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Nicki Minaj collaborated with Kanye West on 'New Body' that was intended to appear on his 'Yandhi' album, but the song never saw the light of day.

Hot 106, she explained how Kanyes decision to record a gospel album was the reason for the song not dropping. I respect everybody and where they are in life, where they are spiritually, she said. The public adored New Body. Like, New Body is the biggest hit record that never came out. So what I thought was interesting was that Kanye made me write my New Body verse four times over in order to fit into where he was creatively and spiritually in his life, right, only to then, I go on the internet a few months later to see him on Drink Champs. She continued, I missed it by a year, I guess. Had New Body been out when he was not in his gospel era, then it wouldve seen the light of day. But, it didnt, so it wasnt meant to be. Everybody knows thats the hit that got away I think the ship has sailed for New Body, everybody has come to love the original way they heard it. Read more