Nicki Minaj plays a torturing dominatrix in 'Only'

Never has there been such a thorough discussion about sex with Nicki Minaj than in her song, "Only," the third single from Minaj’s upcoming third album, "The Pinkprint," due out on December 15. Rapping alongside Drake, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne, Minaj adds to the racy content with her newly released dark and twisted video for the extremely sexual song on Friday, a month after the song's controversial lyric video for using Nazi imagery, and a week after she performed of the Dr. Luke-produced hip-hop record on "Saturday Night Live" last weekend.
The Young Money first lady going head to head with her label-mates Drake and Wayne as they rap a verse each. The rap queen kicks off the song shutting down rumors of her sleeping with Wayne and Drake in a very explicit way. Drake reiterates that he's never had sexual relations with Minaj, but would if she hadn't already got a man. Wayne brings home the final verse, which continues the hardcore lyrical content as the Young Money boss' fantasies about sleeping with the Queens MC, who trades Nazi imagery for torture porn in new "Only" video.
Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, the porn-esque video, which is full of risqué costumes, bondage equipment and blood in a dominatrix setting, is not as controversial as the previously dropped lyric visual. It starts off with a bunch of muscular men being abducted and taken to the Trinidadian raptress, who shows off her killer curves in a sheer black body suit over a black bra and tiny panties as she and some other ladies in a dark-lit room where they torture several men. While fellow hypnotizing Young Money rap about how they have never slept with her, Brown appears in another place to sing his hook, sporting a pair of creepy colored contact lenses and golden grills.

Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj light up with "Flawless"

Beyoncé released a sexy new music video for her "Flawless" remix with Nicki Minaj two months after the 33-year-old singer first dropped the track. Queens Bey & Barbie light up the stage together at Stade de France in Paris in September for this version of the latest single from Beyoncé's self-titled album, and treating fans to over five minutes of a joint live performance between the two superstars.
The original "Flawless" is a staccato, trap-flavored track with a dirty groove and a clattering beat with Beyoncé singing about "the pressure women feel to be perfect and to think of marriage as the main goal of their life/ I took some time to live my life/ But don't think I'm just his little wife." The remix version of the song features newly added verses and explicit lyrics by both Beyoncé and Minaj and marks their first collaboration together, and show off the pair's chemistry and vocal delivery.
The visuals open with Beyoncé on stage in Paris for one of the final nights of her On The Run Tour with husband Jay-Z. Against her trademark black-and-pink background, Beyoncé begins to sing "***Flawless" as audio from acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie plays and flashes across the screen, reading, "Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes." Breaking it down in a printed, sleeved one-piece, the Grammy winner begins, "You wake up, flawless/ Post up, flawless/ Ridin' round in it, flawless/ Flossin' on that, flawless." She then continues to perform the meme-inspiring single, crooning and working it with an army of backup dancers.

Midway through the song, Beyoncé changes the lyrics from her original words to the remixed version, altering the message to make reference to her infamous elevator scuffle with Jay-Z and her sister Solange. Teasing something new to fans, she raps, "Of course sometimes shit go down/ When it's a billion dollars on an elevator." The performance is hardly over, however, as Beyoncé then brings Minaj out to the sold-out show in Paris. Introduced by her real name Onika, the "Anaconda" rapper struts out in skintight printed onesie, spitting "The queen of rap, slayin with Queen Bey/ If you ain't on the team, you plain' for team D."

August Alsina debuts "No Love" feat. Nicki Minaj

Nearly a year into promotions for his critically-acclaimed debut album "Testimony," August Alsina revisits the project with an official music video to his Nicki Minaj-assisted sixth single "No Love (Remix)." The Best New Artist winner of the 2014 BET Awards actually hesitates in the cinematic visual and having a simultaneous affair between a cute curly blonde and voluptuous Minaj. Would you have that hesitation? Me neither! Her Minajesty all the way!
Directed by Benny Boom, the black and white racy video for "No Love (Remix)," which the rapper wrote part of the treatment herself, who and the 22-year-old New Orleans R&B singer get real close and cozy as the sensual, as the smooth R&B track sets the mood. It's not all peachy though, as Minaj and Alsina's love is tested when she kicks him out of the house after one of his old girlfriends calls him on the phone.
By the time she hops on the phone for her guest verse (singing and rapping!), she's back to fiending for Alsina's love, though she admits he's conceited and "weeded," whatever that means. Meanwhile, Alsina's dancing with another rando in the club. While Alsina harmonizes about his inability to commit, the YMCMB femcee swoons in as the woman looking to soften his heart and they look pretty comfy together on camera too, taking selfies. That is, until Alsina gets busted for having a side chick.
"I know you hard, I know that you a killer/ I know you started off a dope dealer/ But let your guard down, your n---as know you feel her," she spits. Minaj's fellow YMCMB rapper Tyga also makes a cameo towards the end of the nearly five-minute clip. After cheating on the "Anaconda" star, and making her go through terrible times of stress and pain, Alsina of course regrets the decision and realizes how much he really loves Minaj's role and comes to his senses quickly realizes that it's time to right those wrongs and he will win Minaj's heart back with a huge flower arrangement and a promise that he'll be exclusively hers from now on. Watch the video for the hood love song below!

Usher dropped "She Came To Give It To You"

Fresh off his white-hot performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Usher lights up the screen alongside Nicki Minaj in the dance-heavy and super-sexy new music video for their underground disco, "She Came To Give It To You," the first single off of Usher's upcoming eighth album, "UR." The song is Usher and Minaj's second collaboration since 2010 for their hit tune "Lil Freak." And the new clip features the R&B superstar performing at an underground club, where he has his eye on a particular lady (The Floor's Taylour Paige) and it's a jolly good time.
This dance track finds Mr. Raymond telling a story of love in the club. Produced by Pharrell Williams, who delivers a smooth '80s boogie soul sound, "She Came to Give It to You" boasts the same retro vibe of "Blurred Lines," but instead of borrowing from Marvin Gaye, Usher's cut borrows more from the Gap Band. Minaj jumps in and delivers 16 bars, in which she makes sure the guys know what to do with a good woman: "Tell your man play the back like a spine/ you only last six seconds like a Vine," Minaj raps.
In the video, Usher clad in all black while he walks into an electronic store that are up and down New York City's Eighth Avenue. As he makes his way to the back, he enters a secret night club equipped with a full band as he performs the 70s inspired hit. He shows off his famous fancy footwork with one memorable dance scene with a girl, and Minaj comes through the after-hours party, dressed to kill in all black, looks sassier than ever and spits her quirky verse in front of a wall of TV monitors. The entire reality-bending video has a dark, sexy vibe and features really cool lighting.
Things seem pretty normal at first with Usher just performing the "UR" cut, but at the 1:38 mark, some dude's eyeball melts out of its socket. A few seconds later, another dancer's face erodes off and leaves a skull. The Philip Andelman-directed video also features some impressive camera tricks that seem to bend reality like an Escher etching. Still, the weirdest thing about this video is Usher singing, "Don't be stingy, pass the J." Minaj makes an appearance about halfway through! We first see Minaj's legs and feet as she struts her stuff. The camera pans upward to show Minaj's rocking body in a little black dress.

Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj "Bang Bang"

One bangin' Sunday! It was a big wild night for Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj on Sunday night, when the three celebrated performers took the stage to open the  MTV's 2014 Video Music Awards, performing a medley of their own singles and their new hit "Bang Bang," and later dropping the music video, which is set to go off like a bang and shows the most glamorous sides of all the ladies. Despite the song's message, it's the kind of song, you put on when you want to dance and let loose and that's exactly what the three manage to do.
The chart-topping track, which is produced by Max Martin, serves as the first cut off of Jessie J's upcoming third studio album, "Sweet Talker," due out on October 14th and also appear on the deluxe version of Grande's sophomore studio album, "My Everything," released today. Backed by clap-heavy production, and built over big bouncy beats and horn blasts, the up-tempo soulful and powerful song is composed of piercing vocals courtesy of two contemporary crooners, as well as rapid-fire spitting from the hottest female MC on the planet who really steals the show with her verse.
The video for "Bang Bang" was shot on the Paramount lot in Hollywood by Hannah Lux Davis who said: "The concept of the video is really about girls coming together and partying it up." Takes us to the streets of New York and beyond, the retro-inspired clip (with shades of the '60s and '70s) opens with Grande, 21, hangs out in her neon apartment as she applies makeup and prepares for a performance; Minaj, 31, then enters a shot, strutting in stilettos and leopard print and takes us above the concrete jungle, as she climbs into her private helicopter drops her off on the helipad on top of one of NYC's skyscrapers.
And finally Jessie J, 26, makes her appearance on a steamy NYC street, driving down a busy thoroughfare in a hot rod and shakes her groove thing with her friends. The trio of divas then break it down in respective scenes shine and shake their booty while singing they turn the streets of Manhattan into a pink paradise." While they take their 'bang bang' action out on the middle of the NYC streets and into the room, the video is certainly not a let down as the dynamic pop trio then come together on the rooftop, wearing brightly-colored skimpy outfits. It makes us wish summer would never end!

Nicki Minaj working out her assets in "Anaconda"

After enticing her Barbz with behind-the-scenes vlogs and teaser videos dripping with sexuality, Nicki Minaj has finally unleashed the raunchiest video of the year via her Twitter account at the stroke of midnight Wednesday for her much-hyped, Sir-Mix-A-Lot sampling "Anaconda," which has simply taken the social media world by storm since its arrival. It has garnered praise from some fans, while others are left scratching their heads. The clip, which also finds the "The Pink Print" rapstress giving rapper Drake a lap dance, has opened up a slew of questions, too.
The song was originally recorded by Missy Elliott in 2012, but the rapper decided to shelf the track so it was re-recorded by Minaj two years later. The second single from Minaj's "The Pink Print" album, this drew some criticisms for its bootylicious cover art revealing a great deal of the Queen Barbz's rear. Set in a steamy jungle setting, the song is built around a sample of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon" line from the elder rapper's 1992 ode to women with large posteriors, "Baby Got Back." Minaj adds a heavy dose of raunchy sexual innuendos to the mix.
To expect anything else from this video would have been naive. Whichever side you're on, this video certainly has people talking and likely will for a little while. And we can't stop thinking about Sir Mix-a-Lot's 1992 rap classic "Baby Got Back" while watching. This video has all the butts you could ever want in a music video. Minaj might not be breaking a sweat, but that outfit certainly is. Minaj, an avid student of the "show, don't tell" approach to narrative, has made ample use of visual imagery in order to convey the central themes of "Anaconda."
The tropical-themed clip, directed by Colin Tilley, stars the Young Money Queen in the Amazon jungle in all her voluptuous glory, surrounded by buxom women who gyrate like it's a bodily function, and it is exactly what you'd expect (and more) from the cheeky twerk anthem: Scantily-clad girls shaking their butts in the steamy jungle, Minaj "working out" her assets in a pink thong and then giving Drake that much-anticipated lap dance of a lifetime. Mesmerized by all the booty-shaking, the video for "Anaconda," is Minaj's tribute to all the women who "ain't missing no meals," while also denouncing all "the skinny bitches in the club."

Nicki Minaj emotes through the "Pills N Potions"

After a series of toned-down red carpet appearances, it seems Nicki Minaj has officially left behind the days of neon colors, giant blonde afros, and outlandish costumes for the release of her new elegant, subdued "Pills N Potions" clip. The piano rap ballad, is the lead single to be lifted from her upcoming third studio album "The Pink Print," finds Minaj maintaining a positive attitude amongst all the doubters, detractors and people who have wronged her. Compared to Minaj's typically over-the-top music videos, "Pills N Potions" is the rapper's most down-to-earth, simple video to date.

The 31-year-old recently talked with Billboard about this Dr. Luke-produced ballad. "It sounds like betrayal. It sounds like running. It sounds like fainting. It sounds like love. It sounds like... *gasp!" Minaj broke down the concept behind the song with Ryan Seacrest: "I feel like it's kind of like a tragic love story," she explained. "And it doesn't even necessarily have to be like a boy and girl relationship. I just kind of feel like while I was working on the album, I started realizing how much has changed, and how people has changed, and how people come in and out of your life. I just felt like talking about that."
Minaj passionately sings the chorus of her soft ballad while rapping the verses. The hip hop star may have toned down her look, but that doesn't mean she's lost her edge. The rap superstar pushes the envelope in the strange, yet simple video, directed by Diane Martel, which predicts a surreal mood for the rapper's upcoming album, and fits right in with Minaj's raw emotions all over the track, and her natural look, as we see a cigarette-smoking Minaj shows a more vulnerable side in simple makeup against muted backgrounds singing the majestic song while crying silver tears, shining a grill, wearing Playboy bunny ears and chilling with a shirtless, bearded the Game, who plays Minaj's silent love interest.
In what looks like a set for a high fashion shoot, Minaj emotes through the tune's yearning lyrics under the hallucinogenic clouds of pink alongside fluffy bunnies smoking E-cigs and melting powder blue mansions in the hills. But from the looks of select scenes, perhaps Minaj's new "love the haters" philosophy is just a side effect of all of her pills and potions. Overdose on the emotional and eccentric visuals below.

Nicki Minaj takes shots at "Lookin Ass N*gga"

Nicki Minaj is back with a vengeance as she's dropped a black and white music video for her script-flipping new single, "Lookin Ass N*gga," is reported to be the first taste featured on her own upcoming third studio album, "The Pink Print," and also appear on upcoming Young Money/Cash Money compilation, "Rise of An Empire," due out in March 11. The new video for Minaj's sneering put-down "Lookin Ass N*gga" marries K-pop excess to vast Anton Corbijn-style lonely desert minimalism and diamond-dipped Hype Williams fetishism, and it is amazing.
"Lookin Ass N*gga" is a hip hop song and it commences with a persistent piano thump and auto-tuned wail, after which Minaj begins rapping about her criticisms of the male gender, which are referred to as "lookin ass niggas." Her verses highlight particular distastes of men fixating over her buttocks, embellishing their financial stability, and overemphasize their connections with drug-dealing. Minaj feverishly protects her rap crown spitting a furious flow of angry bars as she followed a similar rhyme pattern throughout and stacked multisyllabic bars ending each bar with the controversial N-word.
The track, which owes a bit to Mos Def and Q-Tip's 1999 cut "Mr. Nigga," finds our lithe-tongued heroine tilting all the way toward one end of her internal spectrum. It's a no-holds-barred attack on lame dudes, complete with double assault rifles. The track is a remarkable display of personality: when Minaj turns her gaze to the camera, a single arched eyebrow or touch of her hair conveys a powerful disdain that seeps into your skin. When gestures packing that much force are coupled to wickedly spat put-downs and punch-lines, it's fearsome to behold. The message is clear: this is not someone to trifle with. If the song is a sign of things to come from Minaj in 2014, we're in for an exciting year.
The monochrome video takes places in a vacant section of land near a mountain range. Dressed in a black see-through leotard and star-shaped nipple covers, the fiery femcee gets back to her rhyme-spitting roots, is seen suggestively posing throughout the Nabil Elderkin-directed clip, taking aim at fake and lying dudes literally, and holding an assault rifle, shooting gigantic guns into the air when not straddling a tastefully minimal chair. Close-up footage of a man staring at her is interspersed throughout the clip and Minaj shoots at him at the end of the video.

Chris Brown & Nicki Minaj hit club in 'Love More'

Hours after getting slapped with 1,000 more hours of community labor, embattled R&B/pop star Chris Brown hits the club in the dance-heavy new video for the upbeat club single, "Love More," featuring a rap and appearance by Nicki Minaj and a cameo via "Reno 911" comedian Nick Swardsen. This raunchy, club-friendly tune is the third single from his upcoming sixth studio album "X," dropping in late August via RCA Records. The clip shows the singer-dancer hitting the club with Swardson, and finding it packed with lovely ladies including Minaj.
Brown isn't the type to leave a job half done—especially when he's putting in work between the sheets. On "Love More," the R&B hitmaker informs his girl that he's not about to settle for anything less than perfection. Minaj goes in on her guest verse, ending it with a reference to blockbuster film "Django Unchained," while Brown provides a provocative and memorable hook: "Till we get it right, we gon' f**k some more." Freshm3n III's stark, minimal club boardwork backs Brown as he encourages the woman in question to put her erotic prowess to the test and make him forget the sh*t they've been arguing over all day.
Raunchy and sure to be a club favorite, "Love More" remains a pretty standard R&B/club banger, full of burping synth lines, heavy bass wallops, and a handful of soulful. It also features upbeat production with a west coast feel that almost ensures its place in regular radio and club rotation. Over a frenzied, dubstep-inspired club beat, Minaj and Brown exchange sexual innuendos, party recaps and their own brand of love. A club theme was only appropriate for this club-ready hip-hop cut, but the high velocity rapper Minaj lays down a series of explosive rhymes that leave the rest of the song wanting in passion and verve. A solid, glossy effort.
One of Brown's friends picks him up from his house and he drives with Swardson riding shotgun. "Love More" comes on the radio and they dance in the car before hit a rocking Los Angeles nightclub. Once they arrive, Brown breaks out some slick moves and shows off his fancy footwork to the rapid, hook-laden track in the self-directed visuals. As Swardson attends to the ladies, Brown and his dancers get down before he takes a bathroom break. A blonde-haired Minaj appears and takes over as the attention turns to her as she steals the stage and spit rhymes candidly about sex and love, in trademark fashion showing off her curves.

Nicki Minaj leaving Mario for "somebody else"

Love gets messy. Really messy. And that's clear in Mario's new video for his new collaboration track, "Somebody Else," the lead single from his upcoming fifth studio album, "Restoration," the years-in-the-making record will be released in September. The smooth R&B track, featuring vocals from rapper Nicki Minaj, has pop influences and finds Mario mourning the tragic end of a relationship, with his significant other leaving him for "somebody else."
For over a decade, Mario, the the 26-year-old Contemporary R&B singer-songwriter from Baltimore, has delivered blazing R&B-hip hop jams, but hasn't released an album since 2009's "D.N.A." Since then, Mario has dealt with personal drama, a shifting genre and a flat, non-starter of a single (2011's "The Walls"). Now, he's plotting a comeback, or more accurately, trying to find his place in the current-day R&B scene. He's taking a step forward with his latest single, "Somebody Else."
The why-did-you-leave-me track was produced by Polow Da Don and features a fittingly serious Minaj guest verse, as Mario sings of heartbreak when his girl leaves for another dude. But he needed a feisty female to help make the track "timeless, special and relatable," and he knew the perfect one: Minaj. If this comeback is for real, Mario seems to be recruiting the right players for the moment. Baltimore singer laments his flighty lady in new single. "I knew Nicki would the best for a female rebuttal," he says. "She's relatable, but very rebellious."
"How would you have learned if I ain't leave?" Mario and Minaj reflect on a love they once had in the Alexandre Moors-directed clip for "Somebody Else." As a couple who has an argument about their relationship, the two stars bring the line, "Looking at my new man, wish it was you but you dead now" to life as Mario lies lifeless and lying unconscious on top of a totaled car on the street, scorn and heartbroken on this rather infectious record, and it eventually becomes clear that he was pushed from the window of a skyscraper by his angry girlfriend Minaj.

Ciara & Nicki Minaj hit dance floor in "I'm Out"

The R&B songstress Ciara lets her hotness be her best revenge against a no good ex in the just-released fashionable and fierce video for her super hype new single, "I'm Out," featuring rapstress Nicki Minaj, during the pre-show of the 2013 BET Awards. "I'm Out" is the intro track to Ciara's upcoming eponymously-titled fifth studio album, slated to release on July 9th. The anthem gets a dance-heavy video capable of matching its vibe and we see a very different and edgy Ciara that we have been very impressed by.
The uptempo song is a "crystalline" rhythmic pop ladies' anthem, and it's your summer girls' night out anthem to end all anthems. From Ciara's a-capella bit at the beginning to Minaj's speedy, caustic verses over a swarming beat, put your hands up, toast your friends, celebrate your independence, and get down. Its melody is backed by clattering percussion. "The energy of the record is so dope, and it's really for the ladies, and Nicki she just killed the verse," Ciara told MTV News. "She literally murdered it, like she got that throw-back, that thing that she does that's so special. She went in."
The Hannah Lux Davis-directed futuristic clip for their turned up kiss-off track follows the theme of the song on point as the sexy ladies dressed in all white and hit the dance floor, perform some synchronized moves and forget about all their relationship troubles. It starts as a homage to Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's iconic "Scream" video, then quickly turns into one of her most stylish, fierce, and sexy videos yet as she slays some choreography in the club and serves major aquatic sexiness. Ciara's choreography and dance/twerk moves were a sharp as ever and she spent and equal amount of time flexing her vocal muscles as she did her torso.
Ciara described the video perfectly during her visit to Tim Westwood: "It's a lot of fun, we're going in representing for the ladies, definitely a lot of dancing, it's just also us having cool girls time, just having fun". It's unfortunate the album had to leak so early but at least she has two massive records with 'Body Party' and 'I'm Out'." Not since the early Noughties have two Urban female acts served a video that screams 'MTV' as loud as this one does. Indeed, while many a recent Hip Hop/R&B video struggles to hold a light to clips spawned by the likes of GaGa and Rihanna, "I'm Out" visual is the standard all videos should aim towards packing moments we're gonna come out and say are timeless.

Nicki Minaj defends her brand for "Up In Flames"

After turning up the heat with her "High School" video, Nicki Minaj takes it down a notch, takes us back to the old mixtape days and defends her brand with another moody video for her latest track "Up in Flames," the opener and yet another cut off the endlessly long-slash-promotable "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up." And if there's any takeaway here, it's that Minaj is 110 percent serious about being the best rapper in the game, male or female. She already admitted to being the best in a recent interview, but now instead of telling us, she's showing us in her no-frills clip.
Minaj takes her standard boastful tone on the track, which is definitely more "mixtape" Nicki Minaj. As she recently spoke about the track to MTV News, saying, "Like 'Up in Flames,' if a dude was on a that song with me, everyone would've talked about it and they would [argue] 'who had the best verse' but when I put a song out by myself..." she trailed off, before adding that the male-dominated industry has something to do with it. "[It's] because men run the hip-hop game-let's be honest, they're the program directors, they wanna be able to rap stuff and they're not gonna recite a female [verse], they just feel funny and it is what it is."
The 30-year-old YMCMB rapper/American Idol judge made a big shift in tone for this Grizz Lee-directed video compared to some of her past. It's a less-than-subtle product placement shot of the rapper's perfume and cosmetics. The darkly themed clip for "Up In Flames" begins with a motorcycle powering down a road, while we jump cut to a hoodie-clad Minaj spends some serious screen-time mugging seriously in the dark with a companion, as she walking through a dark home with a pout on her face and a black hoodie on her back, before sitting down to play the piano with a bunch of lit candles and rapping in the studio while wearing sunglasses.
While Minaj also makes room for wheelie-poppin' motorcycles as the biker does all kinds of stunts on the pavement, Queen Barbie stunts lyrically in a lavish house. But don't get confused: Minaj's not trying to be fabulous here but she's keeping it minimal by putting her visceral flow on center stage, working in the studio, and writing down rhymes and checking her production. This very slow beat allows for Minaj's Queens accent bite at her competitors in full-throat. Instead, she seems defensive, rather than offensive, and the camera is out fishing for proof of her successes. Overall, this is all flames.

Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne get close in 'High School"

Young Money keeps the machine moving forward as Nicki Minaj and her mentor Lil Wayne take their working relationship to the next level in the steamy visuals for their collaborative track, "High School," the second single from Minaj's reissue of the former's sophomore with hilariously titled album, "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up." The artist/boss duo engage in a passionate as Wayne plays Minaj's love interest who helps her pull off a multimillion dollar heist.
"High School" is a hip hop and R&B song, and discusses adultery that would make even the most seasoned 50 Shades reader blush. It restores faith with three-and-half minutes of driven, witty filth. This Boi-1da and T-Minus produced cut finds Minaj trading bars with her Young Money boss, Wayne. We hear Minaj delivering sexual braggadocio lines, in which she lets the world know that "this ain't high school." Wayne then spits his typically playfully bawdy rhymes. The aggressive voice and flow is a winning factor on this song, Wayne did well and the catchy chorus helped round it out.
In her short career, Minaj's primarily relied on punchlines opposed to actual poetry. The sassy superstar switches it up by showcasing her storytelling capabilities on "High School." The neon-drenched clip, was directed by Benny Boom, and shot at a gorgeous swank mansion by the poolside in Los Angeles on March 11, does not actually take place in high school. There are no classrooms or teachers in sight. Instead, the mini-narrative is set on the sprawling compound of a drug lord, with Minaj cast in role of his ambiguous girlfriend.
The 30-year-old made-under raptress spends her days lounging by the pool in a skimpy neon green crisscross one-piece swimsuit and strolling through manicured gardens in a body-hugging canary yellow dress on a perfect California afternoon, until one day, when Wayne and his crew arrive to conduct a transaction with "El Jefe," and she decides it's time to exact some small manner of revenge by breaking into his safe, gets intimate with Wayne into the bed. The clip ends on a high fashion note as the pair make their great escape via helicopter under the cover of darkness.

French Montana enlisted Nicki Minaj for 'Freaks'

Dancehall and hip-hop has always held close sonic ties. The Moroccan-born rapper French Montana is continuing the Coke Boy craze, and doesn't seem to be showing any signs of slowing down his grind. The "Pop That" rapper finally drops off the provocative visual for his dancehall-infused track, "Freaks," his sexually-charged collaboration with Nicki Minaj who steals the limelight in her pasties. The track will appear as second single on Montana's upcoming debut LP, "Excuse My French," duo May 21.
It's par for the course for dancehall-inspired cut, which samples both Li'l Vicious Destination Brooklyn track of the same title and Chaka Demus & Pliers' 1994 single "Murder She Wrote." It combines Caribbean energy, with a hip-hop twist. Minaj pays homage to her Caribbean roots on this dancehall-flavored track by using a rhyming style reminiscent of her "Beam Me Up Scotty" days, Minaj spits some sexually-charged bars over a beat and wastes no time squatting on a throne backwards while giving an eyeful of her assets and pasty-covered boobies.
Forget the demure Minaj at the "American Idol" judges table, the rapper goes back to her raunchy roots, bouncing her notorious backside in incredibly tight spandex, gold pasties and little else. Montana told Billboard it was a no-brainier to get Minaj on the track: "Nicki Minaj being from my home town, we were talking about doing something together, and this record was it. I wanted to do something different, especially with Nicki on the record with me, and Rico Love produced it. The game hasn't had a dancehall song, a Jamaican song like this in so long, and Nicki being from Trinidad and me being from Morocco, that record is international."
The Eif Rivera-directed visual finds the pair in the midst of a good ol' fashioned basement dancehall-esque type party and amongst a constant dance battle and plenty of Dutty Wining. Montana rocks furs, but it's Young Money diva's cameo that has everyone talking. While it is French's anthem, Minaj clearly outshines the Bad Boy artist with her physique, as she really came through, taking her top off, shaking her money maker and keeps eyes set on her with her leopard ensemble and gold pasties, dripping sex appeal.

Nicki Minaj Gets Carried Away In "Freedom"

After performing her new single "Freedom" at the American Music Awards Sunday night, Nicki Minaj is feeding her hungry Barbz once again and opting for the glam over the wacky with a new video for her middle-of-the-road R&B tweets, which is the second single from the re-release of her sophomore album, "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up," where she talks about her road to success, her idea of fame and dives into how she isn't interested in having any big names collaborate with her on tracks. The rapstress is obviously trying to make a statement on her newest video.
Fame is a funny thing, especially when it comes to someone with such obvious talent as Minaj, whose stardom seemed assured from the start. It was only a few years ago that the superstar rapper earned her ubiquity with a string of explosive, immediately identifiable cameos. With a whip-smart wit, fantastic verbal skills and a fluid, inventive flow, Minaj was and remains a game-changing talent in a very competitive field. While she seems to not be a big fan of any artist right now, she is still showing plenty of love to her fans.
Written by Minaj herself, "Freedom," a shockingly mediocre humblebrag track finds Minaj recounting her ascent, her fame, her talent, her wealth and all that it affords. Musically, the song is a lowtempo alternative hip hop and ambient genre song also influenced by pop music. Lyrically, Minaj is still confrontational yet reflective, talking about her life and her being in the spotlight and fame. "Freedom" takes Minaj in a more reflective direction, as she looks back on her meteoric career in typically self-aggrandizing form and her rapping and positiveness towards the emotion behind the song.
Minaj braves the elements in the Colin Tilley-directed stylish clip which features the 29-year-old pop-rap superstar in a series of gorgeous high-fashion looks against various back drops from Noah's Arc to mansion banisters to modern sculpture donning a multi-colored gown out in the middle of the dreary English countryside before ascending the stairway to heaven, as smoke fills the space behind her while lip-syncing the song. The clip starts out in black and white, and transitions into the more lively and colorful world, which seems to be a way of interpreting the freedom aspect of the song.

Nicki Minaj becomes a princess in "Va Va Voom"

Nicki Minaj has premiered a brand new music video for her dance tune, "Va Va Voom" exclusively on E! News, and it's safe to say this video has something for everyone. Minaj typically uses a few key ingredients in her super sexy music videos: outrageous costumes, plenty of bright wigs, and water. Well, her latest effort has all that plus unicorns and princesses. Some might say this is the jackpot.
Musically, "Va Va Voom," is a dance-pop song along with electropop influences. Lyrically, the song talks about seduction finds Minaj playing the temptress atop some delicious dub-lite pulsations, and sexual activity towards a male. The track, serves as the lead single of "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up," received very positive reviews from music critics, praising the crossover music from Minaj's experiments with pop and hip-hop music, along with it being catchy and radio-friendly.
The song, is one of those tunes which will catch the ears first before fans perk up for a closer listen. That's where the trouble begins. The message, on the outside, seems to be about a fairy tale princess finally meeting her dream guy. The second time around, it's more obvious it's about stealing her prince away from another, no matter the cost. It doesn't really matter that Minaj is advocating daytime talk show tactics. What matters now is the fact that this irresistible song will be booming out from woofers thumping dance floors all around the world for the next few months.
The rap queen nevertheless gets her fairytale princess on in the sun-soaked Hype Williams-directed video, which features the 29-year-old singer going through a series of fairy tales and Unicorns, as Minaj dances in the woods with a hunky huntsman in a sparkly pantsless number, wears a hat that looks like a horse's head, gets attacked then rescued from a glass box like 'Snow White,' and finally morphs into the sexiest evil queen we've ever seen. The final scene portrays her prince finding a magic mirror in the forest which has a curvaceous Wicked Queen in the mirror who flirts with the prince.

Nicki Minaj And Cassie Give "The Boys" A Show

Nicki Minaj has unveiled the eye-popping video for her new single "The Boys," a quick romp heavy on primary covers, bikinis, thongs and kick drums, served as the first new cut feature on the upcoming reissue of the pop-rap vixen's sophomore album, "Pink Friday Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up," due in November 19. Minaj enlisted singer Cassie to croon the song's hook, and gets weird, wild, and downright wonderful.
Musically, the bass-heavy track is a R&B song, which features a mix of throbbing beat, strong basslines and synthesizers, along with gurgling acoustic-guitar riffs and rapping. Cassie's parts are backed up by a guitar line. The song is about a pithy kiss-off to men who try to buy love with money and jewels. With "The Boys," Minaj comes as close as she ever has to blending her two identities. She goes hard in the verses over gunshot snare drums, throwing out some hyperactive accents before giving way to Cassie on the singalong chorus. The result is catchy as hell, but with enough credibility that we don't think even radio 'Hot 97' will have a problem with it.
"The Boys" stirs a perfect storm between clever hip hop, potent pop, and soulful acoustic pondering. There's an outer space folk bridge that'll blow your mind. It's a smart, sly rumination on "The Boys" and it hits hard in an otherworldly vulnerable space. Minaj has married the two styles of rap and pop, and the song begs for immediate radio play. It is catchy as hell, but with enough credibility. It is one of Minaj's best tracks yet and a landmark song for 2012. Minaj is changing the game again and ensured that the barbz are gonna freak on this one.
Minaj gets her own back on men in the flame-fuelled video, shot by Colin Tilley, and it begins with a close-up shot of a newspaper headline, then cuts to Minaj performing alongside Cassie as the two dress up in brightly colored wigs and getting ready in a hair salon. The clip dances through moods in a similar fashion, assaulting the viewer with doses of Minaj's frenetic, craven Barbie personality, but Cassie embraces her masculine side in a dark blue suit with cropped neon hair, is our favorite look, and both of them gazing longingly into the camera.

Justin Bieber having fun in "Beauty and a Beat"

Justin Bieber premiered his new found-footage music video with Nicki Minaj for “Beauty And A Beat” on Friday, after an elaborate and hysterical prank that began when the 18-year-old pop star claimed that his laptop and camera, with "personal footage" on them, had been stolen during a stop on his 'Believe' tour. But perhaps the biggest revelation of this whole endeavor is that Bieber is becoming a true artist - he wrote and directed the whole thing!
Bieber hooks up with Swedish hitmaker Max Martin on this dubstep flavored club banger, "Beauty and a Beat," another wrinkle in pop music's appropriation of EDM-inflected breakdowns and basslines, is the third single off of Bieber's latest third studio album, "Believe." The frantic dance track is an uptempo dance and electropop song that also contains elements of R&B.
Lyrically, it speaks about the teen heartthrob wanting to take his love interest to a club, where they can "party like it's 3012". This snip of the song is believed to be analogous to the song "2012 (It Ain't The End)," which also features rapper Minaj, who delivers yet another killer verse. "Beauty And A Beat," is definitely one for the dancefloor, with its rapid drum beats, electro break down and rushing synthesizers after every chorus. Despite all of Bieber's well meant crooning, the highlight has to be Minaj's fast-paced and funny rap in which she refers to Bieber's girlfriend.
In fact, the clip features DIY-style scenes of a personal footage style compilation, showing Bieber behind the scenes and a massive waterpark party, where Minaj occasionally joins him for a 'runaway' performance. In a cheeky move, the video begins with text that recounts an "October 2012" theft - a reference to real-life laptop-swiping that has led to rumors announcing the existence of nude photos of the young popstar. Much of the video sees Bieber holding a camera aimed at himself, so they really ran with the theme here. The video is all about having fun and embracing youth, and goes well with the vibe of the song.

B.o.B and Nicki Minaj are “Out of My Mind”

Bobby Raym a.k.a., B.o.B is out of his mind and Nicki Minaj helps the insane B.o.B escape a mental institution in their just-released video for "Out Of My Mind," their crazy collaboration and the fourth single appears on B.o.B's sophomore album, "Strange Clouds." Minaj rarely has any competition when it comes to crazy, but in B.o.B's new clip, both rappers have completely lost it. All we have to say is they make one crazy couple!
We always knew that the Atlanta MC and a schizophrenic rapstress were just a little bit off, compared to everyone else in this rap game. But they both go a little... Damn. The rapper has been dealing with internal conflict ever since his 'B.o.B vs. Bobby Ray' mixtape, but we had no idea it was this bad. "Out of My Mind" is impressive testament to B.o.B's infectious, unflappable cool. The guy knows how to hang in nearly every sonic situation, and master it, just like a real rock star.
Minaj jumps on this track in her usual animated style. The Queens MC goes straight for the jugular as she bounces rhymes with B.o.B. Her verse on track is fun because she basically mocks B.o.B the whole time. But maybe the infamous Pink Barbie felt bad after the fact. And maybe that's why she decided to strip and give him a short lap dance in the visuals, which feature B.o.B as a mental patient and Minaj as a stripping mad doctor. The two bounce around rubber rooms and apply for parole as they try to plead their case that we are the crazy ones and they are the ones who are sane.
Filmed in Detroit, the Benny Boom-directed clip tells a disturbed story that begins with B.o.B locked in a mental facility. Though it may seem like the world is against him, B.o.B luckily finds a friend in Dr. Minaj. During a one-on-one therapy session, Minaj strips out of her clinical white jacket and gives the troubled MC a lapdance. By the end of her scene the pink-haired beauty slides a skeleton key from between her lips promising to help her partner in rhyme get free.

Nicki Minaj goes tropical in "Pound the Alarm"

Despite the controversy, Nicki Minaj isn't planning to slow down this summer. She goes home and parades down the streets of her native Trinidad in her latest Carnivàle-themed colorful video for the pop-leaning song, "Pound the Alarm." The RedOne-produced dance number serves as the second mainstream single and fourth single overall from the 29-year-old Rapper's platinum selling, "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded."
"Pound the Alarm" is a techno, electronic dance and rave influenced song, and sonically edgier. "It's got the pop element, but it's got some hard-core elements, some dance underground elements," RedOne told MTV News. The "let's get wasted at the club" fist-pumper finds Minaj singing about filling her "glass up a little more" before getting up and burning "this floor" as a preliminary to a one-night stand. The perfect trunk rattler to blast from your pink Barbie Bentley, with booming synths that build to a brain-numbing epiphany.
Directed by Benny Boom who did an excellent job capturing Trinidad's energy and colorful landscape, the bouncy and brightly-colored affair is infectious that brings Minaj to her native Trinidad with a full compliment of confetti canons and features a festive carnival theme. Sporting a gang of platinum blond spirals and a black, red, and white bejeweled Carnival outfit replete with crimson plumes, Minaj makes her homeland pride known. The femcee leads a posse of similarly decked-out dancers through the streets of St. James to a raucous outdoor bash reminiscent of the world-famous Trinidad and Tobago Carnival.
In between spitting lines about being a "bad bitch," the rapper reclaims her spot on the dance floor, thanks to the song's beat-heavy production. The shimmering, summery vibe of the video perfectly complements the bouncy track. When the sun sets and night falls on Trinidad, the fireworks explode and the party isn't even close to ending. But when the dust settles, Minaj is left cleaning up the mess her crew left behind. As she walks through the rubble of the bash, her silhouette, up against the moonlight, proves that she is the baddest in all of Trinidad.