NICKI MINAJ SAYS BIG-BOX STORES
ARE REFUSING TO STOCK ‘THE RE-
UP’ ALBUM
by Trent Fitzgerald Yesterday
The holiday shopping season is
underway and shoppers are hitting the
big-box stores to grab the best deals
they can find. However, music fans
looking to buy discounted albums are
having a hard time finding Nicki Minaj‘s
‘Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded — The
Re-Up’ at some retailers. What’s up
with that?
When the Queen Barbz stopped by
Power 105.1 recently, she explained
why her album is not available at the
big-box stores. “It’s hard to get the
album because the stores basically said
that the last few re-releases they had
put out did not do well and they didn’t
want to take a chance,” said Minaj. “So
Target and Walmart [are] not selling
the album. And Target is actually my
biggest retailer. They’ve sold the most
Nicki Minaj albums ever; thank you
Target, but I wish you could have sold
this one … it kind of sets you up to
fail.”
We are totally shocked by this news.
Minaj is arguably the biggest-selling
female rapper in the game right now.
‘The Re-Up’ has garnered positive
reviews and the Barbz were hankering
to cop the re-release. Here’s hoping
that her digital sales trump the retail
sales.
Minaj is not letting that bit of bad news
ruin her enthusiasm for the album. The
‘Freedom’ rapper is happy that the
Barbz were able to have some new
music that she proud of.
“At the end of the day I’m happy that I
was able to put the music out,” she
says. “The real reason for me to put out
‘The Re-Up’ is because I wanted to
have a bridge between this time and
the third album. I wanted people to
have music that I really stand by.”
