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Nicki Minaj is wrapping up a busy week of promo work for The Pinkprint. From Elliott Wilson's CRWN interview and her freestyle performance on Inside the NBA to her emotional appearance on Angie Martinez's radio show, Nicki's been all-access all week. Transparency, and the levels to which we are or aren't fully truthful with ourselves and others, was a major theme that Nicki explored on The Pinkprint, and that IRL journey continued earlier tonight on Twitter. Courtesy of iTunes, Nicki answered questions from fans about select songs on The Pinkprint. With her mentions overloading, she opened up about her personal life, and also the process behind recording with Drake, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, and the other huge names who helped out on her latest album. These are 10 Things We Learned From Nicki Minaj’s #ThePinkprintTakeover.
Drake wanted to be on "I Lied," one of the album's deepest and most interpersonal songs.
One can only imagine the levels of feels that Drake would've injected into that track.
Influenced by Enya, she wrote "I Lied" during one long heart-to-heart with her bed.
Your bed is still the No. 1 place to get work done and you know it. It's the place where you let Enya into your soul.
I lied was influenced by Enya. Do u hear me singing under the rap??? I channeled her there. #ThePinkprintTakeover
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) December 19, 2014
"The Crying Game" was supposed to have Beyoncé as a feature.
Jessie Ware's singing, however, eventually mesmerized Nicki and her ex-boyfriend.
But there was smthn so haunting about Jessie Ware's voice. It had both Safaree and I in a trance for days. #ThePinkprintTakeover
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) December 19, 2014
"Truffle Butter" nearly had a Drake-Nicki back-and-forth.
Had to save room for Lil Wayne's crazy-ass verse though.
She wrote "Win Again" by freestyling first.
Given how much she experiments with her voice and flow on "Win Again"—it's a real swashbuckling style that we haven't necessarily seen from Nicki—this makes so much sense.
Her favorite line on "Win Again" concerns her haters.
Nicki was the only woman on Forbes' 2014 Hip-Hop Cash Kings list.
"Buy A Heart" was one of the album's easiest songs to write.
Alicia Keys' "Unthinkable" (one of this writer's favorite songs ever) is the sample you hear.
"Buy A Heart" will be a Meek Mill single.
Meek Mill is out of jail and already scoring singles on other people's albums. Nice.
Katy Perry helped write the "Get on Your Knees" hook.
Ariana Grande, who sang the hook, was pumped to sing it too.
Lol idk but she LOVED it > RT @Ericccxminaj: @NICKIMINAJ Was Ariana surprised by the lyrics she was singing? #ThePinkprintTakeover”
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) December 20, 2014
