He is left speechless by Nicki’s aggressive demeanor and ownership of her body. Drake is clearly made to look like something of a fool. Although a powerful recording artist in today’s entertainment industry, he doesn’t even make a contribution to the song – existing merely as a visual prop. While Big Sean tells countless scantily clad women (including Minaj herself) to “shake that ass” in his video, the only male to appear in “Anaconda” is Drake. Although some criticize Minaj’s overt sexuality as being inappropriate, when we consider the male presence, or lack therof, in the video, the hyper-sexualized outfits and choreography take on a different meaning. In the Big Sean video, we are barraged with images and lyrics pertaining to the objectification of women - nothing new to hip-hop, and the rap music world did not cause a stir when this video was released.
The contrast between these videos could not be more drastic. I would like to bring up Big Sean’s 2011 “Dance (A$$) Remix” video as a reference, in which Minaj makes a cameo not unlike Drake’s in “Anaconda.” For those struggling to see this side of the video, its choreography, Nicki’s verses and, perhaps most of all, the lap dance Nicki gives Drake at the end of the video all play to the idea. I’m here to argue that it establishes Nicki’s place as a new feminist model, albeit in a very different vein than Beyoncé’s “I Woke Up Like This/Everyone Is Flawaless” philosophy. There has been a lot of controversy over the message Minaj is trying to express: some argue her image is positive, some say it is negative. If you haven’t seen the video, I highly encourage it – if only just to stay culturally relevant. The feat broke Vevo’s previous 24-hour record held by Miley Cyrus with 19.3 million views of her “Wrecking Ball” video. Sitting at 145,115,466 views as of Wednesday, the video accumulated 19.6 million views within 24 hours of its release. Whether or not you like Minaj or her video, the numbers are astounding. If you’ve been having trouble trying to make sense of the different criticism and praise of the video, I’m here to clarify … or perhaps just make things more confusing.
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And she’s not afraid to sing about - and show off - her aforementioned assets in the video.
#ANACONDA NICKI LICENSE#
The difference between Minaj and Cyrus? Nicki actually has license – and the assets – to twerk. 19, you may have missed out on what has arguably been the biggest pop culture phenomenon since Miley Cyrus thought she could twerk - Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” music video.
If you’ve been living under a rock since Aug.
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