Super bass is a club bangin’ track that, for the most part, is about encounters in a club. The song is based around minaj’s lust for a character she meets in a club, a player with a fly car and a sharp dress sense. He’s a partier with a bad boy facade. He might be a coke dealer, but to minaj’s character, that dangerous aspect is a turn on. The club atmosphere reflects the intensity of minaj’s emotions and as she becomes more infatuated with the club character, her heart starts beating in time with the music (an effect that she describes as super bass). Minaj’s encounter in the club is explicitly and passionately sexual and this intensifies as the song progresses. While minaj is the dominant character in the first verse, threatening to slap the guy if he’s caught looking and emphatically stating that she is nicki minaj, by the end of the song she’s stating that when the guy gives her the look, she’s getting off. As well as being a club banga about encounters in a club, the tune acts as a kind of introduction to nicki minaj, and is delivered with swagger and attitude.
