Iain Mew: “Beez in the Trap” has an ice-sculpture of a beat that’s cold, precise and immaculate. The great triumph of “Beez in the Trap” is not that it’s well-crafted, but that something so safe could still feel genuinely fun. She delivered exactly what the people wanted, and she did it well. This is the Nicki Minaj song we all asked for. She raps competently about shitting on your life. I smile when he says “doohickey,” but I never forget whose show it is. She appropriates “bitches ain’t shit.” 2 Chainz is just good enough that he does not detract from the quality of the song, but not so good that he outshines Nicki. Michelle Myers: There is nothing innovative about “Beez In The Trap.” The beat is stark its dark simplicity feels current in our year of “Rack City,” but also familiar, like a stripped down Neptunes track. Pick your own favourite lines and repeat ad nauseum. Time will tell if “beez in the trap” becomes a similarly immortal line I wouldn’t be disappointed if it did. The song I’m most reminded of is “Drop It Like It’s Hot,” only one of my favourite singles of the past 10 years and a guaranteed crowd-pleaser from 2004 to 2064. It’s tough to describe how thoroughly she owns the beat, how she makes every word memorable unto itself. But it’s a testament to the transformative power of swagger, confidence, attitude: whatever you want to call that intangible quality, this is it. It’s not a triumph of her technical ability or way with a punchline or five (“Monster,” “Dance (A$$)”) and it’s not sugary-sweet like “Your Love” or “Super Bass”. Jamieson Cox: “Beez in the Trap” is maybe the most convincing argument for Nicki’s star power yet, more than the immortal “Monster” verse or any of the megahits or the bonkers Grammy performance.
Sorry, Katherine: this song has rapping, which means it won’t touch the top 10… Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment.Email (song suggestions/writer enquiries).