Nicki Minaj is featured on the cover of ELLE’s July issue, and the story has arrived online. In the interview, she delves into everything from her Queen album to ex-boyfriend Meek Mill’s legal battles.
While speaking about the upcoming LP, Black Barbie revealed the project will be notable for its boom bap beats as opposed to any trap production.
“It has to be 80s,” she said, recalling a conversation with her collaborator J. Reid. “It has to be boom bap. I don’t want to do no trap shit ’cause everybody’s doing that shit.”
Minaj believes it would’ve been too simple to make trap records for the album, which wouldn’t live up to the high bar she’s set for herself.
“I feel like true icons shift music, uplift music, switch music, have the balls to take a chance,” she noted. “The things that people do come so easy to me. I could do it in my sleep. But I’m such a perfectionist that when something is too easy to me, I actually feel guilty. It would’ve been so easy to listen to all the trap music out there right now and say, ‘Let me just copy this. But I wouldn’t have been able to live with myself.”
The chart-topping MC even expressed some frustration with trap becoming the predominant style in New York.
“The truth of the matter is, trap has taken over so much that even our New York rappers are doing nothing but trap songs, because they feel that that’s the way to make it,” she said. “They’re rapping like people from down south.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Minaj stated that being single had a profound effect on her life. She explained that she experienced more growth in the last six months than she had during the previous eight years.
Minaj also seemed to express some regret about how her image may have influenced fans. She’s far ashamed of it, telling ELLE, “I love being sexy; I’m never gonna stop being an exhibitionist.” But, she’s become reflective about the impact of her sex appeal.
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“I don’t really know how to say that without being offensive,” she said. “Maybe I was naïve, but I didn’t realize how many girls were modern-day prostitutes. Whether you’re a stripper, or whether you’re an Instagram girl—these girls are so beautiful and they have so much to offer. But I started finding out that you give them a couple thousand dollars, and you can have sex with them. I was like, ‘Yikes.’ It’s just sad that they don’t know their worth. It makes me sad as a woman. And it makes me sad that maybe I’ve contributed to that in some way.”
She continued, “I’ve always felt like it. But in a lot of ways, I don’t know if I’m doing the same thing they’re doing, because I’m selling sex appeal. So I can’t look down on these girls. I may not be having sex with people, but I’m still selling sex appeal.”
When questioned about equating sex and sex appeal, she agreed they’re not the same thing and spoke on misconceptions about herself.
“I just don’t know if girls who look up to me think that when I’m posting a sexy picture,” she stated. “I’m actually the antithesis of all of that. I’m more of, like, the snobby girl, like the ‘Uh, what’ type of girl. And I want girls to be like that. I’d rather you be called snobby or a bitch or conceited—I’d rather you be called that than easy, and a ho, and a slut.”
Check out the full story on Minaj here.
She’s corny
So is your mother
Thats what mothers suppose to be though
This might be the first nicki minaj album i listen to if its a authentic east coast album. but i doubt it will be boom bap beats and most probably will the same trap down south style beats with a few dance/ techno pop beats too. lol
question is… is she good enough or have the skill to have a boom bap album?
shes trying to win back credibility. after remy ma and cardi b and more importantly rhpasody have replaced her as the top female rappers.
but if you give us a boom bap album ill listen to it and respect it if its good. i wont go into it with pre judgement.
if you look at the best albums this year. they have all been an east coast sounding album or east coast artists. royce gave us a pure east coast album. pusha too. skyzoo. logic. j cole released a dope album even though was a little mixed sounding but had that overall authenticity to it. black thought released a highly respected album. you have nas releasing soon. that trap sound is dead.
Yep, because the East Coast didn’t start us sliding down this razor blade with the Shiny Suit era. They had their hand in this shit pot too bruh.
Big Ol Facts…They forgot about akinyelle and dont get me wrong put in your mouth is my sh! But lets not act like holmes was talking about the beauty of the sistahs or kicking 5 percent knowledge on that track.
But “Rich Sex” is trap so…
what I was thinking
Well, she needs a hit for the radio, so…
Don’t fall for the trap
Hip – Hop has long since bounced it’s foundation from beats and breaks…so as a instrumental producer, I am thrilled that Nicki…took a break away from trap music.
Does trap music sell…yes it does..Does it define the true roots of Hip Hop, absolutely not. Nonetheless, it has definitely attracted young artist into a very popular trendy sound that has definitely went global. However, sometimes in music you just want some home cooking…Boom Bap
With all due respect homie trap instrumentation is hip hop. The emphasis is still on drums and tight snares…Singining/Mumble rappers Its a different style for sure but the roots of hip hop are in every style of music. Afro Beats, Reggaeton, Gangsta Rap, Trap its all hip hop.
Wack! She continues to throw shots instead of just putting out good music.
Could she abandon her career?, really sick of this fake and plastic, annoying tranny.
Thank you. People waste there time on this lame bitch. Ugly ass …
I totally agree. Stripper Carlo B also needs to go bye bye. These fake ass singers all suck bad example for young girls. That’s why half of these girls come out the house looking like hoes because what they see on tv. Sad……
I’m digging the classy like pic instead of the over the top nsfw pics. I’m glad she decided to abandon trap for real
Somebody needs to kill trap music like they did that Lil Jon era shit. I’m sure something worse would take its place though with today’s hip hop fans.
All those stupid guys you mention suck. Only little kids listen to that bull shit. Underground and old school is the best. All this fake ass strippers don’t even sing good. They make it because they take there clothes off….
Crunk music was ass, and that Texas sound in no universe is related to that crunk era shit. Crunk was an Atlanta sound that was a blend of the Three-6 Mafia sound and that old bass era shit from Luke and others downs south in Miami. It’s just as bad as this shit…Dem Franchise Boys and everyother shit artist of tha time with mainstream artists riding the snap finger ringtone hit wave.
Remember everyone, nicki used her money to support her child molesting brother. He was found guilty but lets not forget she payed for his legal defence. If you support nicki you support……..
*paid
Paid = Payed. Both are grammatically correct, but you’re wrong for not knowing that, and trying to correct someone. Here, hold this L real quick.
Word? Legal defence? That’s soooo wrong.
None of these female rappers can hold a candle to rhapsody and I’m not even a huge fan of hers…these other ladies are trash and have to take off their clothes for attentiontion.
Kill that noise…. Jean Grey wipes tge floor with her and all the rest of the female talib kwelis sans Missy Elliot
Big up for doing something different. This trap shi t is played out.
What the fuck is boom bap, just make good music
You don’t know shit about hip hop. Get the fuck outta here
There’s a reason why I said that dumb fuck. Stop putting labels on music and just make good music
Then stop thinking about them as labels and just listen to the fucken music.
Why do these girls think talking like this is attractive. U sound like a complete moron. Being stupid isn’t something to show off.
Great now we will have a generation of bitchy girls who won’t even put out….which is the reason we put up with their trash ass attitudes in the first place! THANKS NICKI! smh
Good, maybe they will choose better men so they kids will have better fathers.
Its better to be a bitch than be a ho – Nicki Minaj
But Nicki is both lmao
Before she got all that fake surgery…hahaha, Nikki’ s music always suck… Lame plastic bitch. Get out off here with the black barbie shit. Lil Kim took that tittle all ready. Nikki find your own shit stop copying. Your music is as fake as she is, just like her hair??
Switch your style up and if they hate, then let them hate and watch the money pile up! oh but fuc bitches! literally, I mean FUC bitches!
So she’s ditching trap beats, which is overused, in favor of boom bap, which is also overused. How about using innovative and creative beats?
80s boom bap, which Cardi B and Bruno Mars already bodied 3 months ago. Now we know why she pushed her album back. It sounded like 2012 and the label wasn’t having it.
You must be young, that Bruno and Cardi B was New Jack Swing if anything. Far from boom bap. Closest modern boom bap to me would that PHryme 2 album.
That was early 90’s, not 80’s.
That wasn’t Boom bap rap. That was New Jack Swing that Cardi B and Bruno Mars was doing.
She had made being a ho cool to these young girls smh
THE STREETS AND THE CLUBS FUKKN WITH CARDI AND NICKI KNOWS THIS #SHETOOKYOURSHIT AND NOW SHE’S #EATING #FACTS
Boom and bap the SOUTH NUTS in yo mouth haters
Last week dx wrote 50 pre written comments on J Prince . This week we will get 100 pre written on the South. #StayWoke
Let them know bro !!!!!!!!!!!!
#trapmusicisdead
BOOMBAP BEEN DEAD FOR 20 YEARS #####FACTSFACTSFACTS
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But she is on tour with a trap rapper, LMAO………..There is nothing wrong with trap music (it’s just one of the many styles/sounds in hip hop that’s popular right now). Boom Bap used to be popular many years ago and Nicki is not creating or inventing anything new with this revelation. Nobody is checking for pop Nicki anymore.
This just means she been hanging around with Foxy, and she tryna prove herself as a good rapper when she’s just a good artist.