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| Single by Nicki Minaj | ||||
| from the album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up | ||||
| Released | November 2, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
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| Length | 4:47 | |||
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| "Nicki Minaj - Freedom (Explicit)" on YouTube | ||||
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| "Nicki Minaj - Freedom (Network Version/Closed Captioned)" on YouTube | ||||
"Freedom" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj. It was released on November 2, 2012 by Young Money, Cash Money and Universal Republic as the second single from the reissue of Minaj's second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up (2012).[2] It was written by Minaj, Matthew Burnett, and Matthew Samuels. Production was helmed by Samuels under his stage name Boi-1da. The song was released for digital download by Cash Money Records in the US and Canada on November 2, 2012 and in other countries on November 6, 2012. It was serviced to US urban radio on November 27 and to mainstream radio in the United Kingdom the following day. "Freedom" is a downtempo hip hop and R&B song that features a "sonically breezy" soundscape, complied with ambient riffs, pop-inspired synths, and soft pop choruses.
To promote the song, an accompanying music video for the song was released on November 15, 2012. It was shot mainly in black and white, and features Minaj in a variety of scenes such as a deserted area with a boat, dressed as a Queen on a throne, and is interspersed with scenes of nature. The song peaked at number 17 on the UK R&B Chart, number 23 on the US Rap Songs, and number 31 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. "Freedom" was promoted with several live performances, most notably the American Music Awards of 2012.
- ^ Sam Lansky (November 5, 2012). "Nicki Minaj's "Freedom": Hear Her New 'Re-Up' Single". Idolator. Retrieved April 11, 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Frank, Alex. "Newly Single Nicki Minaj on Feminism, Meek Mill, and Rapping at 50". Vogue.com. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.