• Nicki Minaj’s Queen dropped just over two weeks ago, and if you’re like us you haven’t stopped listening to it on repeat.
  • To kick off her Queen era, Nicki Minaj released two singles, “Barbie Tingz” and “Chun-Li,” proving that the pop-crossover artist still had bars.
  • But with Queen, Nicki jettisons all the industry madness, drowns out the noise, and creates rap the way she believes it should sound.
  • Queen is the fourth studio album by Trinidadian-born rapper Nicki Minaj. ... It is Minaj’s first album in nearly four years, following The Pinkprint.
  • 4 years after The Pinkprint, Queen Nicki Minaj is back to reclaim her spot on the rap chessboard.
  • Nicki Minaj Guards a Shrinking Kingdom. The rapper emphasizes her smarts and ferocity on her fourth album, Queen, but to what end?
  • Die-hard Nicki Minaj fans saw Queen coming. They’ve been waiting for the “old” Nicki since the adept rapper brought back her “Barbie” chain.
  • With Queen, Nicki Minaj has crafted an excellent 10-song album and hidden it inside a scattershot 19-song album.
  • Queen by Nicki Minaj released in 2018. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
  • You don’t name your fourth album after the most powerful chess piece without reason and ‘Queen’ is Nicki Minaj trying to dominate the music board in all directions.