Nicki Minaj is looking to recruit some of Hip Hop’s heavyweight producers for her currently untitled debut album, and one heavyweight that Nicki has scooped up is none other than Mr Will.I.Am. After helping both Usher and his own group the Black Eyed Peas shoot to the top of the charts, how could anyone refuse production from this mastermind producer? Nicki Minaj herself had the following to say on the collaboration.

“I don’t want to say too much, but I just did some work with will.i.am,” Minaj revealed to EW.com. However, she wouldn’t elaborate whether the Black Eyed Peas frontman is producing and/or lending his vocals to their collaboration, saying, “Just something for my album that I’m really excited about.”

She also expressed that her album would take a more serious tone, as opposed to all the catchy raps she has been spitting over the past year or so.

“The album is much more emotional than you anticipate, which is a great thing,” she added. “And I know women are gonna connect to the album so much. I felt like for so many years I was the girl who did the catchy little raps, and it’s time for me now to tell my story, and in telling my story, I’m really telling every girl’s story. We all go through the same thing. So the album is gonna feel very personal to every female.”

I’m very anxious to see how this one turns out.