However, it feels as though Nicki Minaj is miscast in her own song. More so, the highlight of the song is the first minute, when Beyonce ravaged the song with the line “I stopped the world / carry on.” Other than that, there is a tendency for the song to be bland without the essential progression needed for the song to be appetizingly enthralling.īeyonce is a well-rounded collaborator thus, she was able to translate the song into a musical success. Though there is a silent wish that “Feeling Myself” should have been a Beyonce song with Nicki Minaj as the guest rapper. It is well produced, making the rap-urban-R & B hybrid hypnotic enough to dominate playlists. Beyonce’s verses are the easy standout in the entirety of the song.ĭespite the lyrical shortcomings, “Feeling Myself” has a good sound. She turned the rather overly simplistic lyrics to a high degree of musical excellence. Saving grace of the song, nonetheless, is the manner in which Beyonce tackled her part.
The song is just an addition to the rapper’s roster of egotistical and brash songs. Nicki Minaj is not popular for good lyrics, and “Feeling Myself” is another testament to this shortcoming. For the most part, though, Beyonce’s R&B flavor made the song extra exciting as she provides a naturally sexy vibe to the song. While Beyonce’s part is distinctive, it is still such a disappointment not to hear much from her. On the other hand, it is a let down that Beyonce was underutilized in the track. The song also let the singing talent of the rapper to show, which is good, because she really has to step up to the plate when singing next to Beyonce. She did not use the unnecessary energy she used in her previous hits.
Her rapping is crisp with words sang with utter clarity. Vocally, Nicki Minaj is refreshing in this song. However, Beyonce is recognized for high-quality material, which puts additional pressure on Nicki Minaj to live up to expectations. Rap star Nicki Minaj teams up with R&B’s prized possession, Beyonce , for “Feeling Myself,” a cut-off Nicki’s last offering, The Pinkprint. Beyonce is certainly known for high profile collaborations, so this duet with Nicki did not really come as a surprise. and wonder if your life has actually amounted to anything, because you know deep in your heart that, somewhere, a better party is happening somewhere just over the mountain where pleasure and youth springs eternal and yet are eternally out of reach for you.Expectations were certainly high for one of the biggest collaborations of 2014. Unless, that is, you're the type of Coachellan to lay out alone by the grotty communal pool of your Air BnB'ed condo in Rancho Mirage, stare at the desert sky at 4 a.m. If you want to relive a much-improved version of your own summer vacation from a month ago, it's very recommended. The video was released as a Tidal exclusive, but by now it's making rounds off the service. It's all so familiar.and yet.so much.better. Nicki and Bey did all the same things you did that week, just infinitely more-fun versions of them - pop champagne and float around the pool in dolphin inner tubes, make messes cooking in a rented modernist kitchen, get decked out in goofy flower crowns and Burning Man tiaras and faux football jerseys. To realize that you were so enticingly close to the house where all this took place! The two powerhouse vocalists and bon vivants have a new video for Minaj's single "Feeling Myself," (warning: crude lyrics) a standout from her most recent LP "The Pinkprint." The song was one of our favorites: a minimal, synth-bending trap number that takes the get-yours spirit of Tweet's " Oops (Oh My)" while still sounding stoned and spooky.īut for Coachella-goers, the video is so subversively appealing because it was all shot in and around the festival. Whatever it was, it was not as fun as what Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj were up to. What did you do at Coachella this year? Splurge on a few imported beers and go hoarse while AC/DC crunched out "Highway to Hell"? Snuck a VIP pass off a friend to spend the afternoon stalking Father John Misty? Try and text Drake for three days straight while pondering the unknowable nature of fame?