Today&#39;s Song: Nicki Minaj featuring Rick Ross and
Cam&#39;ron &#39;I Am Your Leader&#39;  The just-released video
for Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded highlight is
literally brilliant, with a neon color scheme and skewed sense
of geometry that recalls Beetlejuice. The self-conscious oddness
against this cartoon-goth backdrop is reminiscent of Missy
Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)." For the raw eye candy
alone, this is probably my favorite video of the year — the
insane amount of visual wit (courtesy of director Colin Tilley)
is a good match for Nicki's tightly packed bars. "I'm a brand,
bitch, I'm a brand," Nicki bellows in this latest round of brag-
rap. If that is true, it's a wildly inconsistent brand, but her
lows (see: virtually every one of her pop/house songs) make the
highs that much more eye-popping.