How To Sound Like an Art History Expert (With Nicki Minaj Lyrics)

Hip-hop's favorite female rapper gives us a lesson in Impressionism.

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We've all seen the Beyonce Art History tumblr that has pleased both Beyonce freaks and art history nerds, but we have decided not to limit ourselves solely to the Queen of Pop. Nicki Minaj, perhaps the new Queen of Rap, has plenty of lyrics that remind us of our favorite works of art. We never thought that we'd see her raunchy words paired up with an innocent Monet, but the combination is delicious. You won't be able to see a Delacroix the same way ever again in How To Sound Like an Art History Expert (With Nicki Minaj Lyrics).

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"Superbass" meets Un-Natural History by James Prosek (2011)

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Lyric: I said, excuse me, you're a hell of a guy/I mean my, my, my, my you're like pelican fly

Pelicans, toucans, what's the difference?



"Make Me Proud" meets The Boats at Giverny by Claude Monet (1887)

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Lyric: And my shit's so wet you gotta paddle in/Gotta ro-ro-row, gotta row ya boat

What's wetter than Monet's garden of Giverny? Nicki's shit, apparently.



"Blazin" meets Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi (c. 1618)

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Lyric: Bitches ain't got it in 'em, I kill 'em and then I skin 'em

Maybe Nicki looks up to Judith as a fellow violent independent woman.



"Did it on 'Em" meets Young Mother with Children by Paul Delaroche (1840)

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Lyric: "All these bitches is my sons and I'mma 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"

It really must be exhausting to have so many sons.



"Stupid Hoe" meets Blowing Bubbles by Jean Chardin (1733)

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Lyric: "Look bubbles go back to your habitat"

And watch out for that elf in the back.



"Lil' Freak" (ft. Nicki Minaj) meets Child with Cat by Auguste Renoir (1887)

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Lyric: "I really like your kitty cat, and if you let me touch her, I know you're not a bluffer"

Hand over the kitty, Julie Manet.



"My Chick Bad" (ft. Nicki Minaj) meets Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI in the Garden of the Tuileries with Madame Lambale by Joseph Caraud (c. 1857)

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Lyric: "Now all these bitches wanna try and be my besty"

Nice try, bitches.



"Roman's Revenge Pt. 2" meets The Last Judgment by Michelangelo (c. 1540)

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Lyric: "I got 'em scared, shook, panickin' overseas, church, Vatican"

What's scarier than the Last Judgment?



"Beez in the Trap" meets Death of Sardanapalus by Eugène Delacroix (c. 1827)

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Lyric: "Bitches ain't shit, and they ain't sayin' nuthin'/A hundred muthafuckas can't tell me nuthin'"

The King of Sardanapalus obviously gave zero shits about his "bitches."



"Turn Me On" meets Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss by Canova (1793)

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Lyric: "Touch me, save my life, come on and turn me on/I'm too young to die, come on and turn me on"

A romance as melodramatic as Nicki's lyrics.



"Pound the Alarm" meets Soft Watch at the Moment of First Explosion by Salvador Dalí (1931)

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Lyric: "Pound the alarm!"

We'd like to imagine that this is how Dalí also felt about his alarm clock.



"Starships" meets Three Dancers by Picasso (1925)

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Lyric: "Hands up and touch the sky/Can't stop 'cause we're so high"

Picasso must have been high to come up with this masterpiece.

"Sex in Crazy Places" (ft. Nicki Minaj) meets The Flautist by Edouard Manet (1866)

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Lyric: "Call me a stage mom, boy you best a blow"

Nicki would have totally supported this kid on American Idol.



"Monster" meets Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya (c. 1820)

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Lyric: "OK first things first I'll eat your brains/then I'mma start rocking gold teeth and fangs"

"Monster" would have been a great soundtrack to Saturn's life.



"Moment 4 Life" meets David with the Head of Goliath by Caravaggio (c. 1607)

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Lyric: "In this very moment I'm king/In this very moment I slay Goliath with the sling"

Caravaggio's David went with something a bit more intense than a sling.



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