Pick It Up featuring Selena Gomez, and the all-too-short Bodega Baddie (one of the album\u2019s most enjoyable moments, bound for many a TikTok), play with vibrant Latin rhythms. Safe, conversely, is an unexpected love song featuring a gorgeous vocal by the soulful Kehlani.<\/p>\n
And the album takes a turn on Man of Your Word, an Usher-esque R&B jam where Cardi reflects on the breakdown of her long-term relationship with Offset, introspective and heartbreaking. It\u2019s followed by a more cathartic expression of grief on What\u2019s Goin On, featuring a surprising interpolation by Lizzo of What\u2019s Up? by 4 Non Blondes.<\/p>\n
Lead single Outside is bouncy and energetic with a killer hook, while other single Imaginary Playerz has an Eve vibe to it, its slower, deliberate flow showing the confidence to take time and let each barb hit.<\/p>\n
And while tracks like ErrTime, Check Please and Killin You Hoes could have been cut, there are some highlights towards the end of the record. On My Back is a sultry, hyper-explicit slow jam; Principal is exciting and breathless (though it strangely wastes a Janet Jackson feature); and Nice Guy perfectly utilises Tyla\u2019s pristine hook and even has her drop some bars herself.<\/p>\n
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Am I the Drama?, ultimately, is the quintessential Cardi B experience: a hyperkinetic attack by one of rap\u2019s most successful and controversial women. She\u2019s aggressive, funny, sexy, excessive and unapologetic, grabbing her crown back and mowing down anyone in her way.<\/p>\n