It’s been a see-saw summer time for Cardi B followers. Simply two months in the past she sadly knowledgeable the Bardigang that the long-awaited follow-up to her smash debut 2018 album, Invasion of Privateness, would most likely not be popping out this 12 months as a result of she was specializing in “enjoyable” and having fun with her summer time.
Then on Thursday (July 18) she appeared to have a change of coronary heart on the eve of the discharge of her new collab with Rob49, “On Dat Cash.” In a submit on X, Cardi defined that she’s rethought the coolness zone and is planning to drop new music in any case. “I wanna say this to Bardi gang or anyone who’s only a fan of my music and even my craziness… I’ve my good days and my dangerous days however you understand what, whether or not it’s good or dangerous I couldn’t be happier with the apparent anticipation for my album,” she wrote earlier than dropping the excellent news.
“Typically I get somewhat aggressive as a result of yall know I don’t wish to be instructed what to do however I promise you it’s coming THIS YEAR. Thanks for the love and anticipation and at all times holding me down. I like yall,” she added.
Cardi instantly made these goals come true together with her glamorous cameo in New Orleans MC Rob49’s video for “On Dat Cash,” by which the rapper serves as level man in a mansion stuffed with unique dancers as a torrential downpour of $100 payments rain down throughout him. Whereas Rob quickly dispenses together with his stacks, Cardi rides shotgun in his cash-piled automotive in Jackie O vibes, sporting outsized cat-eye sun shades, a fur wrap, black head scarf, impossibly lengthy black nails and daring crimson lipstick. Elsewhere, Cardi lounges in mattress coated in payments and rocks a fireplace engine crimson miniskirt, knee-high boots and crop prime jacket ensemble as Rob raps, “F–okay me on that cash, b–ch/ B–ch, f–okay me on that cash” over the tune’s grinding entice beat.
Halfway by means of Cardi will get in on the motion, rapping, “Yeah, f–okay me proper there on that cash/ I journey d–okay on my ft, I be hoppin’ like a bunny/ I’m a freak, slut me out, you gon’ see me get disgustin,” in one more one among her signature earworm options as thong-wearing dancers twirl on stripper poles behind her.
The pop-in on Rob’s tune follows Cardi’s launch of two loosey singles earlier this 12 months, “Sufficient (Miami)” and “Like What” and quite a few different options. It additionally comes after she slammed rapper/podcaster Joe Budden on Thursday for his vital tackle the roll-out of her eagerly anticipated sophomore album within the lead-up to the Rob49 single dropping.
“Bro I gave you a lap dance two instances in Starlets. You was excessive as f–okay. Excessive as f–okay on coke, n—a… I don’t give a f–okay when folks speak s–t about me,” Cardi raged. “It’s the actual fact you at all times speak s–t about me Joe Budden. Out of nowhere, you’d assume I did one thing to this n—a… For the previous two years, this n—a has solely talked dangerous issues about me.”
After lambasting Joe for always evaluating different feminine rappers to her, Cardi received actually actual. “However you really need my album to come back out so you possibly can criticize it. Trigger each time I drop one thing you don’t prefer it,” she stated. “Each single time a b—h drops one thing and so they doing mediocre, you say they doing higher than me… What are you speaking about? The s–t is in movement. Merch is in movement, the field units is in movement. You don’t know s–t.”
On a current pod, Budden confidently predicted that Cardi wouldn’t launch one other album in her carer, saying, “We’ll by no means get one other album once more. I’m standing on it.” Rolling Stone reported {that a} rep for Cardi confirmed to the journal that she is going to launch an album this 12 months.
See Cardi’s submit and the “On Dat Cash” video beneath.