Nicki Minaj

This was my first large-venue concert. I was skeptical at first because I've grown used to the small places in the PNW, but it's Nicki and she's in my hometown so of course it's worth it. She's not gonna be doing a show at some hipster coffee place.

4 stars. Nicki is amazing. She fixed a girl's nip slip without embarrassing about it. She gave us all life advice. She did most of the songs off the Pinkprint. Some were full length songs and some were just 1-2 minute snippets. Some people weren't happy about that, but honestly I think the snippets were totally fine. The song usually repeats anyways and 1-2 minutes of it gets to the point. She really maximized the amount of songs by doing that. The second half of the show she mostly did lines from songs she's been featured in and pop quizzed the audience. She brought out Rae Sremmurd for Thro Sum Mo', which was actually pretty fun, and ended on a high note...Starships/The Night is Still Young. TL;DR, she's a frigging peach.

The opening acts were pretty good. Tinashe was great, Rae Sremmurd isn't my thing but they got the crowd hyped. Maybe it's because I missed most of Tinashe and she went first, but I don't recall ever seeing Dej Loaf. Oh well. What kind of sucked is that the opening acts weren't displayed on the two side screens, so I really had no idea what was going on.

Some semi negative things were the venue. I mean, it was great that there was free parking, but it was kind of messy. No safe walkways for pedestrians walking from lot to the ampitheatre. Also, the guy in front of me kept lighting up. If you don't like the smell of weed and cigs, don't go. Another thing I didn't like was Meek Mill doing his set right in the middle of Nicki's set. I screamed a lot of stuff about Drake during that time. Fight me.

Overall, Queen Onika 4 Life.

The Nicki Minaj show In Chula Vista, California was amazing!
I saw the "same" show at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in late June. Rumor on the block was that the show at Staples Center was toned down due to it being a concert surrounding The BET Awards Weekend Events. The word on the street was TRUE.
Nicki's performance at the outdoor venue outside of San Diego was more than fun and fantastic, it was breath-taking and jaw-dropping.
Nicki had an electric energy that just filled you with awe. Her smile was alive, contagious, and sweet.
I found myself entertained by her silly antics when reverting back to songs from the beginning of her hip hop plight. Then the Mood changed to an upbeat dance tempo, and I found myself jumping up and down, and singing every word to her recent hit, 'Truffle Butter' from the most recent "Pink Print" album. More emotion was pulled from me when I found myself fighting back tears during her latest love ballad, 'Grand Piano'.
With countless hit records, and her sensational stage presence, Lil Wayne knew she was a star in the making when he heard her mixtape in 2009.
Nicki, I will never forget the musical talent you expressed that mid-August night at the Sleeptrain Amphitheater in Chula Vista, California. It was definitely, 'A MOMENT 4 LIFE' that I will never forget!

Three minor questions though:
1) Where was the costume with the feathered headdress that you promoted for the tour?
2) Where was Trey Songs?
3) Why Meek Mill???

Still LOVE YOU though Nicki!!!!

Nikki Renee
Moorpark, CA
August 2015

'Can’t you hear that boom, badoom, boom boom, badoom, boom bass’…if you can’t then you’re missing out! Nicki Minaj’s catch pop rap tunes are sure to get you dancing and in the mood for a party, even just on recordings, let alone live.

It’s difficult to go too far without hearing on of Minaj’s incredibly successful tracks blasting out, which isn’t surprising since she became the first female artist to have seven singles simultaneously charting on the Billboard Hot 100.

Her sometimes-questionable language is pushed aside out of question by her extravagant costume and staging choices. Her ‘Pink Friday’ tour saw the show opening to a neon lit throne out of which Minaj bounces energetically, buzzing to begin her performance.

The energy she radiates is undeniable, and her enthusiasm permeates into the crowd with her infectious smile reaching even the most reluctant audience members. Her performances are all about having fun, having a good time, and consequently, the audience thoroughly enjoy themselves, jumping along to the well known songs of the moment.

Minaj has a reputation for her wild side, bringing chaos to many shows, but her music enables this flamboyant nature to function positively in a performance environment, engaging and catering for an audience who just want to have a great time…something it seems she can guarantee!

It's only mid-March and I can already state without a doubt this was the worst show of the year!

Ms Minaj didn't sing. Didn't even try to lip-sync. Over the entire concert she probably pretended to lip-sync 4 or 5 minutes, not more.

In between she actually muttered/wrapped a couple of sentences, rather annoyingly interrupting and asking some stupid “put your hands up” deejay to play another song.

She invited 5 other artists on stage, but each left a sub-par impression, wrapping a handful of sentences, no passion whatsoever, then strutting or dancing around the stage.

Usually when life singing is not an artist's strong suit, they try to put on a bit of a show. While Nicki’s show started promising with a unicorn background, there really was no follow-up. Quite a boring affair.

She arrived late on stage and there were annoyingly long breaks in between. There was no flow at all. Not sure if that was because she was stoned (like in her Brussels’ show the week before) or whether she totally didn’t care.

Summary: worst show of the year. Only positives were that the tickets were half-priced, and at least the audience tried to sing a bit.

Nicki Minaj. A global superstar who has risen from the underground via Young Money in a relatively short amount of time yet has been continuously writing, releasing and collaborating with huge acts in the industry.

Her live show is now a melange of theatrics, freestyle and character driven acts as she often teeters between her hip-hop routes for the likes of covers by 2 Chainz and Gyptian to the alter-ego Roman as she plays 'Roman Reloaded' and 'Roman Holiday'.

She has also features a number of worldwide hit singles with her own brand of dance/pop so one act is made up of 'Turn Me On', 'Pound The Alarm' and 'Superbass' which makes for mass dance-along in her audience. Remaining continuously charismatic throughout her long set, Nicki completes detailed choreographed routines with her dancers and wows the audiences with her freestyle ability.

There is a good balance in her sets between the material that has made her a household name ('Starships', 'Right Thru Me') with the material that first gained her attention from the underground scene ('Itty Bitty Piggy', 'Freedom'). Despite the diva reputation, Nicki is an artist dedicated to her music.

The show was great, it was a delight to see the queen of hip hop live! Nicki was awesome on stage, very energetic, showing off all of her talent and with a very good connection to her fans (she even got two persons from the public on stage). I was screaming and dancing all along the show and had a great time.
However, I -as a big fan- was a little bit disappointed on the following points: Trigga's show was a little bit too long and Nicki's one was too short. Nicki sang for 1 hour 40 mins, but she didn't sing some hits that I would have liked to hear and would have been perfect to make a 2 hour long show, such as HOV Lane, I Am Your Leader, Four Door Aventador, Bed Of Lies, and Get On Your Knees. I admit that as I left the building I didn't feel 100% satisfied, I wanted more Nicki!

I think that the show was great and very spectacular, but it was the exact same as every other show of this tour. I was expecting something more personal, that only us would get to experience, not only changing her lyrics to "Belgium won't you save me" which was already so sweet, but we know that she does the same everywhere else. Also the crowd honestly wasn't the best. I wanted to jump and shout all the time but I always was alone. The people around were so still and kind of disrespectful during the opening act and during Juice WRLD's performance, they could've at least showed a bit of interest even if they don't like their music. But Nicki was extraordinary as she has always been, even if she was 1 hour late it was worth it.

Nicki Minaj 'The PinkPrint Tour' at the hydro arena GLASGOW on April 12th 2014 was amazing, a night to remember. nicki Minaj performance was fantastic, the fans were going crazy for her. She is an excellent entertainer, I've seen her once before when she hosted the mtv ema music awards at the hydro also and she couldn't have done a better job. Love her!! Hope to see her again next year!!

Well I didn't go because I don't have money to pay the tickets and I'm so sad plus I was my lip cux birthday party and I couldn't go and I was on tears and I just ice Nicki minaj so much onika Tanya miraj u are my inspiration to sing and write songs I love u and I hope one day I will be like u and be a superhero and superstars I LOVE U NICKI MINAJ

Loved it the atmosphere was amazing Nicki was amazing and we enjoyed Trey Songz too. I cannot wait until she is back. The que was long but moved quickly and we were standing and had enough space once we'd moved to the side. She performed my favroite songs and really entertained everyone. Excellent night xx