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 famous person mirrored on her affect over the sport since signing to Atlantic Information and taking up the world with “Bodak Yellow” in 2017.
“These labels was not believing in repping new rap artists,” Cardi mentioned. “Folks from each single label have fucking informed me this shit in my face. They began signing new feminine rappers after I acquired signed. Whether or not some bitches might be the best rappers [or] they only make good music — on the finish of the fucking day, guess what? They’re in your playlist proper now.”
She continued: “I do know for a truth I’m a staple. I do know for a incontrovertible fact that I [opened] a fucking door. I do know for a incontrovertible fact that I [can] rap. I do know for a truth I make fucking hits. Generally individuals be attempting to belittle me, and it’s like, ‘No, I’m that bitch and y’all fucking understand it.’”
Again in 2018, nearly a yr after the success of “Bodak Yellow,” Cardi B dropped her debut album Invasion of Privateness and utterly dominated the scene. She snagged the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, the Grammy for Finest 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 provide a follow-up – however she has promised greater than as soon as that followers will see her long-awaited sophomore album in 2024.
However she walked again her promise in a since-deleted tweet earlier this week, saying she’d now not be dropping this yr and as an alternative simply having fun with her summer season. Nonetheless, it seems the submit was made out of frustration, as she was upset about her followers hounding her for brand spanking new music. Her reps have since informed Rolling Stone that “an album in 2024 remains to be the plan.”
As for what to anticipate on the LP, the esteemed publication reviews that, as of March, it was partially completed however nonetheless wanted an intro, at the least three extra songs, a title, options and a rollout plan.
Up to now, Cardi gave followers a style of what they will seemingly count on from her sophomore launch, along with her single, “Sufficient (Miami).” The observe arrived two weeks after she dropped the “Like What (Freestyle)” sampling Missy Elliot’s 1999 hit “She’s a Bitch.”