B.o.B and Nicki Minaj bring the crazy harder than a Batman villain.

“Out of My Mind” - B.o.B. ft. Nicki Minaj

You know the saying, “there’s a fine line between crazy and genius?” B.o.B. and Nicki Minnaj, both insane in the membrane, explain a little what it feels like to be cray cray. Not the Naomi Campbell kind, the Batman villain-worthy kind. 

Show us your crazy face.

I'm out of my fucking mind, Gigi Galli, oh my
I was doing fine, once upon a time
'Til my brain left and it didn't say bye
Don't look at me wrong; I'm out of my mind
Like Nostradamus and da Vinci combined

I know exactly how you feel B.o.B., I hate when my brain just up and leaves too. 

Gigi Galli: crazy driver. Nostradamus: prophetic, not crazy. Leonardo da Vinci: definitely crazy. Dude cut up bodies. Eventually the paint fumes get to you. He was one of the first Italian artists to begin using oil paints. And he's an artist, so it's safe to assume he's legit crazy.

You know you want some.

So paranoid of espionage
I'm watching my doors and checking my blinds
My brain’s on vacation, they telling me
And I'm bipolar to the severity
And I need medication, apparently

Are you worried about spies, burglars, and mental illness? Well, there’s a solution to your problem! 

MEDICATE MEDICATE MEDICATE.

Duh. Everyone’s doing it. 

Even fictional characters are doing it.

And some electrocompulsive therapy
I am a rebel, but yes I'm so militant
Still I'm illegible for disabilities
I am psychotic, but there is no remedy
This is not figurative, this is literally
If these niggas go dumb, I go to the mental facility
See, man I'm so out there, I slap fives with ET
I don't need a feature...

So, electroconvulsive therapy (aka ECT). Basically your body gets shocked until it goes into convulsions. Sounds fun right? 

This is a controversial psychiatric treatment for a reason. Sylvia Plath and Ernest Hemingway went through it. And as a writer, I like to look to the writers who came before me, and then not do what they did.

 But what do I know, I’m not a rapper! 

Now enter Dr. Minaj for the “psych evaluation.”

How about scared out of my fucking mind...

What's your name? B.o.B.?
So, they callin' you Bob?
Stop playing, nigga, you know that I'm known for the bob
Couple hit songs, got you thinkin’ you a heartthrob
Well, this thang so good, make a nigga wanna sob 

Nicki Minaj should never be allowed to judge someone’s sanity after rapping about shitting on people (also, can crazy judge crazy?).

Is this a face that would shit on you? Yes.

You don't need a feature?
Nigga, I'm the feature
You gone be the priest, and I'mma be the preacher
You can be the He-man, I'mma be the She-ra
You can be the Grim, I'mma be the Reaper

Religion seems to get associated with crazy an awful lot. Perhaps because of the radicals, fanatics, and heretics. Maybe it’s all about context. Or maybe it’s all about content.

Or maybe the Matrix has us.

Now can we pretend that airplanes in the night skies
Are like shooting stars?
Well, you really gonna need a wish right now
When my goons come through and start shooting stars

Whoa, she inserted part of a different song into this one! Crazy! And then she talks about shooting a celebrity, aka him, so talk of assassination is like double crazy points for her. She’s winning.

Win everywhere!

You know, I'm all about shoes and cars
I'm kinda drunk off booze, Bacardi
I told Baby when I get my new advance
I'mma blow that motherfucker on a blue Bugatti
You know, I graduated summa cum laude
That's why they thinking I'm Illuminati
And matter fact, let's kiss and makeup
I'll help you escape on my blue Ducati
Hallelujah!

Since she makes more than the average doctor, she can afford all the booze, shoes, cars, and motorcycles she wants. However, money can’t buy everything. Like smarts and sanity. 

We don’t talk about the thing we all know is true... Conspiracy theories are the gayer theories of the theory world. We're all waiting for them to come out of the closet.

Back to our resident rapper.

I'm out of it
I can't seem to come out of it
What's going on inside my head?
It feels like I'm being John Malkovich
Ladies and gentlemen, please turn it down a bit
There is an announcement, I'd like to announce it
Wait, how am I'm supposed to announce this shit?

John Malkovich has made it into a rap song. What’s left? Make a movie all about him? Speaking of movies...

Bane? Is that you? 

I don't need this song, I don't need this nigga
Cause a nigga bring the noise like an onomatopoeia
Leave him in the dust, all he see is my Adidas
Na na na na boo boo, wouldn't want to be ya
Never turnin' back, how you think I got here?
And I'm never slowing down, fuck was that a deer?

Nicki’s got the sonic. Bob’s got the boom. 

If you got a problem, step to the office
Matter fact, never mind, talk to the kiosk, biatch
You have no idea
That's why they call me B dot been a maniac ever since I was knee high
Someone call Charter, maybe call FEMA
Cause I got to be crazy or outta my mind to have this many stacks on my VISA

It’s serious when he’s telling you just skip 911, call the Federal Emergency Management System instead (that link goes to their Twitter because they're all over the social media craze). He’s crazy enough to be able to afford that ambulance ride with all the money available on his Visa.

And if I'm here and you're there?
And if I'm here and you're there?

Um, yeah, yeah
Nicki, B.o.B, ho
(Shhhhhh...they might be listening)

Sometimes loss of spatial recognition means you're going a little cuckoo.

You have my permission to go read some other blog now.

Nicki Minaj has a thing for American Guys.

“Super Bass” - Nicki Minaj, ft. Ester Dean

Here’s a song about something you don’t hear about very often: American guys. Nicki Minaj has come to the defense of all men who bleed red, white and blue. This song is about what she likes her Amurrican man to have: a big bass (and get your mind out of the gutter if you were thinking something else).

"Can I get a Captain America to go with my She-Hulk?"

This one is for the boys with the booming system

Top down, AC with the cooling system

When he come up in the club, he be blazin' up

Got stacks on deck like he savin' up

Shout out to all those men who aren’t afraid to turn the volume up, even though people in neighboring cars might give them dirty looks. This is America where we have freedom of speech. And the freedom to turn it all the way to 11, should we so choose. Also, Nicki Minaj likes it when a dude can enter the club baked as hell and drop some stacks of money on the bar. America likes excessiveness.

You know what they say. The louder the bass...

And he ill, he real, he might got a deal

He pop bottles and he got the right kind of bill

He cold, he dope, he might sell coke

He always in the air, but he never fly coach

So all that slang really just means this guy is cool, might have a record deal, drinks, and has enough money to not fly Southwest. 

And he might work for one of the most American of companies: Coca Cola. 

That's not product placement. That's one of the most American 

shows endorsing one the most American products. Patriotic!

He a muthafuckin trip, trip, sailor of the ship, ship

When he make it drip, drip kiss him on the lip, lip

That's the kind of dude I was lookin' for

And yes you'll get slapped if you're lookin' hoe

He’s a blasty blast and probably a sailor (those uniforms are what’s up). He is also very good at making a female faucet drip (this is where you put your mind in the gutter).

Need tickets to the gun show?

I said, excuse me you're a hell of a guy

I mean my, my, my, my you're like pelican fly

I mean, you're so shy and I'm loving your tie

A pelican can fly to an altitude of 3000 meters. This guy is high enough to be a space cadet. How many female rappers do you think admit to liking a guy who’s shy and actually wears a tie? American men are the best at pulling off a tie.

It says: “I’m a pro and I have 'connections.' Ya, see?"

You're like slicker than the guy with the thing on his eye, oh

Yes I did, yes I did, somebody please tell him who the F I is

I am Nicki Minaj, I mack them dudes up, back coupes up, and chuck the deuce up

Smoother than this famous rapper? That’s pretty smooth. The next part is mostly for Nicki Minaj to remind the listener of who is rapping, in case they forgot. Its important that an artist list their skills. Nicki’s are: flirting with guy, making guys back up their cars to stare at her ass, and throwing up the peace sign. She’s pretty talented.

Slick Rick, rapper/pirate. Too bad he was British.

Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away

Beating like a drum and it's coming your way

Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass

Yeah that's that super bass

Ever been so in love, that when you see you’re walking towards the guy you like, and your heart starts pounding like a subwoofer, so loud that you’re sure the guy can hear it coming? 

Me neither. Pfft. But apparently Nicki’s heart sounds like a subwoofer.

This one is for the boys in the polos

Entrepreneur niggas in the moguls

He could ball with the crew, he could solo

But I think I like him better when he dolo

Nicki is definitely expressing her love of clean-cut, professional men. Whether they were on a marketing team or are the C.E.O, they pinky up.

And I think I like him better with the fitted cap on

He ain't even gotta try to put the mac on

He just gotta give me that look, when he give me that look

Then the panties comin' off, off, uh

No need to put in any kind of effort to impress this lady. Just need to give that “Come hither” look and it’s like she wasn’t even wearing pants to begin with.

Hello, ladies.

Excuse me, you're a hell of a guy you know I really got a thing for American guys

I mean, sigh, sickenin' eyes I can tell that you're in touch with your feminine side

Can we talk about that first line for a sec? Who has ever praised American guys before?  

We’ve heard about: 

• Italian Stallions
• Latin Lovers
• Don Juans
• Frisky French Men
• Chocolate Love
• Scottish Rogues
• British Lads
• Greek Freaks
• Irish guys who say “Who’s your Paddy?” 

The list can go on. But American? About time someone recognized how sexy American men can be.

American-made.

Ms. Minaj is just a misunderstood mom.

“Did It On ‘Em” by Nicki Minaj and “Bedrock” by Young Money Feat. Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj raps about defecation and sideburns, but there’s really a deeper meaning behind the rapper’s words…

Nicki Minaj: don’t push her or she’ll take a dump on you forealz.

From her album Pink Friday, “Did It On ‘Em” has become a sort of tough girl’s anthem. 

“Shitted on 'em, man I just shitted on 'em
Shitted on 'em, put yo' number two's in the air if you did it on 'em”

These lyrics say: I am a powerful female who does not have any Freudian qualms about defecating on a person and representing it with two fingers held up high. 

You go girl. But could Minaj really just be venting some frustration that she’s kept locked down deep inside?

“All these bitches is my sons
and I'ma go and get some bibs for 'em
a couple formulas, little pretty lids on 'em
If I had a dick, I would pull it out and piss on 'em”

Sounds like someone needs to go lay down on Freud’s couch and re-evaluate their childhood.  But then again, Minaj is working with the big dogs.  She’s expected to be just as nasty as the rest of them.

Her bit in “Bedrock” confused people though…

“Ok, I get it,
Let me think, I guess it's my turn,
Maybe it's Time To Put This Pussy On Ya Sideburns,
He Say I’m Bad, He Prob’lly Right,
He Pressing Me Like Button Downs On A Friday Night”

Maybe comedian Natasha Leggero is right.  Perhaps Minaj is just a confused little girl, trapped inside a grown-ups body.  She’s just an underdog, underpuppy if you will, who shows aggressive behavior in her lyrics because she’s in the same pen as the big dogs. 

That’s the best analogy I got.  Here’s something fun to do if you’ve got your own favorite Nicki Minaj lyrics to twist.