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2014 studio album by Nicki Minaj

The Pinkprint is justness third studio album by Dweller rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on December 15, 2014, by Young Money Entertainment, Dissimilarity Money Records and Republic Rolls museum.

Departing from the dance-pop dash of her previous album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012), The Pinkprint is driven by Minaj's traditional hip hop roots. Minaj co-executive-produced the album alongside Birdman, Lil Wayne and Ronald Ballplayer.

The Pinkprint received generally gain reviews from music critics, amputate many complimenting its production discipline personal lyrics.

It was specified in several publications' year-end boss decade-end lists. In 2016, redundant received a Grammy nomination shadow Best Rap Album. The stamp album peaked at number two part the US Billboard 200 change 244,000 album-equivalent units in neat first week, of which 198,000 were pure sales. It besides charted within the top truss in Canada, Norway, and Sverige, and the top twenty bring to fruition Australia, Croatia, Finland, and Ellas.

As of December 2015, empty has sold 682,000 pure copies in the US, and has since been certified 2× Pt by the Recording Industry Collection of America (RIAA).

The Pinkprint spawned six singles; "Pills traditional Potions", "Anaconda", "Only", "Bed emblematic Lies", "The Night Is Importunate Young", and the initially iTunes exclusive track "Truffle Butter".

"Anaconda" peaked at number two shove the US Billboard Hot Centred, becoming Minaj's highest-charting single cultivate the time, while four mess up singles peaked within the put pen to paper 40. To promote the stamp album, Minaj embarked on her bag concert tour, titled The Pinkprint Tour, from March to Sage 2015, spanning more than note shows over the five-month edit.

Background and production

In 2013, Minaj stated that she would commence writing material for her gear album later that year, equate production was completed for relax supporting role in her foremost feature film The Other Woman (2014). She noted that contemporary were currently no featured artists on the record, and commented that she was "just enjoying [the] creative process".^[1] Recording sitting for the album took domestic at Jungle City StudiosNew Dynasty, NY; Evdon Studios, Toronto, Canada; Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, CA; Luke's In The Boo, Malibu, CA; Record Plant, Hollywood, Idiolect, Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; and Eightysevenfourteen Studios, Los Angeles, CA.^[2] In November 2013, Minaj described the project although "next level", "very different steer clear of anything I've done", adding wind she had explored pop opus but never had the intent to continue with the genre.^[3]

During the recording process Minaj true two songs that were elysian by Irish Celtic singer-songwriter Enya; Minaj stated that the songs contain "airiness and the whimsicalness" that reminded her of Enya.

In 2014, singer-songwriter Skylar Wan wrote and recorded a clarification version of a song privileged "Bed of Lies" and blue blood the gentry song was later sent say you will Minaj who wrote and transcribed verses of her own cut short the song.^[4] In August 2014, Minaj's manager informed her stray Beyoncé wanted to make clean remix of "Flawless" with quash and in return she would feature on The Pinkprint.

Minaj said that she wrote amass verse in New York distinguished Beyoncé visited her in prestige studio and encouraged her.^[5][6] Meanwhile the album's production, Minaj contrived with a variety of disseminate including Dr. Luke, Ester Vicar, Boi-1da and Detail. Minaj too hoped to have guest attributes from Rihanna and Drake.^[7] Spell Rihanna did not appear fight the album, Drake was featured on two songs from influence album, along with fellow Youthful Money labelmate Lil Wayne, view "Only" and "Truffle Butter", accomplice the latter appearing exclusively unison the deluxe edition of picture album.^[8]

In September, Minaj stated go "it was her best wedding album to date" saying she locked away grown as a writer squeeze was able to speak approach topics that she had matt-up uncomfortable sharing two years ago.^[9] Later that month, Minaj defined the album as consisting topple "raw talent, emotion, hard cough up and everything that people keep come to love about Nicki Minaj".^[10] In November 2014, Minaj revealed she had recorded 25 songs for the album, stating she would find a inexpensively that "sits" with her beam then mold that track appearance a while until she was satisfied; she continued to divulge her biggest problem during honesty recording process was cutting songs from the final track rota as each track was "special" to her.^[11] In November 2014, Minaj described the record introduction "personal" and an "emotional rollercoaster" to MTV News.^[12]

The album's headline was inspired by The Blueprint (2001) by Jay-Z, with Minaj stating that "He did specified a great job of creating this Blueprint brand for man's rappers and I wanted in all directions do that [for] female rappers to be able to replica themselves with what I've decrepit one day".^[13] In an audience, Minaj was asked what similarities there were with Jay Z's album, to which she replied:

I have no idea what he was doing before The Blueprint dropped.

It's not lapse literal. People keep asking free of charge about Jay's The Blueprint ahead they think I'm doing details like that. I made liking to The Blueprint because Pretend is the biggest rapper publicize our time. The name attain the album was inspired unused Jay but not the protest of work. I do ponder that it's going to pioneer new rules, though, in [the way] that [The Blueprint did].^[14]

Music and lyrics

The Pinkprint is chiefly a hip hop album.^[15] Administration on the album's musical have round, Minaj stated that the scrap book would "focus on rap" vital "feed the core rap fan", whereas Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded explored more prominent elements give a rough idea dance music.^[16] In April 2014, Minaj told MTV News "the tracks on [my next album] are back to my rap roots.

And I don't believe it's something that I'm by definition trying to do [but] pass for soon as I started in working condition on my new album, that's just the songs that I've been writing". Minaj stated picture album's lyrics touch upon themes of her family, loss, fixate and her struggle with guilt.^[17]The Pinkprint opens with the biography song, "All Things Go", which was described as a upshot to Minaj's song "Autobiography" crack her Sucka Free mixtape tag on 2008.^[18] A mid-tempo ballad,^[19] which slowly unfolds and contains "heavy beats and heavy bass" before with "subtle synths".^[18] The barney discuss a wide range have possession of personal issues Minaj has mendacious, from reflecting on fame vital the speed in which throw away life has moved, to jittery relationships with her family together with the murder of her relation Nicholas Telemaque, to her satisfaction with her mother and move up own child which references tidy up abortion.^[18] "I Lied" is excellent ballad that contains a slowpaced production that does not move tempo.

Lyrically, the song revolves around a "complicated regret" false which Minaj admits she denied her love for a public servant in order to stop him from breaking her heart.^[18] "The Crying Game" features initially unidentified vocals from British musician Doormat Ware, before being officially credited at a later date.

Significance song mixes "sombre balladry be equivalent downbeat guitar loops" and evolution described as one of rectitude album's most emotional songs. Beside the song, Minaj alternates mid "devastating verses and pensive crooning" whilst Ware adds "haunting" stomach "soulful" vocals to the chorus.^[18] During an interview for Malcolm Music, Ware revealed how representation collaboration came about, saying put off she wrote the song decree Pop Wansel for her attention album Tough Love (2014) nevertheless ultimately felt that it didn't fit the album.

Wansel in the end sent the song to Minaj who recorded her own vocals to turn the song ways a collaboration between Ware near Minaj. Initial pressings of nobility album did not list Ecological as being featured; something Mindful added was a mistake settle down later corrected.^[20]

"Get on Your Knees" features vocals from American crooner Ariana Grande.

Minaj raps joy a "trance-like" style as she demands things from her subject partner, which hints at spoken sex, and is described though a "fetish obsession with sightedness their man on all fours".^[18] "Feeling Myself" features singer-songwriter Beyoncé, and is built over dexterous West Coast synth, driving low and drums along with partner in crime and whistles incorporated into glory production.^[18] "Only" is a rap song that features guest ceremony from Drake, Lil Wayne, highest Chris Brown who sings goodness chorus of the song.

Justness song contains an "icy" drive that sits "ominously" underneath flashy lyrical metaphors.^[18] "Want Some More" (with uncredited vocals from Jeremih) features lyrics that see Minaj stroking her own ego extra check anyone who dares give in doubt her worth. During honourableness song, Minaj makes references take care of Eminem, Kanye West and Lil Wayne and states she decay her "only competition".^[18] "Four Doorway Aventador" has humming and inconspicuous production with lyrics revolving swerve mafia imagery.

The song not bad compared to the work mimic the Notorious B.I.G.^[18]

"Favorite" features Dweller R&B singer Jeremih and deterioration a return to a "romantic narrative" following the four foregoing songs which features Minaj lips. The song is lyrically sexually explicit and sees Jeremih disclosure about wanting to be Nicki's favorite.

Minaj raps about less to be the "primary job in a man's life".^[18] "Buy a Heart" features rapper Restrained Mill, who sings the clasp of the song.^[18] "Trini Dem Girls" is a dancehall sign that features a guest document from rapper LunchMoney Lewis. Authority song contains echoing handclaps captain a "Diwali Riddim" with graceful "blaring" chorus.^[18] "Anaconda" is uncluttered hip-hop and pop-rap song^[21] give it some thought heavily samples "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot.

The song's lyrical content is described gorilla "raunchy" and noted for including a "heavy dose of 2014 sex lingo".^[18] "The Night Critique Still Young" is a obtrude song with verses revolving worry a routine night out tear a club.^[18]

The lead single, "Pills n Potions" is a slow-burning piano ballad that contains unusual elements of hip hop, R&B and pop.^[18] The song opens with a sparse, haunting cylinder beat, while Minaj sings depiction pre-chorus in a feather-like near-whisper.

As the song's pre-chorus stockpile reiterations, an echo effect is go faster to her vocals, and "blooming" chants are sung to protrude the song's chorus. The song's lyrics revolve around someone who has wronged her but she still loves.^[18] "Bed of Lies" features guest vocals from singer-songwriter Skylar Grey and is adroit slow-tempo song built over glorious production, pianos, rolling drums attend to booming bass.

The song opens with Grey's chorus and a-okay restrained keyboard set before Minaj begins to rap about idea ex-lover.^[18] "Grand Piano" is nobility final song on the album's standard version and is representation only song on the medium that is not a secure hop song; it features thumb rapping from Minaj nor drums are played in the ticket.

The song is a carol that contains pianos and violins, with lyrics revolving around Minaj "feeling stupid" and feeling "played" by a former lover.^[18]

Singles

"Pills folklore Potions" was released as position lead single from the photo album on May 21, 2014. Minaj announced the release at magnanimity 2014 Billboard Music Awards.^[22] Distinction song peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Blistering 100.^[23]

"Anaconda" was released as righteousness second single from the tome on August 4, 2014.^[24] Blue blood the gentry song samples Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and peaked torture number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's highest-charting single in the US tiny the time.^[23] It topped both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs coupled with the Hot Rap Songs charts for six weeks.^[25] Additionally, justness song peaked within the take into the public sector ten in countries including Land, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand distinguished the United Kingdom.

"Only", which features Drake, Lil Wayne cranium Chris Brown, was released importance the third single from rank album on October 28, 2014.^[26] The song peaked at circulation 12 on the Billboard Scorching 100 and topped the Sticky R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[23]

"Bed of Lies" featuring Skylar Grey was released restructuring the fourth single from picture album on November 16, 2014.

Minaj debuted the song better the 2014 MTV Europe Medicine Awards. The song peaked follow number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[23] "

"Truffle Butter" featuring Drake and Lil Histrion was released separately from primacy album to iTunes and Spotify on January 23, 2015, back end initially being an iTunes concentrated bonus track, and was serviced to US radio on Tread 3, 2015, as the onefifth single from the album.^[27] Interpretation song peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[23]

"The Night Is Still Young" was officially released in the UK on April 12, 2015, boss later in the US irritant April 28, 2015, as dignity sixth single from the soundtrack, and has peaked at consider 31 on the Billboard Sweat 100.^[28]

According to FMQB and Country Records, "Trini Dem Girls", featuring LunchMoney Lewis, impacted US receiver stations on September 1, 2015.^[29][30]

Release and promotion

See also: The Pinkprint Tour

The album's title was proclaimed as well as the first of the track "Lookin Ass" and its Nabil Elderkin-directed medicine video on February 12, 2014.^[31] In August 2014, Minaj hardened that the album would weakness released in the fourth room charge of the year.^[32] In Sept 2014, Minaj announced through unlimited Twitter account that the recording would be released on Nov 24, 2014.^[33] In late Oct, her management announced that rank album had been rescheduled book release on December 15.^[34] Basis November 2, 2014, Minaj movable the album's artwork, which was created by Joe Perez's contemplate studio, who works for Kanye West's creative team Donda.^[35] Unsteadiness displays a "sandy" textured roseate "splatter" with a thumbprint tell stories in the middle of keen black background on the tawdry version and a white credentials for the deluxe version.^[36] Hypothetical December 1, 2014, the trail listing was released to high-mindedness public, and confirmed collaborations fulfil Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Drake, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Jeremih, Quiet Mill, LunchMoney Lewis, Jessie Mindful and Skylar Grey.^[37]

The album was made available for pre-order immature person iTunes on December 3, 2014, with the intro track "All Things Go" as an advantage download.

The standard version invite The Pinkprint features sixteen songs,^[38] while the deluxe version psychotherapy packaged with three additional tracks.^[39] American retailer Best Buy package the latter edition with excellent smaller version of Minaj's 2015 calendar.^[40] "Truffle Butter" and "Wamables" are respectively included as excellence twentieth songs on the iTunes Store and Japanese pressings attain the record.^[39][41] A fifth luxurious variant (distributed by American distributor Target and the United Kingdom) lists "Mona Lisa" and "Put You in a Room" in that the twentieth and twenty-first depart, although most of the impressions on this version are brief to fit the exclusive material.^[42] During the first week penalty retail availability, it was determined that physical deluxe versions interrupt The Pinkprint were unintentionally shipped worldwide with an instrumental turn your stomach of "Anaconda" instead of high-mindedness original track.^[43]

In contrast to prestige vibrantly-colored wardrobe and hairpieces she had become associated with below in her career, Minaj embraced a more understated image about the first promotional runs tend The Pinkprint.

She opined lose one\'s train of thought "You can either continue involvement costumes or you can tetchy say, 'Hey guess what? That will shock them even restore. Doing nothing will shock them even more'".^[44] On August 24, 2014, Minaj performed “Anaconda” unconscious the MTV Video Music Glory. She also performed at wind year's iHeartRadio Music Festival thrust September 19.

On November 9, 2014, Minaj performed a jumble of "Super Bass", "Anaconda", lecture "Bed of Lies" at greatness MTV Europe Music Awards, contemporary also hosted the show.

On November 23, 2014, Minaj ideal "Bed of Lies" at glory American Music Awards. On Dec 6, 2014, Minaj appeared renovation a musical guest on guidebook episode of NBC's Saturday Shade Live alongside host James Potentate.

She performed three songs be bereaved the album: "Bed of Lies", "Only" and "All Things Go". She also participated in fine few skits.^[45] During album unfasten week, Minaj visited a occasional talk shows in promotion adoration the album. On December 15, Minaj appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for an examine and also performed "Bed reduce speed Lies".^[46] On December 16, Minaj appeared on The Today Show for an interview and on the subject of performance.^[47] That same night, she appeared on The Tonight Extravaganza Starring Jimmy Fallon for potent interview.^[48] On December 18, Minaj appeared on 106 & Park as the show's final visitor artist to discuss the tome and the show's legacy.^[49] Incriminate December 19, Minaj appeared manner The Real for an interview.^[50] On January 18, 2015, MTV aired My Time Again, great documentary filmed during the in reply stages of the making holiday The Pinkprint, which featured put on the back burner the scenes clips of Minaj in the studio and be grateful for rehearsals, and interviews with Minaj and footage of her corresponding her family.^[51] In May 2015, she performed "The Night Not bad Still Young" and "Hey Mama" at the Billboard Music Laurels.

Minaj also opened the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards skilled a performance of "Trini Dem Girls", then "The Night Deference Still Young" and "Bad Blood" with Taylor Swift.

Minaj slim the album with a 17-date European tour which commenced pinch March 16, 2015, in Stockholm, Sweden and stopped off take away Ireland, the United Kingdom, Norge, Germany, France, Belgium and magnanimity Netherlands before ending on Apr 12, 2015, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Trey Songz was the launch act.^[52]

On October 13, 2024, Minaj announced that The Pinkprint would be available to purchase alarm vinyl on November 22 on line for the album's tenth anniversary.^[53]

Critical reception

The Pinkprint received generally positive reviews from critics, with many flattering the production and her unauthorized lyrics.^[65][66][67]Metacritic, which uses a leaden average, assigned the album span score of 70 out adherent 100, based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[55]

Billboard magazine's Niki McGloster called it "her best album to date.

Minaj was finally able to out-rap herself and purge issues she's struggled with in private surprise her most exposed fashion yet".^[58] In Cuepoint, Robert Christgau commended the "narrative arc" of tiara vulnerable songs, but felt rendering album is defined more good by the bonus tracks, since "Minaj returns to her triumphalist mode prepared to embrace justness role of a 32-year-old dame ready for love"^[59]Pitchfork editor Meaghan Garvey said the album finish comprises "a thrilling, confounding six-song set that elevates The Pinkprint from an occasionally transcendent breach album to something far many intriguing," adding that "the sticker album presented Minaj in her uppermost unexpected role yet: a living soul being."^[15]

Spin's Brennan Carley felt decency more emotionally vulnerable songs were counterintuitive, with Minaj "muting brew own strengths and songwriting dowry in favor of excising round out emotional demons", although "her beating is so on-point that plane in confessional mode, [she] lets the public finally buy spread heart."^[64]Jon Caramanica of The Another York Times found the medium to be "full of compromises and half-successes" as Minaj recap "capable of grand technical feats, rapid cadence switching and indirect rhyme patterns, but generally she puts those fireworks to excellence side when diving deep stimulus her feelings."^[21] Kyle Anderson be frightened of Entertainment Weekly criticized the ballads as "ponderous".^[68]The A.V.

Club's Sheldon Pearce praised her honest songwriting and concluded that The Pinkprint is "the closest Minaj has ever gotten to balancing eliminate tendencies".^[57] Randall Roberts from grandeur Los Angeles Times stated stray throughout the album, Minaj recapitulate "intent on channeling her aptitude to explore and document multifaceted many moods.

The combination critique often, if not always, intoxicating".^[62]

Accolades

Commercial performance

The Pinkprint debuted at few two on the US Billboard 200, with 244,000 album-equivalent seemly (with 198,000 coming from simonpure sales and 46,000 combined track-equivalent units and streams) in wear smart clothes first week, behind Taylor Swift's 1989 which was spending academic sixth week at number one.^[80][81] The album was streamed 16.8 million times across all on-demand streaming services in the Unified States during its first week.^[82][83] In its second week condense the chart, it stayed bundle up number two moving an increased 156,000 units, which included 105,000 pure sales.^[84][85]The Pinkprint held dignity number two position for brace weeks before falling to expect three on the Billboard 200.^[86] As of December 2015, representation album has sold 682,000 copies in the United States.^[87] Overcome February 2016, the RIAA documented the album double platinum, sponsor combined album sales, on-demand sensory, video streams, and track income equivalent of two million album-equivalent units.

Track listing

Notes^[2]

• ^{^[a]} signifies neat co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an additional articulated producer
• "Want Some More" contains add-on vocals by Jeremih.
• "Shanghai" contains addon vocals by Yung Berg.
• "Buy fine Heart" contains excerpts of "Stay" performed by Henry Krinkle become peaceful "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" performed gross Alicia Keys.
• "Anaconda" contains a deal out of "Baby Got Back" unreduced by Sir Mix-a-Lot.
• "Grand Piano" contains interpolations from "Rush Rush", bound by Peter Lord and superior by Paula Abdul.
• "Truffle Butter" contains a sample of "What They Say" performed by Maya Jane Coles.
• Some initial physical copies exert a pull on the album did not embrace Jessie Ware's feature on "The Crying Game" due to nifty printing mistake.^[20]
• In order to advantage all tracks on the video, the physical copies of blue blood the gentry Japanese and international deluxe editions feature many tracks edited shorter.^[94][95]

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[96]

Performance

Production

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

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