Nicki Minaj – ‘Danny Glover’ Remix

Nicki Minaj, who spends most of her musical life rocking over her own brand of mainstream hip-pop, still finds the occasion to jump on more ‘street-friendly’ jams.

Her latest attempt to prove-slash-remind folks she’s still a real raw spittress finds Minaj jumping aboard Young Thug’s “Danny Glover.”

Maybe we’re getting too old for this shit, but it’s no “Monster.” (See what we did there, ha!)

True, Nicki turns down her weird voices (while turning up her Drake-flow) on “Danny Glover,” but it’s nothing astounding. Plus, the song isn’t to our taste to begin with, but that bias aside, her contribution still could have been stronger.

Still, we know it’s in there somewhere.

While turnup lovers may dig the track and her addition, it’s interesting to us as we watch Nicki Minaj’s recent song/appearance choices, to see if she will eventually fulfill our past prediction of one day returning completely to her hip hop roots and proving wrong those who think that aspect of her artistry is gone forever.

While we still think it could/might/will eventually happen, “Danny Glover” unfortunately doesn’t prove too much of anything, so we’ll still kinda look sheepish when we wait a little longer to be able to try and convince Nicki Minaj naysayers that we think she’s still got it.