it's all madonna's fault

Nicki Minaj at the Today Show

When did making it big as a female vocalist become more about crazy fashion and less about actually being able to sing? I'm blaming Madonna for starting all this. Oh, it's not that Madonna can't sing, but put her up against chops like Aretha and you'd find her vocal chords up-chucking a white flag faster than grass through a goose.

Maybe that's why I find Adele so refreshing. She doesn't have to gyrate her crotch like a tilt-a-whirl, she just stands behind a microphone and tells a story with that gorgeous voice of hers. No laser light show, no lip-sync, no shirtless male dancers...just an incredible voice and ability...and I love that!

Which brings me to Nicki Minaj. Good grief. She actually admitted to Matt Lauer on the Today Show that she told "HER STYLIST" that she was tired of all the color...that she felt more like wearing black now. First of all, who is her stylist? Stevie Wonder? And second of all, would she have gotten this far if she didn't always look so looney? My guess is no. And that goes for Britney Spears, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Fergie, Katy Perry etc. All of them with a modicum of talent and a crap load of schtick.

Don't you just want to tap her on the shoulder and say. "Psst...they're called pants. P-A-N-T-S. Have someone look into that for you". Or better yet, just rope off a city block around her as a bio hazard, cause if those tiger tights give up the fight on her thighs...yea...that's going to be a heck of a mess to clean up.

Styled for Nicki Minaj by Miss Bea Heyvin