Nikki Minaj's new video " Lookin Ass N!&&a" < The Rap Edition

I usually don't pay attention to a lot of mainstream stuff these days, but this was all over my feed. Apparently Nikki Minaj used the vigilant Malcolm X pic (where he's looking out the window with his gun in one hand and he's peeping through the curtains) for the title of her latest single.

I was very irritated about it to say the least. My first reaction was to say that she has definitely said some questionable stuff in the past (the Silly Hoe song comes to mind), so what do we expect to happen this time. I couldn't help but ask myself why things like this keep happening, especially when it comes to Black people. I think I figured out why. It's because we have been told to look toward the future and forget about the past. This has been drilled into the American psyche for many many years, and has been beaten over the heads of Blacks especially. This is why people fight so hard to look into the future and not really pay attention to the past. Its why people say, " It's (insert year here) and this mess is still going on?!" as if the calendar year really makes a difference when people have fought so hard to not learn from the past in the first place.  That being said, I'd like to bring your attention to the video attached to the image:

If I do say so myself, it's very provocative. She makes sure to show off her curves which definitely lend themselves to the title of the song. But here's where it gets interesting. After you finish looking at the video, turn the sound back on guys (jk) and listen to the lyrics.

My first reaction to listening to the lyrics was, "Shots fired".  She called out a looooot of guys in this video. It reminded me of that Boondocks scene where Riley was the king of his candy empire and he called out his competition. For those who don't remember, I'ma just let you watch it again.

If you can't see the videos, I'm just going to sum it up by saying I think she pulled a drive by on certain men.  It isn't like  me to revel in this sort of thing but after listening to her lyrics all I could do is 

I remember how TLC's Scrubs had men losing their minds, and women were dancing on their faces. I didn't pay the whole thing any mind. I just shrugged it off and continued on my way. For some reason, this feels a bit different.

Now that I've got that out of my system. I'm tryna find out what kind of dialogue this is going to bring. Will people see her lyrics for what they are?  Will people break the lyrics down address and examine them? And at the very least, who is going to come out with a song to counter that?  I hope the former happens before the latter, however something tells me the latter may happen first. We'll see.

Wait a minute, I didn't say I was going to go out and buy her album on the strength of her single though. I still stand on how I feel about her material in general, I'm just curious as to how this will turn out. Would it get buried or will something come out of it?