Nicki Minaj On New Album: ‘My Alter Ego Will Dominate Its Sound’

Almost a year since the release of her debut album ‘Pink Friday‘ ,which has now sold over 2 million copies worldwide, Hip Hop character Nicki Minaj has given details on the content of its heavily anticipated follow up.

Find out what she had to say about the LP to Billboard and why fans can expect her famed alter ego ‘Roman Zolanski‘ to take center stage below…

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  1. thetruth September 26, 2011

    Yaassssssssssssssss for Roman

  2. James227 September 26, 2011

    Dag Nicki blowing up big time. Go Nicki. I see her being the IT girl for 2011-2012 becauce she is hot right now. She don’t get to much exposure either which is a good thing.

  3. lol September 26, 2011

    Do i really want to hear an album with a animated angry gay boy rappin over most of the beatz ? is the question.

  4. JEFFREE STAR SLAYS UR FAVES September 26, 2011

    @LOL STAY MAD YOU JEFFREE CHRIST HATER!!!!!

    Anyways!!!!!!!!!!!

    WHEN R YOU & JEFFREE GONNA MAKE A SONG???????????

  5. ummm September 26, 2011

    i could have sworn she did an interview sayin she wasnt gonna do the voices anymore…she must be out of ideas

  6. KIMBERLY September 26, 2011

    Now every artist have have an alter ego? lol People didn’t understand it when this person announcned hers but now it’s ok for every artist. bravo. gaga, katy, adel, niki, who is next

  7. JAMIR21: I LOVE THE ILLUMINATI (BRITNEY, BEYONCE, RIHANNA, GAGA, AND NICKI) !!!! September 26, 2011

    Yes i cant wait !

  8. ASAP (As Sincere As Possible) September 26, 2011

    OK, nothing against her, but why does she speak like she’s stoned??Eyes open wide, weird facial expressions…whatever…I don’t like the idea of a gimmick dominating her sophomore album.When I heard about the no collaborations policy, I thought she was just going to be NICKI with no antics, but I guess I’m proven wrong now.I just hope that it’s not watered down hip POP again…a bit of real hip hop (if she’s still capable of that) would be good.I also hope she won’t attempt to diss her “rival” again.That wouldn’t be very good for her.

  9. `iLoveYou` September 26, 2011

    Considering the clown she has become, I was expecting her to tone it down her next album. She doesn’t realize how beautiful she is when she doesn’t over do it. Gosh, I miss her mixtape days so much. *Goes To YouTube*

  10. ASAP (As Sincere As Possible) September 26, 2011

    in order to not be misunderstood by stans
    *that wouldn’t be very good for HER = wouldn’t be very good for Nicki

  11. Mia September 26, 2011

    How can Nicki fans support this girl.Her alter egoa are roman Zolanski and Nicki Lewinsky.Roman Polanski is a guy that r**** a 11 year old girl and Monica Lewinsky is the girl that gave Bill Clinton a blow job.This is what y’all support.

  12. Jenny September 26, 2011

    I feel sorry for the Nicki fans.They been begging for her to go back to the mixtapes days and it seems like it’s going to be a Pink Friday part 2.

  13. Maria September 26, 2011

    No matter how bad the album is the Nicki fans will by it anyways cause it’s Nicki Minaj.So why should Nicki grow as an artist.

  14. kwame September 26, 2011

    @ASAP NIKI IS ALWAYS GONNA DISS OTHER RIVAL CUZ THATS WHAT SHE IS GOOD AT?.LOL

  15. Chile Please!! September 26, 2011

    OMG! ***Grabs my pillow & prepare for a nap*** somebody please wake me up with this fuckery is over with. This girl is such a joke from the lyrics to the outfits….I will not support her until she starts to spit some FYAH! NEXT!

  16. NikNak September 26, 2011

    she is soo fake its unbelievable.

  17. Sight1 September 26, 2011

    Mia fu-cking fool….there are two different names….Roman Polanski and Roman Zolanski isn’t the same name…wtf what hater you ran out of ways to fling turn on nicki,s name so you flinging all type of sh-it on the wall hopping something sticks….and what if nicki called her self Monica Lewinsky…just because Monica su-ck d**** you having a problem with it….and the facts are out there that Kim su-ck d!cks and you are a fan of her,s but your Bias a-ss is calling out nicki because she is calling her self the name of some one who su-cks d1cks…just fall back with you b-ullsh1t.

  18. i’m a billy goat…baa September 26, 2011

    I can’t stand this gimmick at this point but I love that pic of her above!! She looked so cute in the beginning, now she just looks crazy! Her performance was awful. I hate the fixed media and its constant lies!

  19. tyra September 26, 2011

    i cant stand her nomore i used like her alotshe darn stupit with her gimmicky ass she nearly 30 for godske

  20. Sight1 September 26, 2011

    Jenny what are you talking about Roman in a way is old nicki…so how is her album going to be pink friday part 2….if 90% of it is going to be Roman…..Did it on em and romans revenge,on pink friday,is fully roman…please do some research and stop jumping to conclusion.

  21. >Y.U.Mad? September 26, 2011

    i see you Nicki take your time and work on that album,and release a hard single off it asap.

  22. >Y.U.Mad? September 26, 2011

    i’m a billy goat…baa you calling you self a goat baa,and you have the gal to call someone a gimmick…you are a contradiction you dumb fu-ck you don’t know what a gimmick is,if you new you would know that you are one…these dumb a-ss haters are stupid as fu-ck.

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  24. funny September 26, 2011

    I feel like this is going be a lil kim diss record….the b**** still riding kim click

  25. JAMIR21: I LOVE THE ILLUMINATI (BRITNEY, BEYONCE, RIHANNA, GAGA, AND NICKI) !!!! September 26, 2011

    This album is going to slay….i am still looking for my Pink Friday album LOL !

  26. NATALIE THE NAVY GIRL September 26, 2011

    OMG! Nicki said Roman finds out that he’s gay and struggles with that on this album. I think this album will be more depth and meaning than Pink Friday. I hope it’s coming out soon.

  27. THEMAN September 26, 2011

    Ain’t “Roman” the type of artist that alot of Nicki fans want. She made “Pink Fri” the way she did because she wanted to expose herself to other demographics and she did that very well. She’s known outside of the urban world which is a good thing.

  28. AmbeRussell September 26, 2011

    idk how she will do with an whole album of alter egos. for fans, they will eat it up, good or bad bc they just stans, but for the average hip hop, pop rnb music listener, they might not want that kind of music on their radio 24/7.. might be harder 2 a sophomore album from her since her gimmick over powered the original nicki from when i 1st heard her in 09 with the lesbian verse she made with gucci man.
    check out my youtube channel: amberussell
    http://www.youtube.com/user/AmbeRussell?feature=mhee

  29. f*** grape juice September 26, 2011

    really 2 million according to RIAA it sold 1.5!! get your head out of nickis ass

  30. Dallas Champ September 26, 2011

    Only one improvement, I suggest. No Repetitive song Chorus please! “This time want you save me” x 10. AIN’T cutting it.

  31. >Y.U.Mad? September 26, 2011

    f*** grape juice dumb a-ss read before you go in..i know you are eger to hate on nicki but take your time…it said world wide 2 milli sold…it didn’t say in the US up top there,if it had said she sold 2 milli in the us well it would be wrong…because she sold 1.5 mill in the us…but 2 milli world wide….now your dumb a-ss can go back to your job hating on nicki.

  32. I’ma have to send her to her maker September 26, 2011

    Taylor swift is a big bowl of ice cream. LOOOL. Nicki is funny! Pink friday and nicki’s new album tho is gonna slay *you know who’s* ENTIREEE LIFFFEEE.

    Oh and nicki I adore you but your british accent needs work!!!

  33. VFB September 26, 2011

    IS SHE FOR REAL….!?@ LAME

  34. iSimplyDGAF September 26, 2011

    LOL@ Y.U. Mad..lol all the more reason for people to hate. double platinum aint s***. ITS 2011. And being that shes signed to YM…look at the numbers all the way around. She hot yeah..because shes the only female out right now doing it. But compared to her label mates shes at the bottom. I feel like ONEIKA needs to step up. I understand she wanted to get herself out there and hey shes here..but truth be told she got a lot to prove. Not just to her fans but to herself. That shes not a gimmick, or fake, and she can hang with the big boys. again is 2011…she gotta do better…and she gotta come hard. Eve is in the studio. Shawnna is in the studio..and its a plethra of ill females underground right now. DONT GET COMFORTABLE MA. She’s in NO WAY cemented in the rap game. PERIOD. She just barely made it in the door.

  35. RHI RHI IS QUEEN September 26, 2011

    NIKKI>>>>KIM

  36. Those That Cannot Do, Stan September 26, 2011

    YASSSSS, some of the music I’ve liked from her the most has been based off that alter ego in her singles and features. Roman comes the hardest. Good for Nicki I’m sure she’ll do well. At the end of the day whether folks like it or not Nicki has the freedom to do something different. It’s not hard to be a traditional female rapper there’s a well worn checklist to follow, but she has the money, support and fanbase to chuck all that to the side and do whatever the f*** she wants to do. Frankly I like that because I can only listen to the same 20 topics in the same 20 ways from rap music so much. It’s intriguing when someone steps outside of the restriction of traditional rap and tries something challenging that could make or break them.

  37. TREAL.! September 26, 2011

    ROMAN ON SOPHOMORE ALBUM.? its a wrap. she is about to kill so many people with this next album, i can’t even comprehend. im so excited for this next album because so much has happened since the release of PINK FRIDAY, so she has alot to talk about. she is going to kill it. & the haters will continue to be pressed & continue saying “her 15 minutes is almost up”. LOL.! when will they learn.? LOL.! love you nicki.! TEAM MINAJ : )

  38. kwame September 26, 2011

    OH AND NIKI IS 29YEARS OLD ALREADY??? GIRL IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE LATE COMING IN TO THIS RAP GAME. BIG UPS TO THE ORIGINAL QUEEN B. 😉 😉

  39. lifee September 26, 2011

    *clicks next story*

  40. Gilberto September 26, 2011

    It looks like Roman Zolanski is a rip-off of Sasha Fierce.

  41. >Y.U.Mad? September 26, 2011

    iSimplyDGAF keep telling you self that,Nay sayers like you will always fine some sh-it to say to try and tear down Nicki Minaj..this is fu-cking 011 albums isn,t selling how it used to..how many hip-hop albums went plat are double plat in the US…3 quarter of them barely made gold…you think this is the 90,s were hip-hop albums be going platinum like it,s nothing and you have to be worrying about a few bootleggers who can’t even hurt you.

    it,s 011 hip-hop albums don’t sell like it used to like back in the day…now albums be leaking you can get any music are albums on the net for free way before it is officially release…it,s not some harmless bootleggers no more…even the bootleggers are going out of business because people can get the album for free on the net they don’t need to buy it from anyone and all must everyone have a computer now…..you have to have a strong loyal fan base who will go out and buy it are download off Itune, in this day and age if you want to sell sh-it no matter how good it is….so you talking about Nicki 2 mill sold world wide…an’t sh-it just shows how your time machine a-ss is stuck in the late 80,s to 90,s..and you are taking about nicki is the lowest artist on the ymcmb Label just shows that there is no end to your ignorance.

    go get your dumb a-ss educated do some researches on album sales and drops of sales from some were from 2000 up ward changes in the game stuff like that…..and them other female coming back out including one of my favs Missy Elliot going to do there thing if they have a strong fan base still, and nicki….so when you want to step out of your element again remember it,s not the 90,s so do some research and catch up…before you make a fool of you self again…because the only rapper who is moving mad units in this time is Eminem because he have a loyal mega fan base and is the best rapper as what peeps say,other than that it,s the pop heads like the Adele who is moving mad units.

  42. Deontay September 26, 2011

    YES…I LOVE ROMAN,HE’S MY FAV EGO…I AINT EVEN GOTTA READ THE HATIN COMMENTS CUS I KNW THEY ALL SAY SUMTHIN BOUT LIL KIM,&& SPOT JACKIN,*** LIL KIM STILL THE QUEEN BEE :^|
    yOU Go Nicki,I Will Miss School Just 2 B One of The First 2 Get That CD When It Drops…Fuckkin All These Cats That Wish Lil Kim Was Still Popular!!!
    #DamnBillboardIMeanImWinninButImStillBored

  43. Jane Doe September 27, 2011

    WACK. She has a lot to prove in this hip Hop game. Can’t wait for real female mcs to come in.

  44. music lover September 27, 2011

    @jane doe

    Nicki Minaj is co-signed by LIL WAYNE, KANYE WEST, JAY-Z!!!! Hip-Hop best! Who are u?

    Stop hating!!!

  45. nice_gurl September 27, 2011

    She annoys me so much. And I will not be buying the album…will just listen to it online and if it’s good download it for free.

  46. Yellow Gorillah September 27, 2011

    I Like Roman

    But

    She has become Sooooo Annoying she is even more annoying that Gaga now.

    Came Out Stealing Lil Kim’s Style
    Now she be stealing Gaga’s Style

    This new album better be HIP HOP Not another Hip POP Album she just comes across fake and just a GIMMICK.

    The barbies need to watch out Eve and Missy Elliot in the studio and Missy Elliot will DRAG her nice and sweet The Queen of Hip Hop will return soon.

  47. Army Of Queen Bee & Aaliyah The Queen Of R&B ! Who Da F*** Want War ? ? ! September 27, 2011

    Ummmm Ok So This Means She Will GO HARD & Step Her Lyric Cookies Up ?????? Lmfaooooo Oh & I Like How Everyone (NICKISTANS) Saying Roman Gonna Slay Her Rival (KIM) But If Nicki Was Such A BAD B**** Why Pop S*** & Hide Behind A Alter Ego To Do It ????? Kim Never Needed Alter Egos Therefore She Still Shitting On Her ! & Miss Gimmick Better Get Ready Cus Missy , Kim & Eve In The Studio Coming For Their Crowns & They Gonna DRAG That Ass !

  48. BEYONSAY September 27, 2011

    @ARMY OF QUEEN BEE & AALIYAH THE QUEEN OF R&B ! WHO DA F*** WANT WAR ? ? !

    SHUT UP B****.

    PAUSE.

  49. thereallola September 27, 2011

    LMFAO, where are all of the stupid, ghetto, hoodrat Lil Kim’s stans saying she would never sell 2 million copies of her album like Kim did? You f****** retards! Nicki has made it big. People wanna hate and say her biggest hit was a pop single but wasn’t Lil Kim’s biggest hit a f****** pop single as well???? “Lady Marmalade!” Y’all f****** forgot about that! Yeah she was a feature, but that was her “biggest hit.” Nicki IS A RAPPER! People may not like the way she raps, but that doesn’t change the fact that she is still a rapper. Just because she makes pop songs, doesn’t mean she can’t rap on them. You idiots have a hard time understanding that. Rap does not equal Hip-Hop! You have many alternative/rock rappers. I hope she comes with something excellent for her next album. I like her better without all of this gimmick s***.

  50. thereallola September 27, 2011

    iSimplyDGAF
    WTF do you mean double platinum aint s***???? You said it’s 2011… yeah fool it’s 2011 and it’s hard as hell for musicians to sell albums now-a-days! That’s a huge accomplishment. I don’t f****** see Lil Kim’s stank ass selling albums like that now-a-days. Beyonce hasn’t even sold 2 million copies of her album worldwide yet.

  51. Sketch September 27, 2011

    this is about Nicki next album ??Right?? Sooo i dont even kno whyy u girls and bois bother…
    Stop hating and leave ya bs messages whereva u pull them from (a double s) Cant wait i been gettin mad at her cause i jus want more and to me she slow about it lol, but i can and will wait

    But hurry up a nursery rhyme would b hot jus anything bay lol

  52. >Y.U.Mad? September 27, 2011

    Yellow Gorillah what…we don’t give a fu-ck about whoever are whatever is in the studio….only thing we are watching out of is nicki next single off her new album…and her album later down the line….i like Missy too but if she is coming back out she can no one is in her lan no….so i don’t know were da fu-ck you are coming from talking about we should watch out because missy and Eve is coming back…..they an’t fu-cking with Nicki so why should Nicki fu-ck with them….you people love drma so much you all try so hard to start a stanley war and try to get artist to go against each other……and missy isn’t the war type to start sh-it she just do her,that,s one of the reason i like her…so you can fall back with you negative sh-it.

  53. Jasmine Law October 4, 2011

    FOR REAL I F***** LOVE ROMAN AND NICKI MINAJ
    I AM IN LOVE WITH NICKI MINAJ
    I LOVE ALL HER MUSIC AND JUST HER

  54. NiNjAh October 7, 2011

    Yall dumaa$$ bxtches STOP hatin on nikki……….dontcha kno people only hate cuzz dey are not dat……………….yuh duummies jus jealouz cuzz she has da good kine life………..if yuh get bullshiz agenst nikki den dont post it here jus go post it on suum bulshitty page so tha people hu r widd her dont gotta put up widd yur shiz aight……………NINJAH OUT

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