"She boards the subway in sweatpants, adopting the script of a down-on-her-luck mother of three selling CDs to get by like the enterprising teens and adults hawking wares to straphangers. It takes all the worst suggestions about the solvency of her career to the extreme. She's a millionaire cosplaying struggle, though maybe she views it as a peek at a timeline in which her music doesn't take off."
"Am I the Drama? arrives seven years after her debut, Invasion of Privacy,to recount her journey out of a rocky marriage to Atlanta rapper Offset and into a new relationship with New England Patriots wide receiver Stefon Diggs. It's a blast to hear from a narrator with an unfiltered perspective and endless supply of snaps who can document the stress, trauma, and obligations necessitating that rawness."
"Am I the Drama? makes half-whimsical, half-serious reference to Cardi B's personal and professional challenges in its title. Her marital strife was so out in the open that Offset released a song complaining about his superstar wife preferring Nobu to cooking. A security guard sued her for alleged assault, and Cardi sued a vlogger for defamation (she won both unrelated cases). Nicki and Cardi's confusing cold war sparked tributary disputes with Ice Spice, JT from the City Girls, and Boston's Bia."
Cardi B's album promo clip dramatizes the precarious business of a sophomore release by showing her in subway sweatpants playing a down-on-her-luck mother selling CDs. Am I the Drama? arrives seven years after Invasion of Privacy and recounts a journey out of a rocky marriage to Offset into a new relationship with Stefon Diggs. The album features an unfiltered narrator documenting stress, trauma, and obligations. The title references personal and professional challenges including public marital strife, lawsuits, and industry feuds with other artists. After long delays, the album aims to prove Cardi's continued relevance beyond singles and platform ventures.
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