
^ "Lil' Kim Chart History: Rap Album Sales". ^ "Lil' Kim Chart History: R&B/Hip-Hop Album Sales". ^ "Lil' Kim Chart History: Independent Albums". ^ "Lil' Kim Chart History: Digital Albums". ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40 (18 October 2019 - 24 October 2019)". ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100 (18 October 2019 - 24 October 2019)". ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Téléchargés (Semaine du 18 Octobre)" (in French). ^ "9 (Deluxe) by Lil' Kim on Discogs". ^ "Lil' Kim Chart History: Top Current Albums". ^ "Lil' Kim Chart History: Top Album Sales". "Lil' Kim Explores New Sound on Long-Awaited '9 '". ^ "New Music Friday: Our Top 6 Albums Out Oct. ^ "Lil' Kim - talks Beyoncé, Drake, New Album, City Girls and more". ^ "Lil' Kim Talks Her New, Highly-Anticipated Album, "9 "". "Lil' Kim Debuts New Track, 'Nasty One,' Talks Early Censorship & Everlasting Legacy". "Lil Kim Links With Rick Ross On "Pray For Me "". ^ a b "Lil' Kim Delays '9' Album Release". ^ "Lil' Kim - Go Awff (Official Video) - YouTube". ^ "Go Awff - Single by Lil' Kim on iTunes". LIL KIM 9 ALBUM COVER TV
"Lil Kim's New Album '9' Will Be Released In July Alongside Her New Reality TV Show".
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^ "Lil Kim says new album '9' is a spiritual awakening: 'That number is very powerful for me '". ^ "Lil' Kim Reveals Release Date for New Album 'Nine '". ^ "Lil Kim's "9" Has a Sequel Album That Will Be Released "Really Soon "". ^ "Lil' Kim announces new album 9 out in May". Commercial performance ĩ did not make any impact on the US Billboard 200 or any other national chart which incorporates streaming figures but it reached number 7 on Billboard 's hip-hop album sales chart and number 47 on Billboard 's overall album sales chart, and entered sales-only charts in the UK and France. Jordan Bassett of NME rated the album 3 out of 5 stars and described it as "lewd, contrarian and confrontational – all the qualities that make Kim an icon". The album was on NPR's "best new albums of the week" at the time of its release, and was met with mixed to positive reviews from critics. “Spicy” was released as a bonus track on the vinyl release of the album. The first part of 9 was released as a deluxe edition to CD which featured “Nasty One (Remix)” as a bonus track. Lil' Kim confirmed that the second part of 9 will be released at a later date and that it will feature a song with Missy Elliott and Paris Hilton as well as collaborations with Remy Ma, Fabolous, both of whom she has collaborated with in the past, on " Wake Me Up" and "Spicy", respectively and comedian Pretty Vee who featured on Girls Cruise.
The previously confirmed song "Missing" was left off the album. Although originally reported as consisting of 13 tracks, the album eventually featured only nine songs. On October 3, Lil' Kim released the third single, "Pray for Me", featuring Rick Ross and Musiq Soulchild, and confirmed October 11 as the final release date of the album. Genasis, City Girls and Watts Up Mickey in September 2019. It was followed by the second official single "Found You" featuring O.T. In April, the rapper released a promotional single "No Auto Blanco" exclusively for streaming on SoundCloud. "Go Awff", released in February 2019, instead became the lead single, with a music video released in March.
The 2018 song " Nasty One", previously slated as the album's first single, eventually was not included in the track list. I'm going with 9." In April, she announced that the label eOne had decided to push back the release of the album which was then expected to premiere in July 2019 to coincide with Kim's reality show Girls Cruise. (.) I'm very spiritual and one day God was talking to me and I was like '7 is my favorite number' and He was like 'yes but 9 is your favored number' and I said thank you Jesus, I love you. it was 9 members, my daughter was born June 9th, Biggie died March 9th, it is 2019. Also, when I started out in Junior M.A.F.I.A. The rapper described the meaning behind her fifth album in an interview with BET on the red carpet at the 2019 BET Awards: "It's a spiritual awakening number for me. On March 23, 2019, Lil' Kim announced that the album would be released on May 17, 2019.