Cardi B couldn’t let the remainder of the feminine rappers have all of the enjoyable, as she determined to place an finish to her hiatus and dive in head-first. The Bronx bombshell delivered her first single of 2024 with the hard-hitting “Like What (Freestyle)” on Friday (March 1), which arrived with an accompanying horny music video that includes Cardi biking via an array of eccentric outfits and directed by Offset.
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Presumably impressed by Lil Kim’s fierce look (a light-weight grey fur coat and matching bikini) in 2003’s “Got here Again for You” video, Bardi struts round her futuristic mansion all to herself in a grey and black fur coat and racy black bikini. She later makes an outfit change to almost blind viewers with glitzy pants and an identical shiny bra high to go together with her blonde wig and icy bracelet.
Cardi B additionally pays homage to Missy Elliott within the lavish clip together with her diamond-filled eyebrows. However that’s not the one salute to Missy, both, as “Like What” samples the Virginia legend’s “She’s a Bitch” from 1999’s Da Actual World.
“Child, right here we go once more/ P–sy actual fats, in all probability obtained a double chin/ First, that b—h hate me, then this b—h hate me/ And by some means, they hyperlink up and so they grow to be mates, like, how,” she raps whereas calling out the side-switching drama in hip-hop.
After confirming their break up final 12 months, issues may be OK between Cardi B and husband Offset as nicely, for the reason that Grammy-winning rapper tapped the daddy of her two kids to make use of his imaginative and prescient and direct the music video for “Like What (Freestyle).”
The Migos rapper urged Cardi to drop her anticipated sophomore album in a social media publish earlier this month.
The “Like What (Freestyle)” marks Cardi’s first solo document since 2021’s “Up,” which earned the MC her fifth Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1 hit. “Up” additionally nabbed a 2022 Grammy nomination for finest rap efficiency.
This will solely be the beginning of what may very well be one other banner 12 months for Cardi B as the top credit of the music video teased extra to return: “That is just the start… Keep Tuned.”
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