Nicki Minaj in Los Angeles in July 2023.Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage
Nicki Minajis celebrating a new “Moment 4 Life.”
The rapper announced she finally dropped her highly anticipated albumPink Friday 2— a sequel to her platinum certified debut albumPink Friday— on her 41st birthday, after several delays.
Minaj posted avideo to her Instagramsharing the whopping 22-song tracklist, which includes collaborations withDrake,Lil Uzi Vert,Future,Lil Wayne,J. Coleand several others. Her hit single “Super Freaky Girl,” which was released last August and debuted at thetop of theBillboardTop 100, was also listed.
The video starts off showing a pink airplane flying through pink skies with the words, “Pink Friday 2” written across. “The airline is ready to make its descent, buckle up,” Minaj could be heard saying. The scene then changed to the pink interior of the plane as Minaj’s voice could be heard saying once again, “As we prepare for landing, please make sure your tray tables are put back up and your seatbelts are tightly fastened.”
She even has a song called “Barbie Dangerous,” which appears to be a nod to her contribution to theBarbiemovie soundtrack. And just like the originalPink Friday, she has another collaboration with Drake in the form of the song “Needle.”
Nicki Minaj’s artwork for ‘Pink Friday 2.'.Charlotte Rutherford
Charlotte Rutherford
Minaj originallyhinted at the albumin 2020, after posting on X (formerly known as Twitter) a message that read, “PF2.” She then thrilled the Barbz back in June when sheannounced her upcoming albumwould be a sequel to her seminal 2010 recordPink Friday. However, she also announced that the record, originally slated for Oct. 20, would be pushed to Nov. 17.
Pink Friday 2, was pushed back one more time, with the “Chun-Li” artist announcing during a livestream in October that the new release date would be Dec. 8. She shared that the decision to push it back was made largely due to the fact that the vinyl pressing of the album wasn’t going to be ready until the week of Dec. 1.
In the livestream, she also described how much it meant to her to finally get to release the album and expressed just how “proud” of the project she is. “I am so filled with emotion about it because, as y’all know, it’s been a long time coming,” she said.
Nicki Minaj performs in London in October 2012.Joseph Okpako/WireImage
Joseph Okpako/WireImage
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“I have never in my life been so in love with something that I’m working on,” the rapper went on to say while discussing the five-year gap between her latest album and 2018’sQueen. “Pink Friday 2the album is something that has been coming for the last five years. It is the album that I had writer’s block for a long time because I was pregnant and didn’t want to say freaky stuff and all that.”
Pink Friday 2is now available for purchase and on streaming platforms.
source: people.com
