Nicki Minaj Album: “Pink Friday (Explicit)”

Thing is, when the hype surrounding you is so huge, being "good" isn't even good enough anymore. People begin to expect greatness every single time out and that's tough to do for any artist or professional at what they do. To a kid that has made straight A's their entire life, a B is almost seen as a failure in the eyes of some. You get the point. All in all, the album is decent. Stand out tracks for me.

Roman's Revenge - 5/5 - Slim Shady did his thing on this track. Roman held his own too. great hook.

Right Thru Me - 4/5 - Catchy. I'm sure a lot of chicks can relate.

Fly - 4.5/5 - Rihanna does an amazing job. Two solid verses from Nicki.

Save Me - 5/5 - Amazing Song. I can "feel" this song. Some songs do that to you. You just "feel" it.

Moment for life - 4.5/5 - is it me or is Drake killing every feature these days??? I have yet to hear a bad verse from him.

Check It Out - 4/5 - Fun dance song. Great verse from Nicki.

The other tracks are decent. 3-4 range. If I could more accurately rate the album, I would give it a 3.75 (4 for production and 3.5 for lyrics) due to the massive hype and praise. I was honestly expecting nothing less than perfection, but a B will do. Disregard any reviews that gave this album a 1. Cmon, be real, they couldn't have listened to the entire album. :-/

I was mildly excited about this album as I have heard Nicki Minaj's work on some other Young Money albums and found her style of machine gunning witty lyrics refreshing, however. Popping this album into my car I was immediately disappointed; first and foremost the lyrics are just brainless, she uses idiotic metaphors to discuss superficial topics which seem to blend well with the modern hip hop zeitgeist. I can almost forgive this transgression, however, aside from the idiocy of her topic's, her vocals are way off you can tell a ton of auto tune was used and she modulates and shifts her voice from annoying to more annoying, I understand from some of Nicki's good verses (on other peoples albums) that she does change cadence and intonation and it happens to be something I am a fan of, when it sounds good, this doesn't. She sounds more drunk karaoke singer than an actual musician in these instances. The final problem with this album is the production, many of the beats seem phoned in using a variety of synths and technology instead of real musicians, furthermore these beats are simply cheap imitations of the same things we have heard before. Avoid this clearly Nicki is happy attempting to be modern hip hop's Lady GaGa and attempting to convince fans that superfluous topics are profound.

This album really has no longevity, after I listened to this album a few times I asked myself what did I like about it so much? At least she knows how to advertise.

Cmon, they couldn't give her a higher front money so she can invest in hotter beats? That's the problem with this album, beats are not HOTT!

Ive known for a while she has some worshippers or whatever your might call them. Some of these people will almost try to hurt you if you say you dont like her music. OR Simply, this Album is Exremely weak... Extremely. SHe has her moments but with all that Hype and everybody including most females trying to Play cute instead of knowing what Rap is. They just rate her on how she looks which after all the surgery she has done is starting to look like a Wierdo. Anyway as far as the Album goes she had to at the last minute include Romans Revenge Ft. Eminem, which is one of the tracks that are actually ok. Im the Best, is alright. Other than that DO NOT listen to Her Blog Page... and Fans posting 5 Stars reviews on here. This is PURE Hype and no real substance. Dont be fooled by that sympathy song she has on here. Its too little too late. Pink Friday belongs back in the studio. Needs alot of work trust me. Dont waste your money. This is not what it Hyped up to be.