Stupid Hoe

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"Stupid Hoe"
Promotional single by Nicki Minaj
from the album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
A-side"Starships"
ReleasedDecember 20, 2011 (2011-12-20)
Recorded2011
Genre
Length3:16
LabelCash Money
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)DJ Diamond Kuts

"Stupid Hoe" is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj. The song was written by Minaj and DJ Diamond Kuts, the latter of which handled the production. It was released through Cash Money Records on December 20, 2011, from Minaj's second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), two weeks after the release of the album's first promotional single "Roman in Moscow".[2]

Following the release of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, critics suggested that the track may have contained attacks directed at Lil' Kim due to many of the song's derogatory lyrics.[3] Kim later suggested in an interview with 105's Breakfast Club that the song "Automatic" was similar to her unreleased material, also calling Minaj "obnoxious and catty".[4]

An accompanying music video for the song was shot and directed by

Hot 100
at number 81. After the video's release, the song peaked at number 59.

Background and composition

"Stupid Hoe"
An 18 second sample of the song's chorus.
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"Stupid Hoe" is described as an anthem to Minaj's female haters.

Birdman.[5]

Critical reception

diss track, Robbie Daw complimented Minaj's "rhyming acrobatics" as "interesting" and joked about daring to call the song "cute".[12] Erika Ramirez of Billboard gave the song a positive review, comparing it to Minaj's previous mixtape sounds such as "I Get Crazy".[9]

Michael Cragg of

VIBE Vixen negatively described the song as "just plain... stupid", when compared to stronger tracks such as "Monster" and the Eminem-assisted "Roman's Revenge".[14]

Music video

Background and synopsis

The music video for "Stupid Hoe" was directed by Hype Williams[15][16] and shot on December 19 and 20, 2011. It was released via Minaj's Vevo on January 20, 2012.[17] Prior to the video's release, Minaj revealed via Twitter that the video's premiere should be viewed in its explicit form, stating "Can't premiere on a network b/c its important that my art is not tampered with, or compromised prior to you viewing it for the 1st time."[18] Minaj's longtime partner and hype man Safaree Samuels, also known as S.B., appears in the video,[5][19] wearing a shirt promoting Minaj's second album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded with its original release date February 14, 2012.

Minaj, closed in a cage, dressed in leopard style in the music video, after transforming. This was inspired by Shakira's appearance in the music video for "She Wolf".

The video begins with a close-up of Minaj's mouth syncing the words of the song as the background and color of her lips change to the song beat. Scenes of dancers jump roping with Minaj and Hype Williams's names are rapidly intercut with the scene. Minaj is then shown pulling her leg over the back of her head, while wearing extreme blue eye make-up, clearly mimicking the cover to the 1985 Grace Jones album Island Life.[20] Minaj is then shown sitting in a hot pink Lamborghini Aventador, noticeably avoiding eye-contact with the camera.[21] As the song chorus begins, rapid intercutting continues, featuring Minaj angrily growling at the camera and a plastic doll with a more than voluptuous figure.[5] Adorned in pink attire, Minaj continues to angrily rap the song's lyrics in pink wigs including a curly banged style, and a tight ponytail. As the second verse starts, a leopard is shown in a cage, which later transforms into Minaj, also in the cage. As Minaj continuously transforms back and forth between a large predator cat and back into herself she strikes advanced yoga poses.[21] As the video ends, Minaj is seen adorned in childlike clothing while standing on an oversized pink chair, as a reference to Jessie J in "Price Tag". As the camera pans closer to Minaj, her eyes begin to grow in an animated way, referencing Lady Gaga in "Bad Romance".[21] As the video ends, the clip shows a "Super Bowl 2012" ad[5] with color splashing in the background, referring to the album cover for Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, and closes with Minaj lying in the cage calmly after finishing an eccentric dance. The whole video has scenes flashing rapidly in and out of view.

Reception

Upon its release, the video set a record by accumulating 4.8 million views during its first 24 hours of being uploaded to Vevo.[22] The record was broken by Rihanna's "Where Have You Been", which garnered 4.9 million,[23] and later by Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" which amassed more than 8 million views in 24 hours.[24]

The music video received positive critical reviews. A writer of

The Huffington Post described the video as eccentric as well as pointless and mind-numbing, yet favored Minaj's booty-dancing, writhing in a cage and wearing all sorts of different makeup.[30] Billboard commented on Minaj's use of animals, stating that none are "wilder than the rapper herself."[31] Sam Lansky from MTV gave the video a negative review, stating that Minaj "does no favors in honoring your recent predecessors while striking uncanny resemblances to Shakira's 'She Wolf', Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' and Jessie J's 'Price Tag'."[32] Describing Minaj's ass-clapping and pelvic thrusting as "joyless", he adds "you've perfected the art of the goofy, theatrics in your videos, but there ain't no whimsy in 'Stupid Hoe'. In fact, it feels decidedly un-fun for a pastel-hued video with lots of OOC costumes, set to a track that features one of the nastiest beats ever".[32]

BET refused to air the video, but the network never explained why. Gerrick D. Kennedy of the Los Angeles Times theorized the network may have refused to air the video because of its language or its images of a naked doll.[33]

Charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[34] 87
UK Singles (OCC)[35]
 63
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[36]
 19
US Billboard Hot 100[37] 59
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[38] 53

Release history

Release dates and formats for "Stupid Hoe"
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various December 20, 2011 Digital download Cash Money [39]

References

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  39. ^ Worldwide digital release of "Stupid Hoe":
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