Seven years that the hip-hop world was not waiting for her. This Friday, September 19, Cardi B signs his return with Am I drama?Your second studio album later Privacy invasionthat had bothered the American rap in 2018.
A return prepared as a coup d’etat: viral teasers on social networks, appearances orchestrated to the millimeter, covers of unpublished albums with the effigy of the rapper during his recent civil trial for aggression where he was acquitted. He even saw Cardi B selling his album on the street, on an sidewalk or in the New York subway, an old school. Scenes transmitted everywhere in the media.
More than just album, Am I drama? So it sounds like an event: 23 songs, XXL collaborations and launch productions, to remind you that Cardi is not only back, she is there to reign.
Between the approach and intimate stories
Of the first notes, Am I drama? It presents a more assertive card purchase than ever. The album opens with DeadA Burching trap song in Duet with Summer Walker, which begins with sound extracts of television reports that show her accusing her of having killed all her detractors (journalists, bloggers, rappers …).
This title immediately gives the project atmosphere. With its incisive flow, Cardi B participates in a hard criticism of its detractors and the music industry, while the sweet voice of Summer Walker drives the virulence of the subject.
On the titles, Cardi B Sutterna between the affirmation of power and personal confidences. In HelloIt is presented without filter, exploring the multiple facets of its personality. In Better than youIn Duet with rapper Cash Cobain, he shows his self -confidence, with strong phrases. A recurring theme in the album, which is also found in Greeting – Hymn to all “bitches” – or in Magnet.
But Am I drama? It is not just provocation. This album also reveals an intimate facet of Cardi B. in What’s happening AND Your word manThus he returns to his separation from her former compensated husband. On the contrary, the rapper explores the tenderness and healthy love, with titles such as Sure With Kehlani or Good boy With Tyla, celebrating his new relationship with the American footballer Stefon Diggs, with whom he will have a son.
Impossible to talk about drama Without evoking the confrontations that feed the legend of Cardi B. Nice and meanAttacks the rapper bia with a poisonous cocktail of humor and acute peaks, while Imaginary players It seems to point to Nicki Minaj, as if to remember that Cardi B is still the undisputed pattern of rap.
Prestigious collaborations and lame productions
Collaborations confirm the scale of Am I drama?. In this album, Cardi B was remarkably surrounded by heavy items like Janet Jackson in MajorMegan Thee Stallion in WAP – Single Cult already launched since 2020 – or Selena Gomez in CollectA song with a summer tube.
Musically, Am I drama? It is based on all records, ranging from the dark trap to the R&B to pop influences. In an interview with Billboard magazine in early September, Cardi B explained that he had recorded more than sixty songs to keep only the best. A selection work that makes the album a dense, rich and successful project.
With Am I drama?Cardi B, therefore, returns in force and confirms its place at the top of the industrial. Seven years later Privacy invasionNow the wait is forgotten: Cardi B still reigns about the American rap and no one seems to be able to stop it.
Source: BFM TV
