Stereogum — Nicki Minaj dropped her much-delayed new album Queen in the middle of the day last Friday. Today, she's released a music video for the opening track from it, "Ganja Burn." more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Kendrick is a last-minute addition to the Philly festival that also includes Nicki Minaj, Pusha T, Meek Mill, Miguel, Janelle Monae, and more. Continue reading… more info

Consequence of Sound — The lineup already promised Nicki Minaj, Meek Mill, Post Malone, Janelle Monáe, and Pusha-T, among others. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Queen is Nicki Minaj's most wall-to-wall rap album since her mixtape era, with a Biggie beat, a Foxy Brown guest verse, and references to Prodigy and A Tribe Called Quest. Continue reading… more info

Guardian Music — Not everything connects on the rapper’s regal fourth album, but when it does, she shows what a unique talent she isAs recently noted in these pages, the campaign for Nicki Minaj’s fourth album hasn’t been a charmed one: combative... more info

Consequence of Sound — Like a Starbucks coffee, Minaj delivers a consistent product with a reliable buzz. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Uneasy lies the head that wears Nicki Minaj’s crown. That’s the prime takeaway (whether or not she intended it to be) from “Queen,” on which the most commercially successful female rapper in history spends so much time descr... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Uneasy lies the head that wears Nicki Minaj’s crown. That’s the prime takeaway (whether or not she intended it to be) from “Queen,” on which the most commercially successful female rapper in history spends so much time descr... more info

Dlisted — Who would have thought any of us would have something in common with Nicki Minaj besides big butt (guilty)? Nicki is easily annoyed by her fellow humans. Just like us! She’s especially annoyed by some of her male peers in the rap game. On Barbie D... more info

Stereogum — A couple of weeks ago, before the release of her new album Queen , Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to publicly ask Tracy Chapman to clear a sample. "So there's a record on #Queen that features 1of the greatest rappers of all time," she wrote in the sinc... more info