- Artist
- Nicki Minaj
- Album
- Pink Friday 2
Early reviews. Based on 6 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “You underestimate Nicki Minaj at your peril. Almost 15 years in the game she’s still out here, still breaking barriers. In a music landscape defined by” |
| Riff Magazine | 8/10 | 80 | “Hip-hop superstar Nicki Minaj returns with her long-awaited and much anticipated fifth album, "Pink Friday 2," her first since 2018.” |
| PopMatters | 7/10 | 70 | “Pink Friday 2 is the sound of Nicki Minaj cracking her knuckles and getting her hands dirty again. It's the purest distillation of her uniquely feminine bravado.” |
| Pitchfork | 6.5/10 | 65 | “Read Julianne Escobedo Shepherd’s review of the album.” |
| musicOMH | 3/5 | 60 | “The pop-rap phenomenon is back with her first album in 5 years” |
| Slant | 2.5/5 | 50 | “Unlike its predecessor, Nicki Minaj's ‘Pink Friday 2’ doesn’t leave much of an impression, and certainly won’t reshape the hip-hop landscape.” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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