Lookin Ass
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| Single by Young Money featuring Nicki Minaj | |||||||||||||||||
| from the album Young Money: Rise of an Empire | |||||||||||||||||
| Released | March 11, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
| Genre | Hip hop | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2:41 | ||||||||||||||||
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"Lookin Ass" (originally titled "Lookin Ass Nigga") is a song written by American recording artist Nicki Minaj. It was produced by Detail and Choppa Boi. It was recorded by Minaj for the Young Money Entertainment compilation album Young Money: Rise of an Empire (2014). The music video for the track was released on February 14, 2014. The track is a hip hop song whose lyrics criticize stereotypical behaviors commonly associated with men.
Its cover also generated controversy for placing an image of the late activist Malcolm X, next to the derogatory term "nigga". On March 11, 2014, "Lookin Ass Nigga" was serviced to urban contemporary radio in the United States as Young Money: Rise of an Empire's third official single. It was sent to US rhythmic radio stations on March 18, 2014, two weeks after its predecessor, "Trophies".
In May 2013, Minaj announced that her then-untitled third studio album would "focus on rap", whereas her previous record Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012) explored more prominent elements of pop music. She further stated that she would begin writing material for the project later that year, after production was completed for her first feature film The Other Woman (2014). Minaj discussed in a interview how the song "Lookin' Ass" was conceived:
"I was in New York, and I don't know if [Detail] was out there," said Nicki of Detail. That was for the BMI thing. They had given me all these awards, and they honored Cash Money, and we went out to eat, and Detail was out there acting crazy, getting mad drunk. So Safaree went outside and spoke to him like, 'Yo...Nicki's about to start working on her album heavy,' and he [said], 'Oh word? I've been trying to get in the studio with her.' So they set it up, we came about to L.A. ...and 'Lookin' Ass' was the first thing I did with him. It took a minute because I wanted to perfect every line... and it came out really good."
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