Iggy Azalea On Nicki Minaj’s ‘Roman Reloaded’: ‘It Wasn’t Dynamic. It Was Rigid’

Published: Thursday 23rd May 2013 by David

Iggy Azalea has shared her thoughts on Nicki Minaj‘s number one album, ‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded‘.

In an interview with our friends over at Digital Spy to promote her own forthcoming LP, the ‘Grand Hustle’ Princess spoke openly on how she felt about the LP- which recently reached sales of 1.6 million units worldwide.

Iggy’s words below…

On the release, she shared:

“She definitely had both sides but I think hers was – I don’t wanna be mean to her because I’m not being mean – but I don’t think that it was dynamic.


I could see both sides and I’m not saying it has to be that way, but it was very rigid in the way that it flipped between the two [sounds]. I like to make the music flow like a river – I’m like, ‘You have to listen to the album from track one to ten!”

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  1. Lovebird May 23, 2013

    Honey, PF: RR has got platinum plaques,platinum singles and a worldwide arena tour to boot, you have NOTHING….SIT.

    • XXX May 23, 2013

      and that does mean, she is not allowed to have an opinion?

      to be honest, even though I liked RR – Iggy speaks the truth.

      There is a deep cut in the middle of the record. It has no fluence…Nice tracks, but not to hear them on one disc. Nicki could have changed it with a double disc…

      • BarbzRus May 23, 2013

        The iggy stans tryna come for tgj when it was digital spy who purposely took that quote and made a brand new story out of it. Now she will truly FLOP.

    • ImOut May 23, 2013

      success does not equal musical quality.

      • BounceNWork May 23, 2013

        Officially boycotting Spy because of this.

      • Adele’sOscar May 23, 2013

        Dont blame Spy. Iggy said what she said and she only has herself to blame.

    • DaHotNig May 23, 2013

      I’m definitely one of Nicki’s biggest fans and even Nicki have admitted she wasn’t really focused on that album. She had a lot (more than any other rap b**** EVER have) going on. It was way too many features on the songs and it did jump all over the place.

      However, iggy the piggy big lanky p**** ass should not judge one’s work publicly until she has a Top 50 hit!

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  2. Tisha May 23, 2013

    Agreed.

    I think Nicki didn’t see it as a full album and thus she didn’t put the proper planning into it, just added a few new songs and pushed it out.

    She could have done better, I think that’s Nicki’s biggest problem. Sometimes she’s so busy planning for big future plans she doesn’t fully control and execute the smaller things more properly. She even said in interviews she didn’t realize some stores wouldn’t carry the album till it was already released.

    • LA LA May 23, 2013

      RAWTISHA

      Hold a seat you ratchet ass h** _/

      • QUEEN MINAJ May 23, 2013

        LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        Rude!

      • Tisha May 23, 2013

        Go back to sucking d**** for money, and wipe the library keyboard off when you’re done HO.

  3. MariahIsMusic1 May 23, 2013

    Iggy might be the next big thing to happen to Hip Ho. You need to sit down 🙂

  4. truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 23, 2013

    white b**** please it went plastic and you won’t even go wet papertowel h**!(fades back into the shadows with my custume on hiding bcus of Eve’s first week numbers, avoiding the ultimate draggers)

    • Tisha May 23, 2013

      Don’t come to support Nicki when you’ve been running your mouth for months, do yourself a favor and fade back into the shadows and remain QUIET like Eve’s comeback.

    • HeadBarbInCharge May 23, 2013

      EVE SOLD 8K THOUGH B****! I’m sure even Iggy will sell more than that!!! HAAAAAAA!!!

    • truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 23, 2013

      (OMG THE JIGS UP!! THEY RECOGNIZE ME!!) FEET DON’T FAAAAIL ME NOW!!! (take off running like hell off this post to another one) #RUNFORESTRUN RUNFORESTRUN

  5. JARED (WHITE DUDE) May 23, 2013

    Well, she does have a point and numerous music critics, including her HONEST fans, have agreed to the same thing.

    In comparison to her first album, the quality of PF:RR faltered drastically and was just TOO safe & calculated (…inconsistent and over-produced) of a Hip-Hop album.

    She tried TOO hard to please both sides of the musical demographic – to some extent, it worked but how many people actually respect Nicki as a ‘true artiste’ now and not just a commercial product?

    Nonethelss, Izzy – I think you should worry about your music, sales etc… and leave Nicki’s “PLATINUM/MULT-PLATINUM” plaques alone.

  6. MariahIsMusic1 May 23, 2013

    Nicki sells in POP flops in RAP. Starship>Highschool

  7. Still Amazin May 23, 2013

    The truth hurts! PFRR was a nice album but it definitely should have been a 2 disc CD.

    • Kitty May 23, 2013

      This^

  8. truth(icki’s B**** ASS STANS can EAT ME honey!! Yall b**** is a STANK P**** FLOP chile! (puckers lips like Drake)) May 23, 2013

    Sorri IGGY u were reading icki!!! good job!!!(fades to black. a b**** stayn in hiding for a few days honey.)

  9. eric May 23, 2013

    Someone who’s willing to express an honest opinion, finally!

    • EVE May 23, 2013

      No someone who love to run her mouth,

  10. why May 23, 2013

    Why didn’t you report that this response was followed by a question of whether Iggy’s album would have a balance of pop and rap songs? She answered and then the interviewer asked if her album would sound like Nicki’s. THIS is where the excerpt you chose to report came in to play. She was not talking down about Nicki’s album, she was giving her opinion of the mixture of different sounds that made up Nicki’s LP.

    • BarbieWorld May 23, 2013

      Just no. This was the only quote the other website posted on their page. Check for yourself.

      • why May 23, 2013

        no, you check for yourself http ://www. digitalspy. com/music/interviews/a483733/iggy-azalea-interview-i-need-my-fans-to-trust-their-fave .html

      • BarbieWorld May 23, 2013

        Click the source link hun.

  11. MariahIsMusic1 May 23, 2013

    Nicki can’t chart anymore LOL

    • Mark111 May 23, 2013

      Hahahahaha, from a MC fan. Well MC can’t sing LIVE anymore nor chart.

      • Common Sense May 23, 2013

        Mimi sang beautifully on Idol last week. The same can’t be said for Xtincta. The times you could hear her behind her full volume backing track, she sounded like d******.

      • Mark111 May 23, 2013

        Yea, that was an epic pre-recorded performance. I didn’t even watch CA, so that’s show you how important she is to me.

    • Kitty May 23, 2013

      Bye and mooriah about to fall off the chart

  12. Mark111 May 23, 2013

    Does this h** even have a release date? I’m not a fan of Nicki’s new sound, but it’s her time, not Kims, not Eve’s, not even Missy and not this chic’s. Unless your album is out, don’t say s***, even Ke$ha is doing over this h**.

    • Iconic Iggy May 23, 2013

      So because she doesn’t have an album out she’s not allowed to have an opinion. Critics and music fans didn’t get that memo.

      • Mark111 May 23, 2013

        “Haters are people who read with no resume, and critque with no credentials.”

        You can’t judge someone when you’re nowhere near that person when you are in the same bizz. Have you ever heard Rihanna saying “Well, I didn’t think that 4 lived up to what Bey in known for”? No, cause when you’re wining, you don’t care, you’re too busy winning. Who even ask these questions? Now if her album was out there, then MAYBE, but it’s not. It’s like this, I don’t care about your opinion if you don’t have s*** out. Like I said, it’s Nicki’s time, I’m not feeling her new sound, but it’s her time, deal with it.

    • Common Sense May 23, 2013

      What a ridiculous thing to say. That’s like saying you need to be a chef to judge whether a dish tastes good to you or not. Everyone is capable of seeing talent and critiquing artists. Staying unbiased in one’s critique is the problem.

  13. Music May 23, 2013

    I see no lies. The album cover was ugly too.

  14. Iconic Iggy May 23, 2013

    Everyone is allowed to have their own opinion. She kept it real and alot of fans and critics agree. Pink Friday> Roman Reloaded. Pink Friday flowed better and was balanced better and overall a better quality album

  15. JER May 23, 2013

    No lies were spoken. And that 1.5 million sold was with a dozen singles. Literally. 12 singles. That’s twelve singles. Thats a little over 100k sold per single. And yal have the nervw to drag girla that sell 300-600k with only 2-3 singles. BYE

    • Yung Rapunxel May 23, 2013

      Invalid.
      Starships- 4Million U.S, 7.5 Million WW
      Pound The Alarm 1.5 Million U.S, 2.1 Million WW
      Beez In The Trap 800,000 U.S, 1 Million WW
      Va Va Voom 1.3 Million U.S, 2 Million WW
      Turn Me On 2.1 Million U.S ,3 Million WW
      Right By My Side 500,000 U.S
      These were the only 6 RR singles… Where in hell did you get 12 singles from?

  16. Hive May 23, 2013

    I see no lies… she definitely lost me as a fan after that wack album

  17. AzaleanArmy May 23, 2013

    Digital spy are wrong for this. They put up this story today to get Iggy dragged even though it came from their interview with her ages ago. From what i can see grape literally copied and pasted the quote from the new post but didn’t comment because they stan for the both of em. Im still mad as f*** though.

    • BounceNWork May 23, 2013

      I was about to drag them but I noticed the same thing. I want DS to take it down now.

    • Iconic Iggy May 23, 2013

      I thought DS liked Iggy? Why would they do that? Grape has been known to copy and paste articles

    • Yung Rapunxel May 23, 2013

      TM still likes iggy tho, the only people who have a problem with iggy is the K*** Brigade. Minus me, I think she’s cool

  18. Iconic Iggy May 23, 2013

    I read the full interview and I’m confused as to why your trying to make this look like shade?

    • Anon May 23, 2013

      How can they make it look like shade if that’s what she said.

    • BlackOut2.0 May 23, 2013

      So Iggy never said that?

  19. Honeygal May 23, 2013

    Iggy who? I’m checking the charts now…

    • Common Sense May 23, 2013

      Both of them are irrelevant flops tbh.

  20. Queen Barb May 23, 2013

    & This b**** will forever be a nobody she’ll never pop off f*** her!!

    • IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

      Mmmkay hunty. *Checks the Chimes for a Change line up and see’s Iggy listed with Beyonce, Rita Ora, and Ellie Gouding* *checks the receipts from the Nas Tour where Iggy opened* *checks Levi’s Jeans and Addias deals* *checks Work’s U.K chart success*
      You’re right, she’ll never pop off 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

      • Bey-Minaj May 23, 2013

        Checks the most relevant chart…Billboard. She aint there? 😀 😀 😀

    • Common Sense May 23, 2013

      Just like Icki!

  21. . : : h 2 o : : . May 23, 2013

    No Azalia… It was a FLOP!

  22. Neigh-Neigh Leakes May 23, 2013

    Lol @ her critiquing people when she can’t even get any of her songs to hit the top 20 on the main charts.

    • IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

      But b****, Work was a top 20 hit in the U.K. And she’s only released 1 single. You tried but failed 🙁

  23. NaviBlue May 23, 2013

    My first reaction was to say Grape were s*** starting but I clicked the link and I’m kiikiing at Ds’ shade. Why did the reblog it with only that quote.

  24. Kitty May 23, 2013

    I like Ms Iggy but i don’t think she should be giving anyone advice seeing as Queen Nicki has 2 #1 albums and she has 0.

  25. Rosie May 23, 2013

    Don’t like her music but I agree with her, album feels like a rushed attempt to get top 40 singles which worked out in the beginning, but later failed as she abandoned all of her rap/top 40 fans who aren’t delusional “Barbz.”
    Also dead @ them trying to come for Iggy’s “singles” when she has only released one song on iTunes.

  26. HOWYOULIKEIT May 23, 2013

    two flops

  27. nicko May 23, 2013

    HOW CAN IGGYS WACK ASS CRTICIZE SOMEONE’ ELSE’ S MUSIC ??? 50% OF HER FANBASE IS TEAMMINAJ SO SHE BETTER SHUT. THE F*** UP !!! TapOut and High School r both on the BILLBOARD HOT 100 ! where is workflop and bounceflop ??? omgg.. before judging the best selling rap album of 2012, focus on your new album !!! wack ass h** !

    • IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

      Workflop and Bounceflop? B****. Is that the best you can do? Im not offended by your actual shade, Im offended by your weak attempt of shading. Do better.

      Your ass was a fan the last several posts so bye with your flip-flop ass. Bounce ain’t even released yet. Sit the f*** down.

  28. nicko May 23, 2013

    HOW CAN IGGYS WACK ASS CRTICIZE SOMEONE’ ELSE’ S MUSIC ??? 50% OF HER FANBASE IS TEAMMINAJ SO SHE BETTER SHUT. THE F*** UP !!! TapOut and High School r both on the BILLBOARD HOT 100 ! where is workflop and bounceflop ??? omgg.. before judging the best selling rap album of 2012, focus on your new album !!! wack ass h** !

  29. colsin May 23, 2013

    yall f***** up for pinning two artists against one another

    KILLING VIBES AND S***
    and good vibes at that.

    Team Iggy b****.

  30. BeyLikeMe May 23, 2013

    Who did Iggy p*** off at Digital.

  31. IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

    Iggy gave her opinion and the media wants to display it as shade. They see another female rapper who could be competition to Nicki and they automatically want to pit the two against each other. Its a shame because Iggy always shows Nicki love and Nicki has given shout outs to Iggy before too. I enjoyed the respect they had for each other. Oh well. Iggy is still going to win because she and her team are smart. Unlike Bankrupt Iggy is using her major label backing wisely and putting out music. She will be popping off in the U.S like she is in Europe soon 😀

    • MurdaBizness98 May 23, 2013

      Digital Spy really f***** up.
      They said she criticised when she didn’t.

  32. JujuBee May 23, 2013

    Says the person who hasn’t been nominated at the bet awards this year.But whats so funny is Eve Rye and Azealea has and they all have done less than her in terms of this year,that just shows you how s****y she is.Her mixtape did nothing,her LP did nothing and her album will do nothing.Only song that had any success was work(valley girls giving blow-jobs,iggys life story).She just came out with the second single Bounce and its Garbage with a capital G.I liked Iggy,alot of Nicks fan like Iggy she just really jumped out the video.

    • IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

      BET isn’t stupid. Could you imagine the meltdowns if Iggy got a nomination over a BLACK WOMAN? And why the hell would Iggy want/need a BET Award? Wasnt BET the one using Iggy’s name to bring in ratings for 106 & Park on Twitter a couple of weeks ago when Hustle Gang appeared even though Iggy announced she wasnt going to attend?

      Death @ you trying to say you liked Iggy. You don’t shade artist you like over one comment. Sit your flip-flop ass down.

    • Common Sense May 23, 2013

      The BET Awards are just a few notches below an MTV Video Music Award lol. Why would anyone take either seriously.

  33. RDK May 23, 2013

    It,s like that d-mn,she didn’t have to answer that question but she did and said what she was thinking all along..i wonder what the other fan base on here would have said if she was talking about there favs,i wonder if they would be agreeing with her like how they are doing to Nicki on her,they wouldn’t,so bias…they call nicki all type of sh-t and say all type of negative cr-ap about her.but when nicki said the game is shady as hell and other stuff,she wasn’t lying…and in my opinion i never seen are heard Nicki put down anyones album.

  34. Hotsexwithminaj May 23, 2013

    Who is iggy?

    • IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

      The b**** your fav gave a shout out to in her Fuse interview and on her tour.

  35. Cara Farrah May 23, 2013

    Nicki even said that she rushed the album,but in the same breath that just shows how f*cking cold she is.Look how many awards she won for PFRR. How good her singles did,and it was one of the highest selling albums of 2012.And the re-up her release sold out all her contemporaries who had re-releases that were pop shes rap.This was without promo and big retailers,Katy Perry had all and she sold more than her RR.That why I laugh when they try to compare her to Mimi.Shes a fvcking rapper how can you put her up against a singer,she might be mainstream but shes a rapper.Thats like putting Lil Kim up against Celine Dion.

  36. KellyKDL May 23, 2013

    I’m laughing at people trying to come for Digtal and Grape when it was Iggy who opened HER mouth and said what SHE said. Nicki just dragged her on twitter btw

  37. LTM May 23, 2013

    Its funny how half of Team Minaj was stanning for Iggy two days ago. No wonder PF:RR struggled to sell 1.5 million after a re-release, 12 singles, and endless promo. Nicki’s stans are as fake as she is. Stan one day, drag the next. How many of you Barbz were saying the same thing that Iggy said when the album came out? Weren’t you all complaining that she went too pop and should go back to her roots? Heaven forbid someone else point that out.

    And its cute how Barbz think this will hurt Iggy’s career. You guys can’t even save your own favs career. After that Idol mess no one is checking for her.

    • Barbie Beauty May 23, 2013

      B**** iggy is a f****** nobody she’ll never see the success Nicki has the b**** is an imposter

      • LTM May 23, 2013

        Iggy is nothing like Nicki. 12 singles and a re-release and it still hasn’t passed 1 million copies in the U.S

      • Common Sense May 23, 2013

        So is Nicki tbh. Her “success” is overly magnified by her delusional Barbz.

  38. Barbie Beauty May 23, 2013

    Flops shouldn’t be allowed to speak their lessors.

    • IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

      B****** who don’t know the difference between there their and they’re shouldn’t be allowed to speak either.

    • Common Sense May 23, 2013

      I think flops should be allowed to speak about other flops.

  39. Kim Andrews May 23, 2013

    Is she a Indian artist she looks white.Bollywood?IM lost :@

    • #HighSchool May 23, 2013

      lololol she’s a wanna be, she’s a trashy racist white b**** from Russia

      • IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

        By Russia do you mean Australia? Does anyone in TeamMinaj have a brain?? Mad cause the white b**** is winning? 😀 😀

      • Common Sense May 23, 2013

        Doesn’t your fave constantly wear white makeup because she wishes she were white? I won’t even go into her blonde wig LOL!

  40. #HighSchool May 23, 2013

    This chic is beyond IRRELEVANT i can’t wait til she drops her album & does kreayshawn numbers im going to go in, f*** this b**** she’s a snake!

    • IGGY GODZALEA May 23, 2013

      LMAOOOOO!! Even if she does do Kreayshawn numbers, which we both know she won’t, the “racist white b****” will be making more than you. Seethe!! 😀

  41. MUSTOLO May 23, 2013

    Hey Pot…meet Kettle.

  42. My Forehead Tho May 23, 2013

    While she has a valid point, she should be the last one making it. As bad as Roman Reloaded was it was still better than her entire discography. So….

  43. Music May 23, 2013

    And nicki fans are mostly 13 year olds. So wouldn’t expect them to handle
    the truth if anything.

    • FAF May 23, 2013

      Most MUSIC fans of current artists are 13. That joke is tired. Minus Adele.

  44. NΛVI May 23, 2013

    she does have a point and it;s pretty much the same point everyone is trying to make but nicki crusty fans are too foolish to get it. the album was all over the place point blank period and as a result she isolated her urban fan base to push this pop ish unlike rihanna who pull off it well cause her album and sounds are always cohesive and flows like a river.
    “how could you so hood but you so phucking pop?”

  45. navy nick May 23, 2013

    I disagree, this is what I liked about the album, it was HIP HOP then R&B, then POP & some techno in there! It was a little bit for everyone to enjoy in my opinion. CANT PLEASE THEM ALL, its all good…

    • NΛVI May 23, 2013

      f** shut up, the album was a mess.

  46. WILD DEBUTANTE May 23, 2013

    Lmaooooooooo you can tell Iggy was just trying to be truthful whilst not trying to diss Nicki but that is sooooo true. I respect that she’s not being an ass kisser.

    Though I love PP:RR it was a bit all over the place.

    But hey it did wonders for her, It also made me a fan because I didn’t really listen to PF besides the Fly track with Rihanna and the Eminem one.

  47. FAF May 23, 2013

    Girl, where’s your album?

  48. MRB May 23, 2013

    On some real sh!t she was speaking the truth! Not a Nicki fan but I have mad respect for her hustle attitude and her go get em ways. It can’t be denied! However Nicki’s albums aren’t ground breaking! There cute lil songs a certain group of people like but not iconic! A few verses here and there are hot but I was upset with her release of the same ablums just added songs! No matter how you look at it her albums aren’t gonna be played 10 years from now! Now that Iggy stepped out there I hope her album is FIRE because people are waiting for her to fall hard!

  49. Still I Rise! May 23, 2013

    When will these wannaB rap b!tches learn that saying some sh!t about Nicki will hinder their success? Iggy’s wealth has just been depleted in the rap game. smdh… Dumb B!iches!

  50. Sleazy May 23, 2013

    This is the same girl who went from “Work” to “Bounce” OoooooooH #Hypocrite

  51. Common Sense May 23, 2013

    Barbz saying flops shouldn’t be taking because they are lessors is funny considering their flop lesser fave was constantly talking about Mariah Carey.

  52. truth tea (take a sip) May 23, 2013

    the album was trash. the ‘urban’ songs were tired and uninspired and the rest sounded like a ke$ha album

  53. truth tea (take a sip) May 23, 2013

    fun fact: there are over 2 million people worldwide who bought Pink Friday but never bought Roman Reloaded.

    • EVE May 23, 2013

      i didnt.

  54. EVE May 23, 2013

    This basic will flop more that nicca minaj

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  56. Sisqo’s new album is coming!! “Last Dragon” 2013 May 24, 2013

    Grape, why haven’t you posted Sisqo’s comeback? The original blondie is returning with a new album.The R&B king is back!

  57. TRUTH TEA May 24, 2013

    IGGY’S TWEETS

    @IGGYAZALEA 10h
    FYI. i never critized nicki minajs album, “digital spy” and Robert Copsey can kiss my pretty white asshole for trying to pull that s***.

    i specifically said that nothing was meant in a negative way and that i LIKED and was a fan of the album.

    but of course, of course… that gets left out.

    all i said was that i think you can tell the difference between “commercial” or “pop” sounding songs and then “really rap” sounding ones.

    and that i think there is a huge difference in the two sounds for her. i never said either was bad or that it was a bad thing.

    ive always been a supporter and fan of NM and it is really f****** frustrating to me, that you cant mention another person without media

    trying to twist any word you say and turn it into something negative. why do you do that people of the press? youre all f****** snakes.

    why ask questions about “why do females in rap all hate each other” we DONT you assholes in the press just love to try making it that way.

  58. TRUTH TEA May 24, 2013

    he asked me if i would have “pop songs” and then “rap songs” and i said no, i have more of a generalized blend.

    and it sucks, because i actually liked that interviewer. but as it turns out you are a complete typical media c***. and thats a shame.

    take quotes out of context. leave out every praise i have for the artist in question, and then write a controversial headline for blog hits.

  59. JoJo May 24, 2013

    Shame on you TGJ for not doing your research

  60. lilmamastan May 25, 2013

    She’s right. PF:RR was a mess I didn’t understand the album

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