REVIEWS
"Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded” by Nicki Minaj
ALBUM REVIEW
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Release Date; Apr. 3, 2012
If you like: Kanye West, Rlhanna
Notable songs: Starships, Pound the Alarm, Marilyn Monroe
Nicki Minaj has been a star fa quite some time, getting '‘50k for a verse, no album out” in
Nov. 2010. With the release of her second album, “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,” Minaj is
reeling in even more money and with (mostly) good reason. TTie album seems to be divided
into three parts: part one — Nicki being scary with her hard core rapping as Roman. If you
liked her Roman personality on the first album, you’ll like this part, otherwise, skip it. The rest
of the album is a little more bearable. Part two - Nicki being lively. This section starts w/ith
“Right by my Side,” a song that is much more soulful and far less scary than all her previous
material on the album. She has several songs with good dance beats and some dubstep,
including “Starships” and “Pound the Alarm,” both of which are strong songs for Minaj. Part
three - Nicki being sappy This starts with “Marilyn Monroe,” which is also strong and a little
more personal for Minaj, but the album gets a little sappier from there. Overall, the more solid
tracks on Minaj’s album balance out the bizarre and annoying qualities of part one and the
overly sentimental and overdone nature of part three. kz ix . ^
Mary Kate Brogan
Journalism & Computer Science
UPCOMING MOVIE BLOCKBUSTER
'The Five-Year Engagement
“The Five-Year Engagement” is an R-rated
comedy directed by “Forgetting Sarah
Marshall’s” Nicholas Stroller and produced
by the “40 Year Old Virgin’s” Judd Apatow
and “Get Him to the Greek’s” Rodney
Rotham. The movie stars Jason Segal
and Emily Blunt. The film follows an
engaged couple and their ups and downs
as they try to make their wedding a reality.
In theaters April 27.
Megan Porte
Strategic Communication:
UPCOMING MOVIE BLOCKBUSTER
"The Avengers”
Marvel’s “The Avengers” is what direc
tor Joss Whedon calls an “old fash
ioned” and “bigger than life” summer
movie. An international peacekeeping
agency travels the globe to recruit
super humans to save the world from
disaster The classic science fiction
team of superheroes includes stars
such as Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett
Johansson and Robert Downey Jr In
theaters May 4.
Megan Porter
Strategic Communications
SOME
NIGHTS
"Some Nighbs” by Fun.
ALBUM REVIEW
Release Date: Feb. 21,2012
If you like: Mika, Queen, Glee
Notable songs: We Are Young (feat.
Janelle Monae), Some Nights, Carry On,
Out on the Town (bonus track)
I doubt there is a person on Eton's
campus that hasn’t heard “We Are
Young” in some capacity.
But if you haven’t, both
I “We Are Young” and the
album built around it are
surprisingly profound and
obviously cheery — after
all, the band’s name is Fun. The band’s
sophomore album, “Some Nights,” may
t:e a little too obnoxiously pop-y at points
and it has its lulls, but most of the songs
are incredibly catchy with meaningful
and occasionally pretty personal lyrics.
The album crosses genres between
pop, alternative and rock, but it pretty
consistently sounds like Glee, except with
original lyrics and a little more autotuning.
One lyric from “Carry On” is particularly
representative of Fun: “No one’s ever
gonna stop us now.” No one's stopping
them in their rise to glory. Check out the
album, and be on the lookout: I would
definitely expect some more fun from
Mary Kate Brogan
Journalism & Computer Science