- Artist
- Nicki Minaj
- Album
- Queen
Early reviews. Based on 5 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consequence | B | 85 | “Like a Starbucks coffee, Minaj delivers a consistent product with a reliable buzz.” |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10 | 76 | “On her most rap-oriented release yet, Nicki jettisons all the industry madness, drowns out the noise, and creates rap the way she believes it should sound.” |
| PopMatters | 5/10 | 50 | “Nicki Minaj and Eminem may or may not be dating. But at least they can chat over drinks about how, as a rapper, Minaj invokes on her fourth album Queen” |
| Spectrum Culture | 2.5/5 | 50 | “It’s hard not to think how strong this album would be if its 66 minutes were pared down to 40.” |
| Slant | 2.5/5 | 50 | “Nicki Minaj’s Queen tries so hard to impress everyone that it risks failing to satisfy anyone.” |
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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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