Unlike its predecessor, the album doesn’t leave much of an impression.
The songs comprise a nebulous mass not unlike the swirling galaxy of the album’s cover art.
Nicki Minaj’s Queen tries so hard to impress everyone that it risks failing to satisfy anyone.
Listen to the first two singles from Minaj’s long-awaited fourth album.
Katy plays “Kobe” Perry, the team captain of the Tigers, who go head-to-head with the Sheep, led by Hafþór Júlíus “Thor” Björnsson.
The film is a pop sonata of stand-up comedy routines layered with, if not vitality, then at least honest energy.
The apparent moral of the story? We are all Madonna. So grab your grillz and start humping the nearest wall.
Among the new songs are “Bitch I’m Madonna,” a garish EDM track that’s perhaps the most divisive of the songs that have leaked.
The Pinkprint is a nakedly introspective work that reduces Minaj’s formerly freewheeling aesthetic to its bare components.
The animated clip for Minaj’s lyric video immediately caused a firestorm of controversy.
The film is clearly wary of either being too saccharine or taking itself—or the notion of compulsive infidelity—too seriously, though its schadenfreude is unwavering.
What she declares about her craft is, thus far, the most telling element of the ever-chugging Beyoncé train.
The Re-Up is an indication that Minaj is learning from some of her past mistakes.
Though you could call Roman Reloaded schizophrenic, the better word would be noncommittal.
Nicki Minaj isn’t taking any chances with the official lead single from her forthcoming sophomore album.
J. Cole is the only one nominated for best new artist that we can’t see winning.
This Sunday, Maya Arulpragasam is going to the Super Bowl, which is like Harold Bloom going to Disney World.
The last time Madonna got divorced, we got “Like a Prayer,” so it’s hard to ignore how decidedly vapid “Give Me All Your Luvin’” is by comparison.
If rap critics had their way, Jean Grae would be the queen of conscious hip-hop.
The standout track from Nicki Minaj’s debut, Pink Friday, is a duel for the ages.