February 16, 201114 yr I do agree with the above comments, and I love Nicki, but I had a good laugh at that cover. Barbie Nicki in the background without her head :L lol. I didn't even notice that! :blink:
February 16, 201114 yr Author lol. I didn't even notice that! :blink: lol that's the main part?! (plus why it's causing controversy etc.)...along with the blood covered head at the front.
February 16, 201114 yr wow so much second hand embarrassment for lil kim. she's becoming all sorts of desperate lately
February 17, 201114 yr I'm so embarrased for Lil Kim and I used to love her. 'Lighters Up' was a TUNE. She's just a bitter old hag who's jealous she never got half of the success Nicki's getting :(.
February 17, 201114 yr Kim initiated the attack. She shouldn't be surprised Nicki responded the way she did. Daft bitch. WHOA THAT BITCH MAD I TOOK THE SPOT? WELL BITCH IF YOU AINT $h!tTIN' THEN GET OFF THE POT.
February 17, 201114 yr this album is very inconsistent. Some big tracks on there but also some obvious fillers.
February 17, 201114 yr If Kim wanted to prove something, this video certainly DID NOT. bOz5ZP5mnZk This tells me DESPERATE.
February 17, 201114 yr That would be epic. Although truely gutted no more colabs for the next 2 years :( Hope she's just over-exadurating!
February 17, 201114 yr I would LOVE Nicki/Britney collab! :D Except, "No collabs for the next two years!?!" :blink: She can't be serious! :o
February 17, 201114 yr Author To be fair, I'm sure she said a while back that there wouldn't be many collabs on the album and there ended up being quiiite a few anyway! I need more Nicki features in my life!
February 22, 201114 yr That Grape Juice: Hey Kim, it’s great to finally speak with you! How are you? Kim: Hey I am fine. How are you? That Grape Juice: We’re doing fine as well. Thanks for asking. Jumping straight into things… You released your ‘Black Friday’ mixtape to much fanfare this week. What was the inspiration behind this project? Kim: The inspiration behind the project was just (that I have been) long over due to do a mixtape. This is how I feel. My fans deserved it; they have been asking me “when are we going to get some new music?”. It was all about getting new music out and doing a mixtape that I hadn’t done in a long time. It was something for the fans and the inspiration for the song {pause} well you know that {giggles}. That Grape Juice: Needless to say, you’ve used the mixtape to address the Nicki Minaj situation. Are you now officially over the beef? Kim: Well the song definitely came about because of the situation with her and – in answer to your question – enough was enough. It just had to stop all of the craziness; all of the lies; all of the foolery. She knows what she did. That Grape Juice: Nicki has yet to respond. Why do you think that is? Kim: She’s responded in certain ways…if she doesn’t respond I really don’t care. That Grape Juice: No stranger to controversy, you hit headlines this week over your claim that ‘Black Friday’ had sold 113k copies in 28 hours. However, some people said that PayPal doesn’t provide sales information. How exactly did you find out about those numbers? Kim: Well you’re always going to have haters so I don’t know why people are so concerned with what I’m doing. My thing is just all about music. If everyone is so concerned with what I’m moving and with what I’m earning, then they really have way to much time on their hands and that means they have nothing else to do with there life. I’m over here being me so be happy for me. At the end of the day I don’t knock nobody else’s hustle and nobody else’s dues so don’t knock mine; don’t knock what I’m doing. I’m doing what I got to do. I don’t care what nobody else think. That Grape Juice: Moving on… That Grape Juice: You recently said that you are now in full control of your career. Does that mean that you are not signed to a label? Kim: What people don’t even understand is that I’ve been independent for a long time now. I’ve been independent for about 5 years now. As soon as I came out of prison the Atlantic situation was basically done. I was on my own for a long time. Atlantic haven’t helped me with anything in about 7 or 8 years so they have absolutely nothing to do with my music career at all. Period. Everything you see me do I use my own money to do it; I’ve been my own boss. The other girl she may answer to her own boss but I am my own boss. She probably gets checques cut to her but I cut my own cheques. I’m whole different grind; a whole different level you know what I mean? I’m independent, as to where she might have a whole building behind her and probably a lot more investments behind her. Eventually I will get there and go pass and beyond her in that situation and I just think me taking this route is a very mature thing do. It’s also something that a lot of artists aren’t able to do, so I pat myself on the back. That Grape Juice: If a major record label did approach you, is it something you would consider at this particular point or are you content to with going it alone? Kim: Definitely I would consider being partners. I definitely wouldn’t go in to the same type of situation I just came out of. No no no! I fought long and hard to just to get out the last situation with my record company so I would never go into the same situation. It would definitely still be independent but I’m defiantly open to doing partnership with other record companies. That Grape Juice: Your ‘Naked Truth’ album received a lot of critical acclaim and a record 5 mics from The Source. However, the editor recently reportedly stated that he hasn’t liked any of the songs you released in the last 5 years. What is your response to that? Kim: My response to that is first of all, I never heard him say that so I don’t know who said that and I have heard it. How he was to produce that information I wouldn’t really care because he ain’t putting a dime in my pocket if that is true. I’m not really going to respond to it because I really don’t know if it’s true, you know what I mean? When I hear him say that then I will respond publicly. If someone was to even make that statement- I mean I haven’t released a single in years at all so I don’t know what he is talking about and quite frankly I really don’t care if that was said. That Grape Juice: Looking forward, what can we expect from your forthcoming studio album as far as the producers, sound, title and the release date? Kim: The project is moving great, I really love the singles that I have and I can’t wait to release them and work on my next album. That Grape Juice: We heard something about you potentially working with Dr. Dre and things of that nature. Is there anyone you can share? Kim: I’ve already worked with Dr. Dre I’m on his ‘Detox’ album where we have a great song together and in return he will be on mine. That Grape Juice: What about Polow The Don? Kim: I don’t know. Maybe, maybe not who knows. Timbaland definitely but who knows. I have a lot of music that aren’t with a lot of name brand producers but then I also have music that is with named brand producers. I have a couple of songs with Wyclef, and Timbland and I are definitely going to do something together. I’ve also worked with Akon and a couple of others but who knows what makes the album as the last cut. That Grape Juice: Will any of the material you wrote while you were incarcerated make the cut? Kim: I mean I used stuff that I thought about and wrote about in prison… so who knows. That Grape Juice: What do you think your stint in prison taught you? Kim: It taught me a lot of things. I actually have a book coming solely about my stay in prison. It’s called ‘The Price of Loyalty’ and it’s with Saint Martins Book Press. It will probably be coming out sometime next year after or before my album drops. I’m really not sure when we will release it because we’re still in the writing process. So you will find out a lot of things I’ve learned in that book. That Grape Juice: Which 3 artists out today would you most like to work with? Kim: There are more than 3 artist I would most like to work with that are new but and I won’t say because I like to surprise my fans. Hopefully I am able to work with them. I won’t say until I get a chance to work with them. That Grape Juice: You’ve been in the game for over 15 years. What advice would you give to young artists who wish to have a career as long and successful as yours? Kim: I don’t know. All I can say is be real, be who you are and be creative. Have your own style, come into the game with your own creativity but if that doesn’t work for you then do me because it’s proven it been to work. That Grape Juice: Throughout your career you, as well as many other female rappers, have endured strong criticism that you’ve used sex to sell records. Do you think that you’ve finally reached a stage where the focus could be entirely on your music? Kim: I don’t think that’s ever happened. Even the chick that’s out now is still focused on the sex part of it. That’s always going to be apart of it. I don’t see where the focus is just about the music. There’s always going to be a combination somewhat. That Grape Juice: The Grammy Awards removed the category for Best Female Rap Solo Performance because of a lack of notable content from female MCs. Do you think that female rappers will ever be able to reestablish their positions at the Grammys? Kim: I don’t care about what other female rappers are doing! I already know I will be acknowledged because I’m something different and I don’t call myself a rapper; I call myself an entertainer. I’m a superstar; a megastar. I do all types of things and I have all types of talents. So don’t really know about that question. BET were the first to do it. I know I’m one of the major reasons why the game is so sexy. It’s almost like females that are in the game like myself, Eve, Missy [Elliott]and all of them, we sold way more records then a lot of these guys have in the industry so to do that its just quite disrespectful and a slap in the face. That Grape Juice: You recently spoke out about your disappointment with Diddy. Do you see yourself ever patching things up with him or even Foxy Brown? Kim: I don’t even need to answer that question. What’s the next question? {giggles} That Grape Juice: When the dust has settled how does Lil Kim want to be remembered? Kim: That a question I probably won’t answer either. I heard the other chick say something about “Kim will go down as a sore loser instead of the queen”. I will never go down anywhere; the queen will live on forever. It’s not my ordeal to go down; it’s my ordeal to live on. That Grape Juice: Thank you so much for your time Kim. Best of luck with everything and we hope to speak to you again soon. Kim: Thank you. Bye. O dear.
February 23, 201114 yr LOOOLs for real I don't like Lil Kim and think the only song I ever did like of hers was 'Lighters Up' but that cover is hilarious.
February 27, 201114 yr Im sorry but Lil Kim is amazing. Obviously shes quite clearly bitterly jealous right now. But when Nicki can make something as BRILLIANT as 'The Jump Off' I may write off Kim. ORIGINAL QUEEN!
March 11, 201114 yr Author SUPER BASS IS GETTING A VIDEO. Seriously excited. Behind the scenes: dE44TltWiVQ
March 11, 201114 yr Awesome! But I'm confused now. Super Bass is gettng a video. Fly has already had a video filmed (apparently). A radio station I listen to has playlisted Girls Fall Like Dominoes. Did It On 'Em has just entered the Hot 100. I'm so confused. :(
March 11, 201114 yr it pains me every time she makes a video for songs that aren't roman's revenge, save me and here i am :(
March 11, 201114 yr Author Awesome! But I'm confused now. Super Bass is gettng a video. Fly has already had a video filmed (apparently). A radio station I listen to has playlisted Girls Fall Like Dominoes. Did It On 'Em has just entered the Hot 100. I'm so confused. :( Well she has said that she wants to make videos for as many as possible, I'm not sure they'll all be singles. 'Did It On 'Em' might be charting because of Lil' Kim's 'Pissin On 'Em'? Not sure.
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