Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
by Nicki Minaj
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6.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 611 Ratings

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  1. juanselopez340
    May 14, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mediocre I don't know what he thought to stand out so ugly some songs are saved but the others are horrible to listen to with his voice. I wouldn't listen to it again until that I die HORRIFYING… Expand
  2. LucasSwift
    Jun 17, 2022
    0
    Depois de se escorar no pop em seu álbum de estreia, nicki minaj resolveu buscar inspiração em alguma caçamba de lixo do Queens para compor esse álbum. Não tem uma música que preste nesse álbum, lixo sonoro atrás de lixo sonoro do começo ao fim desse álbum podre
  3. Xiaomingwu
    Oct 24, 2021
    0
    omg it is so bad and the cover art is so messy i think we can just say that she’s over
  4. pedrotingz
    Apr 30, 2021
    0
    She is the queen of rap, Nobody can stop it, Nobody can stop it, its lyrics and flow are wonderful.
  5. bardiscovery
    Apr 22, 2021
    0
    This is not a rap album just a selftittled queen of rap making generic pop
  6. Yessir90
    Oct 18, 2020
    0
    No this album is trash. She trying to hard to be everything else but a rapper. I’m here for the rap songs but it’s giving Chinese girl band... I don’t know who listens to this type of crap consistently ..
  7. Juan7
    May 12, 2020
    0
    Ha sido lo peor de los álbumes rap femeninos que hayan existido. Es un fiasco y relleno
  8. ArthurMorgan
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    More of the same disgusting, alienating garbage that throws maggots on the rotting fruit of the hip-hop-soiled popular music industry. Total garbage.
  9. Fernanmaxi
    Oct 21, 2019
    0
    bad album, in general bad concept, too many ideas, too many rhythms which don't hit in any way, a way of wanting to get the attention of critics which he achieved but in a bad way
  10. Lucasswiftie89
    Jul 20, 2019
    0
    Ridícula. Não sei onde esse povo vê essa escrota como rainha do rap. Mico e mais mico.
  11. marcelomoraes7
    Jul 20, 2019
    0
    ok simplesmente horrível, não gosto, músicas ruins não devia nem ter lançado
  12. pasandolaqueen
    Aug 10, 2018
    0
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  13. Adidiuaney
    Oct 16, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrível igual a ela e tudo que produz. Não tem originalidade, usa muita base, parece uma louca, isso é o que? Album infantil? TPP Pisa nisso!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!… Expand
  14. nathanlinnett
    Jul 11, 2014
    3
    As much as I love Nicki Minaj, and have bought numerous copies of this album for presents for my friends & family, I have to confess this is an absolute MESS of an album. I enjoy some of the tracks, but they don't flow together and this resembles more of a fan made collection of songs than a professional album. We can clearly see Minaj attempts to split the album into "stages" but itAs much as I love Nicki Minaj, and have bought numerous copies of this album for presents for my friends & family, I have to confess this is an absolute MESS of an album. I enjoy some of the tracks, but they don't flow together and this resembles more of a fan made collection of songs than a professional album. We can clearly see Minaj attempts to split the album into "stages" but it really doesn't work. These "stages" are as followed.

    STAGE 1: HIP-HOP
    STAGE 2: HARDCORE RAP
    STAGE 3: R&B
    STAGE 4: POP
    STAGE 5: BALLADS
    STAGE 6: THROWAWAY / NATIVE / OTHER / MORE POP

    Minaj opens her roller coaster of an album with a roller coaster song. Her incredibly whacky 'Roman Holiday'. Closely following the random stylings of 'Roman Holiday' is 'Come On A Cone'. This is basically three minutes and five seconds of Minaj bragging about her accomplishments and this is probably one of the worst tracks on the album. Next up is 'I Am Your Leader' which even though it follows the same recipe of 'Come On A Cone', and is still a bragging song, it turns out to be an album highlight, and verses from Rick Ross & Cam'ron are brilliantly received.Last in this "stage" comes 'Beez In The Trap'. If I said I'd never got down to this song I'd be lying, I have a guilty pleasure for this song. The lyrics are horrific, the production is a mess and 2 Chainz shows up to deliver one of the worst verses in his career, but put this song on and I will DEFINITELY be first on the floor twerking. The next stage in this **** of an album is more hardcore and features appearances from rap legends like Nas, Drake & Lil Wayne. First up is 'HOV Lane'. Another boast song in which Minaj compares herself to rap veteran Jay-Z (HOV). The song overall is...meh, kind of a copy of 'Come On A Cone'. Things really don't improve with 'Roman Reloaded', ANOTHER bragging song which also manages to cause offence and mock Christopher Bosh, and take jabs at the horrific columbine school shooting. And then Lil Wayne shows up to contribute a sex-driven verse with no really memorable lines.
    However, things seem to go from zero to hero with the brilliant addition of 'Champion'. The song starts out with a chilling verse from Minaj, and moves onto Nas, Drake and then finally Young Jeezy, all of whom add great verses to the song. The production and hook on this song is spectacular also. The R&B section is well received, as is the ballad section. The pop section however is awful. 'Starships', 'Pound The Alarm', 'Whip It' & 'Automatic' are all forgettable and sound pretty similar.

    Overall, the album is said to be an "experimental phase for Minaj to find her sound" but ten years into your career, you should already know your sound. This was a quick album full of guaranteed hits to rake in the cash. NOT impressed. I'd question why the album was nominated for a grammy but 2 Chainz was nominated also so I'll leave the lid on that can of worms FIRMLY shut.    … Expand
  15. MetaCryptic
    Apr 8, 2014
    0
    Jesus Christ,

    the cancer some people call music, this album is as shallow as the person who made it. How **** like this reaches main stream is beyond me.

    You guys remember good music right? no? me either/s
  16. carmenpaoladeol
    Jan 3, 2014
    0
    She's a weak, terrible rapper, the worst female rapper to ever join the female rap movement. Even with the fact that her next album is gonna flop and she's gonna disappear forever, what Nicki Minaj did to the female rap movement is totally terrible and very scary.
  17. carlos_abraao2
    Jan 3, 2014
    0
    I earned this album before but I've thrown it on the trash. This is obviously the WORST album released by a female rapper, ever. I have no words to describe this crappy, attention seeking album.

    "Rap songs" Too much cuss words (unnecessary cussing actually). Very non-sense lyrics, the song "Roman Holiday" is terrible as she tries to call attention with her weirdness. The only good    I earned this album before but I've thrown it on the trash. This is obviously the WORST album released by a female rapper, ever. I have no words to describe this crappy, attention seeking album.

    "Rap songs" Too much cuss words (unnecessary cussing actually). Very non-sense lyrics, the song "Roman Holiday" is terrible as she tries to call attention with her weirdness. The only good "rap" song on this album is Champion because it includes Nas as a featured singer, although the message of the song it's cliche.

    Pop songs Too MUCH auto tune, very dumb lyrics. "Starships were meant to fly" & "I'm a bad b*tch with no muzzle" are some of the lyrics that I was able to found between tracks 10-18. Yeah, that's scary.

    Not to mention the final track. That's the worst song I heard in my whole life.

    If you've given this album a positive review, please kill yourself.    … Expand
  18. TheLotus
    Dec 31, 2013
    0
    Honestly, it's an album of rap or hip hop (mediocre). Not original, also I think what makes it better is the dance. The best songs are (Whip It, Starships and Va Va Voom). Another thing that makes it annoying, is very long. Diciendio conclude that "Roman Holiday" is the worst song on the disc.
  19. mike4444
    Dec 30, 2013
    2
    Va va voom earned this song a 1 and pound the alarm got it another bar. If those songs were any worse, it would have gotten no rating. The songs are kinda disturbing quite honestly. It's almost like she's trying to make terrible music. Stupid Hoe DESTROYS THE ALBUM. I would have given it a mixed review if it wasn't for that song but Stupid Hoe is, honestly, one of the worst songs inVa va voom earned this song a 1 and pound the alarm got it another bar. If those songs were any worse, it would have gotten no rating. The songs are kinda disturbing quite honestly. It's almost like she's trying to make terrible music. Stupid Hoe DESTROYS THE ALBUM. I would have given it a mixed review if it wasn't for that song but Stupid Hoe is, honestly, one of the worst songs in existence. It's annoying and would be laughably bad but there's just so much to despise that you don't laugh.… Expand
  20. usachoppers1
    Nov 12, 2013
    0
    LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO what the actual is this who ever approved this you needa quit music or life man!!! i laughed so hard listeing to this crap!! lmaooooooo yo how this right here you should act like this never existed smh you suck nicki, you ruining music!! pure rubbish
  21. oldskoolHipHop
    Nov 12, 2013
    0
    the first time i heard it i was like what the am i listening to' Once again leaving her roots of rap and hip hop she turned to pop music. Really BAD pop music. with poor lyricism and so much focus on beef, she once again focused on Lil' Kim and made this album solely on Kim... Re-evaluate your sound, and stop appeasing other outlets ans you will lose in the end.
  22. gabrielzbernini
    Sep 29, 2013
    0
    Bubblegum, pop, dumb, non-sense, TERRIBLE lyrics, annoying voice, too much autotune, very very pop. I don't know why this is even classified as a hip-hop album. Between tracks 10-22 there's only bubblegum pop-dance club hits. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY.
  23. Gzbernini
    Jul 15, 2013
    0
    Unoriginal, mainstream, not worthy for real hip-hop fans. This album has destroyed her career as female rapper, and that's probably her last one. Period.
  24. Zeutrinox
    Apr 24, 2013
    1
    This is what you get for having a fake African American without any talent and sing. Pretty much repetitive lyrics over and over again. I would call this a disgrace to the music industry.
  25. foowombats
    Dec 11, 2012
    1
    I'm not a huge fan of this genre of music anyway, but Nicki seems to have taken hip-hop/pop to a whole new level.Gone are the days of the greats; Run DMC and Beastie boys. Rappers like Eminem and Professor Green seem to be the only hope, the hip-hop genre has left. Nicki Minaj seems to be the new banner man, well banner woman of the decay of the genre and the music industry as a whole.I'm not a huge fan of this genre of music anyway, but Nicki seems to have taken hip-hop/pop to a whole new level.Gone are the days of the greats; Run DMC and Beastie boys. Rappers like Eminem and Professor Green seem to be the only hope, the hip-hop genre has left. Nicki Minaj seems to be the new banner man, well banner woman of the decay of the genre and the music industry as a whole. Pretty talentless, with horrible songs and worst of all is completely full of herself. She first came to my attention with her terriblerip off of the Big Pink's - dominoes, on her previous album. Though while that was just bearable, this 2nd one is not. I mean Beez in the trap? Holy Christ alive - that should not be called music!!!… Expand
  26. 1stBorn
    Nov 18, 2012
    2
    Okay, although I didn't like Pink Friday, I'd give Nicki Minaj this, she is unique. Yeah I know, it sounds weird. But you can't say she isn't original, and if some other female rapper came in wore a pink wig, rapped in a British accent and sung in autotune that she wouldn't be compared to Nicki. Seriously though, she has proved she could hold her own with the best of them, such as Kanye,Okay, although I didn't like Pink Friday, I'd give Nicki Minaj this, she is unique. Yeah I know, it sounds weird. But you can't say she isn't original, and if some other female rapper came in wore a pink wig, rapped in a British accent and sung in autotune that she wouldn't be compared to Nicki. Seriously though, she has proved she could hold her own with the best of them, such as Kanye, Jay & Em. And I can respect that her debut was much more hip hop based than pop based.

    So seeing this, I thought it was a reissue of Pink Friday. I mean let's be honest it sounds like it would be Pink Friday with some extra tracks. But this is not Pink Friday, no Roman Reloaded is much, much worse. I mean it is catastrophically bad. I counted 5 tracks on this album I liked, the rest was either filler or garbage. And I had the same total for Pink Friday too, the only difference is where as Pink Friday gave you mercy with 13 tracks. This tortures you with 19 tracks and 70 minutes of which 80% is bad. She uses ungodly annoying flows that would make the punchline rap look subtle. What's worst is that Nicki (oh, I'm sorry, I mean Roman) is starting to turn into a pop diva and those 8 or 9 songs are obnoxious. Her singing is obnoxious, her raps are obnoxious, the production is obnoxious, it makes Lady Gaga sound like Sarah McLachlan. Let me put it to you this way, if you liked Roman's Revenge (like me), you'll like 5 of these songs, if you liked Did It On Em, you'll like half of these songs, if you like Super Bass, you'll like the other half plus the deluxe edition bonus tracks. I'll give her credit that she's trying to be diverse and trying to reach out for different sounds. It's just, to me, she failed at doing most of these sounds particularly well. Don't look for the Nicki who said she's "returning to her roots on this album" here folks, that Nicki is nowhere to be found.    … Expand
  27. jfrotylpe532
    Nov 11, 2012
    0
    She's back and this time she has even worst songs. She could be an executioner just by singing to people. How she ever became an artist (along with Drake and Lil Wayne) the world will never know.
  28. iamhiphop
    Nov 3, 2012
    0
    Terrible. This album is a hot mess. The album is half rap, half pop. A failed experiment. The rap tracks were lazy and filled with cartoon voices and lots of features. The pop tracks, where Nicki sold out completely, are also lazy. They sound like throw-away songs from Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Jennifer Lopez, and Britney Spears and all have that crappy techno-dance sound. Then theTerrible. This album is a hot mess. The album is half rap, half pop. A failed experiment. The rap tracks were lazy and filled with cartoon voices and lots of features. The pop tracks, where Nicki sold out completely, are also lazy. They sound like throw-away songs from Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Jennifer Lopez, and Britney Spears and all have that crappy techno-dance sound. Then the album ends with Stupid Hoe, which is one of the worst rap songs ever witten, even worse than anything written by her YMCMB partners, MMG, 2 Chainz, Soulja Boy, and Waka Flocka Flame. One of the worst albums ever. -10/10… Expand
  29. Vamp
    Oct 15, 2012
    0
    This album is not very well put together. It sounds as if Nicki Minaj does not even know what she wants it to sound like. She pretends to have total control over both rap and pop; however, she was not confident enough to release this album with any less than nineteen tracks. Many of these tracks sound incomplete as well. "Beez In The Trap" endlessly repeats the same lyric. "Pound TheThis album is not very well put together. It sounds as if Nicki Minaj does not even know what she wants it to sound like. She pretends to have total control over both rap and pop; however, she was not confident enough to release this album with any less than nineteen tracks. Many of these tracks sound incomplete as well. "Beez In The Trap" endlessly repeats the same lyric. "Pound The Alarm" has an instrumental for a chorus. "Whip It" is supposed to sound like a pop song, but it does not even have a bridge. Nicki Minaj needs to spend more time making quality tracks and not just putting many tracks together.… Expand
  30. LuizCC
    Oct 13, 2012
    3
    Minaj's raps is not the bigger trouble in this album. Half urban-rap, and half cheesy-pop, the problem is the production of the songs. While the urban-rap part has it's good merit, the electropop- David Guetta's kind- makes the whole album sound like a big collage of club bangers songs with none other purpose than blast the charts and sells thousands of copies. Maybe Minaj has to redeemMinaj's raps is not the bigger trouble in this album. Half urban-rap, and half cheesy-pop, the problem is the production of the songs. While the urban-rap part has it's good merit, the electropop- David Guetta's kind- makes the whole album sound like a big collage of club bangers songs with none other purpose than blast the charts and sells thousands of copies. Maybe Minaj has to redeem herself in terms of production, and this album proves it.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 30
  3. Negative: 3 out of 30
  1. Boston Globe
    Oct 8, 2012
    50
    It lumps together all the rap tracks on the first half, and lets the pop fluff fill the rest.
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  2. The Source
    Aug 22, 2012
    70
    Nicki's shining moments are her straight-up, hip-hop tracks. [#252, p.87]
  3. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Apr 25, 2012
    91
    If you enjoy contemporary pop whose market-tested blare offends both rockist philistines and IDM aesthetes, her second album is a worthwhile investment.
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