1 song of her decade-plus career just a year ago this week after hopping on a remix of Doja Cat’s “Say So.” It may have come unjustly late for the rapper, but it was at least fitting that she’d finally made it there off the force of a collaboration.
The strength of that opening lasts all of 25 seconds, before Lil Wayne launches into an overly topical, dragging verse that flexes his “Balenciaga mask” and “Gucci teddy bears and pandas.” Wayne can be hit or miss on a Minaj song, but even many of his less-stellar verses, like on 2014’s “Only,” manage to be entertaining.
It’s abundantly clear why Minaj released these new songs — it’s in the title of “Seeing Green.” Judging by the new songs’ current dominance on iTunes and streaming, she’s going to parlay her Beam Me Up Scotty reissue into the chart and sales victory she’s thirsty for.