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2012 single past Nicki Minaj featuring 2 Chainz

"Beez in the Trap"
Nicki Minaj - Beez in the Trap.jpg
Unmarried by Nicki Minaj featuring 2 Chainz
from the album Pink Fri: Roman Reloaded
Released May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29)
Recorded 2011
Studio Conway Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
  • Electro-hop
Length iv:28
Label
  • Young Money
  • Cash Coin
  • Universal Republic
Songwriter(s)
  • Onika Maraj
  • Maurice Jordan
  • Tauheed Epps
Producer(s) Kenoe
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Accept It to the Head"
(2012)
"Beez in the Trap"
(2012)
"Go Depression"
(2012)
2 Chainz singles chronology
"Mercy"
(2012)
"Beez in the Trap"
(2012)
"No Lie"
(2012)

"Beez in the Trap" is a song by Trinidadian-American rapper and vocalist Nicki Minaj for her second studio album, Pinkish Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012). It was written by Minaj, Maurice Hashemite kingdom of jordan, and 2 Chainz, who contributed a guest verse to the song, while production was handled by Kenoe. The rails was released as the album's third single on May 29, 2012 following "Starships" and "Right by My Side".

Musically, "Beez in the Trap" is primarily an electro-hop and hardcore hip hop song which features a retro 1980s gangsta rap production and elements of dubstep, crud, and trap. The song peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 7 on the hot rap charts. An accompanying music video for the track was released on Vevo on Apr 6, 2012.

Background [edit]

Minaj recruited rapper 2 Chainz for "Beez in the Trap".

"Beez in the Trap" was written by Minaj, Maurice Hashemite kingdom of jordan, and 2 Chainz, while production was handled by Kenoe. Information technology was recorded at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, California past Ariel Chabaz and Finis "KY" White with assistance from Jon Sher. Mixing of the song was washed by Chabaz with additional help from Sher at Conway Studios.[one] Originally, Kenoe began sending both pop and hip-hop songs to Minaj when he heard that production of her sophomore album had begun. After that same 24-hour interval, Minaj's A&R Mack Maine informed him that she was looking for "some rap shit", and then he submitted more ambitious, urban songs in hopes of inclusion on the record. Kenoe said that the song'south musical concept was simplicity as he didn't desire "a million and one things going on in it", and credited it as beingness distinctive from the others included on the anthology.[2] The song premiered on DJ Flex's radio evidence at Hot 97 on March xx, 2012.[iii] In an interview with Graham Norton, Minaj stated "It just ways, 'I am ever...' you know, that's our slang way of saying, 'I beez doing such-and-such-and-such.' So it'southward really similar, 'I am e'er in the trap.' Now, the trap, ladies and gentlemen, relates to anywhere where y'all get your money."[iv]

Composition [edit]

"Beez in the Trap" is an electro-hop and hardcore hip-hop slow jam prepare in common time.[5] [half-dozen] [7] [8] The music is built effectually a spacious and echoed trounce,[ix] complemented by sparse hollow drums, and heavy-bass.[10] Its permutable soundscape incorporates a retro 1980s gangsta rap production,[10] which consists of effects such equally finger-snaps, thin instrumentation, ricocheting sonar blips,[11] "drip drip" synths,[ten] and features elements of dubstep and grime music.[seven] [12]

The song's musical structure is characterized by its ultra minimalistic production,[13] devoid of whatsoever hooks and often veering on zip but empty space,[13] [14] with the exception of a "bubble-pop" beat out and a "growling" sub-bass.[8] [12] Throughout "Beez in the Trap", Minaj changes and adapts her song delivery to specific areas of the vocal. During the verses and bridge, her vocals are "biting and caustic", while in the choruses, her vocals are "affair-of-fact and almost bubbly" according to Jessica Sager of Popcrush.[15] Calling it trap song, Nathan S of the music review site DJ Booth said Minaj "put aside her usually schizophrenic rhyme style in favor of a mellow, almost spoken way."[nine]

Critical reception [edit]

The song received generally mixed reviews. Although he felt that the song "lack[ed] real substance", Adam Fleischer of XXL praised "Beez in the Trap", calling it a "memorable moment" of Pinkish Fri: Roman Reloaded, and besides complimented Minaj's "unique free energy and singled-out personality" displayed in the song.[sixteen] Ryan Dombal of Pitchfork Media described "Beez in the Trap" as an "effortless, pinging schoolyard taunt",[17] and, in a separate review of the song for the same publication, Carrie Battan complimented Minaj'due south "daunting swagger", writing that she "hits a spot sweet enough to render every unmarried gripe obsolete for four and a half minutes".[18] In her review of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded for The A.V. Club, Genevieve Koski described Minaj's performance as "relatively sedate but incredibly precipitous": she chosen the vocal's production "spare" and "sonar-blip", and noted Minaj to be "at her most verbose" during the starting time half-dozen songs of the album.[xi]

Tom Ewing, writing for The Guardian, felt "Beez in the Trap" showed Minaj's awareness of her "divided fanbase": he noted that whilst Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded contained songs that were "precision-tooled for the modern pop environment", "Beez in the Trap" places more emphasis on Minaj'due south rapping ability, writing that the vocal "throw[s] a os to the listeners who just want to hear her rap".[19] Rob Markman of MTV News commended the operation of two Chainz, calling his verse in the song "charismatic", and went on to write that he "doesn't compromise a affair spitting alongside the multiplatinum rapper".[iii] No Ripcord stated that "I Am Your Leader and Beez In The Trap are thrilling and make proficient utilize of cameos".[20] Slant Magazine stated that "I Am Your Leader and Beez in the Trap [are] ii fantabulous tracks which manage to sound both bubbly and heavy as Minaj delivers her virtually effortlessly entertaining shit-talk to appointment".[21]

Complex named the song No. 9 on their listing of the all-time 50 songs of 2012, while Pitchfork Media ranked it No. 18.[22] [23] Rolling Stone ranked it equally the 44th best vocal of the 2010s decade.[24]

Music video [edit]

Minaj filmed the official music video for "Beez in the Trap" on March 18, 2012 in Miami. Information technology was directed by Benny Boom. The video, which featured 2 Chainz, was premiered on April half-dozen, 2012 on Minaj'due south official VEVO account.[25] The video was nominated for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards.[26] As of August 2021, the video has more than 206 million views.[27]

Synopsis [edit]

The video begins with Minaj squatting downwardly wearing a blonde wig in a pink turtleneck leotard, with barbed wire every bit a foreground. A clip is shown of women and men partying in a strip club. Minaj is then sitting in a dark-green wig in a gild with many strippers and exotic dancers; she and her female friends sit down downwardly in bikinis flashing coin, and act flirtatiously with i some other. Then 2 Chainz appears rapping his verse, while Minaj is seen beside him dancing very seductively in a leopard impress catsuit in a dimly lit room. Throughout the video clips of Minaj and others are seen partying, and drinking. Birdman makes an appearance in the video. Towards the cease Minaj raps her 2nd poetry in a bikini with her hype man "SB" behind her, and she is in the same nighttime lit room with strippers sensually dancing around her. The video ends with Minaj and ii Chainz back to back.

Live performances [edit]

Minaj performed the song live for the showtime fourth dimension on 106 & Park on April 3, 2012, along with "Champion", "Roman Reloaded", "Right past My Side", "HOV Lane", "I Am Your Leader", and "Fire Burns". She performed the vocal later on "Champion" at the BET Awards 2012 along with ii Chainz. The song was as well performed live on Radio 1'southward Hackney Weekend on June 23, 2012. Minaj added the vocal to the set up list of her Pinkish Friday Tour, where she performed the vocal with two Chainz on the Northward American leg. The song was also included on Minaj's Pink Fri: Reloaded Tour.

Nautical chart performance [edit]

The vocal debuted at number 73 on the Hot Digital Singles chart in the week ending August 15, 2012. As of December 2014 the song had sold over 1 1000000 copies in the The states.[28] On August 28, 2012 it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[29]

Credits and personnel [edit]

The credits for "Beez in the Trap" are adapted from the liner notes of Pink Fri: Roman Reloaded.[30] Recording

  • Recorded at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, California.

Personnel

  • Nicki Minaj – songwriting, vocals
  • 2 Chainz – songwriting, vocals
  • Kenoe – production, songwriting
  • Ariel Chobaz – recording, mixing
  • Finis White – recording
  • Jon Sher – recording and mixing assistant
  • Brian "Large Bass" Gardner – mastering

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Year-end charts [edit]

Chart (2012) Position
United states of america Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[35] 45

Certifications [edit]

Radio release history [edit]

Region Date Format
United states May 29, 2012 Rhythmic radio[37]

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