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"Nicki Minaj has claimed that sales of her new album The Re-Up are lower than expected because key retailers have refused to stock it.  Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded - The Re-Up is a special box set reissue of the Trinidadian rapper&amp;#039;s second studio album, featuring eight additional songs and a behind-the-scenes DVD.   Released on November 19, the album has not done as well as expected, according to a report from Pop Crush.  In an interview with Power 105.1, Minaj shared her feelings on the album&amp;#039;s reception, saying: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s hard to get the album because the stores basically said that the last few re-releases they had put out did not do well and they didn&amp;#039;t want to take a chance. &amp;quot;So Target and Walmart [are] not selling the album. And Target is actually my biggest retailer. They&amp;#039;ve sold the most Nicki Minaj albums ever; thank you Target, but I wish you could have sold this one... it kind of sets you up to fail.&amp;quot; Minaj has released several new singles from the reissue, including &amp;#039;The Boys&amp;#039; and, most recently, &amp;#039;Freedom&amp;#039;.  She added: &amp;quot;At the end of the day I&amp;#039;m happy that I was able to put the music out.  &amp;quot;The real reason for me to put out The Re-Up is because I wanted to have a bridge between this time and the third album. I wanted people to have music that I really stand by.&amp;quot; Watch the video for &amp;#039;Freedom&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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