Listen: Nicki Minaj Gets Deeply Cocky on 'Freedom'

Nicki Minaj performs live on stage at 02 Arena on October 30, 2012 in London, England. (Getty Images)more pics The first episode of Nicki Minaj's new reality television program My Truth aired Sunday evening, providing the perfect platform for Minaj to unleash a new track about her struggle with fame, "Freedom."

Like too many rappers, Nicki's entered that phase in her young career in which most of her subject material is drawn directly from what she does for a living. Like her Cash Money colleagues Drake and Weezy, much of Minaj's more personal lyrical content touches on her dissatisfaction with the entertainment business, with all too familiar lines about how far she's made it and how isolating it can be at the top.

With a bunch of throwaway lines ("I'm ya idol, I'm ya idol, I'm ya motherf**kin' idol") and the rogue self-comparison to Jesus ("They'll never thank me for opening doors / But they ain't even thank Jesus when he died on the cross"), "Freedom" is far from Minaj's most interesting work. It does, however, shed light on who she is these days: A woman reveling in the peak of her cultural relevance.

What do you think of "Freedom"?

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