Cardi B Is Getting as Impatient as Her Fans While Waiting on Features to Finish New Album
Cardi B knows her fans are growing increasingly impatient while waiting for her second studio album. She's getting restless, too. During a recent Instagram Live, the rapper blamed the prolonged delay of the long-awaited record on the string of featured guests who haven't turned their verses in yet.
'I really need these fucking features,' Cardi said. 'I'm not really trying to press or go crazy on these artists because I love them down. But it's like come on now, I need that. I need that right now. Y'all don't want to miss this opportunity.'
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She previously revealed that the album, which does not have a scheduled release date or official title, will feature the return of familiar collaborators, as well as welcome new and surprising guests she has not worked with before. Her 2018 debut Invasion of Privacy featured collaborations with SZA, Kehlani, Bad Bunny, 21 Savage, YG, and more. In the seven years since that record, Cardi has scored hits with Megan Thee Stallion, Latto, GloRilla, Ozuna, and more.
'I'll sing this shit myself,' Cardi said on Instagram Live, essentially noting her willingness to wait as a courtesy to her collaborators. 'But I really need y'all and I need y'all to hurry up and I love y'all. I feel like nobody want to miss being on this album.'
When Rolling Stone caught up with Cardi in March 2024, the album was still in a fairly skeletal state. It needed an intro, at least three more songs, a title, features, a rollout plan — all of the fixings and the works. She also wasn't sure how much she wanted to pull back the curtain. 'I really want to talk about the life changes that I've been dealing with the past six, seven years,' she said. 'But then it's just like, I feel like people don't deserve to know because people use my pain against me.'
Still, Cardi is confident that the album will be worth wait. The fact that people are still waiting for it is proof. 'I know for a fact I'm a staple,' she said in her June 2024 cover story. 'I know for a fact that I [opened] a fucking door. I know for a fact that I [can] rap. I know for a fact I make fucking hits. Sometimes people be trying to belittle me, and it's like, 'No, I'm that bitch and y'all fucking know it.''
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