Rap superstar Cardi B releases new hip-hop/rap song and music video titled “Imaginary Playerz.” Please check it out above and drop a comment to let us know what you think about it.
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With just over a month out until Cardi B’s anticipated sophomore album arrives, the Bronx native follows up “Outside” with the release of her “Imaginary Playerz” single.
The track samples Jay-Z’s legendary “Imaginary Players” from his 1997 In My Lifetime, Vol. 1. Earlier this week, Cardi revealed she received a stamp of approval from Hov.
“If he didn’t approve it, I probably wouldn’t even feel a certain type of way neither, because it’s like, ‘OK, maybe I just had to come a little bit harder,’” she said in an X Spaces. “But I’m glad that I came hard and he loved it.”
Cardi announced the single on Monday (Aug. 11) while revealing the opulent cover art, which finds her in a white fur coat and sitting on the front of a matching Rolls-Royce. “Just a lil taste of the drama. IMAGINARY PLAYERZ THIS FRIDAY,” she wrote on Instagram.
“Outside” debuted at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Rhythmic Airplay and Rap Airplay charts.
Cardi’s sophomore LP boasts 23 tracks, including previously released singles “Up” and “WAP.” The Grammy-winning rapper defended her decision to keep the pair of years-old songs on the album. “This will be the last and only time I’m gonna address this,” she wrote on X in June. “WAP and Up are two of my biggest songs, my fans have been asking me to put them on an album, and people search for them on IOP all the time… they deserve a home.”
Watch the music video for “Imaginary Playerz” above.
“Imaginary Playerz” Lyrics:
Intro
Yeah
It’s the motherfuckin’ Brimcess, you heard?
The shit these bitches be braggin’ about is like
Shit I was doin’ in like 2016, type shit
Like (Why these bitches hatin’?)
You bitches don’t even know the difference between vintage and archive, like
(Why these bitches hatin’?)
Yeah, look
Verse 1
Now I spit that other shit, pretty motherfucker shit
Cardi B, every song platinum, I’m not the other bitch
Whatever you was gon’ pay hеr, you gotta double it
Gloryhole, bitches don’t know who thеy fuckin’ with
Their money my stocks and share money
Your booking fee is my makeup and hair money
Bitches say I think I’m the shit, and do (And do), and did
Just know you bitches can’t live
I got the hottest shit, hop out, poppin’ it
They say I walk around lookin’ like a compliment
Shut up, stop whinin’, Cardi still shinin’
Hoes kept complainin’, so I copped more diamonds
And more archive, vintage couture on me
I got more Gaultier than Jean probably
Summer with cheeks out, Winter, it’s minks out
I buy grown man watches and make ’em take links out, bitch
Interlude
(Why these bitches hatin’?) I mean
It’s really easy for me to talk this shit, ’cause I live this shit (Why these bitches hatin’?)
I just gotta make it rhyme
Verse 2
Bitches, I leave ’em all fucked, fists be balled up
Y’all hoes look cheap, that shit don’t cost much
I’m a star, but I’ll smack you, don’t get starstruck
Patience lookin’ at me like, “Cardi, what the fuck?”
Striped like Thom Brown, these bitches should calm down
Quicker they lift up, the quicker they fall down
Poor thing, Twitter must be gassin’ them heavy
Makin’ them jump in the ring with the Brim before they ready
I seen whole fan pages make avatar changes
All that old love go to new fan bases
Now your fifteen up, you already out of time
I’m a legend, they gon’ hang my heels from the power lines, haha
Interlude
(Why these bitches hatin’?) All I’m sayin’ is
God forbid some shit happened to the Brim
Put my motherfuckin’ heels in Nelson Ave (Why these bitches hatin’?)
Bronx legend, you heard?
Verse 3
My flop and your flop is not the same
If you did my numbers, y’all would pop champagne
If I did your numbers, I would hop out a plane
Suicide, if I fall from the distance ‘tween you and I
They gotta be kidding
Whatever they smokin’ on, it gotta be hitting
The bag you just posted been in the closet sittin’
The car he just got you bow-tied in a ribbon
Been in my driveway, not gettin’ driven
Y’all some bench bitches, ho, y’all just started startin’
Birthday at Carbone, to me, that’s Olive Garden
A nigga couldn’t take me there, that’s y’all department
Tasteless, huh, basic
I’m a Waldorf penthouse every state, bitch
2016, I had Fashion Nova lit
Ask Rich, y’all need your ass whipped
Interlude
What the fuck you mean this bitch is out-dressin’ me? (Why these bitches hatin’?)
How that bitch outdressin’ me with my fuckin’ vibe, bitch? (Why these bitches hatin’?)
Duh, I dressed that bitch, haha
Outro
Fixin’ y’all mouth to talk fashion with me
I’m the one who showed these girls what fashion could be
The first rap bitch on the cover of Vogue
But somehow y’all passed me, I suppose?
I know your type, all bold and all cap
‘Fore the love of hip hop, y’all knew me before that
These bitches is nuts, bitches is ball sacks
And behind my back, bitches be tight like bra straps, ayy
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Artist Biography:
Cardi B (real name Belcalis Almanzar) was born in New York City and raised in the Bronx. Her birthday is Oct. 11, 1992, and her height is 5’3″. She famously started her career as a stripper and transformed into a reality star on VH1’s Love & Hip-Hop: New York in 2015 before becoming a hip-hop superstar. Cardi made her musical debut on Shaggy‘s “Boom Boom” remix in 2015, and dropped three mixtapes before her debut studio album, Invasion of Privacy, arrived in April 2018. The set debuted at No. 1 on the April 21, 2018, Billboard 200 chart, with lead single “Bodak Yellow” spending three weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100. The track, which dropped in June 2017, earned Grammy nods in 2018 for best rap song and best rap performance. She made history in February 2019 when Invasion of Privacy won best rap album, making her the first solo female artist to ever win in that category. Cardi B has collaborated with a wide range of artists from different genres, including Maroon 5 (“Girls Like You“), Bad Bunny and J Balvin (“I Like It“), Megan Thee Stallion (“WAP“), Offset (“Clout“) as well as his group Migos (“Drip” and “Type Shit“).