Lowkey a big part of her appeal is that she was the first real female rapper to step up after Nicki, she was pretty much rocking solo for a while

But a lot of those hits didnt age that well ngl and it’s probably cause she went ghost but a lot of the female rappers after lowkey lapped her

What are we thinking?

Probably

No and her blowing up in general was an anomaly

Yes

she has the power of not only the rap market, but the Latin market and she can trend easily socially as well so yes

Yep

She got talent and a fun style. Not too pretenious too. she would succeed regardless

Idk but I fw cardi hard

Idk why she aint drop her album man what a fumble

why hasn’t anything she put out since wap caught on music wise

No, she is not hungry for hip hop anymore

She is all about money schemes now = mediocre music that will be forgotten after few days

Not really. Y'all underestimate her TV and social media presence. She was using that while also dropping tapes.

Maybe it's cause I'm from the city, but her music was getting a lot of play in NY and NJ prior to Bodak Yellow. 2016 was a prosperous year for alot of artists. Cardi had the benefit of being a IG/Twitter and TV personality prior to being fully involved in music.

Bodak yellow would be been an nyc hit. If it’s big in nyc it’s big everywhere

Up #1 debut
Rumors #4
Tomorrow 2 #9 (summer hit)
Enough #9 debut
Her and Latto had a hit from Latto’s album (# 14)

Shake It is Kay Flock’s biggest song
She had Wild Side (#14) and the song with Durk and Ye (#12) which was big with BET crowd
She had a big tiktok hit she remixed that went viral on the app when she got on it
Bongos flopped (still debuted #14) but they had massive promo behind that

she been trying since WAP tbh. gotta remember she’s been pregnant twice and cheated on multiple times while dealing with a $7M lawsuit she filed and won and beef with Nicki while uplifting the new girls (songs with Meg, Glorilla, Latto, Sexyy Red, Ice Spice during all this)

i think we should give Cardi B a lil break just cause we never got that 2nd album lmao. she working and still has a major social media platform to attend to outside of music

These niggas never watched love & hip hop and it shows

Up was pretty big and still manages to stick around. Probably in her top five most popular tracks.

Feel like Shake It would've been major and stuck around longer if Kay Flock ain't get locked up.

Very weird case with Cardi B's music post Invasion of Privacy. She's booming everywhere else though still.

Rumors and Enough aint really do it in the long term.

Bongos was awful due to the fact it was released 6 months late after everyone jumped on the baile wave.

“She been working” for a 7 year hiatus is reallllly stretching it here.

Ok she still blows up

Feel like she doesn’t go on a full blown pop run though

nah you right but we can’t deny her life outside of music has been shambles. dropping an album in the middle of all that can be tough, especially when you still putting out songs that are performing well on charts

The thing is nothing Cardi drops is gonna match seven plus years of hype. She/her team know that. Plus the landscape has been filled with (honestly just plain ol better) girls that filled that void she left like Big Glo and Big Latto.

2025 ain't that much different to 2017 except for AI

Shambles?

idk, compared to broken teeth vlogging from highbridge cardi, i think signing multiple money deals from entertainment ventures while dealing with an Atlanta nigga being an Atlanta nigga is a pretty nice type of shambles to deal with.

I think the “REAL” shambles is you lost your sauce (Pardi) and now dont really have a creative basis to make works (hence why that feature on that rob49 song was kinda mid)

Yes easily

Everything you’re saying factors into the fact that she’s an anomaly. Who else has transitioned from reality tv to becoming a full blown rap superstar with a stable career?

with all the schemes and bullshit atlantic is known for doing not one of them involved milking these singles into at least an EP or something lol

like what’s really going on

Mind you, Cardi is modern artist goals.

Legit never has to drop a song again and she’ll be skr8 for life.

She pulled a lick and won.