The tape also comes with three new tracks, including “Seeing Green,” a new Drake and Lil Wayne linkup that falls short of their original magic.įrom the opening, “Seeing Green” sounds like a victory lap, thanks to a soaring sample of the 2006 R&B song “In My Mind” by Heather Headley. Beam Me Up Scotty, Minaj’s 2009 mixtape, which hit streaming for the first time this Friday, features some of her standout first collaborations with Wayne and Drake.
That song also featured two of the rappers who continually bring out the best in Minaj, her mentor Lil Wayne and her peer Drake. She broke out, after all, from a standout verse on the Young Money posse cut “Bedrock”: just eight brash bars, each instantly quotable in their own way. 1 since, on another collab, with provocateur 6ix9ine.) That is not to suggest Nicki can’t hold her own - her solo track record is a rap master class - she just holds her own the best when she can feed off her collaborators. 1 song of her decade-plus career just a year ago this week after hopping on a remix of Doja Cat’s “Say So.” It may have come unjustly late for the rapper, but it was at least fitting that she’d finally made it there off the force of a collaboration. Photo-Illustration: by Vulture Photos by Getty Images
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