Minaj’s latest Roman Reloaded cut is pure beach party trance-rap – clearly an apologetic offering to the gods of Pop Normalcy, after a Grammy performance that made Middle America feel like it was being home invaded by the demon spawn of Linda Blair and Lady Gaga. Gaga producer Red One pitch-adjusts Nicki’s voice sky-high and smears it in synth sleaze, as she big-ups Bud Light and parties like a very contrite rock star on the fifty-yard line of pop. 

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While watching a Budweiser commercial during the Super Bowl, Sir Mix-a-Lot thought the skinny female models in the ad didn’t represent reality. So he wrote this ode to ample bottoms, featuring its famous to-the-point lyric: “I like big butts and I cannot lie.” MTV banished the video, featuring shaking booties and sexually suggestive fruit, to 9 p.m. or later. “I thought my career was over,” he told Rolling Stone. “Then I called Rick Rubin, and I told him the video was banned, and he was like, 'Great!' We sold another 2 million records.”