Invasion of Privacy

Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy
Critic Score
Based on 23 reviews
2018 Ratings: #65 / 890
Year End Rank: #5
User Score
2018 Rank: #714
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
The Sydney Morning Herald
Breakout hit Bodak​ Yellow had many writing Cardi​ off as a one-hit wonder, but this album is bold enough to solidify her as a real contender in the rap game.
90
Exclaim!

While Cardi B's own relationship with Migos's Offset has been thrown into the spotlight, Invasion of Privacy feels like her Lemonade moment, one that magnifies her insecurities for public consumption.

90
Highsnobiety

While it’s hardly the kind of earth-shifting, politically-charged record music snobs demand but shouldn’t command from an artist of her caliber, it makes for a riveting and wildly listenable debut LP.

90
Crack Magazine

In an era where women are no longer afraid to speak up, Invasion of Privacy is an extension of that movement in her own vision. With bold authenticity and self-awareness, Cardi B proves that a little self-confidence goes a long way.

90
The Line of Best Fit

With the success that “Bodak Yellow” brought her, this album could have been filled with 13 carbon copies. But it isn’t; instead, Invasion of Privacy is filled with carefully crafted tracks which ably show her many sides. Cardi B knows who she is and where she came from and she isn’t trying to hide it from anyone.

87
Pitchfork
Cardi B’s remarkable debut places her, without a doubt, in the pantheon of great rappers. It is both brazen and vulnerable, filled with wild amounts of personality, style, and craft.
85
The 405
As the world put Cardi under a magnifying glass, she responded with a surprisingly cohesive, fully-realized album while holding her head up that much higher.
83
Entertainment Weekly

The cathartic vulnerability, twerk-team feminism, and free-wheeling trash talk she practiced with earlier releases is perfected on Invasion of Privacy. The project eschews the mega-tracklisting trend by delivering a solid thirteen songs fortified by carefully chosen features that compliment Cardi’s bombast and versatility.

83
Consequence of Sound

On Invasion of Privacy, she breezes past the challenge of a highly anticipated debut by making one of the most exciting rap albums in years.

80
Slant Magazine
Taken together, these songs present Cardi as an artist confident enough to expand her sound but smart—and some might say calculated—enough not to drift too far from her wheelhouse.
80
PopMatters
Whatever it is that attracts us to blunt, vengeful gangsta rap, Cardi B has perfected it here.
80
The Young Folks

This album could’ve easily been a rushed job to keep the hype of Cardi going, but Invasion of Privacy is a success simply because Cardi B took control of what she wanted to say.

80
AllMusic

This balance between over-the-top party starters and thoughtful reflection makes Invasion of Privacy an impressive debut for a rising star who can back up her outspokenness with raw talent.

80
The Independent

Her debut album Invasion of Privacy isn’t so much an introduction as her final word: she is here to stay.

80
NME
Overall, this is a remarkably confident and compelling debut from a superstar who’s put in the graft.
80
The Guardian
Her album continues to show off a rounded, emotionally complex human being.
80
Rolling Stone

Invasion of Privacy flaunts so many different aspects of Cardi's game, it comes on like a greatest hits album, as undeniable as the excellent New Wave suit she rocks in the cover art. It's already tough to remember what it was like not having Cardi B around. Invasion proves she's here to stay.

80
XXL

Invasion of Privacy is executed perfectly, playing to all of Cardi B’s strengths.

75
A.V. Club

She’s probably the most powerful woman in hip-hop right now, but what’s encouraging is that she seems to be carving a self-made path that allows for contradictions, imperfections, variabilities. Cardi B got here by rapping her face off, and on Invasion Of Privacy, she determines to stay here by doing it for—well, nine more tracks. So far, so good.

75
Pretty Much Amazing
She’s far from the perfect rapper, or person for that matter, but she never exactly promised either. Competing with herself, Cardi promised a self-earned victory, and she delivered.
72
HipHopDX

With an album title in Invasion Of Privacy, it would have been remarkable for Cardi to flip the openness of her Instagram page into an audiobook and not succumb to the invincibility cloak that comes along with a rap star title. Still, when you combine this decent first outing and relentless work ethic, there’s no question Cardi is here to stay.

70
Under the Radar

There is, of course, more room than ever before for a plethora of female rappers to enjoy their share of the spotlight ... Cardi B is merely the latest to appear into the mainstream, a position she is sure to occupy for some time, and with enough potential showing on her debut release to give hope to anyone listening that she can only get better from here.

60
The Needle Drop

While the quality of Invasion of Privacy drops off a bit in the second half, it’s overall a promising commercial debut for Cardi B.

AZIZ
35

How tf did this win over ASTROWORLD?

exception
NR

Admits to drugging and robbing men because "that's what I had to do" lol okay. I would be forgiving if she made tolerable music.

_zeltrxn17
30

It's scary how people think this is good.

kal3nk
58

Shit's kinda ass, but not unlistenable.

monkeking
50

this should NOT be a "must hear album" lmao

Issa2009
0

FUCK CARDI B FOR ROBBING ASTROWORLD, KSG, AND SWIMMING FOR THE SCAMMYS. SHITS ASS‼️🗣️🔥‼️

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Track List

1Get Up 10
3:51
70
2Drip
4:22
feat. Migos
59
3Bickenhead
3:01
58
4Bodak Yellow
3:43
72
5Be Careful
3:30
66
6Best Life
4:44
60
7I Like It
4:13
75
8Ring
2:57
feat. Kehlani
63
9Money Bag
3:49
55
10Bartier Cardi
3:44
feat. 21 Savage
64
11She Bad
3:50
with YG
41
12Thru Your Phone
3:08
65
13I Do
3:20
feat. SZA
68
Total Length: 48 minutes
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Added on: March 26, 2018