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8.0
19241
8.0 |
NME
One hopes that with the confidence this record brings, she'll take a more permanent seat at hip-hop's high table
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8.0
19300
8.0 |
BBC
Pink Friday isn't a classic by any means, then, but when Nicki Minaj is on fire nobody in hip hop – male or female – can extinguish her bright-burning talents
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8.0
20187
8.0 |
Mojo
Sounds totally at home in such illustrious company. Print edition only
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7.7
19063
7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
If Nicki figures out how to balance her insanity with the music next time, we’ll quite possibly have a classic on our hands
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7.0
19087
7.0 |
Spin
The album is a budding artist's love letter to pop -- well-wrought and exuberantly penned, with skulls and crossbones in the margins and little pink hearts over the i's
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7.0
19995
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Plenty of head-nod-ability, great emotion, varied and inventive rhymes and wordplay, not to mention enough attitude to shame any Frank Miller-created heroine
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7.0
19530
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
It’s not the classic nor the out-there record that some may of been hoping for however it’s one that will cement her as a commercial success
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7.0
19589
7.0 |
Rave Magazine
When she’s restrained she’s less interesting than when she’s unhinged
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7.0
19831
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Minaj aims for a Rihanna-style crossover approach, singing R&B choruses over electro floss and toning down her nasty side
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6.7
19353
6.7 |
A.V. Club
While it’s disappointing when Minaj pulls her punches to appease pop radio, the ones she does land still hit hard
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6.5
19121
6.5 |
Pitchfork
Despite being a good modern pop album, [this] is a depressing Nicki Minaj album
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6.0
19177
6.0 |
The Guardian
An album that's nearly fantastic, the frustrating sound of an artist who can't work out whether she should go her own way or try and fit in with the crowd
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6.0
19191
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
‘Pink Friday’ wins merely on points, rather than the knockout punch it should have been
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6.0
19362
6.0 |
Blurt
You get a sense that Minaj wanted to break through hard to the mainstream with this album
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6.0
19481
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Rap's new queen bee is set for a lengthy reign
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6.0
19339
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Big things are in store for this rapper; bigger than Pink Friday. But everybody’s gotta break into the game somewhere
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6.0
20304
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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6.0
19062
6.0 |
Slant Magazine
An often wobbly first effort that shows enormous promise
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4.5
19904
4.5 |
Prefix
Fragmented collection of stabs at radio play
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3.0
20173
3.0 |
PopMatters
Pink Friday is a real shame, albeit a very well-marketed one
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