Nicki Minaj - Your Love

Nicki Minaj is back, not with a feature spot, but with her own full length single, 'Your Love,' which provides an interesting and satisfying change of pace for the up and coming Hip-Hop princess. Sampling Annie Lennox's 'No More I Love You's' and opening to a plethora of chimes, Minaj looks set to prove her versatility after her ballsy performances on other tracks such as Christina's 'Woohoo.'


Although Nicki slows down her now infamously fast and quirky vocals, she manages to keep the spice (Something that we here at icespicevice have a bit of a soft spot for...) with lines such as "You got spunk, you got something all the girls want." It's clear that even in a love song, Minaj is able to show a cheeky side to her lyrics which is somewhat refreshing, creating a more relatable side to her than we've seen before.


The chorus begins well, mellow but engaging, however as it goes on and enters into a repeat of "...your love..." it does feel a little dull after the first few listens. However, this should not distract from the fact that this is a pleasant change of direction for Nicki and shouldn't take too much from the overall enjoyment of the song.


Although this is a change of tempo for the self-styled Barbie, I do feel like I expected more from her in this effort. This is not to say that this is not a good, well crafted release but it does feel as thought it's lacking that usual Minaj spark a little. She does, on the other hand, show extremely good rap/singing versatility and conjures the sense of vulnerability, a side of the performer which has not been so obvious before now. Overall, a good track, but I feel that Minaj has more which she could have, and inevitably will, offer.


7/10 - Spice