Beam Me Up Scotty (mixtape)
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| Mixtape by Nicki Minaj | ||||
| Released | April 18, 2009 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 75:18 | |||
| Label | Trapaholics | |||
| Producer | DJ Holiday and The Trapaholics | |||
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Beam Me Up Scotty is the third mixtape by Trinidadian-American recording artist Nicki Minaj; it was released on April 18, 2009 by Trapaholics Records. It features guest verses from rappers Bobby V, Brinx, Busta Rhymes, Drake, Gucci Mane, Gudda Gudda, Jae Millz, Lil Wayne, Red Café, Ricky Blaze, Rocko, Ron Browz, and Shanell. Its production was overseen by DJ Holiday and The Trapaholics. Beam Me Up Scotty received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics, and is also largely credited with establishing Minaj's fan base. One of its tracks "I Get Crazy" respectively charted at numbers 20 and 27 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs component charts.
Beam Me Up Scotty was recorded after Lil Wayne noticed Minaj's appearance on Queens-based underground rap label Dirty Money Records on "The Re Up" DVD series. He is credited with mentoring Minaj as she recorded Beam Me Up Scotty, two years after her appearance on "Don't Stop, Won't Stop", a track from Wayne's acclaimed 2007 mixtape Da Drought 3 that sampled "Can't Stop, Won't Stop (Young Gunz song)" by Young Gunz. Minaj says of her time on tour with Lil Wayne: "It made me hungry. That's what inspired me and the music for the Beam Me Up Scotty tape — the I Am Music Tour."
Minaj credits Beam Me Up Scotty with re-focusing her on her music at a time when much of her career efforts were associated with her image:
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