The Pinkprint
by Nicki Minaj
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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 1069 Ratings

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  1. ChanelParis
    Dec 18, 2014
    10
    It's good to see a Female Rapper arriving at that level, the best Female Rap album a Female Blue Print, Congrats Nicki! Very good your work, When I heard that his Grand Piano Voice sweeter, was one of the best things.
  2. Mybustha
    Jun 1, 2016
    0
    I'm honest, Nicki can do better, or is better if i say, she can't do worse than this, this album is a collection of what's the problem of today's music, autotune, horrible rapping, crappy electronic beats and lyrics about drink and f*ck, this album should only be forgotten
  3. more
    Dec 15, 2014
    1
    overall it is really a sad depressing record. Where all the love appearing is toxic, where the raping game doesnt brings her anymore fun.
    it's funny that a woman that has acceded the social status she owns, get her life entangled, with such a morose issues as, the size of her ass (man! what it's gonna be past 40), the size of her man's ... ego and the mood of her relatives. ****    overall it is really a sad depressing record. Where all the love appearing is toxic, where the raping game doesnt brings her anymore fun.
    it's funny that a woman that has acceded the social status she owns, get her life entangled, with such a morose issues as, the size of her ass (man! what it's gonna be past 40), the size of her man's ... ego and the mood of her relatives. **** please... breathe. as for the last track, "i win again"... when did she wrote that sh*t? in her schoolyard years?!?!    … Expand
  4. perfectiover
    Feb 2, 2016
    0
    After a failed attempt at trying to resemble the look and sound of Lady Gaga with "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded", Nicki Minaj decides to go back to her more urban roots. Sadly she results in a tiring, flat-sounding, boring hip-hop record. The first five tracks are dull, and bring nothing to the table. Then we get more up-tempo songs like "Anaconda" or "Truffle Butter" that come off asAfter a failed attempt at trying to resemble the look and sound of Lady Gaga with "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded", Nicki Minaj decides to go back to her more urban roots. Sadly she results in a tiring, flat-sounding, boring hip-hop record. The first five tracks are dull, and bring nothing to the table. Then we get more up-tempo songs like "Anaconda" or "Truffle Butter" that come off as extremely sordid. Anything other than those two extremes are fillers and sound awfully like rejects from other big name rap artists. There is absolutely nothing good about this album. Nicki Minaj seems to think that she's "the baddest" but she's not. There are many female rappers, like Iggy Azalea, that have more talent in their fingers than Nicki Minaj has in overall.… Expand
  5. Bruce3222
    Dec 15, 2014
    5
    There's no doubt about it, This IS Nicki's best work to date.It also has some pretty good cuts like "Anaconda" "Bed of Lies" "Only" and "Feeling Myself". but half of the album is pretty much a dissapointment. "Pills n Potions"? seriously? c'mon Nicki, you can do better. like, a lot better.
  6. wrwzcnda
    Dec 16, 2014
    0
    This is album is a pop album, not a hip hop album. If it is considered hip hop, then this album is garbage. I don't know what route she wanted to take but it's a total fail. This album is an easy skip or ignore for the year.
  7. RockyXu
    Dec 19, 2014
    10
    Star Power. Every body in it but nobody stole the show from Nicki Minaj. From heartbroken singing to straight rapping,she make it reasonable,and also she both did it great.
  8. Spangle
    Dec 21, 2014
    6
    Undoubtedly Nicki Minaj’s best album to date, this album is a classic example of an album with highs and lows, as without horrible tracks like “Trini Dem Girls” and “Anaconda”, as well as suspect tracks such as “Only” and “Four Door Aventador”, this one could be truly something to behold, which was not at all what I expected. As her last album may have been one of my least favoriteUndoubtedly Nicki Minaj’s best album to date, this album is a classic example of an album with highs and lows, as without horrible tracks like “Trini Dem Girls” and “Anaconda”, as well as suspect tracks such as “Only” and “Four Door Aventador”, this one could be truly something to behold, which was not at all what I expected. As her last album may have been one of my least favorite releases of 2012, I obviously had extremely low expectations for this one, but Nicki showed her skills her on many occasions, in large part thanks to her being willing to get emotional. Tracks such as “All Things Go”, “I Lied”, “The Crying Game”, “Pills n Potions”, and “Bed of Lies”, are all very good songs that honestly helped to reshape my opinion of Nicki and elevated this album above her more stereotypical and sexed up tracks. In addition, the song “Grand Piano” just really, really touched my heart and is far and away the best track on this album and one that will be on replay for me for a while. Without some of the bottom feeding tracks aimed at the lowest common denominator, this album could have been something to truly behold, but sadly, it is not. I hope that for her next album, she sticks with the emotional side of things where she can truly flex her vocal skills, her rapping skills, and strike a chord rather than just try to sell her body to thirsty dudes.… Expand
  9. asjklasjklas
    Jan 2, 2015
    7
    If Pink Friday established her as a voice with versatility and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded established her as a voice with commercial impact, The Pinkprint at last establishes her as a voice altogether. It’s her most accomplished album to date. Especially its first half, where Nicki Minaj—no, not ‘Roman Zolanski’ or ‘Barbie’, but Onika Maraj herself—highlights her vulnerability on “AllIf Pink Friday established her as a voice with versatility and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded established her as a voice with commercial impact, The Pinkprint at last establishes her as a voice altogether. It’s her most accomplished album to date. Especially its first half, where Nicki Minaj—no, not ‘Roman Zolanski’ or ‘Barbie’, but Onika Maraj herself—highlights her vulnerability on “All Things Go”, a record referencing the murder of her cousin and an abortion she had when she was a teenager, and “I Lied”, one of Mike Will Made It’s darkest productions to date that could or could not lyrically trace back to Minaj’s longtime relationship with Safaree Samuels, which allegedly ended in 2014 and is seemingly Pinkprint’s primary go-to inspiration. And then there’s her continuously maturing sexual confidence on the Dr. Luke produced “Get On Your Knees”—co-written by Katy Perry, features Ariana Grande, but couldn’t come close to being deemed “radio-friendly”—and “Only”, which has Minaj’s most memorable verse on the entirety of the album.

    Minaj has a lot of collaborators on The Pinkprint, but mostly let’s everyone know who’s running this show. And when she’s not, it’s her holding herself back. Unfortunately, where Pinkprint stumbles, it’s when Minaj tries to throw the ball to everyone on the court, usually fresher faces. It’s an exemplification of how obvious it is that they were tacked on post-production by her record label. Even Queen B makes an underwhelming appearance on “Feeling Myself”, which is less Pinkprint and more of a blueprint appropriately scheduled after their previous diva dominating collaboration on the remix of Beyoncé’s “***Flawless”.

    Though not all collaborations are a misfortune on an overall solid record, Minaj’s intent on reviving the more urban oriented sounds of her pre-Pink Friday mixtapes means Pinkprint’s singles—obviously meant to compensate for any financial loss in case nobody buys into serious Nicki—are underwhelming as well: “Pills N Potions” is gimmicky, hollowly produced, and is pushed to the second half after her much, much more vulnerable offerings on the first three tracks; “Anaconda” is conceptually well-intentioned and fun, but the second-half is just a compilation of Minaj’s gurgling, wannabe Weezy laughs, and skinny-shaming lines that turn on the single’s initial theme; and “Bed of Lies”, which is just dull and a rehash of everything that topped the R&B charts in the last three years.

    But once you quit scoffing at the overabundance of filler collaborations and more of Minaj’s attempt at recreating the success of “Super Bass”, The Pinkprint is her most accomplished album to date. Her singing still isn’t as versatile as her rapping skills, but there’s definitive enough talent there to make sappy power ballads like album closer “Grand Piano” convincing enough to make us feel for her heartbreak over what’s-his-name. It’s not a foreseeable classic like the Jay-Z album it replicates by title, but it’s another—if not larger—step-forward into the legacy that is Nicki Minaj.

    Overall rating: 7.2    … Expand
  10. jesusbronze
    Aug 17, 2018
    9
    This record instates the true sound of Nicki Minaj, who has previously swirled in EDM and DANCE beats with sometimes cringe-worthy results. The Pink Print redeems Nicki as the main Female Hip Hop star of this decade.
  11. luckythisway
    Sep 10, 2015
    10
    One hundred percent Nicki's best album yet. The album is flowing with creativity as well as R&B with rap and pop influences. The Crying Game, Trini Dem Girls and Get on Your Knees are the best songs.
  12. NickiMinaj96
    Dec 15, 2014
    10
    best album of 2014, nicki minaj finalized this year giving us this album, she has all we need mixtape sound and also her pop sound that have opened doors to her in the industry, indisputably the Queen of Rap.
  13. Youngpapirozay
    Dec 17, 2014
    10
    Clearly this album shows how much Nicki has grown as an artist. There's no doubt that she's a lyrical force to be reckoned with, relying on her what she raps rather than the hooks. With the ballads "I Lied" and "Grand Piano" Nicki shows she's more than just a rapper but that she's an artist who performs from the soul. The Pinkprint is her deepest and most emotional album to date, speakingClearly this album shows how much Nicki has grown as an artist. There's no doubt that she's a lyrical force to be reckoned with, relying on her what she raps rather than the hooks. With the ballads "I Lied" and "Grand Piano" Nicki shows she's more than just a rapper but that she's an artist who performs from the soul. The Pinkprint is her deepest and most emotional album to date, speaking upon Heart break, lost of a family member and her relevance and experience on the throne. There's even a few fun tracks where she continues to show her humor. The title of the album "The Pinkprint" is just the start of what the album is and will be. So far this is her best album because its personal and each line from each song comes from within her. For being original and sticking true to herself and to the genre of Hip Hop in which she promised this album would be, i give it a 10.… Expand
  14. joaooo
    Dec 16, 2014
    10
    Best album by a female rapper,nicki minaj shows its full potential with this wonderful album with beautiful melodies and big hits! showing because it is considered the queen of rap.
  15. boskogrubic
    Dec 20, 2014
    10
    By far the best album of Nicki, it's really relatable and she put her all into this. It's very different from her previous albums and really has some deep and dark songs. You'll love it!
  16. BrandonTrotter
    Jan 16, 2015
    6
    The production on this album shows somewhat of an improvement of Nicki Minaj as an artist, I think that the features on the album overpowered her as I want to see her with less features and needs to showcase that she doesn't need a Drake or Lil Wayne on her album.
  17. BIGMAN22
    Apr 28, 2016
    1
    not many good songs. only a few actually sound good. not sure why a lot of artists cant make an album with more songs to enjoy instead of a few. oh well.
  18. iAzaleanDelRey
    Aug 19, 2015
    6
    El Álbum es muy bueno, pero no es tan Urbano como Pink Friday, este es un Álbum con menos Rap, las únicas canciones que valen la pena son Four Door Avenatdor y Buy Heart, las demás no contienen una lírica muy fuerte, aún así. Excelente Álbum:)
  19. stanley834
    Mar 31, 2019
    0
    Bad, utterly trashy, & highly offensive. Nicki is a talentless witch who makes shoddy stereotypical rap songs such as partying, sex, drugs, etc. Also a terrible candidate for Sugilite from Steven Universe. Please stick to good rap artists such as Azealia Banks, Angel Haze, Dreezy, Tkay Maidza, Stefflon Don, IAMDDB, & FLOHIO.
  20. RK13
    Jun 5, 2017
    2
    Following the success of Pink Friday... Roman Reloaded, Minaj's Pinkprint just does not seem to justify the latter's success. There are a handful of good songs such as Get on Your Knees- however remains Minaj's weakest album to date.
  21. Juan7
    May 12, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ¿Hay algo bueno que pueda lanzar esta mujer sin colgarse de polémicas o escándalos?… Expand
  22. JohnB12
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    This album was not good at all. She really didn't do much with this album. It was the same old thing she has always did.
  23. TankFlop
    Nov 21, 2020
    10
    Literally one of the best albums I ever heard. Nicki Minaj’s anaconda from this album was a cultural reset. We
  24. TimW001
    Jan 8, 2016
    7
    The Pinkprint is a good album for Nicki Minaj. I enjoyed listening to it. With so many A-List featured artist listeners got a diverse composition of songs and sounds. The first half of the album displays fantastic music and lyrics and the second half fades a little bit. But I enjoyed this album and would recommend to any hip-hop fans.
  25. ben_zo77
    Dec 19, 2014
    7
    The Pinkprint, first off, is better than Nicki MInaj's first album. Also, I'm glad she returned more to her hip hop roots. She demonstrates repeatedly on this record that she is undoubtedly the most technically skilled female rapper in the game. With a title referencing Jay Z's classic Blueprint album, I was hoping Nicki would pull off a feat like her label-mate Drake did with Take CareThe Pinkprint, first off, is better than Nicki MInaj's first album. Also, I'm glad she returned more to her hip hop roots. She demonstrates repeatedly on this record that she is undoubtedly the most technically skilled female rapper in the game. With a title referencing Jay Z's classic Blueprint album, I was hoping Nicki would pull off a feat like her label-mate Drake did with Take Care and put out a record worthy of the classic label despite a massive tracklist. It didn't happen; The Pinkprint has a lot of fantastic material, but it also has some material ranging from mediocre to borderline-horrible. If Nicki had limited her album to the best 10 or so tracks then it would be worthy of an is-it-a-classic conversation. Regardless, she shouldn't, and I'm sure doesn't, care: Nicki said what she wanted to say and I think it's worth hearing. ~ 6.9
    ~ with Target deluxe tracks: 7.2
    Tracks:
    "All Things Go": solid rapping, good intro for an emotional album. the heartfelt lyrics make me want to give it a 5, but it's not quite there sonically (4/5)
    "I Lied": genuine emotion.. this one hits you deep (4/5)
    "The Crying Game": glazed-over pop song with irrelevant lyrics.. Nicki's flow (not lyrics) on her middle verse saved this one (2/5)
    "Get On Your Knees": pleasantly surprised by Ariana Grande's voice, but her performance was lacking.. didn't think I was going to see a song on this album that better exemplifies bad pop than The Crying Game but this song changed that real quick (1/5)
    "Feeling Myself": Beyoncé and Nicki killed it and Hit-Boy's production was impressive (5/5)
    "Only": Nicki was good and Wayne and Chris Brown weren't bad, but Drake KILLED IT. the "I was still staring at the **** doeee" line was hilarious.. can't judge a song for the subject matter if it's meant to be a banger, it is what it is (4/5)
    "Want Some More": wow.. saw some of that Monster-level flow from Nicki. reminds you she can really rap.. would've liked to see her just go off on this Zaytoven beat and get rid of the brief vocal effects and maybe the chorus. also, the "want that Union, want that D Wade" line was clever (4/5)
    "Four Door Aventador": well-structured song. perfect, even flow from Nicki (5/5)
    "Favorite": I really enjoyed this song.. reminded me of a more up-tempo version of Future's Real and True.. Nicki was impressive.. the last minute could've been left off (4/5)
    "Buy A Heart": smh.. Meek Mill was so bad on this one... sonically, it was overall pretty good though (2/5)
    "Trini Dem Girls": I really, really, really want to hate this song but it had a good flow and Lunchmoney Lewis performed well (3/5)
    "Anaconda": speaking of wanting to hate a song... respect though, it shows how big a pop song can blow up when performed right and Nicki's first verse was borderline fire. I'm just gonna pretend the last minute wasn't included.. (4/5)
    "The Night Is Still Young": more glossed-over pop.. filled with empty cliches.. I'm actually genuinely disappointed in Nicki with this one. The two pop songs I hated on previously actually showed effort and had their moments, I just view them as clear misses. This one was a clear, bland attempt at getting some youtube views and/or radio play (0/5)
    "Pills N Potions": and this.. this is good pop rap. beautiful. meaningful. Nicki killed it. (5/5)
    "Bed Of Lies": another great pop rap record.. Skylar Grey was impressive, as was Nicki. you could hear the emotion in her voice on this one.. a powerful performance, maybe one of the best of her career (5/5)
    "Grand Piano": I didn't like this one quite as much as some people did, but it was heartfelt.. it felt like most of the song was her repeating the chorus though (3/5)    … Expand
  26. brockcheese
    Mar 18, 2015
    7
    Very good pop/rap album with great production album. It is also well written and proves that Nicki Minaj is still the hardest current female rapper. I like it.
  27. Muddsjr
    Dec 17, 2014
    5
    for me, I believe Minaj has achieved by having non of those silly, over-hyped pop songs jumbled in with all the rap ones as well - I believe the predeceasing Roman Reloaded was destroyed of its rap glory by the arrival of the pop hits, starting generally after track 7 and ending all the way at track 20 something - the fault that remains with this new album however, seems the lacking offor me, I believe Minaj has achieved by having non of those silly, over-hyped pop songs jumbled in with all the rap ones as well - I believe the predeceasing Roman Reloaded was destroyed of its rap glory by the arrival of the pop hits, starting generally after track 7 and ending all the way at track 20 something - the fault that remains with this new album however, seems the lacking of general raw, angry and baffling Nicki that made the rap parts great on Roman Reloaded.… Expand
  28. xbrendon
    Dec 19, 2014
    10
    Nicki Minaj worked hard on this album and it is noticeable, it has improved lyrically, vocally and also doing what he does best, metaphors. Pinkprint is your best work!
  29. anttoniorocha
    Jun 16, 2017
    10
    By far this is their biggest album since pink friday. Unlike her first work, she tries to show that she is an artist capable of multi-faceting in several aspects. With a melacolico personality Nicki promises to show a more transparent and vulnerable side and this task is done majestically.
  30. Fheeeeeeee
    Dec 16, 2014
    10
    OOMGGGGGGGGGGGG queria estar mortaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    Jan 13, 2015
    68
    An understandable desire to have her traumas understood by everybody inevitably results in a bland mush of melodrama. Despite this, The Pinkprint is Nicki Minaj’s most successful album by a fairly wide margin, as she becomes more empathetic than at any point in the past while Pink Friday’s DMZ between pop and rap becomes little more than a historical footnote in her career.
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  2. Clash Music
    Jan 8, 2015
    40
    For the most part, though, this seems like a step in the wrong direction: a Nicki Minaj album from somebody who’s thoroughly fed up of being Nicki Minaj.
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  3. Paste Magazine
    Jan 5, 2015
    55
    The Pinkprint has moments. Some are great, but most are not.
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