Nicki Minaj’s Original “Monster” Verse Snippet Surfaces Online
A snippet of Nicki Minaj’s unreleased “Monster” verse has surfaced online. An 11-second clip shared on X on Monday (Aug. 19) reveals different lyrics and a different delivery style than officially released in the feature. The final version of the track appears on Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album and features JAY-Z, Nicki Minaj, and Rick Ross.
“Go get them eggs and ham, they greener than Doc Suess,” raps the Queens native in a line that did not make the final cut. The animated, acclaimed verse is a fan-favorite of not only Minaj fans but Hip-Hop fans who were impressed by the standout moment from the rapper beside Hov and Ye.
“Kanye called me to tell me Jay put a verse on this song & that he was still deciding if he would put it on his album. Haha,” reflected Nicki Minaj in 2017 per Billboard. “It was like an hour long call where I tried to convince him to let the song stay on his album. He felt this verse would end up being the talk of the album. I said: YOU’RE KANYE WEST!!!!”
She continued, “He wanted me to add more of that growling monster voice and I felt it was over kill. He wouldn’t give in. In the end, maybe he was right.”
A snippet of Nicki Minaj's original verse on Kanye West’s "Monster" has leaked.
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Last year, the Chicago rapper reflected on the collaboration himself, although on different terms. He and Minaj were at creative odds as she refused to clear her verse from their 2020 collab “New Body.”
“I made that girl rewrite her verse three times for ‘Monster,’” detailed Kanye. “I supported her career, so I don’t [know] what it is, but we gon’ get this record, or we just ain’t gon’ put sh*t out!”
Minaj explained her opposition to the track saying, “Let me tell you something about that… I respect everybody and where they are in life, where they are spiritually,” she started. “Had ‘New Body’ been out when he was not in his gospel era, then it would’ve seen the light of day. But, it didn’t, so it wasn’t meant to be.”
She added, “Everybody knows that’s the hit that got away… I think the ship has sailed for ‘New Body,’ everybody has come to love the original way they heard it.”
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