Delays. Date changes. Dick jokes. Diss tracks that she insists aren’t really diss tracks. And a last-minute release-date-change announced on her new Apple Beats 1 radio show, followed by fantastically weird commentary. We’d expect nothing less from Nicki Minaj and the album she’s titled “Queen,” an epic 19-track collection that stands as her best and boldest recorded work to date.
Minaj’s fourth album is powered by more-focused-than-usual melodies (showing the influence of Trinidadian/Jamaican reggae and Middle Eastern musicality), infectious samples and her trademark mix of foul-mouthed, cocksure rap attacks and sonorous but equally ribald vocals. There’s less quirk than quake to the production, which has an oddly direct, elevated uniformity of tone, despite collaborators ranging from Boi-1da and Supa Dups to J. Reid and Mike Will Made It. And while there are cameos from Eminem, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Future and Foxy Brown, Minaj is always the focus,...
Minaj’s fourth album is powered by more-focused-than-usual melodies (showing the influence of Trinidadian/Jamaican reggae and Middle Eastern musicality), infectious samples and her trademark mix of foul-mouthed, cocksure rap attacks and sonorous but equally ribald vocals. There’s less quirk than quake to the production, which has an oddly direct, elevated uniformity of tone, despite collaborators ranging from Boi-1da and Supa Dups to J. Reid and Mike Will Made It. And while there are cameos from Eminem, The Weeknd, Ariana Grande, Future and Foxy Brown, Minaj is always the focus,...
- 8/11/2018
- by A.D. Amorosi
- Variety Film + TV
Rihanna has blessed us many times over since the release of her eighth album, Anti, in 2016. She gave us the makeup line we've always wanted with Fenty Beauty, a lingerie brand that has us flexing all night, lewks to last us a lifetime, and features that have us asking when she's coming out with her own bops. Well, wonder no longer, Rihanna Navy. Rolling Stone reports that the singer has been hard at work on a dancehall album and a pop-oriented album.
We first learned about the possibility of an album heavily influenced by Rihanna's Caribbean roots from a Vogue profile in the June issue. The profile highlighted Jamaican-born producer Supa Dups as a potential influencer, who has worked on hits like Drake's "Controlla." Rihanna has previously confirmed that she's been in the studio during a recent interview while promoting Ocean's 8 on The Graham Norton Show. "I actually am in...
We first learned about the possibility of an album heavily influenced by Rihanna's Caribbean roots from a Vogue profile in the June issue. The profile highlighted Jamaican-born producer Supa Dups as a potential influencer, who has worked on hits like Drake's "Controlla." Rihanna has previously confirmed that she's been in the studio during a recent interview while promoting Ocean's 8 on The Graham Norton Show. "I actually am in...
- 7/22/2018
- by Mekishana Pierre
- Popsugar.com
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