"Whip It" is a song by American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, taken from her second studio album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (2012).
[2] "Whip It" was written by Minaj, along with Nadir Khayat, Alex Papaconstantinou, Björn Djupström, Bilal Hajji, and Wayne Hector.
[5] "Whip It" is a Eurodance, Europop, and Euro disco song produced by RedOne and Alex P.[6][7][8] It is also influenced by other genres, such as electronic dance, Latin pop, techno, and electro.
[11] "Whip It" has drawn comparisons to several other musical artists, including Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Pitbull, and Britney Spears.
"[9] Adam Graham of The Detroit News said the song made Minaj sound like a "generic dance-club diva, lost in a sea of pounding bass and EDM flourishes.
"[7] Slant Magazine stated that "Whip It", along with "Starships", "Pound the Alarm" and "Automatic", are "retro-techno-pop earsores comprised of indiscriminately arranged bits of LMFAO's 'Sexy and I Know It', Rihanna's 'We Found Love', and pretty much any recent Britney Spears or Katy Perry song you can name.
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, Cash Money Records.