Posted on 07/23/2015 1:45:57 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
The VMA nominations were announced this week. Who cares? you might be thinking. MTV doesnt even play music videos anymore. Both valid points, but the awards still mean something to the artists. This became clear when Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to voice her confusion over Anaconda not being nominated for Video of the Year, despite breaking YouTube records and causing an international stir.
NICKI MINAJ ✔ @NICKIMINAJ If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
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Taylor Swift ✔ @taylorswift13 @NICKIMINAJ I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot..
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Tay made a little boo boo and apologized. With all the good she does, it is forgivable.
"Anaconda" is built around a sample of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back," which in turn samples Channel One's "Technocolor." So it's doubly derivative.
Not to mention that Nicki "Stupid Hoe" Minaj is one of the most annoyingly mush-mouthed "rappers" I have ever heard. On those rare occasions where I'm forced to sit through one of her "songs," I swear there are times when I can't make out a single word.
The part where she says “Stupid how” was especially good.
Brava! Encore!
QBert meets 1974??
HOLY CRAP IT IS!
And I have watched both Music Videos and Embarrassing Amount of Times.
I thought Bad Blood seemed familiar.
2ne1 Come Back Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLbfv-AAyvQ
Taylor Swift w/ Kendrick Lamar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcIy9NiNbmo
Someone is getting fired.
All this hoopla over stealing or copying is, yea right,
because it was meant to be that way.
Anybody pissed off over this should go after "Weird Al" Yankovic.
And if they do, Weird Al will have his next Vid written for him.
Oh I’m not pissed. I could care less about Swift one way or the other. I’m not a fan. But to my knowledge this wasnt a weird Al type thing. And if thats actually the case, someone, writer/producer most likely, is in deep trouble for not securing the rights and Swift will be forking out cash.
This
“One has class, the other just a fat ass.”
What you want, sucka ? Fat azz or klazz?
I don’t think there is any copyright infringement, but have so many elements almost directly lifted from another video has to at least be a little embarrassing
The stories are totally different, but there are 5 or 6 things that seem to be directly lifted from another video. That has to be a bit embarrassing I would think.
At least lift things from a bunch of places instead of one. lol
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