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November 19, 2012 – Brandy plays World of Warcraft and Justin Bieber is kind of amazing. Oh, and EDM "is the hottest new thing in music," if you didn't know. Devote your pre-Thanksgiving Sunday to the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards, and this is the sort of knowledge you will gain. …
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November 16, 2012 – Jay-Z may be the president's BFF, but the Young Money crew knows better than most how to exploit Barack Obama's occasional acknowledgement of their existence. For the trailer to his recent Dedication 4, Lil Wayne sampled an out-of-context POTUS saying, "Maybe you are the next Lil Wayne, but probably not," and Nicki Minaj racked up countless headlines for her mention of Mitt Romney on that same mixtape. …
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November 16, 2012 – "Nicki, pop? / Only thing that's pop is my endorsement op," Nicki Minaj boasts on a recent Lil Wayne collaboration, "Roman Reloaded," the closest thing to a title track from this year's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. …
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November 5, 2012 – After a news year fraught with trumped-up drama, Nicki Minaj is making a point to clear the air and reinvent herself in a more flattering image. In last night's first episode of Nicki Minaj: My Truth, her new three-part reality special on E!, the Pink One confronts heinous gossip blogger Perez Hilton about his love of beef (he's been having a field day with her supposed spat with fellow American Idol host Mariah Carey). …
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October 29, 2012 – Whoa Frodo, keep that Bilbo in your Baggins. Nicki Minaj gets her sassy Galadriel on in the new video for "Va Va Voom," a Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded single that spends a lot of time contemplating the One Thing that guides it. For the Hype Williams-directed clip, Minaj takes on a variety of fairy tale fantasies that cast her alternately as an idyllic babe, a damsel in distress, a sleeping beauty, and a wicked witch. …
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October 24, 2012 – Even if Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and Linkin Park get shut out at the 40th Anniversary American Music Awards on November 18, they're all guaranteed airtime: The trio of artists have been added to the lineup as live performers, joining the previously announced Christina Aguilera. …
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October 22, 2012 – As if on cue, Nicki Minaj returns to remind us she's a rapper. A ferociously unhinged one, at that. Onika Maraj recently wreaked havoc — with help from Cassie — in the video for "The Boys," the pop-bursting first single from her November 19 re-release, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up. …
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October 18, 2012 – "You get high, love a bunch of girls," Cassie coos on "The Boys," the first single from Nicki Minaj's November re-release, Pink Friday Roman Reloaded: The Re-Up. In the "explicit" video for that song, which just hit Vevo today, "love" turns to "fuck" — of course — and the boys are a groveling afterthought. …
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October 16, 2012 – President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney square off tonight in the second of three Presidential debates, this time in a town hall-style forum. The AP cites administration officials who say special operations strike forces stand ready over Africa if called to respond to last month's attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya. …
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October 12, 2012 – After some reported promotional silliness involving supposedly "stolen personal footage," Justin Bieber has premiered his video for "Beauty and a Beat." From the Canadian hearthrob's 2012 album Believe, the track is not a nod to rapper Edan's psych-devouring 2005 album. Instead, it's blippy post-Ed Banger electro-pop of the kind recently cluttering Top 40 radio, with co-production by Max Martin and Skrillex's Owsla signing Zedd. …
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