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Nicki Minaj hits No 1 with surprise drop ‘We Go Up’: ‘No video, no promo, queen s**t’

‘We Go Up’ peaked at number one on US iTunes within an hour

Nicki Minaj, it seems, has made up her mind to own 2022 as after a slew of hits like ‘Blick Blick’, ‘Bussin’, and ‘Do We Have A Problem?’ the Queen of Rap surprised dropped a new single called ‘We Go Up’ on Friday, March 25. Nicki joined hands with rapper Fivio Foreign on her latest piece and quickly took the Internet by storm.
 
‘We Go Up’ within an hour peaked at the numero uno spot on US iTunes, a news that was shared by both Nicki and Fivio on their respective Instagram accounts. This comes after the 39-year-old emcee did not even aggressively promote the track and also did not drop a promo or a music video. Nicki Minaj had last dropped a single called ‘Blick Blick’ with Coi Leray just a week ago. Speaking of her album, the multi-platinum rapper had last dropped her full-length project in 2018 called ‘Queen’.
 
 
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Nicki Minaj surprise drops ‘We Go Up’ with Fivio Foreign

Sharing the big news with her loyal fans, Nicki took to Instagram and spoke about how without promotion, she still managed to get a number one song on iTunes. “In 1 hour, the #1 song on US iTunes is #WeGoUp @fivioforeign_8fs ♥️ #NoVideo #NoRadio #NoPlaylisting #NoDiscount #NoPromo Not a Republic Records single, no bag on it, just a surprise for the fans. 🙏🏾♥️ NEW YORK STAND DF”, said Nicki.
 
Nicki shared multiple versions of her new single that also included an extended version and an instrumental on Spotify and other leading streaming platforms. Speaking of lyrics, in the extended version Nicki raps, “After all of that surgery, you are still ugly/ Now that is what gets me/ This s**t ain't new to me, s**t is just new to y'all (S**t is just new to y'all)/ I wish a bi**h would upon a shooting star (Upon a shooting star)/ You thought you witnessed my final coup de grâce (Final coup de grâce)/ Brrt, look up, we shootin' stars.” Fivio too goes hard on his verse spitting, “I'm with a baddie, she love the aggression/ I'm with a demon, he wanna get reckless/I'm showin' them growth and I'm teachin' 'em lessons/I watch how I'm moving 'cause I'm the investment.” This is the first time when Nicki and Fivio have linked up. Also, Nicki had earlier revealed that she “scrapped this song” from her new album but got it back after her fans requested her to release it. Check out all the versions of ‘We Go Up’ here.

‘She is DOMINATING still14 years into her career’

Hip-hop fans could not contain their excitement as one of the users said, “Blick Blick is not even cold yet, another hit. This song is so harddddddddddd, like wtf? NICKIIIIIIII.” Another music lover posted, “How people can listen to this song and still say she not the queen of rap is beyond me. nicki ate down.” One shared, “No video, no promo, no nothing!!! queen s**t right there.” Another chimed in, “We go up was so unexpected Fr especially for FIVIO I bet too, because if Nicki hadn’t asked us if she should scrap he wouldn’t have gotten that feature atleast not yet. Wow. And it’s a mthfkn HIT!”
 
The next one posted, “The intro for We Go Up is exactly how I imagined a song with Nicki and Fivio Foreign would start off.  a bitch turned that volume all the way up too.” One user tweeted, “Pop Smoke would’ve slid on We Go Up, that’s instantly what I thought of when I heard Nicki say “we back on that Ewok”. I’m so glad Fivio Foreign was the one to be the feature, perfect person to kill those drill 808s with Onika. We got a hit and another great moment for hiphop.” Another stated, “She is DOMINATING STILL 14 years into her career.” And, one stunned fan concluded, “This is literally insane she’s really the goat.”