By her own accounts, Nicki Minaj didn’t want to drop her debut album this year. Despite setting a Billboard record by becoming the first female rapper to be featured on seven of Nielsen Soundscan’s 200 best-selling song’s this year, Nicki Minaj repeated her earlier statements to Honey magazine that she never intended to release an album this year.
“I wanted to release my album next year,” she told Toi Troutman of Honey, during a previous interview. “I don’t think I have a big enough fan base.”
The Soundscan numbers disproved her fears, and she has since found herself rhyming next to the likes of Kanye West, Jay-Z and Eminem. Her bars in “Monster” 
brought praise from some of her harshest critics, and Nicki points to her over-animated delivery as the reason why. In an interview with YRB magazine, Nicki called the “Monster” verse her “breakout moment.”
“I held my own and I stayed true to my crazy animation, and it’s like I didn’t have to take my fun stuff out,” she explained. “I was able to incorporate Nicki Minaj on a record with Jay-Z and Kanye West. And I think people know that’s a difficult task in itself.”
After initially telling MTV Eminem wasn’t in love with the song she proposed as a duet, Nicki secured another high-profile collaboration when Slim Shady agreed to appear on a re-worked version of “Roman’s Revenge.”
“We both have our own world, and we’re just colliding,” she said of the duet. “I feel like we’re on a freaking collision course or something. But it’s very equal. I want a piece of that Slim Shady world because I feel like it may have subconsciously influenced me.”
Exclusive information about Pink Friday, including what Nicki Minaj thinks about Lil Kim and other felame emcees who have tried to bait her into a feud can be found in the full YRB interview.
wiggity wiggity wack
im soooo over nicki now!
Monster was good and Roman’s Revenge was horrible.
What more needs to be said?
No one cares if your over Nicki. She’s still an amazing rapper/artist.
That cartoon flow and voice are terrible..she could spit an ill 16 if she really wanted to but no one would listen so she’s forced to use that style which is annoying as fuck…
damn bunch of haters on this page lmao
LMAO @ female emcees…….
lol, real talk, co-sign 100%
Damnnn all these damn haters, give the woman props, she’s different&very creative point blank. Keep it up Minaj.
fucc this bitch
Not really into Nicki, but her and Em ripped it on that Roman track. I mean, come on, man.. it wasn’t that bad, it was pretty good.
man come on… i mean really who you tryin to fool with that not really a fan shit.
i invented that shit, just cough it up and say you on nicki’s payroll.
Umm R U on Crack? That was the WORST diss track ever. people only say its good becuz EM is on it. Lil Kim said it best Uhh, uhh, what the blood clot?
Wanna bumble wit the Bee hahh?
BZZZZT, throw a hex on a whole family
Dressed in all black like the Oman
Have your friends singin ‘This is for my homey’
And you know me, from makin niggaz so sick
Floss in my 6 with the Lex on the wrist
If it’s Murder, you know She Wrote it
German Luger for your ass bitch, deep throated
Know you wanna fill the room cause it’s platinum coated
Take your pick, got a firearm you shoulda toted, suck a dick
All that bullshit you kick, playa hatin from the sideline
Get your own shit, why you ridin mine?
I’m, a Goodfella kinda lady
Stash 380’s and Mercedes, Puffy hold me down baby!
^ Uh…for the record, Kim didn’t write those lines, she just regurgitated them.
Whether she wrote her lines back then or not…yall forget that she has a 5 mic album (that she DID write herself).
Man, give the girl some credit. She’s doing her think. How many females can say I held my own on tracks with jay-z, kanye, & Em.
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Man, give the girl some credit. She’s doing her think. How many females can say I held my own on tracks with jay-z, kanye, & Em.
FOXY AND KIM HELD THEY OWN ON TRACKS WITH JAY
He said Jay, Kanye and Em you f*ckin’ dipshit!!
Nicki I don’t understand why you are so angry that Lil Kim spoke up about how she felt. You stole her whole image. I would be pissed too. You have you own style Im sure you could get a designer to make up your own style. You shouldve spoken to her squashed it and do a track together. Not wait til your album is about to drop to release a diss track. You didn’t put bitches on. They put you on. You lost cool points for calling her a has been. You forget you are hot right now but lets see if you have longevity like she did. I doubt it.
Beef is and always has been good publicity. Nicki is just doing what so many others did aswell and that’s start a beef which get’s a lot of attention, just before your album drops.
As soon as I heard Roman’s Revenge I knew half of the lyrics wasen’t hers then after reading this article I put 2 & 2 together
“I want a piece of that Slim Shady world because I feel like it may have subconsciously influenced me.”
An I gotta catch 22 that Slim wrote for her just pay attetion its pretty much all Shady!
You might be right but I’m more inclined to say Drake wrote that verse
WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT SNARE AND WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT DUNGEON DRAGON?
I FUCKIN HATE THIS
THE BEAT EVEN MAKES EMINEM SOUND SHIT
LOL DUNGEON DRAGON? FUCK OUT OF HERE WOW PLAYERS
NIKKI MINAJ DO A SONG WITH OR ILL MAKE U WATCH ME RAPE LIL WAYNE IN THE ASS – LIL B aka BASED GOD
I liked nikki more back when she wasnt with wayne…she changed up with all that new animated crap. I cant take her seriously…she needs to dish that gimic and make a record off of her talent alone. Because she DOES have the talent to do so.
Come on..i cnt beleive all the haters got together and basically gang banged this talented young lady.. if u dnt like the bitch why blogg about her,, and argue about it at that.. Nicki is a beast, she;s the female wayne of this generation. when dat album drop, i wont yall to pick ya jaws up of the floor..bum ass niggas
the whole thing with her doing random voice inflections in her songs and dressing oddly is simply for attention, and she knows people pay attention based on the reception lady gaga got and her insane behavior. other than that, she can rhyme very well and I commend her for that. The fact that she’s with wayne kinda dilutes her talent but nonetheless gives her a good launch pad to start her career. She aims to entertain, nothing more than that, so of course the true heads are gonna bash her for being on the radio, but if she were an underground artist she would get a lot more recognition below the radar than from the masses.
i hate how any artist who dresses unconventionally is compared to lady gaga. you know shes not the only person in the world who dresses oddly… all i wanted to say
I Would Love To Clear This Up.. It Has Been Repeatedly Said That Nicki Has Wrote Her Own Lyrics So Please Stop It w/ Drake& Wayne Writing Her Lyrics Because 1: Wayne Don’t Write His Lyrics He Just Does His Thing When It’s Time To Get In The Studio& 2: Drake Has A TOTALLY Different Sound& Style Then Nicki. So Please Get That Out Your Head& If You Don’t Believe Me Go On Youtube& Rick Ross Explains The Whole Thing On How He Watched Her Write Her Lyrics To Monster. But Other Then That Kim Did Not Start The Color Hair& Eyes So Please Let That Go. I’m Pretty Sure Kim Got That From Somebody Else& Nicki Changes Up Her Style All The Time& Who Cares About Kim.. As Real As Kim Is She Couldn’t Even Come Out& Say How She Swagger Jacked How BIGGIE Sound& Y’all Can’t Tell Me That Shit Ain’t True. So This Whole Nicki& Kim Thing PLEEEAAASSEE& I Mean Please Let It Go.
Here! Here! So true.
im feelin monster and romans revenge… but what i really wanna feel is that ass!!