Nicki Minaj Compares Upcoming “The Pink Print” Album To Jay Z’s “The Blueprint”

    Promoting her upcoming album The Pink Print, Nicki Minaj spoke with DJ Semtex on BBC 1Xtra and explained her own anticipation for the body of work. While she has yet to announce an official release date, Minaj shared that she will be releasing new music in the coming weeks.

    “I’m super excited about the music that I have in store for people,” she said. “I have some stuff coming out in the next couple weeks that are gonna blow people’s minds. I’m just gearing up for this album. I took my time with the album. I’ve never felt better to be honest.”

    Speaking about the motivation behind the album’s title, Nicki Minaj started by mentioning a recent step away from the industry.

    “I think sometimes it’s good to deactivate yourself from the machine of the industry,” she said. “I think I did that. I got enough time to really just focus and get a new perspective on who I was in relation to the industry, in relation to rap, and all of that. I am a lot more confident. This album that I’m working on is called The Pink Print. Of course I named it The Pink Print and of course Jay has had his Blueprint albums. That’s what I feel like this album is gonna be.  I really feel like this album will be a blueprint for female rappers to come. That alone should tell you how confident I am about the music.”

    While on the show, the Pink Friday rapper also shared coming together with Lil Herb for the original version of “Chi-Raq.”

    “I contacted Lil Herb from Chicago,” she said. “He had a record out that was doing that flow that he’s doing on the hook. I was feeling the flow that he did on that song. We did an original song. That ‘Chi-Raq’ beat is my beat. Boi-1da did that beat for me and I rapped on it and then I called Lil Herb like, ‘Yo, I’m feeling you. I love your style. I love your movement. Come down to L.A. and lay a new verse on this song.’

    “I knew the shit was hot,” she added. “I knew the beat was hot…I didn’t really expect that many—I’m telling you, a lot of people remade that song. Like people did videos to that song. We don’t even have a video to that, and I had the original version.”

    “The Game bodied it,” Minaj said of her favorite remix. “He kinda surprised me. That was one of the most lyrical Game verses I heard in years. I didn’t really expect him to go that crazy on it. That was one that really stood out to me. He was mad. Somebody made him mad or something.”

    Later in the interview, Nicki Minaj spoke on her working relationship with Lil Wayne and their continued chemistry.

    “One of the biggest motivators in my career was just watching Wayne’s work ethic when I first came in the game,” she said. “I would see him go so hard, and do so many features, and so many mixtapes, and do so many albums. Whether he and I are on a song or not, we always have this insane connection that I can’t explain…You gotta play that ‘Sweet Dreams’ Beyonce freestyle, you gotta play when me and Wayne did ‘Go Hard.’ People need to be reminded that that has not been done since…We were like animated superheroes. When we were doing that, it was not being done, and it has not been done since.”

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    51 thoughts on “Nicki Minaj Compares Upcoming “The Pink Print” Album To Jay Z’s “The Blueprint”

      1. it’s a classic and the foundation of kanye west and jay-z careers…. people still bump the chronic too

    1. Nicki is da queen of hip hop. he can sing!! he can rap!!! he can do all! she is so talented. you feel me?? fuck Jay-Z. dont compare your amazing work to dat old ass nigga, Queen

    2. NIcki’s taking her music back to straight hiphop. Pills n Potions, produced by Dr Luke is a dope hiphop anthem.

      1. Nope. That Pills and Potions shit is straight-up pop trash, nothing hip-hop about it. Nicki’s still on that pop bullshit.

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    4. This bitch knows that blueprint is a word right? It’s not blue and print, it’s blueprint. So pinkprint is not even a fucking word or makes any fucking sense.

      Dumb hoe.

    5. I hope this album flops so this hood chick will humble herself and stop promoting the gay agenda.

    6. How dare she call it the Pink Print when her album won’t create a Kanye West or turn her into an icon the way it did with Jay-Z….stay livin in peoples shadows Minaj

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    8. Well, at least she ain’t doing it like Chief Keef: comparing her next album to Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

    9. ideatank75.blogspot.com…Nicki let Hip Hop down… she has talent for days, but this lane she claims she made for herself is bogus.. shes tryna be lil kim meets lady gaga… it aint working baby, real hip hop does not support pills n potions….roman must die

    10. HAHAHAHAHA!!!! This bitch is bugged!!! I’m not a big Jay-Z fan but The Blueprint is probably one of the dopest albums of the last decade and a Top 2 Jay record. She ain’t bout to match that.

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