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[herbie]

I've said this a million times, but pictures tend to be more helpful so here we go.

People go on and on about how AMAZING it is that Cardi that was able to secure a top HIT while staying "true to the hood", and then move to question "Hmm, Nicki why couldn't you?"

The answer is simple - hip hop rules in 2018. It is now the NUMBER ONE genre of music in America.
It did NOT rule in Nicki's prime.

Below you will find snapshots of top songs in the summer of 2010 (Katy Perry #1 with California Girls)
And summer of 2018 (Drake #1 with In My Feelings)

Do you notice the difference within the Top 10?

Summer 2010:



Summer 2018:




Unless you're blind, you've probably noticed that one is not like the other.

Cardi is in a completely DIFFERENT era of music than Nicki was in. Making it almost impossible to fairly compare their runs in music.

Now, if Cardi were fighting against the reigns of Lady Gaga, Katy, Black Eyed Peas, Kesha, and others...then I'd see the point.

But she fits RIGHT into the top 10 of 2018.

[fresh]

Lemme see what we have here

[Barbie Dangerous]

Spell it tf out for em big cuz!!

[fresh]

But that's what makes Nicki so genius.
sis was a lil black girl from Queens, with Foxy Brown as her main influence.

the rap gorls were basically in the unemployment line. Nicki created a lane and disguised rap lyrics in a pop song.

had the little white kids and their parents buying her songs and Kmart merch.

what a fuckin QUEEN

[Barbie Dangerous]

I love Nicki and I love Cardi but Nicki made the girls excited for female hip hop again. It was non-existent forever.

[Heated🔥]

N watch them still not get it.
Bbbgghj

[Pearls Khan]

So I assume she'll be getting that #1 shortly, now that hip hop is back in the forefront, right?

[Pearls Khan]

N watch them still not get it.
Bbbgghj

I dont think anyone was ever confused about this.

[fresh]

TBH this is why she won't be going anywhere soon tho.
All popularity fades, its all in how you maneuver it.

can you imagine Cardi taking the heat Nicki takes on a daily? bbbbbbbbbbbbb
that weak bitch would be in an insane asylum.

[Heated🔥]

N watch them still not get it.
Bbbgghj

I dont think anyone was ever confused about this.

Judging by the question you just asked, I'm not sure that you weren't confused, love.

It's all about when the artist is at their prime.

[Pearls Khan]

N watch them still not get it.
Bbbgghj

I dont think anyone was ever confused about this.

Judging by the question you just asked, I'm not sure that you weren't confused, love.

It's all about when the artist is at their prime.

Dont get slapped hun.

[Heated🔥]

Y?all seem to forget that cardi is on her 1st album.


She?s the current hit girl in hip hop.

And not necessarily because she?s talented.

I think ppl love her personality more.

Even though her album was a bop.

There?s no depth to her.

She gon rap ratchet shit on all her albums.

Nicki can u give u ratchet and conscious lyrical songs.

Cardi however only can deliver something deep fried.

[Pearls Khan]

And if we're addressing her failure to get the top spot during her prime, this PowerPoint isnt helping either way seeing as how she released both urban and pop songs during said prime. And nothing made it to #1. Not to mention the slew of features she did for acts from urban to pop to reggae to electronic. Idk herb. Maybe I am confused here

[fresh]

a #1 isn't the end all be all. Aretha Franklin only had two in her long ass career.

[Sinpool]

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Why isn't nicki prospering in the RAP era is what the question should be.