Bad For You Nicki Minaj [portable] | 100% Genuine |
Meek Mill opens with, "I get a lot of support from women that I never met / But the only one I want is the one that I haven't got yet."
On the surface, it’s a sultry, R&B-tinged power ballad. It is slow, sensual, and produced by the legendary Hit-Boy. It sounds like falling in love on a summer night.
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Here is why "Bad for You" is the most dangerously honest song on the album. There is a massive disconnect between the piano melody and what Nicki is actually rapping.
Look at the pre-chorus: "I know you wanna wife me / But I'm not the right type / You might wanna swipe left." She literally swipes left on marriage in a song that sounds like a wedding first dance. Nicki is warning the listener: I will ruin your credit, your sleep schedule, and your peace of mind, but you will thank me for it. bad for you nicki minaj
So, is it bad for you? Yes. But as Nicki would say... "So what?"
There is a specific power in Nicki’s delivery. For the first half of her career, she rapped about being the side chick or the boss. Here, she raps about being the danger . Meek Mill opens with, "I get a lot
In hindsight, that wasn't ego. That was a warning label. Meek was the guy who thought he could handle the "bad girl," and we all saw how that turned out on Twitter in 2017. So, is "Bad for You" a "toxic" song? Yes. Is it bad for us to listen to it on repeat? Absolutely not.