After the hodge-podge music that Nicki Minaj has released over the past couple of years, Nicki Minaj will be re-releasing Roman Reloaded with eight new songs, and calling it The Re-Up.
The Re-Up is pretty much a collection of hip-hop friendly tracks that most of her fans were looking for last year. After securing a few major endorsements and a gig as a judge on “American Idol,” it was anticipated for Nicki to dip her toe back into the community that helped catapult her to success.
You’ll find a lot more singing on the Re-Up, but before we hand out any praises on her vocal improvement, don’t forget to thank auto-tune and a few strong back-up singers we met during Minaj’s “My Truth” special.
Nicki exercises her creative storytelling skills on songs “High School” featuring Lil Wayne and pop-friendly “Va Va Voom”. Minaj features Ciara on “I’m Legit” where she borrows Travis Porter’s flow on this Destiny’s Child inspired song as the two sing about their natural beauty. Quite fitting for a woman who is never caught without a colorful wig.
Nicki vents about disrespect of her success in “Up in Flames” which leads to her letting go in “Freedom.” The Re-Up‘s single keeps pop fans and parents happy as Nicki takes a trip down memory lane; reflecting on her work ethic, and though people’s perception of her may not be the best, she ultimately feels free.
“High School,” “I Endorse These Strippers” and “Hell Yeah” may come as a surprise to anyone who has said that Nicki has gone totally pop. She proves that she is just as street as any other raunchy degrading male rapper on her level, and maybe even worse.
If you were looking for anything positive, you came to the wrong place. From the overall sound of the original album, I could only imagine that the edited version is merely an instrumental CD. But I assume if you were looking for this release, you knew that already.
Fans, affectionately known as Barbz, will eagerly come to the head Barbie’s defense, however the truth is that this project represents everything negative with the emerging hip hop stars that maintain the limelight as long as they continue to feed the streets with music detrimental to the growth of our people.
Take a look at Nicki Minaj’s music videos from Roman Reloaded … The Re-Up.
