Cardi B Takes Credit For Current Female Rap Wave
Cardi B is aware of that she opened a door in music for different girls in rap to dominate the scene the way in which that they’re now.
In her June 2024 cowl story for Rolling Stone, the Bronx celebrity mirrored on her affect over the sport since signing to Atlantic Records and taking up the world with “Bodak Yellow” in 2017.
“These labels was not believing in repping new rap artists,” Cardi stated. “People from every single label have fucking told me this shit in my face. They started signing new female rappers after I got signed. Whether some bitches could be the greatest rappers [or] they just make good music — at the end of the fucking day, guess what? They’re in your playlist right now.”
She continued: “I know for a fact I’m a staple. I know for a fact that I [opened] a fucking door. I know for a fact that I [can] rap. I know for a fact I make fucking hits. Sometimes people be trying to belittle me, and it’s like, ‘No, I’m that bitch and y’all fucking know it.’”
Back in 2018, nearly a 12 months after the success of “Bodak Yellow,” Cardi B dropped her debut album Invasion of Privacy and utterly dominated the scene. She snagged the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the Grammy for Best Rap Album on the 2019 Grammy Awards and a number of chart-topping singles and platinum certifications alongside the way in which.
Six years later, nevertheless, she has but to supply a follow-up – however she has promised greater than as soon as that followers will see her long-awaited sophomore album in 2024.
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But she walked again her promise in a since-deleted tweet earlier this week, saying she’d not be dropping this 12 months and as an alternative simply having fun with her summer season. However, it seems the publish was made out of frustration, as she was upset about her followers hounding her for brand new music. Her reps have since advised Rolling Stone that “an album in 2024 is still the plan.”
As for what to anticipate on the LP, the esteemed publication stories that, as of March, it was partially accomplished however nonetheless wanted an intro, not less than three extra songs, a title, options and a rollout plan.
So far, Cardi gave followers a style of what they’ll possible anticipate from her sophomore launch, together with her single, “Enough (Miami).” The monitor arrived two weeks after she dropped the “Like What (Freestyle)” sampling Missy Elliot’s 1999 hit “She’s a Bitch.”
