Pink Friday [10th Anniversary] [Pink 2 LP]

by Nicki Minaj

Overview

By the time 2010 rolled around, debuts like Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday could still fall into the "highly anticipated" category, but the reasoning was different. Two years of strong mixtapes and guest appearances meant the hip-hop faithful already knew this sometimes dirty debutante could take that gutsy Lil' Kim style to another level, and that both the single and the full-length format were at her command. The only question left is how this versatile artist would present herself to the general public, and the answer is a Gwen Stefani-meets-Baz Luhrman-meets-Young Money-type affair that both dazzles and disappoints. Feed off the production, the great musical ideas, and Minaj's keen sense of her surroundings, and Pink Friday is an outstanding success. It's chock-full of new wave textures and diva attitude, creating the kind of atmosphere where will.i.am stops over while you tell the haters to kill themselves over a "Video Killed the Radio Star" sample ("Check It Out"). More grand moments come when Kanye West and Minaj mack together on the great, Simple Minds-sampling "Blazin," or when "Your Love" waltzes out of the speakers with a unique brand of hood majesty, but when "Dear Old Nicki" comes round with "In hindsight, I loved your rawness and I loved your edge," Minaj suggests that her growth as an artist requires the sacrificing of all Trina-like qualities. Confusingly, the key track, "Romans Revenge," finds her winning while acting as savage as ever, standing up to Eminem -- who is in gross-mode -- and literally roaring like a tiger to get the job done. This is the Nicki the mixtape crowd fell in love with, and you only need check out 2009's mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty for examples of how the Barbie (read: pop and R&B) and the bitch (read: hip-hop) sides of Minaj can be sensibly presented together. In the end, Pink Friday is an ambitious, glossy stunner if fashion week is your favorite time of year, but Minaj didn't earn her diva status this way. Longtime fans familiar with her underground work won't even consider this her debut, just an extravagant coming out party, the kind where the invite mentions "no sneakers or athletic apparel." ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	04/15/2022
Label:	Republic
UPC:	0602435798752

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nicki Minaj   Primary Artist,Vocals
will.i.am   Primary Artist,Vocals,Synthesizer,Featured Artist
Drake   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Young Money   Primary Artist
Lil Wayne   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Kanye West   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Rihanna   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Natasha Bedingfield   Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Lloyd   Primary Artist
Eminem   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Kevin Hissink   Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Jae Millz   Vocals
DJ Ammo   Synthesizer
John B.   Co-Producer,Multi Instruments,Keyboards
Lyttleton "Cartwheel" Carter   Asheiko
Danny Boy Styles   Vocals
Safaree Samuels   Vocals
Gudda Gudda   Vocals
Ester Dean   Vocals
Tyga   Vocals
J.R. Rotem   Multi Instruments,Various Instruments
Shaz Sparks   Vocals
Jabba   Vocals

Technical Credits

Justin Ellington   Composer
Nikhil Seetharam   Composer
Stephen Hacker   Composer
J. Rotem   Composer
L. Nacht   Composer
S. Samuels   Composer
Larry Nacht   Composer
A. Muhammad-Jones   Composer
Carl Lilly   Composer
Trevor Smith   Composer
Winston "BlackOut" Thomas   Composer
"Oak" of the Knightwritaz   Producer
Lawrence Nacht   Composer
The Blackout Movement   Producer
Milo Cordell   Composer
Kane   Producer,Producer
David Freeman   Composer,Composer
Clemm Rishad   Composer
Joel Geddis   Composer
Steven Mitchell   Composer,Composer
James Jackson   Composer,Composer
Brandon "Bizzy" Hollemon   Composer
Geoffrey Downes   Composer
T-Minus   Producer
Elizabeth Gallardo   Mixing Assistant
Onika Maraj   Composer
Noel Cadastre   Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Mike Strange   Mixing,Engineer
Daniel Johnson   Composer,Composer
Andrew Wansel   Composer,Producer
Michael Wallace   Composer
Jarvis Mills   Composer
Roahn Hylton   Composer
Jonathan Rotem   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Clemmie Penton   Composer
William Jordan   Composer
Cleveland Browne   Composer
William Adams   Composer
Dwayne Carter   Executive Producer,Composer
Ronald Williams   Executive Producer
Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson   Composer
will.i.am   Engineer,Producer,Drum Programming
James Cruz   A&R,Management
Pop Wansel   Producer
Stephen Garrett   Composer
Nikhil Seetheram   Composer
Neal Pogue   Mixing
Warren Felder   Producer,Composer
Nicki Minaj   Composer
Finis "KY" White   Recording
Bryan Williams   Executive Producer
Kevin Hissink   Composer
Jeremy Coleman   Composer
Will Adams   Composer
Bryan Higgins   Composer
Ashanti Floyd   Composer
Sandy Brummels   Art Direction
Padraic Kerin   Engineer
Marshall Mathers   Composer
Kenny Meiselas   Legal Counsel
Joseph Hughes   Composer
Swizz Beatz   Producer
Keith Forsey   Composer
Chris Bellman   Mastering
Chris Gehringer   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
D. Johnson   Composer
D. Freeman   Composer
James Brown   Composer
First Born   Additional Production
Eminem   Mixing
Michael "Banger" Cadahia   Recording
Olivia Smith   Package Design
Shondrae Crawford   Composer,Producer
Edward "Jewfro" Lidow   Assistant Engineer
John B. Williams   Composer
John B.   Programming,Composer,Producer
John Davis   Composer
W. Thomas   Composer
Wayne Armond   Composer
Lil Wayne   Composer
Robbie Bronnimann   Composer
Danny Schofield   Composer
Drew Money   Producer
Ed Shapiro   Legal Counsel
G.L. Wood   Photography
Joseph Patrick Hughes   Composer
Lyttleton "Cartwheel" Carter   Mixing,Assistant,Recording,Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer,Recording Assistant
Padraix Kerin   Engineer
Safaree Samuels   A&R,Composer
Seandrae Crawford   Producer
Tyler Williams   Composer
Greville Gordon   Composer
Neal H. Pogue   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Malik Taylor   Composer
Timothy Mosley   Composer
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner   Mastering Engineer
Ester Dean   Composer
Joshua Berkman   A&R
Dylan Dresdow   Mixing
W. Felder   Composer
Geoff Downes   Composer
Kanye West   Composer
Ali Shaheed Muhammad   Composer
Diddy   Management
Kasseem Dean   Composer
Kamaal Fareed   Composer
Winston Thomas   Composer
J.R. Rotem   Mixing,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Instrumentation
Busta Rhymes   Composer
Natasha Bedingfield   Composer
Steve Schiff   Composer
Joe Satriani   Composer
Bruce Woolley   Composer
Fabian Marasciullo   Mixing
Neil Pogue   Mixing
Brian Higgins   Composer
Makeba Riddick   Composer
Tony Campana   Engineer,Recording
Aubrey Graham   Composer
S. Crawford   Composer
D. Schofield   Composer
Noah Shebib   Engineer,Recording
Michael Stevenson   Composer
Jonathan Davis   Composer
Ariel Chobaz   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Charles Moniz   Engineer,Recording
Andrew Thielk   Composer
David Edwards   Composer
Robbie Furze   Composer
Kane Beatz   Producer
T. Williams   Composer
Trevor Horn   Composer