Nicki Minaj has admitted that she doesn’t know when her next album will be finished.
In a recent interview with Dazed, Minaj revealed that she has spent most of the year so far working on the follow-up to 2014’s The Pinkprint, but refuses to put a deadline on the project. That doesn’t mean she hasn’t been working hard, though.
“I’m a little bit swamped,” she said. “Some days I’ll go into the studio at six in the morning, some days I won’t come out until six in the morning.”
Nicki explained that the main reason for taking her time on the album is to make sure her fans get a classic when all is said and done.
“I’ve seen my fans grow up for the last ten years, which is crazy. I’ve been following some of them for eight years on Twitter. Imagine that. There are kids who have gone to college tweeting me their freaking degrees when they graduate, or tweeting me pictures of their babies and I remember when they had just come out of high school. I’m just like, ‘Yo.’ It’s a beautiful thing. I don’t take that for granted. That’s why I’m not rushing the album, because it means so much to me. I have to release a classic at this point.”
Of course, Nicki’s impact hasn’t diminished much in the years since her last full-length album. Fans seem very interested in her budding romantic relationship with Nas, and she regularly features on major hits by stars like Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti and Fergie. She’s also been dropping loosies in the meantime, including “No Frauds” with Lil Wayne and Drake during her beef with Remy Ma.
In March, Minaj also broke Aretha Franklin’s record for the most Billboard Hot 100 tracks for any female artist in history.
Besides her worth ethic, Minaj didn’t reveal much about the album, and warned fans not to draw any conclusions from who they see enter the studio with her — “Not everybody that comes in leaves me with something I actually love or will rap on. I know people always think that. Trust me, you can’t take those pictures as hints all the time. I would never give it up like that.”
Read the full interview here.
It’s hard to stay relevant in hip hop – when you go strictly pop your chances of hopping back in are slim – someone needs to listen to planet Asia
Bitch, even Nas can’t help yo fake ass put together a classic song, let alone whole album.
Nicki Minaj and “classic” in the same sentence? Seriously? The album title is going to be “Butt implants : a Delusional story”.
classic.. ha!
It needs to be a classic or else Nas will have to step in and write lyrics for her
Probably would never happen but a Drake/Nicki/Wayne collabo album would be dope. Her best hip hop tracks have been the ones featuring them.
Lol
No Frauds was trash.
After being called out by Remy, hanging around Nas for publicity won’t help. Its safe to say she lost respect in the Hip Hop fan world. We are more excited about her alleged boyfriends album more than hers haha
Haha , Really ? Her Fan Base Is Still More Heavy Than Remy’s Will Ever Be. Remy Is Just Using Shether To Stay Revalent. Since Then, What Hot Song Has Remy Dropped? ? Exactly
What hot song has Nick dropped in the last 4,years ???
Ahhhh now it all adds up her dating nas hes gonna write that classic for her while she gets some more fat pulled outa her gut and shoved in her fat fake anus
Yeah, I said the same thing on my social media. I guess it spread. Every guy she dates helps her with her music.
Its females 101 man they aint got a roof over there head or a meal or skills they go find some poor unfortunate fool to provide just like her with rap dudes to be her skills for her
And sometimes you’re sucking Nas dick till 6 in the morning…
Better than that dusty ass crack head dick u sucking till 8 in the morning
If she goes back to rapper and not pop rapper I might give it a listen. She would still be years away from being on Rapsodys level
Collab with Nas..Nicki MiNas album