Nicki Minaj – "Pink Friday 2: The Hiatus"

[Caviar]

She better drop “Everybody” ASAP

[Ivy Leegue™]

This is definitely a greatest hits collection. It has all of Nicki, for better or worse. It's amazing how well Super Freaky Girl held up after all this time. It definitely fits on the album, with the other songs with the heavy-handed samples, but it's definitely the best of that crop. She is definitely rapping hard on some of these songs, which I like. The album is definitely solid, but she was gassing herself up by saying it's the best album of all time and even her best. I think that distinction still goes to The Pinkprint. Also, as hard as I have been on Nicki's singing, it's funny that two of the most singing songs are in the top 5. I'm actually pleasantly surprised by how many of my favorite songs, other than Everybody, actually made it to the physical! I give the album a B overall.

1. FTCU (Yup. This is it. Savage.)
2. Barbie Dangerous (Are you KIDDING ME? This is classic Nicki. LOVE it and loved how she paid homage.)
3. Just The Memories (The way this surprised me! Love everything about this song.)
4. Last Time I Saw You (The way this really grew on me. Glad it made the cut!)
5. Super Freaky Girl (Never gets old, honestly.)
6. Ruby Red Da Sleeze (First time hearing this in full and yeah, it slaps hard.)
7. Forward From Trini (YESSSSSSS!)
8. Needle (Smooth and catchy! A good single, for sure. Sounds like it could have been on More Life or Views.)
9. Big Difference (SICK.)
10. My Life (I like how the sample is used. Interesting that the streaming/digital version is longer by 9 seconds, but I can't see why it needs to be.)
11. Bahm Bahm (I love this version of Nicki. Too short, but still a standout.)
12. Pink Friday Girls (Obvious, but feels like an obvious smash.)
13. Cowgirl (Nice, Dr. Puke! This sounds dreamy.)
14. Fallin' 4 U (It's moody and kinda dark and doesn't feel quite fleshed out, but I dig it.)
15. RNB (I really don't know why I rock with this so much, but I do.)
16. Let Me Calm Down (I like the vibe of this a lot. Cole slays his verse.)
17. Blessings (Get that Christian smash! Sing, Tasha!!)
18. Nicki Hendrix (Filler. I kinda like when the production goes off at the end, with Future repeating "Being Egyptian" over and over.)
19. Everybody (A little annoying and repetitive, actually, but it's short, at least. Wait...it looks like Lil Uzi Vert didn't make the physical version. Oh well, no loss.)
20. Pink Birthday (Filler.)
21. Beep Beep (Cute interlude)
22. Are You Gone Already? (Not enough Nicki in this. It's like a mixtape track with some scant bars over Billie's song. I get why it means so much to Nicki though.)

[It's me, bitch.]

Can someone who has listened to the whole album please tell me the most pop tracks I can check out?

[think pink.]

Dec 9, 2023 18:21:12 GMT -5 It's me, bitch. said:

Can someone who has listened to the whole album please tell me the most pop tracks I can check out?

Everybody
Pink Friday Girls
Cow Girl
My Life (mostly for the Pop sample)
Last Time I Saw You

And Needle isn’t Pop but it’s groovy and Summery.

[SHOOTER]

In spite of the Xmas music avalanche, Everybody is now #1 on Apple Music USA and #2 on Apple Music Global. Insane.

[think pink.]

Dec 10, 2023 16:11:35 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

In spite of the Xmas music avalanche, Everybody is now #1 on Apple Music USA and #2 on Apple Music Global. Insane.

Imagine she released this last week as a proper single.

It probably wasn’t even finished though 💀😂.

[Ivy Leegue™]

Dec 10, 2023 17:06:52 GMT -5 think pink. said:

Dec 10, 2023 16:11:35 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

In spite of the Xmas music avalanche, Everybody is now #1 on Apple Music USA and #2 on Apple Music Global. Insane.

Imagine she released this last week as a proper single.

It probably wasn’t even finished though 💀😂.

Well, we know Uzi's verse wasn't finished in time for the CD/vinyl.

[think pink.]

Dec 10, 2023 16:11:35 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

In spite of the Xmas music avalanche, Everybody is now #1 on Apple Music USA and #2 on Apple Music Global. Insane.

He honestly wasn’t needed at all. She could’ve just added another verse and go off Roman Holiday style. It would’ve fit in so well.

[thezatch]

The Queen Radio Vol. 1 Target-exclusive violet-colored 3LP vinyl is on sale this week for $29.99 (reg. $59.99)! If purchased in-store, it will scan at the regular price but associates will price match the Target app or Target.com sale price.

I did pick up the retail Pink Friday 2 CD for the Uzi-less version of "Everybody" today too, but that $40 vinyl is still going back right after it's delivered, I'on't care.

[SHOOTER]

Dec 10, 2023 17:32:58 GMT -5 think pink. said:

Dec 10, 2023 16:11:35 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

In spite of the Xmas music avalanche, Everybody is now #1 on Apple Music USA and #2 on Apple Music Global. Insane.

He honestly wasn’t needed at all. She could’ve just added another verse and go off Roman Holiday style. It would’ve fit in so well.

I didn’t miss his verse at all tbh. He’s fun on the track but Roman could’ve easily devoured this at the end and set it off.

[think pink.]

TOUR DATES!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C0uHSAZL83k

[wavey.]

No Pittsburgh?! Fuck her🩷

[SHOOTER]

Dec 11, 2023 14:06:56 GMT -5 wavey. said:

No Pittsburgh?! Fuck her🩷

You are not a tree; you can move!

[think pink.]

“FTCU” needs to be a single at some point. My gawd. It goes AWF!.

[Ivy Leegue™]

Dec 11, 2023 14:26:08 GMT -5 think pink. said:

“FTCU” needs to be a single at some point. My gawd. It goes AWF!.

My absolute fave on the album. That and Barbie Dangerous are gems. I think I'll see her in Austin if I'm in the country!

[wavey.]

Dec 11, 2023 14:23:24 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

Dec 11, 2023 14:06:56 GMT -5 wavey. said:

No Pittsburgh?! Fuck her🩷

You are not a tree; you can move!

Yeah true. I guess Columbus is close!

[Ivy Leegue™]

Pitchfork gave it a 6.5. For context:

Pink Friday - 6.5
Pink Friday - Roman Re-Loaded - 6.7
The Pinkprint - 7.5
Queen - 7.6 (They were wrong for rating Queen over The Pinkprint, but, at the time when Queen dropped, I DID love it.)

So, needless to say, they have never been the BIGGEST fans, but they have given Nicki her props when they wanted to. I wonder, in time, how this album will hold up for me. As for now, I'm convinced The Pinkprint is the closest she has come to a masterpiece. Though, I TOTALLY forgot about the accidental inclusion of the instrumental version of Anaconda on the CD, so the Pink Friday 2 physicals weren't the first time she put out something that wasn't totally complete, LOL.

pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nicki-minaj-pink-friday-2/#intcid=_pitchfork-albums-bottom-recirc_e9f6ad32-404d-41e5-a574-2b524395c8a5_text2vec1

[think pink.]

Single please 😭. She looks so good.

[SHOOTER]

Dec 11, 2023 14:26:08 GMT -5 think pink. said:

“FTCU” needs to be a single at some point. My gawd. It goes AWF!.

I tell 'em that I'm the Sleeze, they tellin' me "okay, prove it!"
I leave these bitches on read so now they know that they blew it!
I tell 'em I'm movin' units, my videos, they gon' view it!
Spotify ain't gotta lie, they really streamin' my music!

[wjr15]

This album is pretty strong and a good follow up to PF but in 2023. It really plays to Nicki’s strengths. I’m more of a pop Nicki fan and there are definitely some great songs on here.

Fallin 4 U
Needle
*Everybody
Red Ruby Da Sleeze
*Pink Friday Girls
Super Freaky Girl
Bahm Bahm
Last Time I Saw You

*songs that need to be singles

My only criticism is that I wish this album was a bit shorter. 22 songs is too many and I’d rather trim it down to about 15 songs max.

[divasummer]

I’m going to start by saying I’m a casual Nicki and rap fan.
I do like some of her stuff.
The pop stuff of course. Lol
However I was also obsessed with “Chun Li and Good Form”
From this latest release I was into the pre singles “Red Ruby Sleeze, Last Time I Saw You and Super Freaky Girl”.
From the new stuff I just realized I added more than I thought.
I added “FTCU, Needle”, (I always like this type of production),
“Cowgirl” (which is one of my favorites), “Everybody, Big Difference, Forward From Trini, Pink Friday Girls and My Life”

[Ivy Leegue™]

Currently at a 71 on Metacritic with 7 reviews

[think pink.]

WE’RE FINALLY GETTING NEW BODY 😭

[Ivy Leegue™]

Is this the song with K*nye?

[iHype.]

Keeping the criticism on a lighter side, despite me feeling this is her weakest effort the highlights to me thus far would be “Bahm Bahm”, “Everybody”, and “Fallin 4 U”.

I think each of those songs really highlights her strengths with approaching this album and how she should navigate future releases.

Bahm Bahm - can’t go wrong with her simply spitting on a song and a good beat. It reminds me of a leftover from The Pinkprint era (her best album). It’d fit right in with songs like Wamables and Shanghai.

Everybody - viral hit viral hit. The sample is a little too heavy and it might burn out quick in replay-ability down the line, but the song clearly stuck out to most on first listen.

Fallin 4 U - Reflective song which emotionally and lyrically is great, I think also unlike Are You Gone Already it helped she didn’t use a sample. She didn’t need it!! She can do sampling right in club songs (Everybody, Super Freaky Girl) but for a more emotional album track the sampling just isn’t needed in that instance.

[think pink.]

Dec 12, 2023 13:04:59 GMT -5 Ivy Leegue™ said:

Is this the song with K*nye?

Yes. Her verse went super viral after it leaked and Kanye wouldn’t release it at the time🙄.

[think pink.]

I got my tickets!!! She better not cancel 😭.

[thezatch]

Dec 12, 2023 16:39:52 GMT -5 think pink. said:

I got my tickets!!! She better not cancel 😭.

What were ticket prices generally like? Reasonable given the seat chosen?

[SHOOTER]

Dec 9, 2023 16:30:29 GMT -5 SHOOTER said:

She can definitely crack 200k if she drops another song every day starting Monday. Let’s go! 🔥

Periodt! We are thriving in Gag City!

[think pink.]

Dec 12, 2023 18:29:00 GMT -5 thezatch said:

Dec 12, 2023 16:39:52 GMT -5 think pink. said:

I got my tickets!!! She better not cancel 😭.

What were ticket prices generally like? Reasonable given the seat chosen?

You should be able to see/buy tickets on ticketmaster because I’m not a Citi card member nor did I even have the pre-sale code. I think that’s only for VIP.

Id say it’s pretty much the standard pricing I guess for an A.lister? Lol. I got good seats (not floor because I hate that view/crowding) but like 2nd row on the first level right above the floor and it was almost 900 in total for two tickets with fees & insurance.

I saw some ppl saying when they bought their tickets though and checked that area again it was going for higher. Ticketmaster really is a scam. I wouldn’t doubt it if they raised my section before I even bought tickets 😒.