Nicki Minaj drops new album 'Queen' a week ahead of release date: Stream
Just last week, Nicki Minaj announced that her new album 'Queen' would suffer another delay in release (it was initially slotted for a June release), this time owing to complications over the rights to a Tracy Chapman sample on one of the tracks. The album was ultimately slated for an August 17 release but it looks like the tides have turned because Minaj just dropped 'Queen' a whole week ahead of the release date, via Young Money/Cash Money/Republic.
'Queen' serves as the Trinidadian-American rapper’s fourth studio effort and the long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s 'The Pinkprint'.
It spans a generous total of 19 songs and features collaborations with rumored beau Eminem, The Weeknd, Future, Foxy Brown, and Swae Lee of Rae Sremmurd. Ariana Grande also appears on the previously teased single, 'Bed', and Lil Wayne guests on the other previewed single 'Rich Sex'. The early single 'Chun-Li' also appears on the final tracklist.