Nickis  Atypical Usage of Rhymes
WC-DRS
So I often see this all time on various websites (Yousucktube, Tweet Tweet Twittering Twits, and our very own RG or "Rap Ignoramuses")

"Nicki sucks ass at rhyming (well sucks at rapping in general)", "She is so ABC, just like rest of YM", "How she rhymes over beats is elementary"

It is time, to disprove and show the exact contrary
My goal here is to one verse/song by one, show her rhyming is actually one of a kind. More times often than not, she gets into all sorts interweaving technical rhyming, down to the syllable. No matter what she chooses to rap about, do not discount her adept ability to change up rhyming styles at will and for every track. I can't recall any 2 songs, let alone verses of her's, having remotely similar rhyme schemes

This document will also highlight, all the unique and unorthodox manners of how her rhyming style, differs from all other MC's despite occasional similarities. I will explain  on occasion whenever the rhyming is INTEGRAL for her songs, or used as tool for the purpose of communicating a message or concepts, or to pay homage to other East Coast emcees (see far below)

Btw, I did not put up these songs for deaf people, obviously I handpicked these 26 to also CHECK OUT, from her discography. I guarantee if you read while playing the songs, it will be more enjoyable. These are all songs, also LADEN with multis for all you technical fanatics and want to be consistently impressed in that area. She has way more than these (which I listed below in a separate section), however these stood out the most to me. Unrelated to the focus of this page, what I find astounding is all of these tracks have their own subject matter. Most rappers spit about 5 things their whole career, while she has a new topic for mostly each song. Shit, females in general spit about LESS THAN 5 things their entire discographies, not her

A. Here is the rhyme schematic, for Roman Reloaded
A2. Here is the entire song with the hook interpolated between all 4 verses.
If you listen to the hook, you notice 2 things. 'Mixtape Nicki' is back with banging beats (literally) and that the purpose of the song as the title track was to "fire back shots" of all kinds, at all her obsessed haters, critics, etc. They said that she wouldn't rap harder, or at all on her sophomore effort (which includes the Re-Up). This Hardcore/Experimental Rap track gives it credibility and even alludes to the concept itself., being the title track of her 2nd album

B. Here's is the 2nd, which is from The Boys' 3rd Verse, focuses on "Compound Rhymes", setting up the rhyming structure, for the entire song
B2. Here is the 1st Verse
B3. Here is the 2nd
B4. The last one
It's very rhyme dense and full of hard hitting, "Masculine (stressed) rhymes"; particularly, the internal and end variations. Her verses, therefore give off a classic sense of "Golden Age", machismo style, like that of the males who dominated it in their glory days. There's a deliberate contrast, in how Nicki opts this and how Cassie mostly uses "Feminine (unstressed) rhymes" for the verses/hooks (also vocalizing in a sultry and silkier "girly" voice)
C. Here's the 3rd, which is from Blazin, breaking down every rhyming chain and the various kinds used, sometimes in tandem with the others. Assonant, half and inverse rhymes, are the main showcase of her superb grasp of unexpected cadences. Compare this to 3 years later in Rap God's famous "Godspeed" 30 sec. (10 bar section) of Em's showcase of being "The God Emcee" in Rap. Btw, they also collaborated on "Roman's Revenge", for those who want to be thrilled, by their shocking chemistry.  Since 2008-2009, she has been quoting or by vocal delivery, shouting his lines out in reference to things she was going through at the time with the start of her career. She happens to be the only female that Eminem has actually traded verses with, as Em is not fond of female emcees, which makes that track a unique moment in Hip-Hop and for gender relations in possibly the most awkward way known to the Rap industry.

D.  4th is Up In Flames
D2. The 2nd Verse
It's a song no one barely knows about which is standout for many reasons. It showcases her slowest, maybe even catchiest flow to date. Unlike her other songs, she doesn't switch it ONE TIME. This allows the listener to take in the "burns" (disses) she gives off in each line, bar by bar

E. Fly is 5th with the 1st Verse
E2. The 2nd Verse showcasing a usage of "Bisonance" that is when you have many kinds of assonance and consonance, intertwined in your rhymes. "Being fly" is usually used to say "How fresh, cool and on top" you are in Rap, compared to everyone else. Instead, she makes use of the popular slang, for an inspirational and uplifting track, to give it substance. As everyday lexicon, "being fly" was always some meaningless, phrase central to Hip-Hop's culture for decades. It's refreshing to hear it being used in a positive context for once, where it is fitting

F. Catch Me
G. Go Hard
H.  Autobiography
I. Massive Attack
J.  Can Anybody Hear Me?
K. Pills N Potions
L. Cuchi Shop
M. Girls Fall Like Dominoes
N. Still I Rise

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P. Dear Old Nicki
Q. Click Clack

R. Flawless (Remix)/Feeling Myself
I shall go into grammar first, to explain any misconceptions about the erring behind certain rules and phonetic principles. This is to do away with demonstrating why there are instances of things I did when coloring, that will confuse grammar nazis. So without further adieu...Grammar AND Linguistic rules in that are illogical in phonetics, which need commenting on1. Enunciation on big words vs. how they are spelled to proper pronunciation
2. Words having "Bisonant" tendencies

2A. Dealing with assonance, and/or consonance in successive pairs

2B. Highlighting chains of sonants, that are prominent throughout a song



3. Regional dialect phrasing differentiation4. Here are both songs colored as one, with a focus on all of Nicki's parts, while including Beyonce's for reference to her's4B. Parts for "Flawless (Remix)", parts for "Feeling Myself"

These are similarities in all of Nicki's parts, between both tracks

Here's her's along with Bey's part's together  and again for more room



As a true Queensbridge native, she has proven since her early days in the previous decade to be a superb master of technical rhyming, due to the elder statesman of this borough being  Kool G Rap. In this trade of her predecessors, the youngest of these 4 men being Nas. GOAT's you'd find among to be the most respected and well known males from Queens, namely: Him, Kool G and Pharoahe Monch, with the exception of Treach who is from East Orange, New Jersey, but for some reason sounds, flows and rhymes like a Queens emcee AND he reps New York.

Nas's influence: R1 /R1.25/R1.50
Kool G Rap's influence: R2/R2.25/R2.50/R2.75
Monch's influence: R3/R3.25/R3.50
Treach's influence: R4/R4.25/R4.50

New Types of Rhymes Nicki Used
R5/R5.25/R5.50
R6/R6.25/R6.50
R7/R7.25/R7.50
R8/R8.25/R8.50
In these 2 songs, 2 of these 4 guys each seem to be the main influences in the style if which she takes some techniques individual to their respective styles, while demonstrating a few modern surprises of her own, as expected including new types of rhymes.  Additionally, there are things the songs have in common, showing the consistency between how she changed her writing styles to make them distinct, yet compatible at the same time

S. Freedom
T. I Love My Range Rover
U. Bed of Lies (DONE from earlier this year, will post it later on the end of Jan 2016)
V. Muny
W. All Things Go
X. Win  Again
Y. Come On A Cone
Z. Hell Yeah

Other tracks by her, that didn't make "the cut", but have great rhyme schemes:
Sweetest Girl
I'm Cumin'
The Crying Game
Favorite
I'm The Best
Four Door Aventador (that one is gonna take as long as it did for me to do Big's Warning)
I'm Legit
Your Love
I Endorse These Strippers
Top of the World
Moment 4 Life
Check It Out
Super Bass
Womp Womp
Chi-Raq
Curious George
Envy
Anaconda
Keys Under Palm Trees
Sunshine
Wamables
40 Bars
Yasss Bitch
5-0

Features, Covers/Freestyles and Remixes:
Big Bidness
I Wanna Be With You
Hands Up (Remix)
Up Out My Face (Remix)
My Chick Bad (When you can kill Luda on his own track, congrats. Those other 3 chicks who was on the "Ladies Remix", collectively were trash in comparison. )
Hello Good Morning (Remix)
Grindin', Making Money (Remix)
Raining Men
I'm Out
Born Stunna (Remix)
Livin' It Up
Get Ya Money Up
Affirmative Action (That Wu Tang sample though....damn)
Always Love You
I Ain't Thru
New York Minute
2009 BET Cypher Verse (Freestyle, written obviously)
I Don't Give A...
So Special
That's What's Up
I Luv Dem Strippers
Dope Dealer
Sweet Dreams (Remix)
Out of My Mind
Shakin' It 4 Daddy
Til The Worlds End (Remix)
Lil' Freak
Up All Night
Proud of You
Tonight I'm Getting Over You (Remix)
Best I Ever Had (Remix)
She Likes Me
Dead Wrong (Freestyle)
Warning (Cover)
Bang Bang
Get Like Me
Mercy (Remix)
Lay It Down
So Bad
Rockstar
Danny Glover (Remix)
No Flex Zone (Remix)
Senile
Boss Ass Bitch (Remix/Freestyle)
Sugar (Remix)
Doin' It Well (Remix, plus it's the 2nd time she's did a verse over that LL Cool  J track)
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