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Beez in the Trap

"Beez in the Trap"
Single by Nicki Minaj featuring 2 Chainz
from the album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded
Released May 29, 2012 (2012-05-29)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2011, Conway Studios
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length 4:28
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Kenoe
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Take It to the Head"
(2012)
"Beez in the Trap"
(2012)
"Get Low"
(2012)
2 Chainz singles chronology
"Mercy"
(2012)
"Beez in the Trap"
(2012)
"No Lie"
(2012)

"Beez in the Trap" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj for her second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012). It was written by Minaj, Maurice Jordan, and 2 Chainz, who contributed a guest verse to the song, while production was handled by Kenoe. The track 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, grime, 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 April 6, 2012.

"Beez in the Trap" was written by Minaj, Maurice Jordan, and 2 Chainz, while production was handled by Kenoe. It was recorded at Conway Studios in Los Angeles, California by Ariel Chabaz and Finis "KY" White with assistance from Jon Sher. Mixing of the song was done by Chabaz with additional help from Sher at Conway Studios. Originally, Kenoe began sending both pop and hip-hop songs to Minaj when he heard that production of her sophomore album had begun. Later that same day, Minaj's A&R Mack Maine informed him that she was looking for "some rap shit", so he submitted more aggressive, urban songs in hopes of inclusion on the record. Kenoe said that the song's musical concept was simplicity as he didn't want "a million and one things going on in it", and credited it as being distinctive from the others included on the album. The song premiered on DJ Flex's radio show at Hot 97 on March 20, 2012. In an interview with Graham Norton, Minaj stated "It just means, 'I am always...' you know, that's our slang way of saying, 'I beez doing such-and-such-and-such.' So it's really like, 'I am always in the trap.' Now, the trap, ladies and gentlemen, relates to anywhere where you get your money."


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