Nicki Minaj was a recent guest on DJ Whoo Kid’s Sirius XM Shade 45 show The Whoolywood Shuffle, where she opened up about a myriad of topics, including her new album Queen.
The self-proclaimed Queen of Rap also explained why Drake wasn’t on the project. She points to his busy tour schedule and not wanting to push the release date back (again).
“Drake and I were working on something,” she said. “But I didn’t want to change the date of the album. About two days before I had to turn it in, he and I had been going back and forth. Within 12 hours of having to turn in the album, we were going back and forth ’cause he had come to my studio we found something we really, really loved.
“He was also going through the process of getting stuff right for his tour and I had to understand that. As an artist, I always try to put myself in the artists’ shoes and not try to be selfish.”
Nicki also made sure to reiterate that she doesn’t need any major guest features to have a successful album.
“My thing is like, ‘Yo, I don’t need anybody. I stand on my own two feet.’ I always keep on reminding myself, ‘Onika, when you was putting out your mixtapes you ain’t have no big name people to put on there.’
“Wayne came after and then even with Wayne, Wayne would come in with a verse and that was that, and that was the icing on the cake. But, it was me grinding and if I have to do that again, then so fucking be it. Nobody’s gonna make or break me. I’m gonna do me.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Nicki talks about people taking “Barbie Dreams” too seriously, diffusing The Game’s beef with Tekashi 6ix9ine, the impact of losing someone like XXXTENTACION, what it’s like having JAY-Z as an unofficial A&R and Beyoncé giving her props during an awards show wardrobe malfunction and more.
Check out the full interview below. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Damn Cardi b got this bitch shook she all over the net yet her album flops, some réguler deguler bloody bars
Maybe if she had waited on that song, it couldve been another top 10 hit for her album besides Chun-Li
nicki minaj says her album almost made it to relevancy
Def a miss. But they can still put it out.
Would love a ‘Moment For Life’ kinda track again
It’s the streaming era, she can always just add it to the album later. Definitely would’ve pumped up her first-week sales
Very big mistake. Like him or not, a Drake feature would’ve been a guarantee hit and a sales boost for her. Would’ve been worth it to push it back a week for that feature
Cause she didn’t want one terrible song.
Should have pushed the album back. Drake feature = sales
Hope we eventually get to hear the song though.
watch she gonna end up “adding” a drake collab to her album to try to pad the numbers like she did with that horrible 69 song
Can’t have two queens on one track
Didn’t she was supposed to have a song with Tracy Chapman or did I mizz thatddd..
I don’t know if it was her but somebody was either trying to clear a Chapman sample or something…
Lol she still had Eminem and Ariana grande it’s like shut the fuck up don’t talk like you’re j cole
I’m not a huge fan of J cole really, but it is cool how he doesn’t need 14 features like all the Nikki Minajs out there.
Neither did Denzel Curry, Jay Rock, Tobe Nwigwe, Pusha T. All had classic albums with barely a feature. Fuck wack ass Cole. Boring as fuck J Cole
Aretha Franklin wrote and performed her own songs. Nikki Minaj is just a bunch of quickly forgotten features.
At least this album is “better” then the shitprint, although that is not saying much.
True. I was feeling the album, a first for me since I’m not a big Nicki fan. But she reminds me why I don’t eff with her music with her pettiness
“As an artist, I always try to put myself in the artists’ shoes and not try to be selfish.”. Like Travis Scott???? “My thing is like, ‘Yo, I don’t need anybody. I stand on my own two feet.” You mean like when Remy Ma manhandled you like a spoiled step child so you ran to Wayne and Drake for a very mediocre comeback? Bi-Polar brat. Like her Barbz
That song with Eminem is one of the worst songs I’ve heard in a long time
Enuff already dam Dis bitch NUTZZZZ HUMBLE YASELF AND SHUT THE FUCK UP…..I STILL CREAM THAT BUT AFTER THAT BITCH BYE…..
Mannnn you only make it to 1st grade?
So drake or lil waynes a no but certain rainbow haired pedophiles are alright? Or suckin nas dry for bars thats standing on your own two feet? This bitch is garbage
She pushed her album back before…it was supposed to come out the same week as Nas. She pulled back when she found out The Carters had a surprise album coming out. She should’ve had Drake and Wayne on the album. Truth probably is that she couldn’t get Drake and hit writing team in the studio at the same time. Nothing wrong with that I would’ve pushed back that album because Drake is on fire right now.
Instead of talking about songs that didnt make the album she should talk about songs on the album. Promo101