Queen (Nicki Minaj album)
Queen is the fourth studio album by by Trinidadian-American rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on August 10,2018, through Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Republic Records. It is Minaj' s first album in nearly four years, following The Pinkprint (2014).
Critical reception
Queen was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 70, based on 22 reviews.
Accolades
Track listing
Notes
signifies a co-producer.
signifies an additional producer.
" Ganja Burn" was incorrectly titled as" Ganja Burns" upon release
" Miami" features additional vocals by Douglas Patterson
" Fefe" is titled as' FEFE' in the official tracklist and was added halfway through Queen' s first week
Sample credits
" Barbie Dreams" contains interpolations from" Just Playing (Dreams)" , written by Christopher Wallace and Rashad Smith, as performed by The Notorious B. I. G. ; samples and interpolations from" Blues & Pants" , written by James Brown and Fred Wesley, as performed by Brown
" Coco Chanel" and" Inspirations (Outro)" contain elements and samples from" Bun Up the Dance" , written by Dillon Hart Francis and Sonny Moore, as performed by Dillon Francis and Skrillex
Personnel
Credits adapted from Queen album liner notes.
Musicians
Nicki Minaj - main vocals
6ix9ine - main vocals
Labrinth - main vocals
Eminem - featured vocals
Lil Wayne - featured vocals
Ariana Grande - featured vocals
The Weeknd - featured vocals
Swae Lee - featured vocals
Future - featured vocals
Murda Beatz - featured artist
Foxy Brown - featured vocals
Douglas Patterson - additional vocals
Jairus Mozee - guitars
Luis Resto - additional keyboards
OP! - additional programming
Production
Dwayne" Tha President" Carter - executive production
Bryan" Baby Birdman" Williams - executive production
Ronald" Slim tha Don" Williams - executive production
Nicki Minaj - co-executive production, co-production
Jenny Beal - album production
Michelle Ayabarreno - album production
J. Reid - production
Labrinth - production
Rashad" Ringo" Smith - production
Mel and Mus - production
Boi-1da - production
Illmind - production
Ben Billions - production
Beats Bailey - production
Dwayne" Supa Dups" Chin-Quee - production
Sevn Thomas - production
Rex Kudo - production
Metro Boomin - production
Sool - production
DJ Wes - production
JFK - production
Mike Will Made It - production
Pluss - production
JMIKE - production
June Nawakii - production
Kane Beatz - production
J Gramm - production
Frank Dukes - production
Christopher Braide - production
Henry" Cirkut" Walter - production
Zaytoven - production
Murda Beatz - production
J Beatzz - production
Invincible - production
Messy - co-production
Ashley" Blank" Bannister - co-production
Cubeatz - co-production
Lowkey - co-production
Eminem - additional production
Aubry" Big Juice" Delaine - additional production
Technical
Aubry" Big Juice" Delaine - record engineering, mixing
Labrinth - record engineering
Mike Strange - record engineering
Joe Strange - record engineering
Jeff Edwards - record engineering
Manny Galvez - record engineering
Shin Kamiyama - record engineering
Randy Lanphaer - record engineering
Swae Lee - record engineering
Jeremy Reid - record engineering
Wizard Lee Weinberg - record engineering, mixing, mastering engineering
Laura Bates - record engineering assistance, mixing assistance
Ivan Jimenez - record engineering assistance, mixing assistance
Brian Judd - record engineering assistance
Nick Valentin - record engineering assistance
Alex Estevez - record engineering assistance
Todd Bergman - record engineering assistance
Jamal Berry - record engineering assistance
Jason Delattiboudere - record engineering assistance
Ludovick Tartavel - record engineering assistance
Yann Bordeo - record engineering assistance
Iain Findlay - record engineering assistance
Jordon Silva - record engineering assistance
William Knauft - record engineering assistance
Cory Williams - record engineering assistance
Matthew Sim - record engineering assistance
Jason Staniulis - record engineering assistance
Kenta Yonesaka - record engineering assistance
Shane Goodridge - record engineering assistance
Jaycen Joshua - mixing
Eminem - mixing
Mike Strange - mixing
Serban Ghenea - mixing
Jon Castelli - mixing
John Hanes - mixing engineering
Ingmar Carlson - mixing engineering
Josh Deguzman - mixing engineering
David Nakaji - mixing assistance
Ben Milchev - mixing assistance
Jacob Richards - mixing assistance
Rashawn Mclean - mixing assistance
Mike Seaberg - mixing assistance
Chris Athens - mastering
Brian" Big Bass" Gardner - mastering
Artwork
Marcus Piggott - photography
Mert Alas - photography
Jenna Marsh - creative direction
Joe Perez - creative direction
Katie McIntyre - type design, art direction assistance
Allen Chiu - type design drawing
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
Release history
References
2018 albums
Nicki Minaj albums
Hip hop albums
Trap albums
R&B albums