11. Fly
Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna
2010 - Pink Friday

Favourite lyrics:
"Cause I am not a word, I am not a line
I am not a girl that can ever be defined
I am not fly, I am levitation
I represent an entire generation"




I REALLY REALLY REALLY wanted to find a place for this in my top 10 but the competition is so tough so it'll have to make do with #11. I know most people dislike this or just wanted more from a collaboration between Nicki and Rihanna but this is one of the best tracks in both artist's discographies for me. These are one of the first rap verses I learned off by heart and Rih completely delivers on the chorus. I'd love them to collab again though because we definitely deserved more from "Raining Men" on Loud.

COUNTDOWN

60. Give Me All Your Luvin' (Madonna feat. Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.)

59. Favorite (Nicki Minaj feat. Jeremih)

58. No Frauds (Nicki Minaj feat. Drake & Lil Wayne)

57. No Flex Zone (Remix) (Rae Sremmurd feat. Nicki Minaj & Pusha T)

56. Monster (Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver and Nicki Minaj)

55. Black Barbies

54. I Lied

53. All Things Go

52. Y.U. MAD (Birdman feat. Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne)

51. Till the World Ends (Remix) (Britney Spears feat. Kesha & Nicki Minaj)

50. Run Up (Major Lazer feat. PartyNextDoor & Nicki Minaj)

49. Roman Holiday

48. Rake It Up (Yo Gotti feat. Nicki Minaj)

47. You Da Baddest (Future feat. Nicki Minaj)

46. Pills N Potions

45. The Creep (Lonely Island feat. Nicki Minaj)

44. Buy a Heart (Nicki Minaj feat. Meek Mill)

43. Marilyn Monroe

42. Young Forever

41. Light My Body Up (David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne)

40. Love More (Chris Brown feat. Nicki Minaj)

39. Beauty and a Beat (Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj)

38. Knockout (Lil Wayne feat. Nicki Minaj)

37. Do You Mind (DJ Khaled feat. Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Jeremih, Future, August Alsina and Rick Ross)

36. Blazin' (Nicki Minaj feat. Kanye West)

35. Up In Flames

34. Freedom

33. Beez in the Trap (Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chainz)

32. Only (Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Wayne, Chris Brown & Drake)

31. No Love (Remix) (August Alsina feat. Nicki Minaj)

30. Dance (A$$) Remix (Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj)

29. Save Me

28. Dear Old Nicki

27. Right By My Side (Nicki Minaj feat. Chris Brown)

26. Get On Your Knees (Nicki Minaj feat. Ariana Grande)

25. Throw Sum Mo (Rae Sremmurd feat. Nicki Minaj)

24. High School (Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Wayne)

23. All Eyes On You (Meek Mill feat. Nicki Minaj & Chris Brown)

22. Your Love

21. Check It Out (will.i.am feat. Nicki Minaj)

20. I'm the Best

19. The Crying Game (Nicki Minaj feat. Jessie Ware)

18. Make Me Proud (Drake feat. Nicki Minaj)

17. Bottoms Up (Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj)

16. Right Thru Me

15. Pound the Alarm

14. Va Va Voom

13. Moment 4 Life (Nicki Minaj feat. Drake)

12. BedRock

11. Fly (Nicki Minaj feat. Rihanna)

 

and THEREFORE, the top 10 (in no particular order) is...

 

- Bang Bang

- Anaconda

- Turn Me On

- Super Bass

- Hey Mama

- Starships

- Side to Side

- Girls Fall Like Dominoes

- Flawless Remix

- Feeling Myself

 

Top 10 starting tomorrow hopefully!

 

Also just realised this but slay at David Guetta, Beyoncé & Ariana Grande all having two tracks in the top 10 *-*

Omg both Moment 4 Life and Bedrock are both massive jams :wub:

Omg both Moment 4 Life and Bedrock are both massive jams :wub:

Indeed, everything this high up is an 11/10 song tbh :wub:

 

Thanks for commenting Harry! :heart:

10. Starships
Nicki Minaj
2012 - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded

Favourite lyrics:
"And I ain’t paying my rent this month
I owe that"




This may come as a shock to some that her biggest hit to date just squeezes into the top 10 and it even surprises me a bit to be honest because this would've easily been #1 if I did this a couple of years back. It was my favourite Nicki song ever at the top and I was utterly obsessed with it. It remains one of her most fun tracks and a song that will get EVERYONE on the dance floor if played at a party. However, it does sound very dated now and is the track I go back to least in this top 10 so I can't really put it any higher as this is a 2017 countdown :heehee: :(

09. Bang Bang
Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
2014 - Sweet Talker/My Everything

Favourite lyrics:
"Queen Nicki dominant, prominent
It's me, Jessie, and Ari
If they test me they sorry"




Another one of Nicki's biggest hits dropping out now and it's pretty much impossible to split these up now at this stage in the countdown. This could just as easily be #1 really but it's going to have to settle for #9 today :lol: It's just a massive pop banger, everyone does a great job on it, they all sound great, they all look great in the video, the live performances of it were amazing. It's just one of those songs that is a perfect pop package and Nicki's verse is like the cherry on top to make it that little bit better :wub:

Just caught up - glad to see that 'Moment 4 Life' has risen in your affections over time! It will be hard for Nicki to ever top that beauty for me :wub:

Slightly surprised at those two appearing towards the bottom of your top ten but there are some excellent tracks still to come! Hope a Bey track can slay its way to the top :cheer:

The Nicki Rap in Bang Bang is great honestly my favourite part of the song (even if the rest is alright)

 

I am shook at Starships at just 10 you utter HEATHEN :kink: I adore it but glad it reached top 10 in the end.

Just caught up - glad to see that 'Moment 4 Life' has risen in your affections over time! It will be hard for Nicki to ever top that beauty for me :wub:

It is really rather gorgeous :wub:

 

Thanks for reading through and commenting, Jade !! :heart:

 

Slightly surprised at those two appearing towards the bottom of your top ten but there are some excellent tracks still to come! Hope a Bey track can slay its way to the top :cheer:

It became so tough to order them when I got this far through the countdown :( They're all 11/10 tracks at this stage so it's a bit difficult to pick an absolute favourite :cry: :lol:

 

Thanks for commenting Theo!! :wub:

 

The Nicki Rap in Bang Bang is great honestly my favourite part of the song (even if the rest is alright)

 

I am shook at Starships at just 10 you utter HEATHEN :kink: I adore it but glad it reached top 10 in the end.

Definitely agree with you on Bang Bang, the rest is catchy but it doesn't peak until Nicki's verse :wub:

 

I couldn't NOT put it in my top 10 after it being my favourite Nicki song ever for quite some time. I think it'll only continue to drop in my rankings over time though :(

 

Thanks for commenting Harry! :heart:

08. Side to Side
Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj
2016 - Dangerous Woman

Favourite lyrics:
"Wrist icicle, ride dick bicycle
Come true yo, get you this type of blow
If you wanna menage I got a tricycle"




I remember listening to Dangerous Woman (the album) for the first time and being completely stunned that this wasn't one of the pre-album singles. Fortunately, it was picked as a single a bit later in the campaign, given a fantastic sex/fun video and smashed worldwide like I knew it would :wub: This sultry sort of sound is when I like Ariana the best (tracks like this and "Love Me Harder" for example) and she sounds fantastic on it and the Nicki addition works so well too. This is one of my favourite Nicki videos ever too, the only reason this isn't higher is because it's just a bit too recent in comparison to what is to come...

07. Hey Mama
David Guetta feat. Afrojack, Bebe Rexha, Nicki Minaj
2015 - Listen

Favourite lyrics:
"None of them bitches ain't taking you,
Just tell them to make a U"




I always see this get a fair bit of hate online which I think is a massive shame because it is an absolute banger. The Nicki parts are easily the best but Bebe provides a catchy chorus and the production is top-notch too. There's a lot to like about this in my opinion and it was a big smash hit thankfully so I'm not really sure why this gets so much hate. It's not my absolute favourite Guetta & Nicki collaboration but it goes OFF when played at parties/on a night out and is pretty much the definition of a banger. Hope they do yet another collab in the future :wub:

06. Turn Me On
David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
2011 - Nothing But the Beat

Favourite lyrics:
"don't let me die young
I just want you to father my young
I just want you to be my doctor
We could get it crackin' chiropractor"




I pretty much can't even split up my top six here so take these all as joint #1 pretty much, they're all some of my favourite songs of all time. This seems a little forgotten nowadays in comparison to Guetta's other bigger hits from around the same time which a huge injustice in my opinion as it is easily my favourite of the lot. It's dance-pop at its absolute best and one of Nicki's catchiest tunes in her entire discography. I've always liked the little rap segment lots too so just thought I'd give a shout out to that, especially how it transitions back into the chorus :wub:

Three uttter bangers in a row :wub:

Hey Mama is amazing. Side to Side pretty awesome too, definitely the song that re-sold me on Ariana after kinda going off her after her one shining moment with Problem. Turn Me On also fun and one I've been revisiting this year post-Light My Body Up. As for #9 I don't really think I have anything more I can say there :P ...at least Jessie J is for once wearing a single flattering outfit in it (the first one). The less said about that weird apron minidress get-up at the end though the better.

Three uttter bangers in a row :wub:

I know right, all of them are proper party tunes :music:

 

Thanks Harry!

 

Hey Mama is amazing. Side to Side pretty awesome too, definitely the song that re-sold me on Ariana after kinda going off her after her one shining moment with Problem. Turn Me On also fun and one I've been revisiting this year post-Light My Body Up. As for #9 I don't really think I have anything more I can say there :P ...at least Jessie J is for once wearing a single flattering outfit in it (the first one). The less said about that weird apron minidress get-up at the end though the better.

Problem is one of my least favourite Ariana singles actually :o But I agree that this is definitely one of her best (my other big fave is Love Me Harder as mentioned in my commentary :wub:).

 

Poor Jessie J :lol: She always gets so much hate online but I actually really enjoyed her first three albums/eras a lot, can't say the same for all of these awful buzz singles she's been putting out this year :drama:

 

Thanks for commenting Jupiter!!

05. Feeling Myself
Nicki Minaj feat. Beyoncé
2014 - The Pinkprint

Favourite lyrics:
"Stingin' with the Queen Bey and we be whippin' all of that D
'Cause we dope girls we flawless, we the poster girls for all this
We run around with them ballers, only real ni**as in my call list
I'm the big kahuna, go let them whores know
Just on this song alone, bitch is on her fourth flow"




I discussed this a bit in the Track of the Week thread and how much I adore Bey/Nicki as a team but I think that this is just slightly lower in my affections even though I absolutely adore both collaborations. This is fierce, fun, catchy, the raps are AMAZING, the hook is so much fun, it's perfect for parties/pre-drinks etc. There's not much to say about this apart from what a BANGER and I really hope we get more collaborations from them in the future :wub:

Gutted at the video STILL being a Tidal only exclusive tho...

04. Flawless Remix
Beyoncé feat. Nicki Minaj
2014 - BEYONCÉ

Favourite lyrics:
"I confess, I woke up like this
All this drank in my cup like this
All this ass on that flawless dick
Instagram another flawless pic"




There's not much to be said about this that I didn't already say in my TOTW write-up but the same commentary for Feeling Myself basically applies here too. I think I just slightly prefer the chorus of this so it nabs a spot one place higher on the countdown.

:o Girls Fall Like Dominoes vs. Anaconda vs. Super Bass :o

'Anaconda' to win!