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  1. Aug 13, 2018
    3
    Her stans are far worse than her haters and her album is bad as always. Mostly bad production and bad lyrics.
  2. Aug 10, 2018
    3
    Isn't her best work far away. A lot of features to get noticed, but the quality don't delivered. Using a lot of pop culture reference to conquer the public but don't match the track at all. BED there's nothing with the album. Sorry Nicki, but your album tittle don't give you the "queen of rap" title. Neither your album.
  3. Aug 28, 2020
    3
    Sin tan sólo logrará cantar en vivo como canta en el disco, tal vez sería una experiencia más agradable, el rap de Minaj poco aporta a la industria, su carrera se hace notar más por los escándalos que por el talento que posee
  4. Aug 13, 2018
    2
    Only 1 decent track. The remaining tracks are mediocre. Needs more mature content.
  5. Aug 10, 2018
    1
    Just plain boring. Not worth the hype at all. Nicki doesn’t grow as an artist. This is just too mainstream.
  6. Aug 11, 2018
    1
    The worst album of the year. Barbz waiting two years for this garbage... Nicki Minaj doesn't respect her fans. This album has only 3 good songs - Coco Chanel, Chun-Li and Barbie Dreams, that's all. All another songs just like a piece of s***.
  7. Aug 13, 2018
    1
    I'm sorry, but the album was horrible only 4 songs were good, nicki you decayed so much today you say to be the queen of rap but in fact it's a porn actress
  8. Aug 25, 2018
    1
    This is her fourth album, yet there is no growth. It's the same braggadocio, but with little to no substance. At least on her previous album, she addressed real life and relatable situations. This inaptly titled album just features the same tired features, tired bars, and insignificant industry beef. As a body of work, it is also sidetracked by the pop duds "Bed" and "Come See About Me"This is her fourth album, yet there is no growth. It's the same braggadocio, but with little to no substance. At least on her previous album, she addressed real life and relatable situations. This inaptly titled album just features the same tired features, tired bars, and insignificant industry beef. As a body of work, it is also sidetracked by the pop duds "Bed" and "Come See About Me" which have no place on this album. The outro is also unnecessary and at 19-tracks, this album is way too long and full of fillers. The only fun and good moments of this album include "Good Form" and "Chun-Li" but that's about it.

    All in all, this album is disappointing. It's time to come up with something new, Nicki.
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  9. Aug 10, 2018
    1
    Following the previous 3 albums, "Queen" has not shown any growth in music. You'd expect a new era to start out with something different but there's clearly no advance considering the long hiatus between the previous album release.
  10. Aug 10, 2018
    1
    This album is no cohesive at all... it is far too long and it seems like she is searching hard for hits
  11. Aug 13, 2018
    1
    The album is not good, sorry. After 4 years, why would you give your fans an album like this?
  12. Aug 13, 2018
    1
    This is her worse album. The songs are off beat and it just sounds like a bunch of noise. I was expecting something better, it doesn't worth the hype.
  13. Aug 14, 2018
    1
    The album was overrated and not what I expected, I only liked two songs and even those I wouldn’t add to my playlist. This is just not her era and should retire gracefully.
  14. Aug 5, 2019
    1
    Horror pasando la witness con este album, ya toda Jola jola jola okei jola quedó
  15. Jun 26, 2020
    1
    Con solo la muestra de Nicki presumiendo estar #1 en tendencias con la palabra “Queen” haciendo alusión a su álbum sin deducir el más mínimo razonamiento que la palabra iba referida a la popular banda debido al éxito del filme biográfico y no a ella, queda perfectamente claro como Nicki considera su trabajo superior al de otros. Pero sin cuidarse de ser modesta en absoluto, Queen ostentaCon solo la muestra de Nicki presumiendo estar #1 en tendencias con la palabra “Queen” haciendo alusión a su álbum sin deducir el más mínimo razonamiento que la palabra iba referida a la popular banda debido al éxito del filme biográfico y no a ella, queda perfectamente claro como Nicki considera su trabajo superior al de otros. Pero sin cuidarse de ser modesta en absoluto, Queen ostenta calidad y consistencia, pero es en realidad es un intento muy forzado que falla en satisfacer a su público en general, y que deja en evidencia que Nicki se niega a aceptarlo.

    Minaj trata de probarse a ella misma que es más que las canciones pop decoradas con rimas y beats procesados para un simple rendimiento comercial que acostumbra a “cantar”. Queen trata de reclamar su legado restante para no quedar en el cementerio de artistas pop clichés. Si bien su transición de las rimas bubble gum al rap duro y áspero fue un movimiento demasiado calculado y quizás un poco aletargado, Nicki necesitaba volver a enamorar a sus oyentes. Pero el producto entregado es solo un esfuerzo demasiado desesperado para no quedarse atrás. Come to See about Me, una canción de rompimiento que simplemente termina siendo PIlls And Potions 2.0 y una brusca excusa de escuchar a Nicki cantar algo sentimental, es ligera y suave. Agradable pero solo para su base de fans más dura. Barbie Dreams, una de las pocas composiciones salvables en el álbum, pero que cuestiona la dirección tomada en cuanto a producción. Y resulta tan ambiguo ver tracks como Majesty y Bed dentro del álbum aun estando acompañados de artistas como Eminem y Ariana Grande. Coco Chanel es una especie de cierre del álbum, junto con la sexy y veterana Foxxy Broww, pero termina disgustando a fin de cuentas: “ellas quieren coco, y yo tampoco”. Rapea Ninaj en español sin tener idea de lo que está diciendo. Tampoco ninguno de los que lleguen a escuchar Queen.

    Queen no se cansa de buscar algo de aprobación, lo irónico es que la Chun Li del rap se cuestione a estás alturas si tiene algo que probar.

    Puntaje: 10/100

    -CriticoP3 para Metacritic.
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  16. Oct 18, 2020
    1
    Very Bizarre and all over the place, the flow of the album and subject matter hmm
  17. Apr 21, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this peace of **** is terrible i hate this album I prefer IOP by Cardi B this is worst female rap album that I've listened Expand
  18. Apr 21, 2021
    1
    Very disappointed with Nicki Minaj in this album. Every song was so forced and the album is too long. She also keeps insisting that she is queen but her product doesnt seem to deliver
  19. Aug 21, 2022
    1
    One of the worst albums ever made. A typical rap record thay needs to be deleted
  20. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    lol wtf ya'll talking about? this album is **** terrible xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
  21. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    I hated it, this album is so boring and almost all of the songs has the same melody. I'm really disappointed after waiting 4 years for a new release. She talks about sex on almost every song. I really was expecting some growth from Nicki. She's always putting herself as ''queen of rap'', but this album shows otherwise.
  22. Aug 11, 2018
    0
    Infelizmente não gostei do álbum, falo isso como fã da Minaj, mas não gostei realmente.
  23. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    No me gustó para nada el nuevo álbum yo esperaba mucho más de ella, hay más hipocresía que nada.
  24. Aug 16, 2018
    0
    This is just full of overrated and generic garbage. I will never respect a pathetic and talentless hack that is Nicki Minaj. *snore*
  25. Sep 23, 2019
    0
    Nada nuevo en Nicki, más de lo mismo y líricas muy pobres, deja de llamarte reina
  26. Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Bed with Ariana Grande is the only good song because Ariana saved the song!
  27. Sep 9, 2018
    0
    This is just horrible. I still don't understand why Nicki MInaj is famous because she clearly doesn't deserve it. Overrated and disgraceful.
  28. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    Unacceptable after waiting 4 years. There are 5 really good songs like Ganja burns, Barbie Dreams and Good Form, but the rest is really unbearable. She talks about the same topic (sex) on almost every song. I expected some growth from Nicki so I was really disappointed.
  29. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    Esta de la witness este álbum, muchas colaboraciones nada nuevo, lo mismo de siempre, sera un fracaso, su peor álbum diria yo.
  30. Aug 17, 2018
    0
    Ganja Burn es la unica canción que me gusta del disco.
    Cardi B rules this year !
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70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 22
  2. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Sep 10, 2018
    60
    On Queen, Nicki spends a lot of time ordering beheadings--which are fun, but get old quick--rather than showing us why she is and should be queen. Here's to hoping the next album gives us a more earnest, more raw glimpse of the head that wears the crown.
  2. Aug 20, 2018
    60
    When Minaj leans into her untouchable strengths as a rapper, things get really exciting and an album of tracks as strong as "LLC" or "Barbie Dreams" would be one for the books. As it stands, however, Queen is another chapter of Minaj's good but largely meandering and inconsistent full-length album output.
  3. Aug 20, 2018
    50
    Queen's title implies it's meant to function as a coronation for one of the biggest rappers ever, but it's more the sound of Minaj fighting to keep that crown on her head.