Nicki Minaj - The Pink Print (2014)

i listen to this album a lot btw, appreciate that the pop/rap schism is not as stark as reloaded. agree with what i recall to be the consensus that it starts extremely ploddingly even if she's being Intimate and shit, like the first two songs barely seem to qualify as rap, but i do actually rly love "the crying game": love the crawling lil guitar figure, love her inflection on "asian rug". also lol i bought this at target and it's the one where anaconda is mistakenly an "instrumental", i.e. a beat with occasional blurts of sir mix a lot. did not think nicki could top the time i bought the re-up and the readable side of the roman reloaded cd was inexplicably splattered with purple paint i had to scrape off at the not-too-dear expense of "whip it".

https://vine.co/v/e6T0UHqbOjl

^^this was my favourite piece though especially as the author seems to snap halfway in and just goes "THE VMAS ARE TRASH AND SO IS TAYLOR'S VIDEO AND NICKI'S VIDEO AND ALL THE NOMINATED VIDEOS"

I thought I was being called out. I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke. I'm sorry, Nicki. @NICKIMINAJ

— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 23, 2015

fuck you mean
fuck your lil memes

http://www.youtube.com/v/qqJeL66Zo8o&fs=1&hl=en

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TCcDE4fi4Y

surprised that no one is talking abt the new singles. chun li goes so hard in the 80s NYC sound & it's no. 10 in the country this week

Luv her x1000, but not particularly feeling either new single...

i kinda like "barbie tingz" even tho she has done the same kinda thing better in the past. "stupid hoe" ofc was amazing.

(btw i wouldn't read too much into its current chart position so early in the game. both singles are likely to nosedive down the charts next week now that the initial flurry of activity is cooling down, and it's worth remembering that "no frauds", which in retrospect basically bombed, did manage to frontload its way to #14.)

Luv her x1000, but not particularly feeling either new single...

^This. "Chun Li" is good I guess, but not particularly memorable while "Barbie Tingz" is just meh.

mostly sad that she felt she had to play into the beef-with-Cardi narrative, even though Cardi herself seems uninterested in the whole thing. kind of obviously rushed these singles out to coincide with Invasion of Privacy's release.

like barbie tingz too

Damn that snl performance was karaoke level terrible

"Truffle Butter" sample:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMYZI4lK9co

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNeeh2Gxyvg

Really mellow/understated track. I like the beat. Bet it sounds good played really loud

(Nicki does not sound particularly engaged in this track, I'm sorry to say...)

her saturday night live performance was really weird and low energy too

I was considering buying a ticket for her tour w/Future -- I haven't been to a rap show since like 1991, but I really want to see the "queen" at least once -- but not so sure now this is the tour to see.

new alb out now

love "barbie dreams"

https://www.complex.com/music/2018/08/nicki-minaj-queen-first-week-projections

sales are rly bad

Reviews are pretty poor. Anyone here listened all the way thru?

It's better and more cohesive than Pinkprint. It's just difficult to get excited about Nicki doing the same thing she's been competently doing since then over a full album.

pinkprint had more awesome songs than this

not sure what she has left to say really... feels like she's mostly just making the same songs over and over

That’s kind of been my impression from the advance singles and other recent stuff...

lmao the "miss aretha i just passed her" lyric is unfortunate timing

There was a crazy crowd of screamers on 42nd near 6th on Wednesday who were apparently there to see her.

what is happening to nicki minaj right now is very sad. it may warrant a separate thread.

^ what’s going on Dyl

https://pitchfork.com/news/nicki-minajs-queen-debuts-at-no-2-beat-by-travis-scott/

her downfall is becoming public spectacle. it's a horrible fate that has befell many women and will await many more.

Downfall?

it's a shame the sales isnt a flop at all

yeah having an album sell that much is nowhere near a flop, especially as its obvious why it isn't #1

the article claiming that Nicki "called out" Travis Scott is kind of weird since she just said she talked to him and he agreed with her

Looks like she'll be sitting in front of him @ the #VMAs tonite: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DlDJ6zaV4AEgCEO.jpg

https://pitchfork.com/news/nicki-minaj-and-future-cancel-north-american-leg-of-tour/

There are some real clunkers on this, I still want to root for her but there's moments that feel eye-rolling obvious

Chun swae ftw

Overlong, no quality control and exhausting - both Drake and this are just records made for numbers - some good stuff but tons of duds

The Drake album is overlong, yes, but it's also wayyyyyyy better than this.

Yeah

I really have been trying to love this

the album is great c'mon

i think the stuff here is basically everything we wanted from nicki like 5 years ago but in a year that no one cares

haven't heard it since release week but i remember being pleasantly surprised by some tracks

Yeah it’s growing on me bracket

Probably too harsh

Opening track is beautiful

agreed!