On Saturday sources close to Minaj’s team told World Music Views that the remix for ‘Likkle Miss’ had been recorded and will be added to her ‘Queen Radio : Volume 1’ album which was released on Friday August 26 as a surprise to her fans.
The new track produced by Drop Top Records features an intro by Skeng followed by Nicki saying “Caribbean Girls Run It”. There is even a soundbite from Prime Minister Andrew Holness saying “Fully Dunce.”
Nicki, a born Trinidadian holds her own on the dancehall beat as she slides up and down code switching between patois and
“Dancehall need this the whole place shaky, boom boom that ass clapping on his d*ck all night/ he in Jamaica moving bricks or white/soon as I see him imma f*ck him on sight/,” she raps.
The beat sits perfectly for the remix as both artists are comfortable back and forth seducing each other on the track in an urban love affair.
Further down in her verse Minaj also says wittingly says that she is Skeng’s “Likkle Miss.”
Skeng is his usual aggressive and raspy flow as he extends himself into hip hop territory. He adds a new verse for the remix and makes an effort to rhyme slower for his new audience.
How the song came about?
At 8:28 pm while the Anaconda hit maker prepares for her big day on Sunday at the MTV VMA’s, where she will be co-hosting and accepting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, the hip hop trendsetter took some time to inform her twitter fans that there is an imminent surprise comes out at midnight.
I hope my surprise comes at midnight est 🎀
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 28, 2022
As the Barbz were getting ready for the release, Minaj then doubled back to say she meant LA time.
Oops I meant 3am EST guys. Go to bed. Love you 😘
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 28, 2022
She has been teasing the remix of ‘Likkle Miss’ on her social media for two weeks and she even posted on Instagram that she is writing her verse.
The early Sunday morning “Likke Miss remix” release comes as the Cash Money/Republic artist grew fond of Skeng’s music earlier this year when his turntable hit Protocol with Tommy Lee caught her ears. The song debuted at No. 1 on the World Music Views Youtube Chart in the week of November 19, 2021.
“Dem nah run dem blokk When we pull up them affi run lef dat PROTOCOL WE HAVE STRAP. Baddest song to come out in years “- Minaj commented on YouTube under the video.
The Hip Hop Queen who has always been hip to Jamaican culture also posted a video of her singing Skeng’s other chart topping trap dancehall joint ‘Street Cred‘ which peaked at number 3 on the World Music Views YouTube chart with the caption “Gvnman- dat sweet me 🍬”
Sources say a music video for the “Likke Miss Remix” with the two artists will be released soon.
The young deejay came on the music scene only last July and is already the second most streamed YouTube artist in Jamaica over the past year. The 21 year old holds the record for the two most streamed songs in the Island of all time. Protocol (13,765,028) & Gvman Shift(11,501,085). He is currently an independent artist, but he signed a publishing deal with with Geejam Music recently.
Likkle Miss original was released on July 7 and quickly became a trending topic both locally and overseas on twitter with “Likkle Miss” and “Little Miss” memes popping up on TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and twitter.
The original music video has surpassed 2.6 million YouTube views.
Meanwhile Nicki Minaj’s Queen Radio : Vol 2, is on track to debut with 35,000 units according to HITS Daily Double. The Best Of album features songs from all of Minaj’s solo albums released under Young Money. With the addition of Likke Miss, the title now consists originally 29 tracks, including “Anaconda,” “Super Bass,” and “Starships.”
Over the years she has collaborated or jumped on several remixes including most recently a remix of Crocodile Teeth with Skillibeng which peaked at No. 100 on the Hot 100. She has done songs with Mavado, Beenie Man and her most successful dancehall collab was Hold Yuh remix with Gyptian where she first used the line “Caribbean girls run it ask Rih Rih”.
It spent 29 weeks on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. it is a staple song on her tours as she has performed her verse on the Pink Friday Tour, the Pink Friday: Reloaded Tour, The Pinkprint Tour and The Nicki Wrld Tour.