Nicki Minaj and Big Sean Do a Little 'Dance (A$$)' [Remix]

Nicki Minaj is, without question, the biggest female in hip-hop at the moment, and until Missy Elliott returns this isn't likely to change any time soon. Not if the Young Money rapper keeps letting loose the kind of head-turning, eye-popping brilliance she has done as a featured artist, most notably on Kanye West's single "Monster," where she showed up Jay-Z, Rick Ross, and 'Ye himself...and that's maybe an Eminem and a Lil' Wayne short of the rap pantheon. As Minaj released her solo debut Pink Friday and became a success as a solo artist with Hot 100 number three hit "Super Bass," I worried a bit that her feature days were perhaps over as we knew them, and since I was more impressed by those than her solo efforts, that would have been disappointing.

Two Big Bad Wolves

Now, thanks to rising star Big Sean, I need worry no more.


Considering how bowled over I was by Big Sean back when I heard him on Mike Posner's then soon-to-be-hit "Cooler Than Me," his subsequent success is not in the least surprising. His debut album Finally Famous peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and the first two singles hit numbers 30 and 32 on the Hot 100 and hit the peak of the Billboard Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts, respectively. His third single is light years beyond the previous, though, because Big Sean now has two new things: the confidence and legitimacy of a successful new artist, and Nicki Minaj.

On the single-release remix to Finally Famous track "Dance (A$$)" the Trinidadian emcee drops her best verse since "Monster" and definitely the dirtiest of her mainstream or crossover rhymes. It's fantastic. It's so fantastic I've typed it out and included it below, with annotation like the last time I discussed Nicki Minaj at length.

Wobbledy wobble, wuh wuh wobble, wobbin

Ass so fat, all these bitches’ pussies is throbbin’

Bad bitches, I’m your leader, phantom by the meter

Somebody point me to the best ass eater.

Tell him “Pussy clean!” I tell him “Pussy squeaky!”

Niggas give me brain ’cause all of them niggas geeky

If he got a mandingoⁱ, then I buy him a dashikiⁱⁱ

And bust this pussy open in the islands of Waikikiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii…

*breath*

Kiss my ass and my anus, ’cause it’s finally famous
And it’s finally so, yeah, it’s finally solved!
I don’t know, man, guess them ass shots were off!
Bitches ain’t poppin’, Google, my ass
Only time you on the net is when you Google my ass
You fuckin’ little whores, fuckin’ up my decors
Couldn’t get Michael Korsⁱⁱⁱ 
 if you was fuckin’ Michael Kors
Big Sean, boy, how big is you?
Gimme all yo money and gimme all yo residuals
Then slap it on my ass, ass, ass…

i A member of a particular linguistic group in Western Africa; slang for penis

ii West African men's garment that looks like this

iii High-end women's fashion designer and judge on Project Runway

The rest of the song is pretty decent but honestly I usually just skip right to around 1:15 to catch Minaj's entrance and play it out from there. There's even a video that's so low-budget it makes Katy Perry's pre-fame Barbie-inhabited "UR So Gay" clip look like Avatar. It has a lot of Nicki Minaj, though, which is usually enough in any area, and Big Sean occasionally reveals himself to be someone who isn't terribly unpleasant to look at. What more could you ask?

And here it is.