

[@KrystineBrown]

Not Eiffel, so....Tokyo Skytree then?

[@seanwilkinson3975]

Krystine Brown: Calgary Tower!

[@KrystineBrown]

I had to google it. It looks cool. Time to go to Canada

[@mariksheestar5205]

What about Berlin Television Tower

[@CGoody564]

I wish she sampled your "Oh" and cut it in with the exact timing you did at 2:58

[@Jekyllstein_Gray]

Nicki Minaj's laugh will haunt me until the day I die.

[@ichigozanghetsu]

It's obvious that in this day and age artists just suck and they have to sexualize everything just to sell albums. Where is the time when artists actually wrote their own lyrics and have lyrics that actually made sence. When there was no autotune and song lyrics actually told a story of the artists life or had a message.

[@timsaneiam]

That time is still here. The only problem is that you're looking at the top 40 and expecting to find gold. Gold doesn't grow on trees, it's underground, so get diggin', son!

[@deebunny178]

+Tim Sane 👏👏👏👏👏

[@montshooliyani4114]

That's true but what the Bleach star was asking is what we all ask now. Why do we have to dig, still? Why did it get flipped? I remember when, sure you'd go underground to find talent, but shitty rappers stayed underground because they have no talent. Now it's the shitty rappers who rise somehow while the greats stay underground. I know the answer of why it's that way, but that answer is longer than people like to read.

[@YayChocolateYay]

The sad thing is, Nicki actually does have talent. Quite a bit of it, actually. It's just that her songs will sell no matter what, so at that point, why even work hard?

[@YayChocolateYay]

***** Of course a few decent lines don't make you good, but still. She has pretty good flow, a powerful voice and a lot of potential.

[@pessimisticoptimist3107]

I thought she said "And when we done I let him buy me lo mein"

[@TheSuitgetslive]

I agree with you about this song but the one saving grace is nicki's vocal inflection. it's dope.

[@LocalFox808]

I agree. None of my friends do. Why? -_-

[@Screenments]

'Cause their normies

[@jacodb8956]

Normies? Morons.

[@oohyeeuh]

+Padde hap Norman

[@kittennight3305]

There boring and don't know shit... Or are sexist

[@nelumboandrews6762]

Because they probably have their own opinion which you all should respect

[@c02c02]

_END THE FU--_

[@Anquavaous]

caroline I read that as he said it.

[@KitheCreativeArtist]

Feminists can Be Sex Positive or "Pro-Hoe"As alot of of us playfully call it these days.Our thoughts is that if you want to be sexual you can and if not you dont have to but it should always be your choice.I dont think most of us Mind men taking enjoyment from public forms of entertainment,The problem is when they Believe it is their right to decide to how far we go or how we must be at all times with our sexuality in relation to being sexual.Example: If I were to twerk And a male enjoyed looking that is fine(Unless said otherwise).It would be a problem if i didn't give him permission to take the step to touch me,Or if he believed it was his choice or I should listen to him on how far i do or dont go in relation to my body not on him. Just some thought,Not related to this review,Love Ya Rap Critic!

[@psychoboyjack285]

so this is Lil Kim's "How Many Licks" 2.0

[@CurryB31]

is it me, or does romaine sound like some kind if noodle?

[@AxiomApe]

It's Romaine lettuce I think you're thinking of ramen noodles :) and now I am hungry

[@tylercryer6675]

CurryB31 I think it's Lo mein

[@gabrielgiacomelli4922]

Lo Mein? Haha yep

[@trixieagustina6163]

CBW (Columbia Basin Wrestling) No, it reminds me of lettuce

[@johnsidney4147]

Man, I love this review. This song is freaking terrible. I hate it, and I don't get how anyone, especially Todd in the Shadows, could even say that this song is a guilty pleasure. You say this song just makes you wanna go listen to Baby Got Back, but this song ruins that song for me. I don't wanna hear either of them ever again.

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

I wholeheartedly agree, expect for never wanting to hear Baby Got Back ever again. My nostalgia goggles are on tight enough to the point that I can still enjoy the song; but I can understand why someone would hate it because of Anaconda. The main issue I have with Todd being so forgiving with this song, is his hypocrisy when he compares it to Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass. He gets on Trainor's case because AATB is 'juvenile', even though Anaconda is equally so. He rips on AATB for having a skinny-shaming verse in her song: "I'm bringing booty back, go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that", but then he lets Nicki's " fuck them skinny bitches" chant at the end of the song slide. He calls Meghan out about how the song champions the idea that men like curvy women and that she needs a man's approval of how she looks, but looks the other way when Nicki raps about "he love my big fat ass", and that that makes her attractive. But Nicki gets a free pass because, she's Nicki and somehow, only she can be that controversial. I find that complete and utter bullshit. If you're going to call out one artist for what you consider an offensive song, then you have to call out all other artists that make similar songs with that message you don't like. You don't get to pick and choose because you expect something of one artist, so, it's okay because it's that person. That's a shitty excuse.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

+cannibalisticrequiem Todd did put Anaconda as both an honorable and dishonorable mention for his 2 year end lists of 2014 but honestly, his agreement on being a bit more soft to it compared to every other worst of list or review trashing it so is the most confused I've been with a reviewer since Mues adding Chandelier in the top 5 of his worst of 2014 list.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

+cannibalisticrequiem All About That Bass was the best out of all the songs that mentioned butts and it bugs me when even reviewers like Todd give it crap. Like these were your other options:1. Booty (remix)-JLO ft Iggy Azalea. This was how the chorus went:"Big Big Booty, what you got a big booty"2. Wiggle-Jason Derulo ft Snoop Dogg. Here is the chorus:"Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle""Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle""Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle"Also let's look at one of Derulo's and Snoop's lines:Jason: "Patty Patty cake with no hands. Got me in this club making wedding plans"Snoop: "Then I take it out and wipe it off. Eat it, ate it, love it, hate it."

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

***** Exactly! Why hate on Meghan Trainor so much when there are other celebrities male and female, producing songs about big butts? I just don't get it. At least Rap Critic brings up better critiques against Anaconda that don't revolve around, "it's just another song about big, fat bootys".

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

***** The thing about that is, Todd didn't really complain about Trainor's voice. He just hated the song on the principle of, "she's skinny-shaming, so that's not cool" and "she's promoting the idea that you need to look a certain way because men prefer a certain body type over all others". Both decent points, but the problem I personally have with that, is that it's hypocritical. As I mentioned before, Anaconda puts forth the same messages that All About That Bass does, and yet Minaj gets a pass in Todd's mind, because "it's Nicki" and it's expected of her. I call bullshit on that notion, because it's not cool to criticize one artist and not another, when they're putting forth the same message.

[@arogthegriot]

Ellen had a 10 year girl dancing to this on her show

[@mariokarter13]

Seeing Drake in this video I can't help but think part of the Meek Mill feud is because he's butthurt that Meek Mill "stole" Nicki after after he called dibs. To quote the very next single: "I never fucked Nicki, cause she got a man but when that's over, then I'm first in line"

[@miguelrodriquez7094]

But meek started it

[@mariokarter13]

Miguel Rodriquez Meek Mill "started it" because of the perceived slight that Drake was not promoting Meek's album. Possibly because the songs were recorded before Meek started going out with Nicki and were released after.

[@CaitCher]

Nicki is a good person only outside the music industry. I makes me so sad that when she's so nice in public, but she has such horrible songs out in the public. This has to be the very bottom of the barrel for her. I have witnessed people trying to say that this song is a lot greater than it actually is, but it's not. Songs like this make the female race look worse, not better. This song is about women being playthings though we're not. Look, I may not be an active feminist, but I do believe that women deserve to have power that doesn't involve looking like a naked cow in front of the cameras.

[@joey9811]

Well it was her choice. Now she just seems like a total bitch to lots of people... I would say her fault presenting herself like that

[@juan1507]

no one forced her to do shit

[@shauncameron8390]

@@juan1507 Exactly. She did it on her own.

[@Whooooooops]

why is it that women can't objectify women? if this song was made by a man it would have been hated and objectifying, but here nicki comes and says the same shit that would have been objectifying and now it's empowering to other women? if this song is suppoed to be empowering to your average female, why is she photosopped in the picture? why doesn't anyone in the video have clothes on? sure women can wear what they want but still, your average woman never goes around in that type of clothing. and why does she just sing about her having sex and her big butt? sure she can be proud of her big butt, but seriously i was a girl seeing that "fat ass" i wouldn't think "yeah go girl power!" i'd just get even more drawn in to the rediculous beauty standards for women. that's just my thoughts on the matter.

[@df1phantom]

Lmao "end the song.end the song...end the fucking song" 😂

[@patrickracer43]

Drake looks sad in the video, I mean, Nikki is giving him a goddamn lap dance and he's just like "just another Tuesday here at Young Money... I wish Rihanna was giving me this lap dance"

[@fazegoober1137]

Am I the only one that 100% agrees on everything he says before they even watched him??

[@GodWorksOut]

I thought that laugh was Angelica from Rugrats 😂😂😂

[@Sousabird]

Oh no! A top selling artist has no creativity or inspiration. Truly tragic.

[@massive2341]

indeed.

[@KidSnivy69]

Don't you mean truly common?

[@regirayquaza]

A little late, but Nikki Minaj has creativity, just a lack of inspiration. She had that killer verse on Monster, which to me shows she's capable of being a great artist if she tried.

[@AikiraBeats]

She really can rap, but this song doesn't do her justice it's just trashy

[@damianalmazan1]

Yea like her early mixtapes and verses like hers on Monster show she can rap better than lots

[@bobpolo2964]

she doesn't care to exhibit her musical talents more than her physical assets

[@pnw8836]

She can't rap.

[@michaelboyd395]

Yeah. It's a sad waste of talent.

[@montshooliyani4114]

Roman's Revenge. I'm a man...and I still rap right along to that. idgaf lol. Lady can rap, but she fell off that train a long time ago. the more fans she spread out to, and as rap became more dumb, so did she. Keeps her in the business, so smart on her part, but I fucking hate it

[@kewlguy83]

good on you for not giving this a clickbait thumbnail.

[@SilverAgatka]

I've been called a "white feminist" countless of times (a statement of fact, yet an insult these days) for completely dismissing this song as a "feminist anthem" and pointing out how it just goes on about women trading sex for material goods. Not even Nicki body-shaming slim women at the end was a "no-no". This song somehow made her into a feminist icon and that hasn't even changed when she openly supported her brother charged with a rape of a child. Someone please explain to me WTF is feminism these days, because it clearly no longer means belief in equality of sexes.

[@michaelcontristano3988]

Feminism is Cancer

[@firstnamelastname489]

Cancer.

[@SilverAgatka]

Feminism is a belief that men and women are equal, that gender does not define your value. If that's cancer then what is misogyny in your view? Man, I'm sorry for all the women you ever have and will encounter.

[@firstnamelastname489]

Silver Agatka What? I get defending feminism (because that's what SJWs do.) but why the fuck would you assume that I'm misogynistic? I don't lIke feminism because most that I encounter are fucking spastic, misandric feminazis. I don't give a shit about feminist ideals if they don't practice it. Feminism is cancer.

[@firstnamelastname489]

darkrage6​ That's ironic. You didn't add jack to the discussion and you're calling brain dead.

[@expertfencer9096]

"Looking back at it"😂

[@jwalk31]

THANK YOU....... Thank you thank you thank you thank you........ Everything about it sucks and you pointed everything out perfectly...... Thank you.

[@josephaurelius5567]

Wait what the hell she changed shoes for half a second at 7:52

[@Anquavaous]

10:51 - 10:56 “End the song. …End the song. END THE FU-“

[@Joopie101]

You Should have more subs man, keep up the good work

[@starcherry6814]

Hey now I love her laugh 😹 I remember when I first heard it I giggled a bit too

[@snocades]

man i bet rap critic enjoyed editing this :^)

[@alfredosojr]

Jeremih - Oui

[@DeeZeeGuitar]

one of my fav episodes that you have made!

[@Cdr2002]

Nicki was auditioning to play SpongeBob with that laugh

[@KaoticReach1999]

Rap Critic almost realizing how out of control the professionally offended would become

[@faolensmith8814]

LOOOLL that fucking cackling that nicki minaj was doing has me dying

[@Juel92]

Looking back at this 3 years later this kinda seems like the last gasp of her career. I mean she's probably released stuff after this and it has probably charted but I hadn't heard anything about her until her beef with Cardi.

[@h.k.scorner4304]

Finally someone said it. Respect sir.

[@stalok5963]

Well, maybe they just wanted to make a soft porn vidoe on YT and accidently bumped into nicky minaj. Really, its just porn.

[@TheSnakePitHsss]

PLLLLEEEEEEEEEZZZ DO "IT G MA"

[@Arjay82]

I'm sure that sample cost a small fortune, so they probably wanted to make sure they got their money's worth and used it as much as possible. 😂

[@mingdynasty8555]

a true empowerment song with rap lyrics for women is "now you know" by icon for hire

[@simransian9770]

Her meaningful songs are overlooked, try criticising some tracks from Pinkprint like All Things Go, I Lied and Grand Piano.

[@seanwilkinson3975]

When she raps "boy toy named Troy used to live in Detroit", she might as well have said "boink boink nay boink do-do-li-li-di boink". Her mush-mouthed little girl delivery is strange, considering she can often rip through complex lines. And the outer has her saying "bitches in the clu", no B at the end. Both are annoying and weird.

[@Seanh2k11]

Thoughts on K-Rino? that would be sick

[@Pooky1991]

This song is my guilty pleasure Edit: and this is someone who didn't mind All About that Base either

[@rosericorico4980]

YES THANK YOU. someone who thinks here voice and laugh is VERY ANNOYING. its not only ME

[@YayChocolateYay]

I'm probably going to be burned for this but..... I actually like this song. Like, really like it. Not in an ironic way, I genuinely think it's a fun song. Even though it's obvious that this is nothing more than a hollow, shameless attempt to gain more fans through needless sexualisation and meaningless lyrics, I still like it.

[@LeJuan3000]

Cause you’re an airhead lol

[@StephenGillie]

She's tryna get PAID here, not be an activist.

[@theweinmeyerrepublic1097]

I find this song hillarious. I think that might be a reaction to the overplay though.

[@0oidiedinatimemachineo024]

when I first heard this chicks music on the radio or something I thought she was a rapping white girl lol.. The way she raps reminds me of a valley girl or something.

[@summersmells]

I used to love this song lmao, especially the crazy cackle at the end. I saw it as her showing that she's undoubtedly sexy and sexual, while also refusing to make that sexiness appealing and palatable (by doing stuff like the hyena cackle). So it was like, Yeah I'm hot but I'm not an object, I'm in control of my own sexuality and actually I'm kinda weird underneath all the body! etc. I also thought it was a twist on how men talk about women, by reducing Troy/Michael to objects by only caring about their dick/money and exploiting them for it, using those men the same way a misogynistic man would use a woman (which felt revolutionary to my 21yo mind). HOWEVER, knowing what I know now about Nicki Minaj, I was definitely reading too much into what is essentially a cash grab pop song, and I think you're right that (if she was attempting to empower/liberate) she missed the mark and ended up doing the thing I thought she was trying to satirize. Hindsight 20/20 ! (also I know this video is 9 years old at this point lol, I'm just binging your vids at the moment and am addicted to giving my 2c!!)

[@BambiLena666]

The only thing I dissagree with here, is when she raps about having sex with guys and getting expensive clothes, shoes etc. for it. In my opinion it works because its Nicki, and she isnt dependant on men to get those things. She can buy all that stuff on her own, and she is making a lot of money by herself, men for whatever reason are willing to give her expensive things and luxurious living if she has sex with them. In a ''classic'' narative its viewed as a girl giving up her precious sexuality that is to be saved and handled with care to a man who gives her material things he places no value on, but she cant get any other way, therefore shes looked down upon. But in Nickis case, she allready has the money they do, she doesnt need them, but she knows she can get more from them, so she takes it.

[@soaribb32]

the baby got back dude shaded Madonna on the music video lol

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

HAHAHAHAHA! She IS the worst part... I actually love the music for this, and makes me wanna listen to the original (way better), but her voice and especially her laughing... *facepalm*

[@austineaton2646]

I don't need it on mute if ya know what I mean....

[@manymen2535]

omg finally a guy who understands.. nowadays women are so quick to say "slut shaming" but all i want is a girl who doesnt use her body to be a boss to get what she needs

[@manymen2535]

+Ur TheDuke exactly! i literally just got into a argument about this. and i told her im not saying women cant have sex but dont you think it's sad that women are only known for sleeping their way to the top. or we only pay attention to women who take nudes selfies rather than looking at women who own businesses without blowing a ceo . its honestly very upsetting and for a women to say that they respect themselves or show off their body because they like it is a lie. you do it for men you do it for approval and when someone says no eww why do that you feel ashamed and want to pull the bully card .

[@longlivechaos5258]

this song used to play on the radio all the time I hated it but yall know when an annoying song gets played it gets stuck in ur head I legit can't even remember the start I can't even think of the beat

[@tommybawse1224]

Did anybody else not pay much attention to the Rap Critic and instead just watched Nickis big butt... i mean come on, i know im not the ONLY one who kinda zoned out

[@m15try45]

she is not a respectful icon for women at all

[@--LZ---]

why are you using 1080i instead of 1080p

[@905Freq]

well for the cover it's not the worst just look up the album cover for death grips no love deep web

[@FishTitan64]

+james willows (canadianreaper1) There are actually album covers out there worse than NLDW.

[@DillyBobBanana]

11:50 - 12:00 Halarious yet so true. Spray whip cream and deep throating bananas is not what comes to mind when I think of feminism and it definitely should not be! What are people thinking?!?! Anaconda being pro feminism seems hipocritical at best.

[@isaiahadams1996]

One of my biggest pet peeves is ladies who claim to be feminists but aren’t real feminists. Especially those who go clubs, twerking to music that degrades women and only fight for superiority over men. But for those who actually are feminists and fight for gender equality, I give you props for that.

[@blissfulinsomniac5711]

Wait, so...twerking to a song makes you not a feminist? Since when do you have to take songs seriously? Club jams are club jams, and most aren't listening to the inane lyrics...

[@Excelsior_15]

She literally said it. All she had to say was say bigger than a tower man it was an eye full. Thought of that in 1 second.

[@blackpeter70]

As long as she doesn't laying some brown cable, I've got no problem with that cover.

[@BestBoyPatrick]

At least Mix-A-Lot’s message could be taken as somewhat empowering as he’s saying you don’t need to be stick thin to be beautiful (yes it’s to him but still it’s more empowering than Nicki)

[@evillynn258]

I don't like using this word.....but I HHHAAATTEEEEE this song. It's not as bad as her song "Stupid Hoe" but it gets just as much hatred. 👎🏾

[@crazydancingchick95]

“LA face with the Oakland Booty” 🥴

[@ngg1236]

Check out ''Bart Barker's'' parody of this song. It's so funny and also better...

[@cruxmind]

He missed out on mentioning the part where she cuts the banana after deepthroating. I don't know but there's a contrast

[@blissfulinsomniac5711]

I think she was trying the "using men for sex & money" a trope that female artists go to. It is "empowering" in the sense that it posits men as a means to an end, just how male rappers do the same with positing women as a means to an end. Sure, she's being a dummy/bimbo, but she's getting stuff out of it. I agree about your "queenpin" comment- that makes much more sense. I don't think positing a certain body type as attractive/sexual is "objectifying" them -especially with Sir Mixalot. In fact, the term "objectifying" is overused. I mean, if Lizzo did the same video, would you say the same?