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"I think she's dope, honestly," Eve said in an interview. "A lot of people, especially since I'm a female, you know how it is with females, a lot of people are like, 'Do you like her?,' and at the end of the day, her music is not for every certain type of female. She caters, I think, to one type of female but at the same time, she's the only person representing for real right now, for females. So, we need that. We need that bond. There's too much testosterone in the game. We gotta get rid of these dudes, it's like, way too many guys. That's why I'm happy. I'm about to come back out and Trina's on [my upcoming new] record as well. You know what I mean, we need that female influence so I think she's doing her thing. God bless her. I think it's good." (I'm Not A Rappa TV)
Last April, Eve said Minaj motivated her to step up her rap skills.
"She definitely is a quirky chick. That's a good word for her," Eve said in an interview. "When she had the Freddy Krueger gloves [in the 'My Chick Bad' music video] I was like 'Wow.' But at the same time, whatever you decide to do, especially in music, you gotta go hard and own it. You can't be timid wearing Freddy Krueger gloves in a video. If you look insecure, people are going to be like 'Why are you doing that?' You gotta f*cking own it and she did. I think that's dope...Trust me, no one's competition for me and that sounds!!y but I seriously live in such an Eve world. And not in a crazy-everything-is-me-bubble, it's just that I'm bulding an empire. I go on Twitterand people say 'Yo, knock Nicki Minaj out of the box, but ultimately we're all helping each other and I'm happy seeing these chicks in the game. It's too much testosterone. When I see another female, my immediate reaction is not 'Oh I gotta go and get my !! right.' I got 900 other things going on. I can't keep worrying about what's coming up behind me." (VIBE)
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Eve On Nicki Minaj's Barbie Power, "Her Music Is Not For Every Female" [Video] | SOHH.COM