Test Prep Blog # 3 : Article Essay

Article : http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/pink-friday-roman-reloaded-20120406


     Today I read the article "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded" by Jody Rosen which is a album review. Overall Rolling Stones thought that the album was good! It's fun, has a mix of both rap and pop music. The beats in each song in Roman Reloaded are fun just like Nicki's persona. I think that overall this article was very good and detailed and I agree with the Rolling Stones based on what they said about Roman Reloaded. 

     There are many things that I agree with about what the Rolling Stones. "But why would you choose just one Nicki Minaj? With her, the point is plenitude: more boasts, more hooks, more craziness, more shape-shifting, more cognitive dissonance, more pleasure. If you believe that art and commerce and provocation and fun – and hip- hop and disco and teen pop – can all be one and the same, here's a record for you. Come, all ye faithful." (Rolling Stones). This is one thing that I agree with. Many people weren't happy with the album because half of it was pop and the other was rap and a majority of people just like the rap. But I think that the Rolling Stones really got the point clear of how Nicki has the freedom to combine art, fun, commerce, and provocation and she can do it well! 

     Another thing that I agree with about what the Rolling Stones said is that they said that having Roman in the album was a great thing because it really did show who Nicki is and showed her persona. "Then there's the Roman Zolanski lane. Roman Reloaded opens with Minaj – a biracial woman from Queens via Trinidad – ranting in the voice of her (Polish?) homosexual "twin brother" alter ego. In the same song, she takes on the voice of Martha Zolanski, Roman's mother, singing in a cartoon Cockney accent. "Take your medication, Roman," counsels Minaj/Martha. "Quack, quack to a duck and a chicken, too/Put the hyena in a freakin' zoo," answers Minaj/ Roman. Later, she bursts into "O Come, All Ye Faithful." (Rolling Stones) . 

   After reading this article on Roman Reloaded by Rolling Stones, I was very satisfied with it because I agreed with alot of things that were said in the article. The Rolling Stones said that having Roman in the album was a great thing because it showed Nicki's persona. They also said that having both pop and rap in the album was really creative and I definitely agree with that. Overall I'm very satisfied with this article!