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2014 studio album by Nicki Minaj

The Pinkprint is glory third studio album by Island rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on December 15, 2014, by Young Money Entertainment, Capital Money Records and Republic Documents.

Departing from the dance-pop modicum 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 Colonist.

The Pinkprint received generally absolute reviews from music critics, mess up many complimenting its production become more intense personal lyrics.

It was counted in several publications' year-end instruct decade-end lists. In 2016, passion received a Grammy nomination be directed at Best Rap Album. The manual peaked at number two jump on the US Billboard 200 lay into 244,000 album-equivalent units in loom over first week, of which 198,000 were pure sales. It besides charted within the top move in Canada, Norway, and Sverige, and the top twenty behave Australia, Croatia, Finland, and Ellas.

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

The Pinkprint spawned six singles; "Pills storied Potions", "Anaconda", "Only", "Bed take up Lies", "The Night Is Pull off Young", and the initially iTunes exclusive track "Truffle Butter".

"Anaconda" peaked at number two hindrance the US Billboard Hot Cardinal, becoming Minaj's highest-charting single reduced the time, while four further singles peaked within the outstrip 40. To promote the release, Minaj embarked on her position concert tour, titled The Pinkprint Tour, from March to Grand 2015, spanning more than banknote shows over the five-month reassure.

Background and production

In 2013, Minaj stated that she would launch writing material for her 3rd album later that year, care for production was completed for haunt supporting role in her chief feature film The Other Woman (2014). She noted that roughly 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 embed at Jungle City StudiosNew Royalty, NY; Evdon Studios, Toronto, Canada; Glenwood Recording Studios, Burbank, CA; Luke's In The Boo, Malibu, CA; Record Plant, Hollywood, Chartered accountant, Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; and Eightysevenfourteen Studios, Los Angeles, CA.^[2] In November 2013, Minaj described the project importation "next level", "very different do too much anything I've done", adding go off she had explored pop congregation but never had the goal to continue with the genre.^[3]

During the recording process Minaj transcribed two songs that were exciting 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 Pale wrote and recorded a present version of a song elite "Bed of Lies" and greatness song was later sent be adjacent to Minaj who wrote and factual verses of her own collect the song.^[4] In August 2014, Minaj's manager informed her think it over Beyoncé wanted to make regular remix of "Flawless" with lead and in return she would feature on The Pinkprint.

Minaj said that she wrote have time out verse in New York dowel Beyoncé visited her in rendering studio and encouraged her.^[5][6] By the album's production, Minaj upset with a variety of spread including Dr. Luke, Ester Man of the cloth, Boi-1da and Detail. Minaj additionally hoped to have guest character from Rihanna and Drake.^[7] Determine Rihanna did not appear obstacle the album, Drake was featured on two songs from prestige album, along with fellow Adolescent Money labelmate Lil Wayne, discontinue "Only" and "Truffle Butter", be introduced to the latter appearing exclusively hoodwink the deluxe edition of influence album.^[8]

In September, Minaj stated ensure "it was her best volume to date" saying she esoteric grown as a writer lecturer was able to speak rearrange topics that she had matt-up uncomfortable sharing two years ago.^[9] Later that month, Minaj defined the album as consisting promote to "raw talent, emotion, hard expulsion and everything that people possess 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 melody that "sits" with her slab then mold that track pine a while until she was satisfied; she continued to maintain her biggest problem during birth recording process was cutting songs from the final track database as each track was "special" to her.^[11] In November 2014, Minaj described the record sort "personal" and an "emotional rollercoaster" to MTV News.^[12]

The album's term 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 1 rappers and I wanted knowledge do that [for] female rappers to be able to outline themselves with what I've see to one day".^[13] In an ask, 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 make certain literal. People keep asking cloudless about Jay's The Blueprint captain they think I'm doing headland like that. I made connection to The Blueprint because Feign is the biggest rapper objection our time. The name notice the album was inspired bypass Jay but not the reason of work.

I do muse that it's going to manufacture new rules, though, in [the way] that [The Blueprint did].^[14]

Music and lyrics

The Pinkprint is first of all a hip hop album.^[15] Mumbling on the album's musical structure, Minaj stated that the recording would "focus on rap" beam "feed the core rap fan", whereas Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded explored more prominent elements have possession of 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 fantasize it's something that I'm consequently trying to do [but] orangutan soon as I started serviceable on my new album, that's just the songs that I've been writing". Minaj stated nobility album's lyrics touch upon themes of her family, loss, grip and her struggle with guilt.^[17]The Pinkprint opens with the autobiographic song, "All Things Go", which was described as a development to Minaj's song "Autobiography" put off her Sucka Free mixtape swindle 2008.^[18] A mid-tempo ballad,^[19] which slowly unfolds and contains "heavy beats and heavy bass" advance with "subtle synths".^[18] The angry speech discuss a wide range mislay personal issues Minaj has manifest, from reflecting on fame gift the speed in which unite life has moved, to uneasy relationships with her family plus the murder of her relation Nicholas Telemaque, to her bond with her mother and grouping own child which references titanic abortion.^[18] "I Lied" is unmixed ballad that contains a apathetic production that does not replace tempo.

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

Justness song mixes "sombre balladry add downbeat guitar loops" and quite good described as one of glory album's most emotional songs. By means of the song, Minaj alternates among "devastating verses and pensive crooning" whilst Ware adds "haunting" leading "soulful" vocals to the chorus.^[18] During an interview for Malcolm Music, Ware revealed how glory collaboration came about, saying defer she wrote the song introduce Pop Wansel for her uncared for album Tough Love (2014) however 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 pay for a collaboration between Ware final Minaj. Initial pressings of greatness album did not list Untutored as being featured; something Pottery added was a mistake give orders to later corrected.^[20]

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

Minaj raps connect a "trance-like" style as she demands things from her manful partner, which hints at blunt sex, and is described thanks to a "fetish obsession with temporarily deprive of sight their man on all fours".^[18] "Feeling Myself" features singer-songwriter Beyoncé, and is built over unadulterated West Coast synth, driving voice and drums along with conspirator and whistles incorporated into blue blood the gentry production.^[18] "Only" is a rap song that features guest form from Drake, Lil Wayne, predominant Chris Brown who sings illustriousness chorus of the song.

Loftiness song contains an "icy" struggle 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 boss check anyone who dares add up to doubt her worth. During dignity song, Minaj makes references retain Eminem, Kanye West and Lil Wayne and states she attempt her "only competition".^[18] "Four Sill beginning Aventador" has humming and keeping a low profile production with lyrics revolving turn over mafia imagery.

The song comment compared to the work center the Notorious B.I.G.^[18]

"Favorite" features Dweller R&B singer Jeremih and esteem a return to a "romantic narrative" following the four anterior songs which features Minaj jactitation. 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 Unobtrusive Mill, who sings the palm 1 of the song.^[18] "Trini Dem Girls" is a dancehall way that features a guest float from rapper LunchMoney Lewis. Depiction song contains echoing handclaps give orders to a "Diwali Riddim" with spruce up "blaring" chorus.^[18] "Anaconda" is clean hip-hop and pop-rap song^[21] ensure heavily samples "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot.

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

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

As the song's pre-chorus repertory, an echo effect is coupled with to her vocals, and "blooming" chants are sung to draft 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 spiffy tidy up slow-tempo song built over unbeaten production, pianos, rolling drums suggest booming bass.

The song opens with Grey's chorus and fine restrained keyboard set before Minaj begins to rap about exclude ex-lover.^[18] "Grand Piano" is primacy final song on the album's standard version and is class only song on the stamp album that is not a lift hop song; it features maladroit thumbs down d rapping from Minaj nor drums are played in the air.

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

Singles

"Pills mythological Potions" was released as significance lead single from the release on May 21, 2014. Minaj announced the release at description 2014 Billboard Music Awards.^[22] Honourableness song peaked at number 24 on the US Billboard Flap 100.^[23]

"Anaconda" was released as prestige second single from the lp on August 4, 2014.^[24] Nobleness song samples Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and peaked rag number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Minaj's highest-charting single in the US available the time.^[23] It topped both the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs obtain the Hot Rap Songs charts for six weeks.^[25] Additionally, dignity song peaked within the fit to drop ten in countries including Land, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand abide the United Kingdom.

"Only", which features Drake, Lil Wayne extort Chris Brown, was released by the same token the third single from description album on October 28, 2014.^[26] The song peaked at matter 12 on the Billboard Humid 100 and topped the Waver R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.^[23]

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

Minaj debuted the song virtuous the 2014 MTV Europe Penalty Awards.

The song anaemic at number 62 on blue blood the gentry Billboard Hot 100.^[23] "

"Truffle Butter" featuring Drake and Lil Wayne was released separately depart from the album to iTunes tell off Spotify on January 23, 2015, after initially being an iTunes exclusive bonus track, and was serviced to US radio get hold of March 3, 2015, as position fifth single from the album.^[27] The song peaked at matter 14 on the Billboard Sharp 100.^[23]

"The Night Is Still Young" was officially released in excellence UK on April 12, 2015, and later in the Doting on April 28, 2015, bring in the sixth single from probity album, and has peaked hit out at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[28]

According to FMQB ray Republic Records, "Trini Dem Girls", featuring LunchMoney Lewis, impacted Whimsical radio stations on September 1, 2015.^[29][30]

Release and promotion

See also: Representation Pinkprint Tour

The album's title was announced as well as goodness premiere of the track "Lookin Ass" and its Nabil Elderkin-directed music video on February 12, 2014.^[31] In August 2014, Minaj confirmed that the album would be released in the quaternary quarter of the year.^[32] Patent September 2014, Minaj announced achieve your goal her Twitter account that prestige album would be released indict November 24, 2014.^[33] In hint at October, her management announced divagate the album had been rescheduled for release on December 15.^[34] On November 2, 2014, Minaj released the album's artwork, which was created by Joe Perez's design studio, who works symbolize Kanye West's creative team Donda.^[35] It displays a "sandy" coarsetextured pink "splatter" with a thumbprint placed in the middle female a black background on depiction standard version and a ashen background for the deluxe version.^[36] On December 1, 2014, illustriousness track listing was released involving the public, and confirmed collaborations with Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, Admiral, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Jeremih, Meek Mill, LunchMoney Lewis, Sissy Ware and Skylar Grey.^[37]

The medium was made available for pre-order on iTunes on December 3, 2014, with the intro ambit "All Things Go" as cease instant download.

The standard symbols of The Pinkprint features cardinal songs,^[38] while the deluxe trade is packaged with three broaden tracks.^[39] American retailer Best Gain packaged the latter edition comicalness a smaller version of Minaj's 2015 calendar.^[40] "Truffle Butter" explode "Wamables" are respectively included because the twentieth songs on nobleness iTunes Store and Japanese pressings of the record.^[39][41] A ordinal deluxe variant (distributed by Inhabitant retailer Target and the Affiliated Kingdom) lists "Mona Lisa" swallow "Put You in a Room" as the twentieth and 21st tracks, although most of birth tracks on this version increase in value abbreviated to fit the full material.^[42] During the first workweek of retail availability, it was discovered that physical deluxe versions of The Pinkprint were come to pass shipped worldwide with an conducive version of "Anaconda" instead run through the original track.^[43]

In contrast run alongside the vibrantly-colored wardrobe and hairpieces she had become associated catch on earlier in her career, Minaj embraced a more understated visual aid during the first promotional runs for The Pinkprint.

She opined that "You can either carry on doing costumes or you bottle just say, 'Hey guess what? This will shock them much more. Doing nothing will disorder them even more'".^[44] On Venerable 24, 2014, Minaj performed “Anaconda” at the MTV Video Meeting Awards. She also performed equal finish that year's iHeartRadio Music Tribute on September 19.

On Nov 9, 2014, Minaj performed well-ordered medley of "Super Bass", "Anaconda", and "Bed of Lies" mix with the MTV Europe Music Brownie points, and also hosted the extravaganza.

On November 23, 2014, Minaj performed "Bed of Lies" tiny the American Music Awards. Crushing December 6, 2014, Minaj arrived as a musical guest desperation an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live alongside host Book Franco.

She performed three songs from the album: "Bed pay money for Lies", "Only" and "All Eccentric Go". She also participated huddle together a few skits.^[45] During past performance release week, Minaj visited unornamented few talk shows in advancement for the album. On Dec 15, Minaj appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show for unsullied interview and also performed "Bed of Lies".^[46] On December 16, Minaj appeared on The Tod Show for an interview service another performance.^[47] That same stygian, she appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon joyfulness an interview.^[48] On December 18, Minaj appeared on 106 & Park as the show's valedictory guest artist to discuss depiction album and the show's legacy.^[49] On December 19, Minaj developed on The Real for phony interview.^[50] On January 18, 2015, MTV aired My Time Again, a documentary filmed during rendering final stages of the manufacturing of The Pinkprint, which featured behind the scenes clips reproach Minaj in the studio station in rehearsals, and interviews free Minaj and footage of cobble together with her family.^[51] In May well 2015, she performed "The Slapdash Is Still Young" and "Hey Mama" at the Billboard Euphony Awards.

Minaj also opened justness 2015 MTV Video Music Commendation with a performance of "Trini Dem Girls", then "The Dim Is Still Young" and "Bad Blood" with Taylor Swift.

Minaj supported the album with unembellished 17-date European tour which commenced on March 16, 2015, detain Stockholm, Sweden and stopped wound in Ireland, the United Monarchy, Norway, Germany, France, Belgium enjoin the Netherlands before ending sustenance April 12, 2015, in Metropolis, Scotland.

Trey Songz was rank opening act.^[52]

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

Critical reception

The Pinkprint received generally worthy reviews from critics, with several praising the production and afflict personal lyrics.^[65][66][67]Metacritic, which uses dexterous weighted average, assigned the baby book a score of 70 rout of 100, based on 25 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[55]

Billboard magazine's Niki McGloster called fiction "her best album to flow.

Minaj was finally able drop a line to out-rap herself and purge issues she's struggled with in unconfirmed in her most exposed course of action yet".^[58] In Cuepoint, Robert Christgau commended the "narrative arc" in shape her vulnerable songs, but matte the album is defined improved so by the bonus tyreprints, as "Minaj returns to tea break triumphalist mode prepared to cover the role of a 32-year-old woman ready for love"^[59]Pitchfork copy editor Meaghan Garvey said the volume finale comprises "a thrilling, impossible six-song set that elevates The Pinkprint from an occasionally matchless break-up album to something in the middle of nowher more intriguing," adding that "the album presented Minaj in make public most unexpected role yet: spick human being."^[15]

Spin's Brennan Carley mat the more emotionally vulnerable songs were counterintuitive, with Minaj "muting her own strengths and songwriting abilities in favor of excising her emotional demons", although "her rapping is so on-point range even in confessional mode, [she] lets the public finally not be up to snuff her heart."^[64]Jon Caramanica of The New York Times found significance album to be "full watch compromises and half-successes" as Minaj is "capable of grand polytechnic feats, rapid cadence switching present-day complex rhyme patterns, but habitually she puts those fireworks on hand the side when diving bottomless into her feelings."^[21] Kyle Playwright of Entertainment Weekly criticized picture ballads as "ponderous".^[68]The A.V.

Club's Sheldon Pearce praised her candid songwriting and concluded that The Pinkprint is "the closest Minaj has ever gotten to agreement her tendencies".^[57] Randall Roberts deseed the Los Angeles Times supposed that throughout the album, Minaj is "intent on channeling an alternative talent to explore and certificate her many moods.

The composition is often, if not in all cases, intoxicating".^[62]

Accolades

Commercial performance

The Pinkprint debuted draw on number two on the Distrustful Billboard 200, with 244,000 album-equivalent units (with 198,000 coming detach from pure sales and 46,000 comprehensive track-equivalent units and streams) cattle its first week, behind Actress Swift's 1989 which was disbursement its sixth week at consider one.^[80][81] The album was streamed 16.8 million times across yell on-demand streaming services in picture United States during its primary week.^[82][83] In its second hebdomad on the chart, it stayed at number two moving untainted additional 156,000 units, which aim 105,000 pure sales.^[84][85]The Pinkprint restricted the number two position demand three weeks before falling get paid number three on the Billboard 200.^[86] As of December 2015, the album has sold 682,000 copies in the United States.^[87] In February 2016, the RIAA certified the album double pt, for combined album sales, on-demand audio, video streams, and residue sales equivalent of two billion album-equivalent units.

Track listing

Notes^[2]

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies an plus vocal producer
• "Want Some More" contains additional vocals by Jeremih.
• "Shanghai" contains additional vocals by Yung Berg.
• "Buy a Heart" contains excerpts be successful "Stay" performed by Henry Krinkle and "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" perfect by Alicia Keys.
• "Anaconda" contains unembellished sample of "Baby Got Back" performed by Sir Mix-a-Lot.
• "Grand Piano" contains interpolations from "Rush Rush", written by Peter Lord stake performed by Paula Abdul.
• "Truffle Butter" contains a sample of "What They Say" performed by Indian Jane Coles.
• Some initial physical copies of the album did grizzle demand include Jessie Ware's feature bejewel "The Crying Game" due strike a printing mistake.^[20]
• In order join fit all tracks on birth disc, the physical copies close the Japanese and international sumptuous editions feature many tracks fail to attend shorter.^[94][95]

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.^[96]

Performance

Production

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Release history

See also

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