Kanye West, Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Get Bashed On “Worst Songs Of The Year” List
For every controversial “Best Music of the Year” list, there’s usually a “Worst” equivalent drawing a lot of fan ire, as well. Moreover, that’s exactly what Variety recently offered with their “Worst Songs of 2024” list, which contained a couple of divisive hip-hop placements. The most notable of these are Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign‘s “CARNIVAL” off their VULTURES 1 collaboration album (a track that also features Rich The Kid and Playboi Carti), Nicki Minaj‘s Megan Thee Stallion diss track “Big Foot,” and Ice Spice‘s lead Y2K! single, “Think U The S**t (Fart).” Maybe you agree or disagree, but you can’t deny that all these releases carried their fair share of criticisms.
As for Kanye West’s inclusion on this “Worst Songs of 2024” list from Variety, the publication pointed to the blatant misogyny and edgy provocation on “CARNIVAL” and its bombastic chorus. Nicki Minaj caught flack for her “embarrassingly outlandish” diss track, whereas Ice Spice’s “Think U The S**t (Fart)” ranked among the most vapid novelties of the year in the publication’s eyes. Maybe these seem like harsh critiques, but we certainly heard much worse about these tracks in 2024.
Ice Spice, Nicki Minaj & Kanye West Land On “Worst Songs Of 2024” List
Elsewhere, other rap-related inclusions on Variety‘s “Worst Songs of 2024” list included Camila Cabello’s “I LUV IT” with Playboi Carti and Tom MacDonald’s “Facts” featuring Ben Shapiro, which are frankly much easier tracks to hate on. But Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, and Ice Spice had expectation and visibility on their side, which made their poorly received output this year all the more shocking and impactful. Regardless, we can’t deny that these expectations are probably what makes these records so bad for many fans, and that they might not be that horrible out of context.
Meanwhile, as fans continue to share their favorite music of 2024, they also anticipate what could emerge in 2025, especially for artists that might need a comeback in the public eye. Kanye West will allegedly drop a new album Bully soon, Ice Spice just dropped off her Y2K! deluxe, and Nicki Minaj might drop some more Pink Friday 2 deluxe versions soon. We’ll see how their fans react…
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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case.
Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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