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Informationen zum Autor Ma’Chell Duma ’s writing has long centered on sex-positive, intersectional feminism and pop culture. Her work has included columns on style, brunch, and cannabis. Her first love is long form music writing. Duma's childhood goals were to live in New York City, become a music scribe, and marry slash. She has, so far, accomplished two of the three. Klappentext The elusive apex of critical praise and commercial success is a metric achieved by a select few. In 2020 Cardi B has become synonymous with "record breaking" in the new millennium. Whether it's streaming, charting, views, likes, retweets or shares Cardi dominates. Cardi B's ascension to stardom is also pure 21st century; from welfare kid to unapologetic stripper, to reality TV persona, to social media maven, to a household name delivering one of the consummately executed albums in Rap History, it's easy to imagine future critics noting popular music as before and after the rise of Cardi B.This in-depth look at Invasion of Privacy features a track-by-track breakdown of the album, with an accompanying conversation or essay from a collection of voices about a topic each song addresses. It explores the album's multicultural musical influences, technical elements of production, and the producers on the record. It includes a summation of awards and note the record's chart shattering success--going 5x Platinum while establishing Invasion of Privacy as the longest charting record by a female rapper in history. Vorwort Explores the record smashing, critically adored, 2018 debut of Bronx rapper Cardi B, that kicked a Louboutin through Hip Hop misogyny to become one of the most successful debuts of all time Zusammenfassung The apex of critical praise and commercial success is a metric achieved by a select few. In 2020, Cardi B became synonymous with “record breaking” as her debut album Invasion of Privacy went five times platinum and became the longest charting record by a female rapper in history. From streaming and charting to views, likes, retweets, and shares, Cardi dominates. Cardi B’s ascension to stardom is pure 21st century: from welfare kid to unapologetic stripper; reality TV persona, to social media maven, to a household name delivering one of the consummately executed albums in rap history, it’s easy to imagine future critics noting popular music as before and after the rise of Cardi B.This in-depth look at Invasion of Privacy explores the sexual politics of hip hop through a track-by-track breakdown of the album. It addresses questions like: How does the wage gap impact pop music? Has Cardi destigmatized sex work for artists? What would hip hop look like as a matriarchy? Each chapter explores the musicality and social constructs that shape the album and a new movement in femme rap. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Get Up Ten: Has Cardi Destigmatized Sex Work for Artists?2. Drip: The Sociology of High Fashion & Hip-Hop3. Bickenhead: Pussy in Popular Music4. Bodak Yellow: Astrology and the Phenomenon of "Bodak Yellow"5. Be Careful: A Brief History of Cheating in Popular Music6. Best Life: 2014-2018 The Rise of Black Girl Magic7. I Like it: The Latino Influence on Hip-Hop Culture8. Ring: The Power of Femme Duets9. Money Bag: Out of Necessity, Good Taste, and Disrespect, Aretha Franklin invents the "Money Bag"10. Bartier Cardi: Explorations of the Femme Gaze in Pop11. She Bad: BBLs and Hyper Femininity in Hip-Hop12. Thru Your Phone: The Parallel Line Between Telephone Tech and Music Fandom13. I Do: What Does a Femme Hip-Hop Matriarchy Look Like?...
