+Royal Ripp but she says clap for the heavyweight champ;me but I couldn't do it all alone; we. The heavyweight champ is a reference to Ali if you can't see that cmon man
It was Nefertiti who specifically wore a fake beard &c. to draw attention to the fact that she alone was Pharaoh. She didn't want to be remembered as a dude, just not as a 'queen'. The queen/king thing might be because, and I'm uncertain on the historical accuracy here, 'king' meant ruler, 'queen' meant consort, and the sexes were implied.
There was no word for "queen" in Egyptian. The closest was something along the lines of "royal spouse", implying the person was married to the ruler, but not the leader themselves. This is why Hatshepsut called herself pharoah, to indicate that she was the leader. There is also a story about Hippolyta meeting Alexander the Great, and after he introduced himself as "Alexander, the King" she responded "I am Hippolyta, the King".
I give this song a 4/5 + Good lyrics + Great message + Great instrumental - Drake - "I'm glad that we're friends, Drake" I wish that Nicki's music was more like this song.
There have been times and places where the King has been a woman! For the most part you call a woman a Queen you acknowledge that a woman has power but she is still lesser than a king. When women uses the title "King" they make a statement saying that they are the absolute ruler, and the only person above her is whatever deity gave her the divine right to rule.
What times and places, can you provide some examples? you should read about Queen Maeve! You might get the impression that a queens is less powerful than a king but that's your assumption (understandable based on the long history of patriarchy and equality). Also it can be said that king/queen aren't exactly favourable term since the power is inherited and not earned ( thorough democratic nomination)- surely the meaning is metaphorical where the term queen would have delivered the message.
Jadwiga of Poland became king of both Hungary and Krakow (Poland). She took the title to prevent her husband for proclaming himself king. Maria Theresa of the Habsburg dominions (Austria, Croatia, Hungary and a lot of country names we don't recognize anymore crowned herself king (in short) just to "fuck the haters" and as Wikipedia puts it "no 18th-century commentary saw this crossing of gendered titles as inappropriate or impossible". So. If a woman doesn't want to settle for "just" queen (which is a title you can marry into, though a man can't marry himself to be a king, therefore making the value of the queen-staple lower than the king-staple) I will fully support her ;)
To be fair, Cleopatra wanted to be a Queen without a King, Neferatiti wanted to be King (Pharoh) and was technically. It's a whole history thing. There are actually carvings of her in male clothing dressed as a traditional Pharoh. Also Cleopatra was a crazy bitch who had all her siblings killed and claimed she was the incarnation of the goddess Isis.
Azi Graner Well there's also that line where she equates herself to David who fought Goliath in the Bible. David would later go on to become the King of Isreal, so that could be why she chose to refer to herself as a king.
+GENOSHOCK hehhheheheh thanks for the chuckle...ive had a really bad day,i needed this. what i like the most about this comment is how sincerely and non-sarcastically it was said...and with such conviction...pure and innocent,like a child who doesnt know any better.
I thinks it's ok for a chick to call her self King. You mention Queen Elizabeth, but you forget that when she styled herself more as a king to legitimize her power.
She's saying King to call out male rappers and say she stands above them or in the same ranks as well, I don't even like Nicki Minaj but pleezus at least that is subtle and good wordplay.
Yo Critic, do one on Did it on em. I feel people really need to listen to the lyrics, as they're literally instructing people to hold up their turds of you crapped on someone.
at 3:25 I believe she's referring to Ali Mohammed (the boxer) saying: Me We as in the single bringing up the group, it's actully a damn good line if this is truelly what she means.
You know I could almost stomach Nicki more if it weren't for the fact she has adapted more annoying tendencies to her music than a spoiled child... only in place of throwing a fit in Walmart, her tendencies are to use random noises, stupid lyrics or a shitty split personality rap from Roman. Granted that one might not happen as much as I would give it credit for but the former two? Almost every damn song I hear from her could be summed up by Starships. That aside this, I would still listen to her over Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift or Miley Cyrus. If only she did more of this and less of EVERYTHING ELSE she would be solid. Or at least solid enough to warrant more than watching her on mute.
+RenjiMaili I disagree a bit with Taylor Swift - I don't love her musical styling (too much of an average pop sound now, and I could never relate to the "teen country girl" vibe of her older stuff), but she's pretty good at writing lyrics.
Master Markus Honestly, my experience with Taylor Swift has mostly been dominated by her "I had failed relationship and now I am sad." songs so it colors my perspective on her music. A lot. But I cannot disagree that she writes well. Blank Space for example is pretty well written song, so much so that any artist in any genre could cover it and it do wonders with it. That's not something you see too often.
She's using King because in the monarchy system King is higher than Queen. That's why people who are married to Queens, like Prince Philip, always stay princes. The title of King is higher than Queen, so if the monarch is a woman, her lover always stays a Prince. But if the monarch is male, their lover can be called Queen. She's basically pointing out the hypocrisy in that, and saying that's she's at the top of the rap game, male and female.
the first dialogue just means she is going to be at the top forever, and she wouldn't disappear like other rappers before her. you can't be a rap critic if you don't know what the rapper represents. like the martha thing, fans know she has more than 1 personality that she gives names too, so it makes sense. And when she is talking about flying with the stars, and is no longer just surviving, that's just self-explanatory, if you knew where she started and where she is now. i could do this all day to many of his videos
I find it funny that Nicki and Drake were in a fairy tale in the Moment for Life video then years later she's giving him a god damn lap dance in the Anaconda video
The word king historically holds more bravado and power than the term queen, which is why alot of women refer to themselves as queen. To sorta force people to refer to them with the "more powerful" term
There have historically been many female kings, emperors, and suchlike, though of course once sufficiently well-established they tended to drop the masculine pretense. Hell, this isn't even the first song I know of that expressly mentions a female king.
Nicki Minaj was ahead of the curve a decade earlier when it came for a woman to use the word King to describe herself before Florence Welch use that word.
Actually there is a thing like a female king, there was one in Poland where the country was ruled by a king and the king didnt have any son so the daughter became a "king"
Ok guys, I know it's a joke, but let's try not to invalidate the complexities of identity and gender into a meme. Also triggered is an actual psychological word with meaning, not just something you yell in caps lock, it relates to trauma, and shouldn't be openly mocked because it makes light of mental health issues.
If you're the ruling monarch, you can call yourself whatever you want. But also, Western monarchies were/are patriarchal and there is a large asymmetry between the title of _king_ and the title of _queen._ A king is regnant, but queens are often the consort of a ruling king. "Once upon a time, there lived a queen regnant named Nicki" just doesn't have the same ring to it. PS: Yes, there have been a handful of instances in history where someone had the title _king_ without being the ruler, but they are rare and you typically refer to them using language like "king consort" or "king father" or something else along those lines. This is something you'd find in a trivia question because it's unusual-unlike with a queen.
***** I thought it was decent. IYRTITL was my favourite by him though. I feel like he can have some serviceable lyrics while at the same time having his flow compliment the beat, which is something not every rapper can achieve.
Micheal Jackson's Aborted Son Eh, not a big fan of it. Never was too fond of his RnB stuff, and most of the album was RnB, so it was kinda disappointing for me.
***** Idk, I think he did the RnB thing on Take Care a lot better. The only RnB song I liked on Views was One Dance, and I felt that all his other RnB stuff on the album was just a wannabe version of that.
In a monarchy the ruler of a country is called a king. So she could be the king as in oficial terms... but she would be adressed as queen in speaking terms.
I really dislike how he treats the "king" line. Technically yes, Nikki is female and therefore would be a queen, but the word queen has different connotations, it doesn't suggest the same amount of power or control as a king would have, historically queens have lost their control through marriage or acted as secondary rulers. (Hence queen Elizabeth, whom he actually brought up in the video never married for fear of losing control of her country) The world has come a long way in terms of equality but some words, (particularly in the case of "king" and "queen" as they now rarely suggest actual leaders so the words connotations are more closely link with the historical) There are lots of interesting reasons why Nikki would not want to take on the label of a queen, he ignores all of them.
No lolzzzz nicki name means king and she admitted in a interview that she is so good at rapping she considers her self another male rapper and plus she has a male alter ego name Roman so
Please do a Best/Creative Lyrics series. Check out these artists and I recommend to anyone who supports and listens to hip hop culture. These are skilled lyricists: Mello music group specifically Apollo Brown, ugly hereos-ugly hereos album and everything in between, snak the ripper, can-i-bus, K-Rino, Immortal technique, Diabolic, Lowkey, Locksmith, and Atmosphere.
Pretty much what you said RC It's hard to be a male in this female dominated popstar land because women get away with repetitive shit aka taylor swift I mean I know I want more from music myself as I do believe these artists have potential but representation matters because............ Oh yeah because at some point becoming mainstream equals picking a gimic and selling out
"I'm really glad we're friends, Drake."
but drake got no new friends
Every single girl does that to poor Drake. :( Sorry for the late response.
Oof
The "Me. We." line is actually a reference to a Muhammad Ali quote. Which, following on from the line about boxing, is pretty clever I think
"You remember that Grocery Bag thing?" HOW COULD WE FORGET THE GOD HIMSELF GUDDA GUDDA!?!?!
"I don't hate this guy or anything"
oh young RC, you were so innocent
This is one of the few Nicki Minaj songs that I thought was really good.
"We know.
We know we know we know"
I think she references to king because in interviews she has said that her real last name (Maraj) translates into king.
Does King nikki make him Queen Drake?
Colin Wong yup
@Colin Wong Absolutely
That's exactly how it works.
I’m from the future and I’m here to tell you, yes. Yes it does.
That "Me, We" punchline was clever. She's quoting Muhammad Ali's very short and very endearing quote which was literally "Me, We".
Or she couldn't think of anything
+Royal Ripp but she says clap for the heavyweight champ;me but I couldn't do it all alone; we. The heavyweight champ is a reference to Ali if you can't see that cmon man
Oh true
It was Nefertiti who specifically wore a fake beard &c. to draw attention to the fact that she alone was Pharaoh. She didn't want to be remembered as a dude, just not as a 'queen'. The queen/king thing might be because, and I'm uncertain on the historical accuracy here, 'king' meant ruler, 'queen' meant consort, and the sexes were implied.
Okay, nerd
+Mossy Dodo how
angie lawrence just a meme
Dropkick Queen Your username as of now is partially ironic.
There was no word for "queen" in Egyptian. The closest was something along the lines of "royal spouse", implying the person was married to the ruler, but not the leader themselves. This is why Hatshepsut called herself pharoah, to indicate that she was the leader. There is also a story about Hippolyta meeting Alexander the Great, and after he introduced himself as "Alexander, the King" she responded "I am Hippolyta, the King".
I give this song a 4/5
+ Good lyrics
+ Great message
+ Great instrumental
- Drake
- "I'm glad that we're friends, Drake"
I wish that Nicki's music was more like this song.
What do superman batman and nicki minaj all have in common? - MARTHA
NotRappers lmao
NotRappers Why did you say that name?!
The one really good song from her. Wishing all her music was similar to this, but sadly, it falls heavily.
Marilyn Monroe is really good
Marilyn Manson you mean
Berend de Liagre Bohl Charles Manson you mean
Old Nicki.
Barbie tingz is ok
"st-st-st-stop it" lol
Hannah Chamblee lmaooo
There have been times and places where the King has been a woman! For the most part you call a woman a Queen you acknowledge that a woman has power but she is still lesser than a king.
When women uses the title "King" they make a statement saying that they are the absolute ruler, and the only person above her is whatever deity gave her the divine right to rule.
What times and places, can you provide some examples? you should read about Queen Maeve!
You might get the impression that a queens is less powerful than a king but that's your assumption (understandable based on the long history of patriarchy and equality). Also it can be said that king/queen aren't exactly favourable term since the power is inherited and not earned ( thorough democratic nomination)- surely the meaning is metaphorical where the term queen would have delivered the message.
Lol not true at all. There are plenty of Queens throughout the history that have been supreme rulers of their land.
Jadwiga of Poland became king of both Hungary and Krakow (Poland). She took the title to prevent her husband for proclaming himself king.
Maria Theresa of the Habsburg dominions (Austria, Croatia, Hungary and a lot of country names we don't recognize anymore crowned herself king (in short) just to "fuck the haters" and as Wikipedia puts it "no 18th-century commentary saw this crossing of gendered titles as inappropriate or impossible".
So. If a woman doesn't want to settle for "just" queen (which is a title you can marry into, though a man can't marry himself to be a king, therefore making the value of the queen-staple lower than the king-staple) I will fully support her ;)
To be fair, Cleopatra wanted to be a Queen without a King, Neferatiti wanted to be King (Pharoh) and was technically. It's a whole history thing. There are actually carvings of her in male clothing dressed as a traditional Pharoh. Also Cleopatra was a crazy bitch who had all her siblings killed and claimed she was the incarnation of the goddess Isis.
Sorry, correction. It was Hatshepsut, not Neferatiti that became a female Pharoh.
Azi Graner isis. Killing people since ancient egypt.
Azi Graner Well there's also that line where she equates herself to David who fought Goliath in the Bible. David would later go on to become the King of Isreal, so that could be why she chose to refer to herself as a king.
That ending tho. Nice to have a chance to see all the old videos I missed the first time around.
S-S-S-S-STOP IT!
"We know, we know, we know" - I am only aware of Drake because of RC and Todd, and this moment still made me laugh aloud.
This song shows that Minaj is capable of making solid and good music
+Spider-Man616 this freakin song
Spider-Man616 eh, diffrent strokes. I still like it.
True
+GENOSHOCK
hehhheheheh
thanks for the chuckle...ive had a really bad day,i needed this.
what i like the most about this comment is how sincerely and
non-sarcastically it was said...and with such conviction...pure and innocent,like a child who doesnt know any better.
I thinks it's ok for a chick to call her self King. You mention Queen Elizabeth, but you forget that when she styled herself more as a king to legitimize her power.
That's to point out what's wrong with society back then (and now)- it doesn't change the meaning of the word though.
“I swear to god she looked awesome” - Young Thug
I swear he's finding deepness where there isn't any
Damn chill, the guy made a simple observation.
@@dontworryillwait3689 Exactly
She's saying King to call out male rappers and say she stands above them or in the same ranks as well, I don't even like Nicki Minaj but pleezus at least that is subtle and good wordplay.
Austin Heath but shes trash
Gayboicarti this coming from a nigga who listens to trippie redd and Joyner Lucas lmao
"You can be the king but watch the queen conquer" was a better way of putting it.
Nicki's a king in the same way that Cleopatra was a Pharaoh.
Why does she roll her neck so damn much.
Too Damn Kold because its too damn cold and she need to warm it up
Too Damn Kold She needs to stretch her lizard neck, since her human skin suit sometimes makes her long neck get crammed
because she's neck-y minaj :P
Wigs are heavy?
once S.B her ex-boyfriend/ex-ghost writer was dumped, her "lyrics" suffered greatly.
I'm so stupid who's S.B.
And he'll never let you forget it.... Lmao dudes still salty as fuck
Yo Critic, do one on Did it on em. I feel people really need to listen to the lyrics, as they're literally instructing people to hold up their turds of you crapped on someone.
😂😂😂😂
**whispers** I'm glad we're friends, Drake
This song is still bomb, her best honestly.
at 3:25 I believe she's referring to Ali Mohammed (the boxer) saying:
Me
We
as in the single bringing up the group, it's actully a damn good line if this is truelly what she means.
4:34 that joke kills me every damn time😂😂😂
Maybe the "me we" rhyme was referencing the Mohamed Ali poem
I really like this nicki song.
I just wish she stayed up at this level and aimed to improve on it..
then she went starships and anaconda..
You know I could almost stomach Nicki more if it weren't for the fact she has adapted more annoying tendencies to her music than a spoiled child... only in place of throwing a fit in Walmart, her tendencies are to use random noises, stupid lyrics or a shitty split personality rap from Roman. Granted that one might not happen as much as I would give it credit for but the former two? Almost every damn song I hear from her could be summed up by Starships.
That aside this, I would still listen to her over Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift or Miley Cyrus. If only she did more of this and less of EVERYTHING ELSE she would be solid. Or at least solid enough to warrant more than watching her on mute.
+RenjiMaili I disagree a bit with Taylor Swift - I don't love her musical styling (too much of an average pop sound now, and I could never relate to the "teen country girl" vibe of her older stuff), but she's pretty good at writing lyrics.
Master Markus Honestly, my experience with Taylor Swift has mostly been dominated by her "I had failed relationship and now I am sad." songs so it colors my perspective on her music. A lot. But I cannot disagree that she writes well. Blank Space for example is pretty well written song, so much so that any artist in any genre could cover it and it do wonders with it. That's not something you see too often.
Ariana Grande isn't too bad either albeit a Mariah Carey rip off
At 4:36 I CACKLED.
😂
Ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut declared herself "Pharaoh" so that no one would undermine her rule. Maybe the king thing is similar?
She's using King because in the monarchy system King is higher than Queen. That's why people who are married to Queens, like Prince Philip, always stay princes. The title of King is higher than Queen, so if the monarch is a woman, her lover always stays a Prince. But if the monarch is male, their lover can be called Queen. She's basically pointing out the hypocrisy in that, and saying that's she's at the top of the rap game, male and female.
Well Christina of Sweden was called a king. : /
Lil Kim had a song with Ceelo Green and I think Redman. She said she was the "first female king, and they mad cause Im a girl".
the first dialogue just means she is going to be at the top forever, and she wouldn't disappear like other rappers before her. you can't be a rap critic if you don't know what the rapper represents. like the martha thing, fans know she has more than 1 personality that she gives names too, so it makes sense. And when she is talking about flying with the stars, and is no longer just surviving, that's just self-explanatory, if you knew where she started and where she is now. i could do this all day to many of his videos
woman can take the kings oath and be king
Used to think Nicki and Drake were real good. Feels like they've become gimmicks.
It's Martha? Batman v Superman flashbacks.
I find it funny that Nicki and Drake were in a fairy tale in the Moment for Life video then years later she's giving him a god damn lap dance in the Anaconda video
Part of Nikki's style is repeating stupid syllables. She even does it to her features without their consent...
benjamin rossfield "without their consent" how do you know?
Dre T a lot of times the guest label will write their bars for them if the artist didnt originally
grocery bag!!!!
I love it how the comedy still holds up today lmao
the part with him skipping like the song have me dyin
The word king historically holds more bravado and power than the term queen, which is why alot of women refer to themselves as queen. To sorta force people to refer to them with the "more powerful" term
A competently written Nicki Minaj verse??? Why does she not do this every time?
King is because her family name is Maraj And Maraj means King.
I like how rap critic says she was the minority in the industry then. Now there are female rappers everywhere. Time flies lol
Muhammad Ali once said a short poem: “Me, We” this is in relation to heavyweight champ line
There have historically been many female kings, emperors, and suchlike, though of course once sufficiently well-established they tended to drop the masculine pretense. Hell, this isn't even the first song I know of that expressly mentions a female king.
Nicki Minaj was ahead of the curve a decade earlier when it came for a woman to use the word King to describe herself before Florence Welch use that word.
She's the Max Headroom of hip-hop
Actually there is a thing like a female king, there was one in Poland where the country was ruled by a king and the king didnt have any son so the daughter became a "king"
The Milton clip killed me LOL
Greetings from Poland ;)
did you know that Nicki's fairy godmother that you find the beginning is Roman Zalanski's, one of Nicki's alter egos, mother, Martha Zalanski?
WHY'D YOU SAY THAT NAME?
I get what you're saying, but she's referring to having the power that a king has, not being a male.
Yeah Nicki Minaj is one of the hottest women ever. Pity that whole being bi thing was just an attempt to get guys exited. : 3
+Spider-Man616 Haha!
Spider-Man616 Perhaps I keep my naivety goggles on. :'D
+Spider-Man616 Nicki has a "made in China" sticker on her left ass cheek.
+Spider-Man616 still think she's pretty
Spider-Man616 no, i mean i think she looks good in general.
ARE YOU ASSUMING NICKI'S GENDER?!?!
Darshon McMillion TRIGGERED
Darshon McMillion omg staaaahp
Darshon McMillion I know this is just a meme but the opening text refers to King Nikki as a her.
There should be a new term Queing and it's gender neutral!
Ok guys, I know it's a joke, but let's try not to invalidate the complexities of identity and gender into a meme. Also triggered is an actual psychological word with meaning, not just something you yell in caps lock, it relates to trauma, and shouldn't be openly mocked because it makes light of mental health issues.
Did you just diss Marvin's Room?
wait what score did you give this song
If you're the ruling monarch, you can call yourself whatever you want. But also, Western monarchies were/are patriarchal and there is a large asymmetry between the title of _king_ and the title of _queen._ A king is regnant, but queens are often the consort of a ruling king. "Once upon a time, there lived a queen regnant named Nicki" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
PS: Yes, there have been a handful of instances in history where someone had the title _king_ without being the ruler, but they are rare and you typically refer to them using language like "king consort" or "king father" or something else along those lines. This is something you'd find in a trivia question because it's unusual-unlike with a queen.
There was a point in time when I absolutely hated Drake. Now, I can actually stand him. Hell, his mixtape was pretty good, so yeah.
***** I thought it was decent. IYRTITL was my favourite by him though. I feel like he can have some serviceable lyrics while at the same time having his flow compliment the beat, which is something not every rapper can achieve.
+TheRantMaster53 y'all heard Views?
***** I feel that.
Micheal Jackson's Aborted Son Eh, not a big fan of it. Never was too fond of his RnB stuff, and most of the album was RnB, so it was kinda disappointing for me.
***** Idk, I think he did the RnB thing on Take Care a lot better. The only RnB song I liked on Views was One Dance, and I felt that all his other RnB stuff on the album was just a wannabe version of that.
In a monarchy the ruler of a country is called a king. So she could be the king as in oficial terms... but she would be adressed as queen in speaking terms.
I really dislike how he treats the "king" line. Technically yes, Nikki is female and therefore would be a queen, but the word queen has different connotations, it doesn't suggest the same amount of power or control as a king would have, historically queens have lost their control through marriage or acted as secondary rulers. (Hence queen Elizabeth, whom he actually brought up in the video never married for fear of losing control of her country)
The world has come a long way in terms of equality but some words, (particularly in the case of "king" and "queen" as they now rarely suggest actual leaders so the words connotations are more closely link with the historical) There are lots of interesting reasons why Nikki would not want to take on the label of a queen, he ignores all of them.
No lolzzzz nicki name means king and she admitted in a interview that she is so good at rapping she considers her self another male rapper and plus she has a male alter ego name Roman so
Marvins Room a classic tho 😭
Why did you say that name?
So on a scale of 0 to 5, how good was this?
Marvins room is incredible.
Please do a Best/Creative Lyrics series. Check out these artists and I recommend to anyone who supports and listens to hip hop culture. These are skilled lyricists:
Mello music group specifically Apollo Brown, ugly hereos-ugly hereos album and everything in between, snak the ripper, can-i-bus, K-Rino, Immortal technique, Diabolic, Lowkey, Locksmith, and Atmosphere.
this is actually a good song but this video was funny as fuck XD
4:35 killed me ahahahah
Where that hat at
I think this song was ghost written for a man
Hearing him talk about drake like he’s not known, nowadays it feels so weird
Even back then it was weird lol, he was big in 2015
Um Rap Critic...... we need to talk about Saber.
Please do j Cole,
Meek's version was so much better
ELiSHi def
Pretty much what you said RC It's hard to be a male in this female dominated popstar land because women get away with repetitive shit aka taylor swift I mean I know I want more from music myself as I do believe these artists have potential but representation matters because............ Oh yeah because at some point becoming mainstream equals picking a gimic and selling out
I never read the lyrics but hearing it on the radio I always the radio I thought it was I couldn't do it alone, oui as in French for yes
Do a Video on Sir Mix Alot
We know. We know we know we know
You don’t get it, it’s an allusion to Muhammad Ali
Ahh the one Nicki song I can legitimately remember liking.
4:36 Lol
We all do buddy.......
that guy status 2015
Nicky Manaj always over does it.
Moment For Life: *NICKI'S ONLY GOOD SONG!* And a banger of a Meek Mill freestyle
I thought it was Hapeshsput who wanted be be remembered as a dude.
-5/5 for me
You’re a legend man
another bubblegum pop chart song
King Nzinga.