NICKI MINAJ COMPARES HER NEW UP COMING ALBUM "THE PINK BLUE" WITH JAY-Z "BLUE PRINT"

Promoting her upcoming album The Pink Print,
Nicki Minaj spoke with DJ Semtex on BBC 1Xtra
and explained her own anticipation for the body of
work. While she has yet to announce an official
release date, Minaj shared that she will be
releasing new music in the coming weeks.
“I’m super excited about the music that I have in
store for people,” she said. “I have some stuff
coming out in the next couple weeks that are
gonna blow people's minds. I’m just gearing up
for this album. I took my time with the album. I've
never felt better to be honest.”
Speaking about the motivation behind the album’s
title, Nicki Minaj started by mentioning a recent
step away from the industry.
“I think sometimes it’s good to deactivate yourself
from the machine of the industry,” she said. “I
think I did that. I got enough time to really just
focus and get a new perspective on who I was in
relation to the industry, in relation to rap, and all of
that. I am a lot more confident. This album that
I’m working on is called The Pink Print. Of course
I named it The Pink Print and of course Jay has
had his Blueprint albums. That’s what I feel like
this album is gonna be. I really feel like this
album will be a blueprint for female rappers to
come. That alone should tell you how confident I
am about the music.”
While on the show, the Pink Friday rapper also
shared coming together with Lil Herb for the
original version of “ Chi-Raq .”
“I contacted Lil Herb from Chicago,” she said. “He
had a record out that was doing that flow that he's
doing on the hook. I was feeling the flow that he
did on that song. We did an original song. That
‘Chi-Raq’ beat is my beat. Boi-1da did that beat
for me and I rapped on it and then I called Lil Herb
like, ‘Yo, I’m feeling you. I love your style. I love
your movement. Come down to L.A. and lay a new
verse on this song.’
“I knew the shit was hot,” she added. “I knew the
beat was hot...I didn't really expect that many—I’m
telling you, a lot of people remade that song. Like
people did videos to that song. We don't even
have a video to that, and I had the original
version.”
“The Game bodied it,” Minaj said of her favorite
remix. “He kinda surprised me. That was one of
the most lyrical Game verses I heard in years. I
didn’t really expect him to go that crazy on it. That
was one that really stood out to me. He was mad.
Somebody made him mad or something.”
Later in the interview, Nicki Minaj spoke on her
working relationship with Lil Wayne and their
continued chemistry.
“One of the biggest motivators in my career was
just watching Wayne's work ethic when I first came
in the game,” she said. “I would see him go so
hard, and do so many features, and so many
mixtapes, and do so many albums. Whether he
and I are on a song or not, we always have this
insane connection that I can't explain...You gotta
play that ‘Sweet Dreams’ Beyonce freestyle, you
gotta play when me and Wayne did ‘Go Hard.’
People need to be reminded that that has not been
done since...We were like animated superheroes.
When we were doing that, it was not being done,
and it has not been done since.”