Lil Kim is still going at Nicki Minaj, this time for a fee.
The Big Momma finally released her long delayed mixtape, Black Friday, on Valentine’s Day. However, while lately most hip hop offer up mixtape projects as a free download (asking for an e-mail address at most), access to Lil Kim’s music comes at a premium of $9.99. Kim tweeted a link to her PayPal address, adding the incentive that the first 100,000 purchasers will receive autographed copies of the CD.
While charging for mixtapes isn’t unheard of, initial reports were that Black Friday was going to be offered for free. Kimmy Blanco’s moves have many feeling strongly.
“I think it is safe say to Lil Kim answered the question if Botox causes brain damage or not,” says Trent Clark, Managing Editor of The Smoking Section. “She's been out of jail for over five years and while she was busy keeping up with the Jones' mannequin, she failed to realize the game has changed. No one is going to (or should be willing to) pay for a tape featuring her taking shots at Nicki Minaj over beats that were around when people bought CD singles.”
“Lil Kim obviously hasn't been studying the modern day music consumer,” says Jozen Cummings, Digital Content Director of XXL Magazine. “It's not that we refuse to pay for music, we'd just much rather have an option to not do it. If you force any price tag on us without giving us a decent amount of free music to sample from, we're scoffing at that $9.99. Her charging her fans (who I might add are the only people who will probably buy the project) just further proves how out of touch she is with everything.”
At press time, visitors to Lil Kim’s Paypal account (Kimmy Blanco Inc.) were met with the message “This recipient is currently unable to receive money.”
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