The wait is formally over — Cardi B dropped her “Like What (Freestyle)” Friday (March 1).
The rapper teased the brand new observe by way of her Instagram Story earlier this week. “I ain’t even obtained dressed / Any L that I took come after YS / Oh man, oh man, oh man, oh man,” she rapped within the snippet. The teaser arrived every week after her estranged husband Offset took to his personal Tales to encourage the “WAP” rapper to drop her new music. Within the video, the Migos star was bobbing his head with a glad stank face, writing, “Stop being scary and drop the album sh– goes loopy” with a line of fireside emojis.
“Like What (Freestyle)” marks Cardi’s first solo report since 2021’s “Up,” which earned the MC her fifth Billboard Sizzling 100 No. 1 hit. “Up” additionally earned a 2022 Grammy nomination for greatest rap efficiency.
The anticipation for her sophomore album has elevated through the years since she dropped her critically acclaimed debut album Invasion of Privateness in 2018. The set debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and produced two Sizzling 100 No. 1, diamond-certified singles: “Bodak Yellow” and “I Like It,” that includes J Balvin and Unhealthy Bunny. Invasion of Privateness additionally received greatest rap album on the 2019 Grammy Awards.
Final August, following her options on Offset’s “Jealousy” and “Freaky,” GloRilla‘s “Tomorrow 2,” Latto‘s Put It On Da Ground Once more” and FendiDa Rappa‘s “Level Me 2,” Cardi promised in her Vogue México y Latinoamérica cowl story that she wasn’t going to launch any extra collaborations till she dropped her subsequent solo single. However “Bongos” with Megan Thee Stallion dropped a month later, a sequel to their 2020 Sizzling 100 smash “WAP.”
“I’m going to place out my subsequent solo single. Proper now, I’m engaged on the quilt artwork and concepts for the subsequent report as a result of it’s undoubtedly developing,” she advised the publication on the time. “Everybody all the time tells me I ought to put the report out now. They did after I launched ‘WAP’ and after I launched ‘Up,’ however I all the time allow them to know I’m not going to attend lengthy in spite of everything these singles. So keep tuned as a result of it’s popping out very quickly.”
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