Eden suggests a sense of preeminence; just as Eve was the original woman, cupcakKe herself stands at the front of the pack in the rap game, a self-actualized artist with her own valid claim to originality and primacy.
On paper, this scattershot approach might lack cohesion, but by threading each of her signature moans and flexes throughout, she ensures that Eden undoubtedly remains a cupcakKe production through and through.
That ability to blend the real and the absurd, the cartoon and the corporeal, distinguishes CupcakKe from any other rapper. There’s a pulsing power in the center of her songs. It’s the sound of a woman in charge.
Eden is irreverent and far from the crossover moment most other artists would be craving by their fourth album. But clearly, CupcakKe doesn’t care. She’s finding success on her own terms and inviting her audience along for the ride.
Eden certainly doesn’t shy away from her unique, occasionally weird filth – one evocative sex rap has the chorus “Finger me like a typo” – but, like January’s Ephorize, she does much more.
Even though it’s one of her weaker releases to date, Eden might be the most important album CupcakKe has made thus far ... At its best, her confidence and creativity are as fresh as ever. At its worst, it’s still worth deconstructing and discussing.
"Bitch, I got so many bars / That Azealia Banks call me when she needs soap (No shade)" lmao this line has me dying
Cupcakke shows more and more promise with each release. With Eden, her biggest shortcoming of having amateurish sounding production is mostly a non issue here. The beats may not be reinventing the wheel, but they are far more layered and creative than on previous efforts, whether that's on the energised PC styled beats of "Quiz", the interlocking sections of "Typo", or the dark, Yeezus-esque "A.U.T.I.S.M".
Stylistically, the album feels very cohesive, not having ... read more
In the book of Hoefelatios it says that once the Apocalypse shall come, so will goddess Cupcakke, and not so sooner her huge gaping pvssy shall devour the whole world known. And soon we shall meet in paradise under her uterus, while the unworthy will be qveefed out of existance by her might BBPunani
Honestly, pretty much her usual standard at the time : hard bars up usually generic dance trap beats. Outside of the unmoanly triniclit A. U. T. I. S. M(thanks Cupcakke for making a music about me ... read more
Cupcakke is genuinely one of the most entertaining rappers of the 2010's, such a personality, it's insane.
1 | PetSmart 3:37 | 84 |
2 | Cereal and Water 2:59 | 80 |
3 | Quiz 2:18 | 88 |
4 | Garfield 3:38 | 75 |
5 | Dangled 2:59 | 76 |
6 | Starbucks 2:36 | 75 |
7 | Typo 2:30 | 68 |
8 | Prenup 3:25 | 73 |
9 | Blackjack 3:13 | 71 |
10 | Fabric 2:22 | 76 |
11 | Don't Post Me 2:15 | 63 |
12 | A.U.T.I.S.M 1:59 | 80 |
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