To commemorate the release of her sophomore album re-release Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up, Nicki Minaj stopped by Power 105’s The Breakfast Club to discuss everything from her feud with Mariah Carey and her clothing line.
She also addressed how the new album wasn’t picked up by Target and Wal-Mart, explaining that they didn’t want to take a chance on selling a repackage and that it’s setting her up for failure.
“It’s hard to get hte album because the stores basically said that the last few re-releases they had put out did not do well, and they didn’t want to take a chance,” she explained. “So Target and Wal-Mart is not selling the album, and Target is actually my biggest retailer. They’ve always been my biggest retailer. So they sold the most Nicki Minaj albums ever. So thank you Target, but I wish you could have sold this one. Best Buy only took limited because they were like, ‘We want to play it saafe.’ It sets you up to fail. But at the end of the day, I’m happy to put the album out.”
She also revealed that she launched a new record label, signing her first artists Parker and Brinx. Watch the full interview below.
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STFU stop bitching, care about your music not about your bitch ass re-release for $$$
yawn,,,next
she making excuses cause its gonna flop
They probably won’t carry it because its a re-re-release of a shitty album. The stores aren’t setting you up to fail your shitty music and stupid marketing choices are.
Really a minaj label? Smh.
But why didn’t she just release the songs as an EP then…
its a rerelease so obviously its not gonna sell 300k its first week. why? because its a RE-RELEASE.
fuck she looks plastic and miserable..look at her eyes, she looks sad n empty
trying so hard to be a white girl, just like lil kim
The difference with her and Kim…is Kim was dope. Kim actually had skill, and she studied under Biggie. Minaj is wack, and so is Wayne.
kim never wrote her own shit…
lil kim was wack, nicki minaj is wack, missy elliott was dope only cause she had dope beats from timbaland and the best female rapper is ms lauryn hill
Lauryn Hill will never be the greatest Female MC of all time for one reason and one reason only. She has less than five rap singles to her name.
THIS JUST PROVES THAT NICKI MINAJ SUCKS ASS LIKE ME. WE HOE ASS BITCHES 4 LYFE.
This is just a cover up cuz she know her shit ain’t selling any more!!! Is like warning your job the day before calling in… I think I’m coming down with the flue…. Yeah I bet you are… SHould I expect your call in tomorrow for work??? Yeah I get a lot of this shit from my workers…. Good thinking tho Nikkiiii lol #FAIL
The reason stores don’t wanna sell the album because her music is CRAP!!! + She is annoying as f*#k…
if you dont sell, blame the retailers, makes alot of sense GTFOH
this bitch complains bout everything nobody wants to watch your wack ass video
Exactly. Slim and Baby need to pimp her ass out and get her to do porn.
she is to ugly to do porn. she consist of to much plastic
Hey HHDX
Do you guys even BOTHER with copy editors? Seriously. This looks like it was written by a 13 year old autistic kid who had an aneurysm halfway through.
I think people are just getting tired of her. Nicki, 50, Lupe, Lil Kim, Game etc are always in the media talking reckless in interviews/Twitter/Instagram/Facebook, doing reality shows, starting beef, wearing crazy outfits and people are just sick of it. As much as I hate 2 Chainz, MMG except for Wale & Stalley, even Wayne, at least everytime I look up, I don’t see or hear them for something other than their music. Take notes Nicki, because you actually have a flow and would look much better if you wasn’t always dressing crazy too.
DX editors; fucking retards that get butthurt when you call them out about being retards.
maybe retailers set you up because your music is wack.
its like re releasing the same album over and over…how tf do you expect to sell? make new music, on second thought please dont lol
Who the fuck do she think she is? 50 Cent?
thats really the best example you could come up with? you couldnt think of a more relevant one?
Everyone can make a label these days…
when u sign that contract,and one thing dont work out as planned ,
the bosses will be breathing down your shoulder because they spent money on you to make them more money ,forcing you to speak out and looking stupid and desperate in front of everybody,
i hope everything turns out well for nicki but if she get back on top of things? she have to try to not do whatever made her obsticles
like someone said she do look lost in her eyes she looks empty
what kind of nonsensical arbitrary analysis is that. man stfu lol
She needs to stop this diva act just cuz she aint get no bacon, the breakfast club aint playin her entire album or angela yee didn’t wanna buy her perfume. She was just straight up bitchy in her interview. Power 105.1 bout to pull a Hot 97 move and blacklist her.
Drake, get ur hoe mane!
Sorry. I’m busy fucking Rihanna right now.
If she would have just put the new stuff out as an EP they would have carried it. She attatched it to the original album because she wants to get it to platinum. And even Nicki Minaj fans, for the most part, arent retarded enough to buy the same album twice for a few extra songs. The retailers made the right call
I lost respect for nicki after watching this….what a rude bitch…. She only sold like 1.5 million records and has done nothing for hip hop. She has no reason to be that rude and demanding… Acting that rude when someone offers you bacon? Expecting people to know every single detail of your career and life….? Who does she think she is?? I can’t believe I used to defend her when people talked bad about her….
I’m pretty sure re-packaging your old CD hardly a year after its initial release is setting yourself up for failure.
the truth.
repacking a cd that floped and was trash
It’s actually a smart business move. Even if it sells 50,000 copies, that’s just gravy at this point considering the real album has already gone gold. Funny that Target would take this stance considering they stock tons of old CD’s that aren’t even in high demand.
Or maybe they dont want your trash in their stores. not to mention your record company pays so many djs and vjs that the game is fixed for your dumb annoying plastic ass to win. stupid fake talentless bitch i hope Mariah carry and nick cannon beat your ass to death!
Who is this pale, white, caucasian woman?
This woman is crazy
LITERALLY FUCKING CRAZY
what. a. cunt.
the Retailers are speaking the true they took the right decision.
shes a fad
probly expecting low numbers
Well stop whinning and put together a real album. You should have enough music in the vault. And put some real music that people with jobs want to buy instead of little kids and that will help you out.
lol bitch ur setting ur self up for failure bye reselling ur shitty album that floped the first time n ur gimmick n buzz is dying down dumb ass
b/s … in other words she ain’t on Rihanna’$ level
She is making excuses because it will FLOP!
nbe wef
This woman is crazy. in the beginning i liked her, but now she has a big ego. Also she just talking about marketing and money. She is not a rapper she is a businesswoman.
Not that she has ever been any good, well maybe on the underground she was ok. Why even write a story about her on a hip-hop site, she is a pop singer that sometimes raps stuff that does not make since.
YOU’RE NOT MAKING ANY SINCE!!
It’s ’cause you’re re-releasing the same shit you fucking idiot!
I’m gonna buy 2 copies, one to listen to, and one to jack off on!
Wow. That is a funny interview. She sounds like a hoe out on the stroll, hassling potential tricks because her pimp is threatening to beat her if she comes up short with the funds.
I understand promoting a product. That is the point of an interview. But that was one of the most desperate and pressed interviews I have ever heard. Guess Cash Money didn’t pay out the DJs enough to spin all of her tracks. Her 360 deal must be like a noose around her neck. Yeah, the overseas audience might do better interviews but the American audience is the bulk of her sales.
“she only sold like 1.5 million records and has done nothing for hip hop”
You act like she’s been around for 10 years. She’s only on her second album. Considering the state of female rap these days, I’d say her contributions are pretty impressive. She’s catering to young girls, something hip hop isn’t known to do.
Hop off the dick. Shes not even hip-hop; she’s pop. There’s no female hip-hop artists in the mainstream now.
I didn’t see anybody up in arms when 50 re-released The Massacre. Obviously she’s going to have a third album. In the meantime, she’s milking it. The horror lol