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September 20, 2017
Nicki Minaj Promises Next Era Will Be ‘Billion Times More Epic’ Than “Anaconda”
What’s up, guys? TK here for Complex News. Nicki Minaj knows her fans are expecting a lot out of her next album, which will be the official follow-up to her 2014 project, The Pinkprint. So while she has released or appeared on a number of hit songs throughout the first three-quarters of 2017, it sounds like she’s saving her best work for her album, which she is apparently hard at work on at the moment. In a new interview with Dazed that was published on Tuesday, Nicki talked at length about what it’s been like to start the process of recording another solo album. And she said that she knows what’s at stake with it, as people are once again going to look for Nicki to solidify herself as one of the best rappers in the game. She also provided a lofty prediction for the project and said that she expects it to eclipse the success she enjoyed after she released her Pinkprint single, “Anaconda,” in 2014. “This era will be a billion times more epic than anything ‘Anaconda’ could have delivered. I think this era will definitely be the most memorable and the most impactful of my career yet.” Unfortunately for Nicki fans, it doesn’t sound like she knows when her as-yet-untitled album will drop. When she was asked if she has a deadline for it, she said that she’s not even sure if anything that she has recorded for the album will actually end up making the final cut. But she also admitted that the uncertainty of it all is what has her the most excited to be back at work on an album. “I can’t say if I’m fifty-per-cent, eighty-per-cent, or ten-per-cent done, because I don’t know. Tomorrow, I might walk into the studio and decide that I don’t like anything I’ve done in the last six months. Or, tomorrow I might walk in and feel like the whole album is done. There’s so much beauty in not knowing.” One song that is done, though, is a collaboration that Nicki did with Young Thug recently. She talked about how she is “she blown away” by Thug as an artist, and she said that she thinks people are going to love what she and Thug have in store for them. “I can’t wait for people to hear that collaboration.” Nicki also said that her old friend Roman could pop back up on the new project. She stopped short of confirming that her alter ego will be on the album, but she didn’t rule it out. “If Roman is needed, then Roman will be there. I’m not going to do anything that feels forced. I’m doing this for my core fans.” While there are still plenty of questions surrounding Nicki’s new album, one thing’s for sure: She will have plenty to talk about on the project. From her falling out with Meek Mill to her budding romance with Nas and everything in between, so much has changed for Nicki since The Pinkprint dropped. And that should bode well for both her and her fans as she works on her album. That’s the news for now, but for all the latest news on Nicki Minaj, subscribe to Complex News on YouTube. For Complex News, I’m TK.
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