Consumer Guide Album

Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday 2 [Young Money/Republic, 2023]
I'm not sorry I sent Amazon 14 bucks for what turns out to be a 10-song CD with unreadable track listings that many report is better in its longer streamable and downloadable version. Musically, there is no more pleasurable female rapper, and while I wouldn't claim her first album since 2018 is on a par with Queen or The Pinkprint, it definitely adds to what we'll just call her oeuvre if it's OK with you. The pleasure she takes in her undaunted flow and soft yet flawless diction and the pride she takes in her opthamologically challenged young daughter are almost enough to tempt me not to mention her unrelinquished claim that some Covid vaccine or other left a cousin of hers impotent. So now I dare you to tell me how old she is without looking it up. Just short of 50 is the answer. Wow. A-