2014Released
4:20

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The second single from Nicki Minaj's The Pink Print album, "Anaconda" drew lots of attention for its bootylicious cover art revealing a great deal of the Queen Barbz's rear. It was released to iTunes on August 4, 2014.

The song is built around a sample of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "My anaconda don't want none unless you got buns, hon" line from the rapper's 1992 ode to women with large posteriors, "Baby Got Back." An anaconda is a snake - a big one. Several other lines from Sir Mix's tune are used throughout, along with its horns. Minaj adds a heavy dose of raunchy sexual innuendo to the mix.

This song was produced by Eric Bellinger, Polow da Don (Usher's "Love in This Club," Fergie's "London Bridge") and Da Internz (Big Sean's "Dance (A$$)"). Eric Bellinger is the grandson of singer- songwriter Bobby Day ("Rockin' Robin"). After experiencing success recording and touring with the R&B group ANKU, he started developing his song writing talent, penning tunes for the likes of Jennifer Hudson & Ne-Yo ("Think Like A Man") and Chris Brown ("Fine China"). Bellinger told MTV News that he was brought into the studio to help complete the song, which the other two producers had already started. "Most people don't look to me as a producer; they look to me as a songwriter," he said. "I think Da Internz, they trusted my veteran ear. Polow da Don had the idea; [then] brought it to Da Internz; Da Internz called me in, and then we kinda just [were] vibing it out with suggestions and opinions and placements and arranging it. I kinda played a Quincy Jones in the situation, almost. Every step of the way, me and Kosine [of Da Internz] were piggybacking off ideas."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Anaconda.
AKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
130BPM

Album

The album Anaconda is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Anaconda.
Nicki Minaj/Cash Money
© 2014 Cash Money Records Inc.
℗ 2014 Cash Money Records Inc.

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