Album Review: Nicki Minaj's "Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded"

The best ten songs on Roman Reloaded run about as long as Illmatic, and they are as definitive a statement about music today as Nas’s was back in ’94. Minaj’s louche, hermaphroditic lyrics shit on dichotomous thinking about sex and gender with vigor unimaginable by the epicene girly-boys who’ve approached the issue from the other side since before David Bowie became Lady Stardust.

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A Beauty And A Lyrical Beast

Minaj's album is not bad, and decidedly not boring, but it's a microcosm for Minaj's work as a whole. The first single, "Your Love," is a straight-ahead sweet love song. It samples Annie Lennox's "No More I Love You's" and doesn't get its hands any dirtier than name-checkingGhostface. The verses show her love for playing with sounds and voices, but wouldn't appeal to many who came looking for another "Monster" verse. 

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