14 DAY TRIAL // The feud is back on: Lil’ Kim has released her delayed mixtape “Black Friday” and the artwork for it comes with another direct diss at younger fellow rapper Nicki Minaj, as the photo attached shows.
The artwork shows Lil’ in a black tight corset and leather pants. She’s facing the camera holding a sword and she’s surrounded by blood.
Behind her is a doll of Nicki Minaj, the same that was featured on Minaj’s cover for “Pink Friday” (see second pic), beheaded. A pink wig – presumably, on the missing head – is seen floating on a river of blood.
MTV reports that “Black Friday” came out on Valentine’s Day and, despite the fact that the release caused some ruckus because the mixtape was not offered as a free download, it’s still a hit.
This is Kim’s first album since 2005 – and she chooses to make her comeback by putting Nicki in her place, as the lead single, also called “Black Friday,” more than shows.
Just recently, Kim also released a video for “Black Friday,” which includes footage from Nicki’s videos and then images from Kim’s older music videos, thus confirming that Minaj is nothing but a copycat.
“While lately most hip hop offer up mixtape projects as a free download (asking for an e-mail address at most), access to Lil Kim’s music comes at a premium of $9.99. Kim tweeted a link to her PayPal address, adding the incentive that the first 100,000 purchasers will receive autographed copies of the CD,” MTV notes.
Even if music critics branded Kim’s attempt at charging for the mixtape “suicide,” reaction to the release has been amazing, proving that the rapper still enjoys the support of a very strong fanbase.
Reports in the media say that, in just 28 hours of release, over 113,000 people ordered “Black Friday.”
Still, critics are not convinced that dissing on Nicki is the best way to make a comeback. Kim should study modern music if she wants a proper comeback and an album that not only diehard fans will buy, they say.
For more on this, see the MTV piece here.
Below is the censored version of “Black Friday.” For the uncensored version and the full video, please refer here – but *be advised that it contains graphic language that may offend.
