Nicki Minaj’s “For All The Barbz” Foreshadows An Explosion Future For ‘Pink Friday 2’

Nicki Minaj brole the internet this week with her “For All The Barbz” album teaser released in anticipation of her upcoming fifth studio album ‘Pink Friday 2.’ The freestyle is a play on Drake's album titled “For All The Dogs.”

Let’s unpack a few things before the song breakdown:

1. Nicki Minaj is like an air traffic controller; she‘s directing the conversation of music in hip-hop/rap. All eyes are on her for the release of this album because it will dictate how other rappers (male and female) will move with their projects now that hip-hop isn’t as ‘profitable”’ as it was during its commercial prime in the early 2000’s. The genre has been stained with payola artists and dirty industry press tactics that has caused a mass production of artists that can’t sell music, leaving labels in red in all fronts. 
2. The heavy push for streaming in 2018 was to the detriment of the rap and hip-hop industry. By insisting on the notion that fans wouldn’t buy music, they enveloped themselves in this false sense of security that music was on the same necessity level of water, food and air. Let’s be clear, Nicki rightfully led the fight for streaming rights because artists are justified in wanting to be compensated for their work. But what the industry did was weaponize streaming against Nicki in terms of streaming support and playlisting. Which is why Nicki’s latest 2 moves being her most powerful; releasing music via her website. “BAHM BAHM” and “For All The Barbz” are scrapped Nicki songs she is giving to fans for free (reminiscent of the real mixtape days). Hip hop music sales are down 40% and Nicki isn’t feeding it now that they need it the most.
3. “FATB” is exposing all the cracks in hip hop’s foundation. Nicki is outselling, outperforming while increasing her impact and influence during an era of 360 female rap influencers. To push Nicki out of the culture, hip hop ruined its credibility so even after lowering the “standard” into the outer perimeter of hell, the needle isn’t moving. The industry is struggling for an authentic and organic talent that can sell themselves while capturing the streaming audience and sell concert/Arena tickets. By sabotaging Nicki, the industry created a vacuum within itself causing it to feed on itself. 

Now let’s dive into “For All The Barbz” featuring Drake and Chief Keef.  First, Nicki and Chief Keef on a song together - we hhave to stan it - but it’s always a moment when the Young Money protégés are together, Drizzy and the Barbie. 

“FATB” is a genuine vibe with a smooth and melodic instrumental. Drake is a master of melodic rap, second too Nicki. Drake raps “the doctor office was the last time you niggas seen your name on the chart.” Don’t do them like that Drake😭. “Shawty graduated playing it smart.  

Chief Keef was the perfect choice for the hook. Drake and Nicki have such a profound understanding of music that in my opinion a side by side verse would be them eclipsing each other and the music would get lost. I’m not a musical scholar, so if there is a better way to explain this please let me know. We can focus on the lyrics and are still carried by that amazing instrumental. All three of them gave such a perfect blend of melody and shout out to the song engineer for carrying!! 

I have said it again and again, there isn’t an instrumental Nicki can’t body. She skated all over “FATB” and even in vibe mode all you btchs can get it. This is 08-09 Nicki, she is hungry and coming for all that is hers. Get out the way.

Nicki raps “VMA’s was a family reunion, first time in a while I seen all my sons”…y’all lmao, I know they mad. Everybody started deleting their VMA pics after that bar hit the internet. People were so worried about what Nicki would say at the VMA’s they lost sight of the fact that Nicki is a rapper. For a rapper any day can be an occasion to lyrically assault.

“Btchs aint eating worried about who overweight.” First, we know these rap girls are all scavenging for deals, from selling chicken wings to selling chicken seasonings. They littered barely eating while the Queen is receiving major deals and endorsement regularly. Secondly, this is a jab at the Twitter jobless trolls who sit around photoshopping Nicki’s pics to make her look less flattering while they’re damn near homeless and taking anti-depressants. But, since their mediocre faves can’t compete talent and skill wise they changed the narrative to weight, age and husbands.  

Talking about somebody overweight when they only eating the crumbs Nicki leaves behind. See how they talk about unity in female rap until its Nicki Minaj.

“I’m who they call to sell tickets make no mistake,”but its crickets from them when the convo changes to headlining.  

“I get these btchs scrambling when I throw the Bait,” female rappers love to take Nicki lyrics and spin it as if there is a beef but end up showing their hand. This bar could also apply to Nicki baiting them into following her lead and then switching up on them. This reminds me of when Nicki posted up in the SKIMS and a couple of weeks later we saw Penny Wise filtered face on the timeline with a SKIMS collab.

Penny Wise & Company been waiting on Nicki to drop her lead single, so they can have a “sound” to replicate and at every Nicki music tease they get disappointed. All of Nicki music teases sound like album cuts so they are clueless in the direction she is going. Remember when she dropped LTISY? Barnum and Bailey released that hot mess thinking finally, we got her. But that wasn’t it and Nicki previewed “Big Difference” at the VMA’s and ended up going in a totally different direction lmao.

“One Sub Kill 5 Btchs, Ocean Gate.” Nicki is saying that What I’m spitting (subbing) is lethal enough that I can hit all five of my targets at once (kill shot). Then just like the Ocean Gate submersible they implode on themselves trying to keep up with me. Get them Nicki!