Minaj assures fans (and detractors) that her upcoming record, The Pinkprint, will be more than a victory lap. "It's corny when rappers feel like they've made it and they don't have to prove themselves anymore. You should always be competing. You should always be trying to show that you're the best. My album is going to be important to hip-hop."
Whenever an artist says these things you can almost guarantee the music will sound terrible. She needs to make the best music she likes and don't say anything about it being the best this or that.