base megathread Pink Friday 2 | Review Thread | MC: 70 | AOTY: 67 | Stabilizing at 70s...

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Might need to lower that 80. This is headed for 70 once pitchfork gets a hold of it. 

[G.U.Y. Gaga]

47 minutes ago, HEAVYONIT said:

I just deleted this because I realized it was those dumb fucks at POEBASE. I saw it fast and didn't even realize.

No it’s fine but there was a 9.0 on Twitter earlier too

[Movimento Perpétuo]

[truthteller]

65 from pitchfork 

 

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/nicki-minaj-pink-friday-2/

[truthteller]

1 minute ago, needs said:

NME giving an 80 surprised me, they're usually harsher.

They literally gave solar power a 100

[needs]

1 minute ago, truthteller said:

They literally gave solar power a 100

On Nicki dumbass.

[truthteller]

2 hours ago, needs said:

On Nicki dumbass.

K f***face. as if they never gave her a 4 stars review. 

[ImpressMeMuch]

Oh

 

Just like scarlet the pitchfork pf2 review is by a person who… should not be reviewing rap 

 

when will they change lmao

[Bhabylon]

4 hours ago, ImpressMeMuch said:

he pitchfork pf2 review is by a person who… should not be reviewing rap

[ImpressMeMuch]

22 minutes ago, Bhabylon said:

lmfaooo

 

I am not a music critic 

[Apolonio ₃₄]

Omg this is bad 

[suburbannature]

Slant pans it (will count as a 50 on Metacritic)

 

https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/nicki-minaj-pink-friday-2-album-review/

 

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Less a Sequel Than an Identity Crisis

Unlike its predecessor, the album doesn’t leave much of an impression.

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Throughout the album, which clocks in at one hour and 10 minutes, Minaj lets herself be overshadowed by the sounds and styles of her featured guests. “Let Me Calm Down,” featuring J. Cole, feels completely derivative of the North Carolina rapper’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive, while Drake gets more airtime on “Needle” than Minaj herself. Even when Pink Friday 2 homes in on some catchy or indelible moments, like on the solo “Fallin 4 U,” things tend to slip into a sugary pop-R&B groove reminiscent of newer artists like Doja Cat and SZA.

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This is most evident in Pink Friday 2’s choice of samples. On opener “Are You Gone Already,” Minaj raps over a sped-up snippet of Billie Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over,” a song that delivers a poignant sentiment about the death of the singer’s father. That emotional impact is overshadowed here by the track’s lazy, TikTok-inspired production. 

 

[justin.]

Down to 71 on both MC and AOTY.

 

I sure hope it doesn’t drop into the 60’s 

[justin.]

27 minutes ago, suburbannature said:

Slant pans it (will count as a 50 on Metacritic)

 

https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/nicki-minaj-pink-friday-2-album-review/

 

 

Yikes! And this hasn’t even been added to MC yet 

[Stepfon]

With 2010’s Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj didn’t adapt to the industry, but rather she forced it to adapt to her. A mix of femininity and bravado, the rapper’s first studio album quite literally remade mainstream hip-hop in her image. Thirteen years later, the album’s sequel, Pink Friday 2, feels like the product of an identity crisis.

 

Throughout the album, which clocks in at one hour and 10 minutes, Minaj lets herself be overshadowed by the sounds and styles of her featured guests. “Let Me Calm Down,” featuring J. Cole, feels completely derivative of the North Carolina rapper’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive, while Drake gets more airtime on “Needle” than Minaj herself. Even when Pink Friday 2 homes in on some catchy or indelible moments, like on the solo “Fallin 4 U,” things tend to slip into a sugary pop-R&B groove reminiscent of newer artists like Doja Cat and SZA. Which is to say that Pink Friday 2 doesn’t lack identity so much as it struggles to settle on one. It feels more like a compilation or mixtape than a Nicki Minaj album.

 

This is most evident in Pink Friday 2’s choice of samples. On opener “Are You Gone Already,” Minaj raps over a sped-up snippet of Billie Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over,” a song that delivers a poignant sentiment about the death of the singer’s father. That emotional impact is overshadowed here by the track’s lazy, TikTok-inspired production. Elsewhere, Minaj raps seamlessly over a sample of Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” but a similar strategy on the skeletal “My Life,” which uses a high-pitched snippet of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass,” adds little to the track and leaves it sounding muddy and unfinished.

 

Unlike its predecessor, the album doesn’t leave much of an impression, and certainly won’t reshape the hip-hop landscape.

 

Nicki Minaj ‘Pink Friday 2’ Review: Less Sequel Than Identity Crisis (slantmagazine.com)

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[flower moon]

[getBusy]

In before “Extremely stable, which is a good sign.“

Edited December 12, 2023 by getBusy

[Diet Pepsi]

The barbs are literally the only people enjoying this album

 

 

 

Does this count for metacritic though? 

Edited December 12, 2023 by Pink Whitney

[GentleDance]

[Bhabylon]

[justin.]

The New York Times: 60 

 

It’s behind a paywall, so I can’t read it though.

[hallucinate]

[justin.]

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