MINDQILA

In Defense Of… Nicki Minaj’s “Stupid Hoe” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night

As the new year sees more music releases, I  finally got back on the saddle with a new “In Defense of” column this week. As I reviewed Nicki Minaj’s latest video and song, an idea came to mind. I thought to approach the song as an example of the technical and recreational electronic genre called breakcore.

Knifehandchop -”Tizzy Toxbown Riddim” from How I Left You (2004)

I think what drew me to “Stupid Hoe” was the mix of aggression, whimsy, inaccessibility and nonchalance that also drew me to breakcore. This leads me to approach the song as if it were a part of the genre.

Another possibility came to mind, “Stupid Hoe” might also represent a re-appropriation of aggression, music sampling and liveliness in hip-hop and dancehall that the breakcore scene appropriated throughout last decade.

The Problem With… Train’s “Drive By” – Dallas Music – DC9 At Night.

This is one of my longer reviews. When I remembered that Train’s “Hey Soul Sister” was in  commercials targeting women, I went into adbusting mode.

This week, I take on will.i.am’s “T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)”. When I tweeted it, Twitter put will.i.am’s name as a web address.

The funny thing is the domain’s not taken yet. It’s kind of odd, since will.i.am considers himself  a technophile. Someone will be able to squat the domain to get a good ransom for it.

I laid the figures of speech super thick on this review. I hope someone notices.