Nicki Minaj Reacts to "Massive Attack" Flop

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First impressions are crucial in the music industry and Nicki Minaj's choice of "Massive Attack" just wasn't it...at all.  Outside of the video, people just weren't rocking with that track in any form or fashion.

Yup...still ain't it

Speaking with VIBE, the Young Money rapper reacts to the response to her first single for her upcoming debut album, but feels that she had to come in a direction that nobody would have expected.

"It was important for me to do something not everyone thought I was gonna do…People close to me have their preferences, their favorite Nicki thing, and I have to stand up sometimes and block out the noise.”

Sean Garrett, who was featured in the single, defended Minaj's decision.

“I think it's a different sound. She wanted to make a statement. She definitely has a different direction for her album and her career than where most people think she wants to go."

What are your thoughts now on the track since time has passed since its initial release?

  • http://Yahoo Victor otieno

    She has a unique talent. giv her tym 2 do her thing.i luv u minaj

  • Just Listened….

    She's whack.... so is this song

    NEXT

  • Drock

    BASURA

  • aleximaq

    Yeah, like I totally did not expect her to steal Lil Kim's entire look and flow and still be wack....if she thinks she is gonna have better luck with her album, she should think again....she is just lame and wack....

  • r.a.w.

    She's the product of a m*****ive hype job and couldn't live up to it. That's normal these days.

  • lotto-milli

    .......Not good. Sorry. Not a fan. The end.

    On a more important note, would anybody happen to know the proper way to cook chitterlings?

    • http://hiphopwired.com Chinnabunni

      Super whack!!!!! Clean them thoroughly pulling the inside skin off. Get a big pot fill with water. Depending on the amount you are cooking put a whole potatoe and a whole onion in there with the chitterlings with salt and pepper. Oh and add a garlic clove or two........ Banging!!!!!!

  • BBBEE25

    I like Nikki, the song...not so much.

  • MzSoulful

    This song.....its trying to hard. I see where they were going but it just didn't get there.

  • David

    @ lotto-milli,

    Trust me I'm form SC, and you don't want to learn how to cook them off a blog...but a little advice it's a lot harder to clean them, so start their first!

  • BlackIsBeautiful

    It was ok at the most. Not what I thought she would produce after seeing all the hype surrounding her....... I think she should have went her hardest out the door.. shut dem haters down and then release this dud..

  • Cafe Au Lait

    Song's not that bad. Don't know about it being a first single off an album though.

  • evie

    I can actually hear this as an opening to an adult swim action cartoon.......

  • Badd

    I don't think it was really "different"
    I think she just said it was to cover up
    for the fact that it was a flop.
    & I also think that her act of being
    "different was covered up other
    people's acts &their songs.
    I mean GAGA (who is amazing btw)
    is out now, so she has to try alot
    harder than this to be "different"
    & make a statement.

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  • denne

    eh i don't mind the song. i guess she could have picked something more hip hop/pop friendly for her 'debut' but it grew on me and it's good for dancing on the way to the club...

  • najeeskye

    BOOOOOOOO! I'm not a huge fan of Nikki M, but she okay. And as far as this sh-it goes.......wtf was ANYBODY thinking to release this as the first single or a single at all for that matter!

  • whogonnacheckmeboo

    Better without dat garret dude

  • yezzyfan

    uhmm there is nuthing diffrent or edgy about ths song its jus simply a wack hip hop track.. its nott he worst but it ain scarin no one

  • Micky

    This was a horrible single choice, I agree with that. I miss the old Nicki, Keys Under Palm Trees Nicki.

  • marie

    somewhere lil kim is giggling...

  • NO

    That was the most unintelligent bunch of gibberish I have ever heard. Reminds me of the phrase: "Just say NO!" Isn't she almost 30?

  • dlastqueen

    Ummm, it's definitely different!!! In my opinion, toning down and scaling back the use of Eastern music would have helped the song achieve "banger" status. It was tooooo repetitious to the point that you couldn't really get a "feel" for the song....see I'm trying to give her a chance...lol

  • Aria

    Kim all day...but ya'll are crazy this song is Hot-Sorry. It's very musical...I like the sound. Maybe she should have had somebody else on it Sean...stick to producing...

  • WTF

    This song sounds like it came out of the old Contra game....or any Nintendo game for that matter.

  • lotto-milli

    Thanks for the tip, guys! I noticed that the chitterling aroma doesn't stink as much, as long you play the "m*****ive attack" song while cooking.

    The "foul" smells seems to blend well together. Thanks again!

  • Michelle

    I think Nicki Mainaj was trying to have a cross-over hit, when her label had decided to release "M*****ive Attack" as her debut single. She should've picked out a single that had a "this is for the streets" mindset.
    In my opinion, if she wanted to have a single, where the music was creative and out-of-the-box, she should've hooked up with Timbaland, Diplo, Sinden or even the group M*****ive Attack to achieve that objection. Or with Organized Noize, at least.

  • Shareen

    I agree i tried to block out the queen bee look and flow and it still sucked. Of course many people think i am wrong but im from the lil kim era, and as soon as she came on the scene , i thought she bite off my girl.M*****IVE FLOP!!!!

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