‘Am I the Drama?’ by Cardi B

★★★

It took seven years, but Cardi B’s second album is finally here and counts as “a massive comeback triumph,” said in Rolling Stone . The Grammy-winning Bronx rapper, now 32 and a mother of three, is “out to remind everyone she’s still looser, wilder, just plain funnier than anyone in the game,” and for 23 tracks, she does just that. “Whether she’s celebrating domestic bliss or leaving heel prints on her rivals,” she’s as brash as ever.

Lizzo, Selena Gomez , and Cash Cobain are along for the ride, as are two smash singles, “WAP” and “Up,” that are both more than four years old. “Neither sounds dated,” though, “because everyone else has spent the past four years imitating them.” Still, plenty of critics “have their knives out,” said in Stereogum .

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