How "Bottoms Up" Came To Be

At this very moment, I’m not completely sold on Trey’s first single “Bottoms Up” from the forthcoming album, Passion, Pain & Pleasure. It sounded like Songz was attempting to create a “Say Ahh” part two. What do I know though? Only time will tell if the latter mimics the success of the former. On the same accord, however, I was intrigued and entertained by Nicki Minaj’s guest verse. A few months ago I spoke on how I came to believe the hype that was the Queens HBIC. Since then, her buzz has increased tenfold and doesn’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon capping off with a November 23 album release.

Trey obviously saw the same thing and tapped YM’s leading lady during BET Awards weekend.

“I’m in L.A. for BET [Awards] weekend, I’m working on a couple records, and I do this song called ‘Red Lipstick,’ and then I do ‘Bottoms Up’ the next day,” Trey recalled of his recording session. “I hit Nicki and I’m like, ‘Man, I’ve got these two incredible records, I think one of them is gonna be my first single, and I need you to do it. Can you come this weekend? Can you come down?’

“I stayed a couple extra days and she came through,” he said. “Two, three days later I got a verse back that was just stupid.” Songz then addressed the MC directly and said, “I fell in love with you. When I heard the verse, I was like, ‘Oh my s—, I love her. She killed it.’ ”

Minaj chimed in and noted that fans had been waiting for the stars to team up. “Every day, people say, ‘When you gonna collaborate with Trey?’ For some strange reason they wanted to see that collaboration,” Minaj said. “So, when you hit me, I was very excited. I just thought, ‘This is our time.’ “

Feel free to read the rest of the article and how Nicki claims that it was not her on the Kane Beatz produced record. Rather, it was her alter ego, Roman Zolanski. Look for the Anthony Mandler directed video soon.

DL: Trey Songz feat. Nicki Minaj – “Bottoms Up”