I fukk with cardi too, but I'm definitely playing devil's advocate here.
Before love and hip hop no one was checking for cardi music like that except her love and hip hop following and fans on IG. And all the fans she's gotten since bodak yellow was cuz of bodak yellow. I and most people liked cardi as a personality, but wasn't checking for her music. Had this song not blew up, the mainstream and most regular people would not know or care about her "2 mixtapes in 6 months" except her love and hip hop following. Bodak yellow was a dope record that actually made me pay attention to her music. I'll even give Lick some spotlight cuz I fukked with that record too.. but I nor most ppl wasn't checking for her as a music artist. We just thought she was a funny IG personality from love and hip hop.
So my point is, to most ppl Cardi music came outta nowhere even tho she got songs before bodak, just like this cash me outside chick... They both get love for being ratchet, loud, and unclassy. And the cash me outside chick is 13, you can't expect her to have put in work like cardi did when she's just hitting puberty. But the point is, they in the same class.