I dare say that Wayne actually brought out her weirdness further. Here's the cliff notes on Nicki: When she originally started, she rapped 'hard' and 'street' like one was supposed to do in the mid-00's in NYC. She was supposedly being looked at by G-Unit, and for the most part, her material from this era was... eh. Wayne sees her on a DVD doing stuff, and she hooks up with Wayne. Wayne was already beginning his 'mad genius of rap' hype, so the one who picked up on that aspect of Wayne was Nicki. Also, her manager for a minute was also Deborah Antley, Mother to Waka Flocka and then manager of Gucci Mane. Now if there isn't another argument for weirdness earning success, hey...
I think the problem with 'Massive Attack' was that it was just too strange, and it was trying this... almost Missy Elliot thing with her, so she wouldn't be perceived as desperately trying to be sexy like SO MANY OTHER female rappers. Which was a bad angle for someone like Nicki where weirdness is a characteristic, not a distraction.
The album is pretty 'eh'. But then again, she made it for teenage girls to buy, not for rap critics to approve. Besides, she's turned in so many glass-shattering verses over the course of this year alone, I can't REALLY be disappointed.