Cardi B to sample Imaginary Players

[spliz]

She did alright. Had some clever lines and talked her shyt. Her accent throws it off a lil tho.

made me wonder how a prime Kim foxy or even Nikki would’ve sounded over this tho.

Prime Nicki would've smoked it. Look what she did to Warning.

 

[GreenGhxst]

Her voice isn’t smooth enough for this beat

Tongue heavy like a MF

She be beating the fukk out of them syllables

 

[FS4LFE]

She’s had a very safe album roll out.
They’re

1. Using old songs to automatically hit certain certifications for the sales.
2. Announce the album months in ad
3. Use a legendary Hov song as one of the first singles.

Album better be good.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Prime Cam/Mase, Clipse, Fab, Roc and maybe Mach the only rappers with enough swag to pull off a remake of this song.

So swag stopped in the 2000s

 

[spliz]

So swag stopped in the 2000s

Yes.

 

[JoelB]

she sounds like the remedial kid in class when she speaks lol

with that said 7/10. i liked several bars in there and that sample is a cheat code.

 

[Flight]

Prime Nicki would've smoked it. Look what she did to Warning.

The difference level in talent between her and Cardi is kinda crazy when you hear this.

A shame she just be going on coke rants on twitter these days.

 

[Rapmastermind]

Sounds exactly like what a 2025 Hip Hop era version of 'Imaginary Players' would sound like.

Look nothing is topping the original but I knew she was basically going to do the female version with a similar flow to Jay. She actually was channeling Lil Kim on this honestly. The autotune hook was ehh because Rene & Angela voices just work better. Or you could have gotten someone to sing it more soulfully. Jay's version is more soulful because of this. But all things considered, she still talked her sh!t on it and that's point of the record. There's some subs in it too with that whole "My flops ain't your flops" stuff. ,

I checked the credits, Rene & Angela are credited (Music interpolation) and Jay Z is credited (Lyric interpolation). Everyone was wondering why would Jay Z be credited if it's Rene & Angela song because she modeled her whole flow after Jay. Even used some bars as well. Kendrick gave Biggie credit for "TV Off" for using his flow and bars. If she just sampled the beat then Rene & Angela would have only been credited. But it's cool not great. Again I don't have problem with using the same samples just be creative. I love "You can't feel my Pain" by Prodigy but Justice League flipped the sample on "Magnificent" dope and Ross and John Legend killed it.

 

[Left.A1]

drake stans

 

[No Homo]

She did ok better than i thought she would do.

 

[Left.A1]

“They say I walk around looking like a compliment” is hard tho not gone lie She had a couple little bars in here that were nice

 

[yourgod]

It’s cute, her and her whole generation ain’t cerebral enough with their rhymes so my bar and expectations were low af. I kinda want to hear it in the context of the album. If anything it’s exposing the younger generation to a top tier 90s Jay song, kinda like what Meg did with that jodeci remix with the wu.

 

[010101]

shyte just like how she doesn't fit in the pieces she tries to wear

big bbl built bytches can't get fly

& bardi too rough of a hoodrat to do jigga tier slick talk that's high-class street music

*

 

[Capital Steez]

Too Hispanic

 

[L. Deezy]

her ghostwriter didnt fuhk it up.. thats all that matters

Im just more impressed with the decision to get back to a NY sound and feel. NYC let upstate NY bring back the feeling. time to get back to the real