Nicki Minaj — Bad For You

Stream 'The Pinkprint'—responsibly.

She raps, "They don't make 'em like me no more / I'm one of one." bad for you nicki minaj

This isn't a love song. This is a dominance display set to a slow tempo. We cannot ignore the elephant in the room: This song features her ex, Meek Mill. Knowing how that relationship ended—the public feuds, the jail visits, the eventual messy breakup—"Bad for You" reads less like a duet and more like a premonition. Stream 'The Pinkprint'—responsibly

There is a specific power in Nicki’s delivery. For the first half of her career, she rapped about being the side chick or the boss. Here, she raps about being the danger . We cannot ignore the elephant in the room:

Let’s be real for a second. If you were a teen in the mid-2010s, The Pinkprint era was a religious experience. You had the gut-wrenching vulnerability of "Pills n Potions," the vengeant scream of "Feeling Myself," and then... you had "Bad for You" featuring Meek Mill.