It starts with the cover: Cardi B is freshly made-up, sipping a beer with a dude between her legs. If we reverse the roles, it’s a familiar male wet dream—but let’s be real, women have just as much claim to this fantasy as the boys do. Cardi know it, and she’s not afraid to make it clear on the cover of her mixtape. That’s the approach that’s made the instafamous stripper-come-rapper an internet hero: saying what everyone’s thinking.
If you’re not quite sure who Cardi is, you know the memes she’s created: a hoe never gets cold or the equal parts camp and cruel forever. Her straight to camera tell-it-like-it-is Instagram videos have gathered her more than two million followers, so if we’re talking modern motivational speakers, Cardi B is the queen to DJ Khaleed’s king. VH1, an American TV Network, noticed Cardi’s success and promptly cast her in their long-running reality show, Love and Hip-Hop minting her as a true reality star. Now, she’s added a new jewel to her crown, and it’s certainly the shiniest: the Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1 mixtape.
Cardi’s bars are filled with her give-no-fucks attitude, and the trap-heavy production begs to be played in the club. You can grab the tape here, and listen below. It’s hard not the let Cardi’s boss bitch rub off on you.