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Minaj claimed that those were considered acceptable, but then posted a picture of her cover and said it was considered unacceptable, implying the obvious racism in the music industry, and world.

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The Fine Brothers released two videos on their YouTube channel of teens reacting to "Anaconda", [44] and elders reacting to "Anaconda". Drake features near the end of the video as a voyeur watching the Queens MC deliver a steamy lap-dance. Sir Mix-a-Lot praised the song, saying he had "a whole new level of respect for Minaj" after hearing the record and that he became a 'fan for life' of Minaj.Kevin Goddard from HotNewHipHop gave the song a positive review saying "Nicki’s raunchy new version may be the next big thing to hit the industry. Sir Mix-a-Lot said he had "a whole new level of respect for Minaj" after hearing the record and that he became a "fan for life". They claimed the record is "violations of women's dignity," encouraged "a culture of rape and humiliation of women," and that its lyrics were "full of racist words, insults, sexism and homophobia. The song was released on August 4, 2014 as a digital download, and to Top 40 Mainstream (Pop) and Top 40 Rhythmic radio stations on August 12, 2014.

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The song has been played and referenced several times on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, including Ellen DeGeneres doing a music video parody of the song which was unveiled during Minaj's appearance on the show in 2014. The song was used as the first "lip-sync for your legacy" song on the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars. Nicki Minaj posted a series of people doing the pose similar to her controversial cover for Anaconda, all whom were white. Girls love being with other girls, and when you go back to us being younger, we would have slumber parties and we'd be dancing with our friends. Anaconda” is the 2nd single for and 12th track on Nicki Minaj’s third studio album, The Pinkprint, and it’s loaded to the brim with sexual innuendo.

Sir Mix-a-Lot tweeted that he'd watched the clip 37 times had "only have one word to sum up my feelings. Taylor Swift's " Bad Blood" video surpassed the VEVO one-day views record in May 2015 when it racked up 20. The racy, butt-heavy clip features plenty of booty-shakin' and grindin' from Minaj and a group of curvaceous women.

Nicki Minaj: provocative Anaconda artwork inspired by Madonna Nicki Minaj: provocative Anaconda artwork inspired by Madonna

The track was nominated for best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammys, was nominated for “Best Female Video” and won the “Best Hip Hop Video” in the 2015 MTV Music Video Awards. Kevin Goddard from HotNewHipHop said "Nicki's raunchy new version may be the next big thing to hit the industry. The name of the song comes from Sir Mix-a-now-classic Lot's euphemism for his penis: "he's only interested if you've got the booty. She knew that she wanted it to be her single, so it was a super big advantage for us when we were in there working," Bellinger said.

The song is built around a sample of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon" line from the rapper's 1992 ode to women with large posteriors, " Baby Got Back. On August 5, 2014, producer Polow da Don claimed that the "Anaconda" instrumental was originally intended for rapper and musician Missy Elliott, but was scrapped and then re-recorded by Minaj. In her My Time AGAIN documentary, Minaj explained that she wanted to make a sexy, fun record that was "super singalong," which is what led her to this.

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The performance followed Ariana Grande's individual performance of her single " Break Free" and was followed by a performance of Jessie J, Grande, and Minaj's joint single " Bang Bang. We were like, 'Well, we're not leaving until it gets right,' I didn't get home until the next day, until it was daylight.Nicki goes big—literally—with a song about butts, sex, and more butts, backed by a “Baby Got Back” sample, nonetheless. Its leap into the runner-up position was brought on primarily by the release of its music video, which garnered 32. Anaconda" was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in November 2014 and has sold 1. Asked by Complex magazine what she wanted to accomplish with the track, Minaj replied: "I wanted to create a song that embraced curvy women. According to Minaj's sound engineer Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine, "Anaconda" had 27 different versions at first.