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4 out of 5 stars

Cardi B, Enough (Miami) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Atlantic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]Grammy-winning rapper Cardi B brings mad confidence and energy on her second single of 2024, “Enough (Miami).”

“One bitch, two bitch, old bitch, new bitch / None of y’all bitches not gon’ do shit.” WOO! You just experienced the gospel according to Grammy-winning rapper, Cardi B.  On her single, “Enough (Miami)”, Cardi is NOT playing around.  Backed by a malicious, minor-key backdrop produced by OG Parker, Romano, and DJ SwanQo, she’s energetic from the opening tip, as evidenced by the intro where she gasses herself up. Serving up a badass, compelling cadence and flow, Cardi rides the beat hard AF and doesn’t let her foot off the gas.

Cardi B, Enough (Miami) [📷: Atlantic]“When I step, it’s a stampede / Foot on neck, can’t breathe,” Cardi asserts in the pre-chorus, continuing, “Lucky Charm, Van Cleef / Diamonds on the dance team.” Like, WORD.  She has moments throughout where she switches the flow up – ‘keeping the hits coming’ so to speak. As excerpted above, she’s unapologetic with his rhymes, giving no Fs whatsoever. “Give me one shot and I’m raising the glass / Give me two shots and I’m shaking this ass,” she spits, confidently in the second verse, adding, “Give me three shots and I’m ready to fuck / Five, four shots, I be ready to splash.” Woo! The chorus is tough – a selling point by all means: “I see my opps linkin’ up, I’m like, ‘What in the fuck?’ / If you scared, then just say that, ho, enough is enough…”  All told, “Enough (Miami)” is a fun rap banger.  Furthermore, it is an improvement over her so-so previous single, “Like What (Freestyle)” – it packs more of a punch.

4 out of 5 stars


Cardi B // “Enough (Miami)” // Atlantic // 3.15.24

[📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Atlantic; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Królestwo Nauki, OpenClipart-Vectors, Pete Linforth, Tumisu from Pixabay]

 


the musical hype

the musical hype (Brent Faulkner) has earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music (music education, music theory/composition respectively). A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, trombone, and organ among numerous other instruments. He's a certified music educator, composer, and freelance music blogger. Faulkner cites music and writing as two of the most important parts of his life. Notably, he's blessed with a great ear, possessing perfect pitch.