Nicki Minaj recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about her upcoming project:

“The album is much more emotional than you anticipate, which is a great thing. And I know women are gonna connect to the album so much. I felt like for so many years I was the girl who did the catchy little raps, and it’s time for me now to tell my story, and in telling my story, I’m really telling every girl’s story. We all go through the same thing. So the album is gonna feel very personal to every female.”

No more catchy little raps?? I’m elated! If she goes back to her roots and tones down the Nightmare on Elm Street antics there may be hope for a real femcee to get mainstream notoriety in this day in age. I’m hoping when she tells her story that she does it in english and doesn’t make up words like:

“bestest”

“todd-lor”

“bahn da bon bon oh”

I could go on but I’ll stop there. Swizz Beatz already spoke candidly about working with Minaj on her debut and she unveiled another producer on the album in this interview:

“I don’t want to say too much, but I just did some work with will.i.am. Just something for my album that I’m really excited about.”

She’s definitely calling on all the hit makers. I’m still stuck on the fact that she knows she does “catchy little raps.” Operative word here is “little.”

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Here’s Rick Ross’ remix to Nicki Minaj’s hot buzz single “Your Love”. Leave your thoughts on the track in the comments!

Nicki Minaj is calling in the heavy hitters for her debut. After helping Usher and his own group the Black Eyed Peas top the charts, will.i.am is extending his hitmaking skills to the Young Money rapper.

“I don’t want to say too much, but I just did some work with will.i.am,” Minaj revealed to EW.com. However, she wouldn’t elaborate whether the Black Eyed Peas frontman is producing and/or lending his vocals to their collaboration, saying, “Just something for my album that I’m really excited about.”

Without spilling any additional names, she described the project’s overall direction. “The album is much more emotional than you anticipate, which is a great thing,” she added. “And I know women are gonna connect to the album so much. I felt like for so many years I was the girl who did the catchy little raps, and it’s time for me now to tell my story, and in telling my story, I’m really telling every girl’s story. We all go through the same thing. So the album is gonna feel very personal to every female.”

Other previously announced contributors include Swizz Beatz, Alex Da Kid, and Sean Garrett. The as-yet-untitled set is due November 23.

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Here is the highly anticipated new track from Young Money’s own Jay Sean & Nicki Minaj! Leave your comments on the track!

SAN DIEGO — There’s little doubt that Bruce Willis is a bona fide movie star, and the latest proof of his celebrity status is the shout-out he receives in Nicki Minaj’s single “Your Love.” “And for your lovin’ I’mma Die Hard like Bruce Willis,” the chorus proclaims. As it turns out, Willis reacts similarly when pop stars give him props.

“I can’t get enough songs on the radio that have my name in it,” he told MTV during their Thursday live stream from Comic-Con. “It’s always an honor. I love that song. I don’t understand it, but I can understand my name.”

Considering Willis told MTV that “Die Hard 5″ is “imminent,” Minaj could not have picked a better time to put “Bruce Willis” and “Die Hard” in the same sentence.

While Willis said he appreciates — but doesn’t quite understand — Minaj’s songs, he said that he wouldn’t be returning to the music world anytime soon. Anyone holding out for Willis to star in Hollywood’s next big musical should continue to hold their breath, too, as he said the chance of him singing on the big screen is “highly doubtful.”

And you also bring artists together for monster remixes. But you’ve never had an all-female rapper all-star track. What gives?
It’s not about male-female, it’s about what I’m feeling at that moment or what I have planned to make that record. Nicki Minaj, she’s on my remix to “All I Do Is Win.” I worked with Lil Kim for “We Takin’ Over (Remix).” There’s only a few females out here in today’s age, in today’s time, that’s hurting the game. Maybe one day I’ll put an all-female collabo one day.

What do you think about Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim’s rivalry?
I don’t get into controversy too much. I love Nicki Minaj, I love Lil Kim. I don’t think they sound like each other. They’re both great MCs, I would love to see them do a record together. I want to see if I can make that happen, if on my next album I can make Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj do a record together, featuring DJ Khaled. That might be the biggest record in the game.

That’d be crazy!
Hey, I made Beanie Sigel and Jadakiss do a record together on my first album. I do these things. Records like that, to bring people together, people respect it ’cause they know I represent that love. I’ma reach out to Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim and try to pull that record together for y’all.

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Irv Gotti recently spoke about his thoughts on Nicki Minaj’s talent, comparing the new Young Money artist to Grammy-winning singer Lauryn Hill. Irv, known for helping rappers like Ja Rule and singers like Ashanti, thinks Nicki is the full package.

“The world has yet to see the best of Nicki Minaj. What she’s delivering to the world now is basically what they want. But I know that she’s a super talented superstar who can do anything at a high level–rap, sing, act, whatever she wants to do. This is just the beginning of Nicki Minaj. Her best is yet to come. In my opinion she is as talented as my other girl Lauryn Hill. They have completely different styles. But as far as the talent is concerned they both can do it all. Nicki just isn’t showing it yet ’cause she doesn’t want to. But world be prepared ’cause she’s the truth.”

What do you think about his comments?

Check out what they had to say about Nicki Minaj’s verse on “My Chick Bad”.

You can add John Legend to the growing members of Team Barbie. The R&B crooner is vocalizing his support for hip-hop’s reigning femcee.

When asked whether he preferred Nicki Minaj or Lil’ Kim, the diplomatic singer told The Huffington Post, “Well right now Nicki Minaj, but you know there’s a time and place for everybody. I feel like this is Nicki’s time right now, but Kim had a nice run.”

Jay Sean and Nicki Minaj on the same track? Sounds like a cool collabo to us! Jay Sean has tweeted that a remix of his new single will feature the “Your Love” songstress and we bet fans are excited!

“So…ummm…anyone hear a new song of mine recently..???!! Lol Know wot it’s called??? Get ready coz we coming again!!” Jay tweeted, getting fans hyped about the upcoming track and video that drop on Monday.

“Yeh it’s my next single..I have Nicki Minaj on the remix too! Vid is on Monday. Album drops late fall! Hope ur well!” the “Down” star added. Sounds like the British R&B sensation is up to something good!

Nicki Minaj signed on to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment in 2009 so it only makes sense that she collaborates with Jay Sean who is signed on to Lil Wayne’s Cash Money Records.

Though the Young Money captain is currently locked away on Rikers Island in New York for gun possession charges, Weezy’s newest letter to his fans illustrates his ear is always glued to the street, especially when it comes to the Young Money crew like Nicki Minaj.

With Drake’s “Thank Me Later” debut hitting the gold mark in 14 days and Nicki Minaj’s colorful guest verses circulating throughout the industry, Wayne made sure to recognize the two youngsters’ hard work.

“I applaud my Young Money family for what they’re doing,” Weezy wrote. “As I’m not surprised. This is what we’re supposed to do.”

Weezy’s understudies are doing so well, Mr. Carter may consider retiring before the age of 30. “Congrats to Drake and Nicki Minaj for all their recent success,” Weezy added. “Those 2 are going to have me retiring early. I love my team.”

Trey Songz and Nicki Minaj recently dropped the rollicking, bass-heavy collaboration
“Bottoms Up” and the stars wasted no time hitting the web to chat about how the duo hooked up. Hours after sites posted the song from Songz’ upcoming Passion, Pain & Pleasure album, the singer spoke directly to fans on Tuesday from his Ustream page about the track. After conferencing in Nicki Minaj, who was at work in the studio, they broke down the whirlwind creation of the song.

“I’m in L.A. for BET [Awards] weekend, I’m working on a couple records, and I do this song called ‘Red Lipstick,’ and then I do ‘Bottoms Up’ the next day,” Trey recalled of his recording session. “I hit Nicki Minaj and I’m like, ‘Man, I’ve got these two incredible records, I think one of them is gonna be my first single, and I need you to do it. Can you come this weekend? Can you come down?’

“I stayed a couple extra days and she came through,” he said. “Two, three days later I got a verse back that was just stupid.” Songz then addressed the MC directly and said, “I fell in love with you. When I heard the verse, I was like, ‘Oh my s—, I love her. She killed it.’ ”

Nicki Minaj chimed in and noted that fans had been waiting for the stars to team up. “Every day, people say, ‘When you gonna collaborate with Trey?’ For some strange reason they wanted to see that collaboration,” Minaj said. “So, when you hit me, I was very excited. I just thought, ‘This is our time.’ ”

While breaking down her side of the recording process, Nicki Minaj revealed that she paid special attention to her verse. “I lived with it,” she explained. “I kept on hitting you like, ‘I’mma have it done today.’ I think I did live with it for, like, three days because I was changing it up, I couldn’t get it. But then, all of a sudden, something just hit me.”

Her animated delivery brings boatloads of swagger to the track, but Nicki Minaj said she had some doubts at first, admitting that she almost dropped a line where she mimics the loopy, breathy speech of the late Anna Nicole Smith. “I was gonna take that part out because I was like, ‘Trey is gonna think I’m crazy,’ ” she said.

But in the end, Nicki Minaj was cool with how the verse came together. “I’m just happy that I was able to do something that kinda kept that energy up,” enthused the MC, who also attributed her juiced-up flow to her rap alter ego, Roman Zolanski. “Roman is very spastic. Roman is crazy and Roman is weird and Roman doesn’t care. … The person on [DJ Khaled's] ‘All I Do Is Win’ remix, that’s Nicki, and the person on ‘Bottoms Up,’ that’s Roman.”

The pair also discussed shooting the song’s accompanying video, for which Songz said he had already drafted a treatment and roped in video director Anthony Mandler. And the duo also chatted about hitting the stage together sometime soon.

“I can’t wait ’til the first time we perform it somewhere,” Songz said.

“It’s gotta be a big moment,” Nicki Minaj insisted.

Songz agreed: “Yeah, it’s gonna be a big moment.”

The drama the ladies of the “The Hills” have grappled with for six seasons has captivated millions of fans, including one hip-hop diva in particular: Nicki Minaj. Minaj recently revealed via Twitter that not only does she watch the show — which signs off on Tuesday (July 13) — but she has strong opinions about the goings-on of the cast.

Apparently, the MC has been keeping up with the antics of Audrina’s (and Kristin’s) on-and-off boy toy, Justin “Bobby” Brescia. When a fan pressed Minaj on Twitter about whether she watches “The Hills,” the star tweeted, “Yes! I was SO mad wen Justin bobby cut his hair!”

Her taste in TV isn’t the only thing the star has revealed on the social-networking website. Last week, the Young Money MC announced the release date of her hotly anticipated debut album on Twitter. “Yes. It’s time. November 23rd,” the star tweeted Thursday.

When MTV News caught up with the “Your Love” rapper on the set of the video for her #1 track, Minaj called the material she was working on with producer Swizz Beatz “magical” and was generally amped about the album.

“When people hear the album, they’re going to get to know Onika [her birth name is Onika Maraj]. And no one knows Onika,” Minaj said. “I really didn’t think I would be this excited about the songs that I’m coming up with. I’m really, really proud.”

Swizzy was also excited about his work with Minaj. “We have a lot of small conversations that end up [turning] into big musical moments,” the producer told MTV News. “When you hear Nicki on my track, you’re gonna see that ‘Wow, she just went from here to there.’ I’m happy to be a part of that.”

M.I.A. will be the first to tell you if she doesn’t like someone, just ask Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber. But luckily for Nicki Minaj, the outspoken artist has nothing but respect and admiration for her.

The omnipresent Nicki Minaj guests on the remix to M.I.A.’s /\/\/\Y/\ album cut “Teqkilla,” rapping, “Yo Maya, your shit is on fire.”

M.I.A. returned the compliment to her collaborator in an interview on 102.7 KIIS-FM’s “New Music Show.” “Nicki Minaj runs hip-hop,” she told DJ Skee of the Harajuku Barbie, whose debut album is due November 23.

She also shared why she thinks there’s so much buzz surrounding the Young Money femcee. “She works hard and that’s what it is. She’s focused and that’s good,” she explained. “It’s been a while since a female rapper has come up with that much… She’s got a really good work ethic, and I get her.”

As almost a sequel to his single, “Say Aah” from his last album, Ready, Trey Songz (who now coins himself as “Mr. Steal Your Girl”) teams with Young Money signee Nicki Minaj for his debut single.

“Bottoms Up,” produced by Kane Beatz, is the first single from Trey’s senior studio album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure, the follow-up to his hugely successful last album.

The new album is set to hits stores September 14th.

Source: Concreteloop.com