CONTROVERSIAL TO CLASSY: Nicki Minaj Taps Into Her High Fashion Barb Side

So the Barb knows how to class it up afterall.  After becoming synonymous with oversexed looks and print clashes that are eyesores, Nicki Minaj has toned down her look to show she can rock high fashion too.  Check out her new photoshoot inside…

Nicki Minaj kept it sexy…while keeping her ASSets covered up…while rocking this red hot Oscar de la Renta dress in a new photoshoot she posted herself.

While the "Freaks" rapper is know to cause quite the stir by rocking pasties with her boobs out to play (like in her newest video for French Montana’s "Freaks"), she’s been toning things don these days.  She previously fired her hair stylist in an effort to reinvent her look into a more classy style.  Guess she got tired of those 5 color wigs herself.

And ever since becoming an "American Idol" judge, she wants to be taken more seriously.  Is it too little too late?  or is it just right?

She also posed it up poolside in a chic yet sexy Alexander McQueen look.

So….you feelin’ her new look?

Photos: Twitter