• Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Apr 6, 2018
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6.8

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  1. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    The album is good, but I do not think all this does, "Drip", "Be Careful", "Money Bag", "I Like It" are my favorites.
  2. Apr 21, 2021
    0
    essa coisa ai que ganhou grammy? da pra ver q de rapper hj em dia tamo na merda
  3. Aug 17, 2018
    0
    This album might be good for a 5 year old’s birthday party - but it definitely doesn’t claim her throne as the ”Queen of rap”. The only good tracks on this album are ”I Like It” and ”I Do” where SZA’s vocals saves the song.
  4. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Trash this album is pure trash, and let alone she didn’t write anything you can’t be a rapper if your not spitting what your writing
  5. Jun 19, 2018
    0
    The Pinkprint outsold, what a copycat! Only Bodak Yellow is good, after this step of the whole album.
  6. Aug 28, 2018
    3
    Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy is her debut album. While stellar in sales and streams, the album proves that Cardi B is not a very talented rapper. One, most of her songs have basic bars and lyrics. Two, most of these lyrics were not written by her. Three, the songs were not that well collated. The album had songs of a huge variety of feeling to the listener and when one listens to theCardi B's Invasion of Privacy is her debut album. While stellar in sales and streams, the album proves that Cardi B is not a very talented rapper. One, most of her songs have basic bars and lyrics. Two, most of these lyrics were not written by her. Three, the songs were not that well collated. The album had songs of a huge variety of feeling to the listener and when one listens to the album in one go, the experience might not be nice for people who do not appreciate messy collation. The album does have, however, many catchy songs and 'bops'. These songs were produced well and the instrumentals of the album were good but again, the lyrics when examined are not advanced and show little skill. The album also features mediocre artists which is not a good thing especially since some of her competitors feature the elite of rap in their albums. As such, I give her album a 3 out of 10. Should she improve her writing, I would definitely give her next album a better score. Expand
  7. Mar 28, 2020
    0
    This album is one of the worst sounding things I’ve ever heard it literally sounds like a velociraptor screeching through all the songs it’ll make your ear drums bleed. The way the meta critics are literally lying there’s no word play or brain usage in the raps for this woman to even be considered a rapper no thought was put into any of the songs besides maybe the one where she sings butThis album is one of the worst sounding things I’ve ever heard it literally sounds like a velociraptor screeching through all the songs it’ll make your ear drums bleed. The way the meta critics are literally lying there’s no word play or brain usage in the raps for this woman to even be considered a rapper no thought was put into any of the songs besides maybe the one where she sings but she sounds terrible in that too. Fake news for the score. Expand
  8. May 4, 2020
    0
    Very bad album. Cardi b can't rap and write lyrics for songs. She is a project, of course
  9. Nov 21, 2020
    0
    This are songs for the mainstream this is not a real rap album i don't even get why people say that she is a great female rapper she is not even agood rapper this is just GARBAGE
  10. Aug 17, 2018
    1
    She should've kept the whole album. Mediocre. I'll give her a 1 for effort though.
  11. Aug 18, 2018
    0
    The praise this album is receiving is confusing to be, to be a true rapper you have to write your own raps. Taking into consideration Cardi has not written any of the raps on the album it is incredibly poor. Hype has won over talent in the case of this album. I very much doubt Cardi will have any kind of longevity.
  12. Sep 1, 2018
    0
    This is the worst Rap / Hip & Hop album ever to come out of the current scene. Cardi proves that it is not good enough when the item is QUALITY and not SALES. Verses written by her boyfriend Offset, NO FLOW, generic songs. 0/10
  13. Oct 15, 2018
    0
    This album was lack luster. Cardi could barely stand on her own on most track and needed features, and other samples to carry this album. She also had a large team of writers that takes away from the artistry of rap. This isn't pop or r&b, writing matters. Bodak Yellow carried the album.
  14. Nov 23, 2018
    0
    The whole vibe and sound is very amateurish, weak "rap", the technique is lacking, it's like listening to a 5 year old rap, she did not write a word on it, and the lyrics ain't that great, although Money Bag & I Like It are cute bops
  15. Dec 10, 2018
    1
    Shame, it's not a Rap. She is just singer and puppet. and I respect her Producers and Songwriters who help her album.
  16. Mar 8, 2019
    0
    This album is a hot mess. If the album was designed to be a remix of Bodak Yellow, it worked 13 times. The thing that boggles me is that people have seriously considered this album to be "the greatest hip hop album of time". As if To pimp a Butterfly, The Marshall Mathers LP, Care for Me, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Scum F*ck Flower Boy,. and Channel Orange don't exist. Her effort,This album is a hot mess. If the album was designed to be a remix of Bodak Yellow, it worked 13 times. The thing that boggles me is that people have seriously considered this album to be "the greatest hip hop album of time". As if To pimp a Butterfly, The Marshall Mathers LP, Care for Me, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Scum F*ck Flower Boy,. and Channel Orange don't exist. Her effort, considering that she doesn't write her own lyrics, doesn't make her own beats, or really didn't take any attention to detail at all, she somehow screwed up her own album by just being her awful self. The only good thing i could possibly take away is SZA's vocals on some of the tracks, but otherwise this is pathetic. Expand
  17. Oct 10, 2019
    0
    No new metaphors, a whole album just taljing about money and sex. I see that its a easy way to hit the chart with easy metaphors and generic flow. But this higly antecipated album should have been better
  18. Oct 11, 2019
    0
    Didn't got the hype of this album. She just did what Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj did before her but worse. Not anything against subject matter cause I enjoy rap about sexuality, success and equality. She should just make better music about the subject she is currently doing.
  19. Dec 14, 2019
    0
    Bad every track is so bad, her voice is so annoying to my ears, I just can't handle it
  20. Dec 23, 2019
    0
    This is so boring. The flows are not good. The bars are very low. The rapping skills of Cardi isn't good.
  21. Jan 10, 2020
    0
    sorry but this is absolute TRASH. she clearly doesn’t write her music and these are all manufactured to be radio hits. who gassed her up??
  22. May 6, 2020
    0
    Cardi don't write her own raps and it's bad. The tracks are versatile and cute BUT again, the music isnt deep enough and for a debut album it's a no
  23. Jun 21, 2020
    3
    The production in this album is really good but the lack of versatility and her using the same flow makes the album only for hits and really no use of talent.
  24. Apr 21, 2021
    0
    album mediano, claramente da pra notar que investimento no álbum foi a única coisa que teve. Sinceramente? Batidas iguais.
  25. Nov 21, 2020
    0
    horrible album. it has no cohesiveness and barely has any hard bars or versatility in flows. a bunch of radio singles put together. they are cute bops but this doesn’t feel like an album it feels like a mixtape.
  26. Apr 21, 2021
    0
    Simplesmente horrível, raps completamente genéricos, nenhuma mudança de flow e o principal, nenhuma canetada da própria Cardi B. A única faixa boa é Get Up 10.
  27. May 1, 2021
    0
    Cardi B is a trash rapper, has no talent, copy's nicki everytime, thinking she is the queen of rap but can hardly write a rap, uses payola for critics, sales, streams and radio. She grew fame coz atlantic saw nicki becoming a bigger by the day, so they used cardi as a pawn to destroy a legends career but they did not succed and now cardi looks dumb
  28. Dec 5, 2021
    0
    this is not a rap
    worst album by a female rapper
    strip club is her place
    music is not for her
  29. Apr 6, 2018
    0
    The album was overall very underwhelming. It will not last long and probably are like milk. It’s a no from me.
  30. Apr 7, 2018
    0
    the album itself left a lot to be desired, some songs have almost the same beats of Bodak Yellow, it should innovate and not stay in the same. Money Bag is the copy of Bodak Yellow. OVERESTIMATED.
  31. Apr 7, 2018
    2
    While this album exceeded my expectations, that's only saying that it was a 2/10, as opposed to the 0/10 I thought it would be. I really like "Be Careful" and "Thru Your Phone," "Ring" is a decent rack, and I kind of like parts of "Get Up 10" and "Best Life," but other than that, this album is pure garbage. A lot of the lyrics are cringe-worthy, a lot of it is just really boring, and itWhile this album exceeded my expectations, that's only saying that it was a 2/10, as opposed to the 0/10 I thought it would be. I really like "Be Careful" and "Thru Your Phone," "Ring" is a decent rack, and I kind of like parts of "Get Up 10" and "Best Life," but other than that, this album is pure garbage. A lot of the lyrics are cringe-worthy, a lot of it is just really boring, and it all comes across as braggadocious, and I don't mean that in a good way. Expand
  32. Apr 7, 2018
    3
    Well, this Cardi B album comes down to "Bodak Yellow" versions, few save songs like "Ring", "I Do" and "Get Up 10". We hope your next job is better and nothing more.
  33. Apr 6, 2018
    0
    she steals flows and uses payola and isnt even that good. Bartier cardi ripped off tommy genesis, and be careful stole a song from a different rapper. not to mention she can't sing but she tried
  34. Apr 8, 2018
    1
    So many Fillers, but a like vibe and beats
    She need work more
    But i like her
  35. Apr 10, 2018
    1
    This album is a balance of sorta good and not so good songs.Revolutionary not so much, it the same music she been doing since the start of her career but there are some good songs even though the good songs are features.Her devilry of the rap isnt good either plus ghost writiers.
  36. Apr 7, 2018
    0
    Honestly too terrible to get through, it feels like someone yelling at you for a whole hour
  37. Apr 6, 2018
    0
    Nothing new cardi, always using their basic rhythms and trying to be who is not, the queen believes, but remember that there are women who also work and do it better than you. arrogant
  38. Apr 6, 2018
    0
    This is a disappointing album, poor lyrics, repetitive beats... Cardi is just another mumble rapper with ghostwritters
  39. Apr 7, 2018
    1
    All the songs sound the same, I'm disappointed. I liked only one song with SZA
  40. Apr 6, 2018
    3
    Get Up 10 and Bodak Yellow are the only strong songs. The rest are predictable trap beats, with uninspired bars (written by a ghostwriter) and no real content. Features are nothing special. Cardi's good for a verse on someone else's song, but I always suspected she couldn't carry a whole album herself. And I was right. A few good club songs but utterly forgettable.
  41. Apr 6, 2018
    0
    All the people featured on the album did better than her. Khelani was so good that I wish that song was hers. She's so underrated but so talented. I was hoping Cardi would get better with the enunciation of words but I guess not. Not buying the album but I hope Khelani gets the shine she deserves.
  42. Apr 6, 2018
    0
    She really cant rap like at all. They wasted good beats on her. Most of these labels are just selling beauty and not good music. Be careful was so bad.
  43. Aug 14, 2018
    0
    Parabéns Cardii, seu álbum ta uma bosta, only I Like It, as músicas todas iguais, o fracasso do rap, superestimada q nem o bosta seca do Drake, beijos gata.
  44. Aug 17, 2018
    1
    A good album for someone like her but nothing compare to Nicki Minaj. Iggy Azalea can easily outrap her.
  45. Oct 15, 2018
    0
    I just want to understand if she raps with a mouth full of spit? Like does she bring a gallon of saliva to each studio session.
  46. Aug 11, 2019
    0
    Trash. Write your own lyrics, this is not rap. Iggy And Nicki are better...
  47. Aug 16, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esta mujer no conoce nada de respeto o humildad lamentablemente su flow da mucho que desear, todas las canciones suenan iguales, un intento de ser agresiva con frases tontas, las cuales terminan siendo incómodas. Expand
  48. Sep 10, 2019
    0
    Filled with a lot generic songs. She barely wrote anything on it. Felt like I was listening to a label puppet rather than an actual artist.
  49. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    mediocre songs. even more mediocre lyrics? who writes this sh*t? good thing they ain’t leave it up to her illiterate a$$ tho ! easily one of the worst albums of 2018. and this was supposed to be a debut..
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  50. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Literally the biggest piece of trash this year, ghostwritten, payola induced piece of garbage, all fake and a flop, goodbye
  51. Apr 6, 2018
    0
    i thought the album would have been good but its trash. I didn't like at all
  52. May 13, 2018
    2
    This album is the reason why rap is in a bad state right now. It's because people like Cardi B are releasing mindless and idiotic music like this. I can't believe people actually like this
  53. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    the worst album of a female rapper, is not to my liking, nicki the best female rapper ever
  54. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    This album is garbage, it shouldn't be in the hip hop genre fr it belongs to the trash
  55. Jul 6, 2018
    0
    This album is a mess; her flow is poor and not on beat, zero lyrics are written by her and there is no depth or emotion shown in the album. It just seems like a bunch of trap beats and shoddy lyrics thrown together for the uneducated youth.
  56. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Basic. No thinking outside the box. Just mediocre bars. For a girl with so much hype I'm not seeing where the hype is coming from in her music.
  57. Apr 21, 2021
    1
    Un álbum bastante básico, no me gustaron el 80% de las canciones, no es un álbum que quedara en la historia.
  58. Oct 22, 2019
    1
    almost every single song sounds the same. no versatility, same flow, same sound. her lyrical are very repetitive as well.
  59. Jun 28, 2018
    0
    Honestly other than "The Culture II" by the Migos, which includes her husband, Offset, this is the worst rap album I have ever heard. All the beats are similar and unoriginal. Quite boring and not up to par with her female rapper counterparts. Plus that singing was...something. Expected this to be better after recent proof of her having a ghostwriter. #Disappointed
  60. Apr 8, 2018
    0
    entre todo el problema entre los fandom, al final lo decidi escuchar y la verdad no es nada malo pero no es bueno, para superar a una leyenda del rap,como minaj.
    ademas de los fts. muy maloss con bad bunny, pudiendo haberlo hecho mas de ella
  61. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    She's not a rapper if she don't write her RHYMES.. Culture vulture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No originality or flow
  62. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    She recycled a couple of Migos’ demos and put them together on an album. She can do it better.
  63. Jul 3, 2018
    0
    the only song i liked was be careful. :(
    I was hoping for more.
    The Pinkprint outsold, what a copycat! Only Bodak Yellow is good, after this step of the whole album.
  64. Aug 11, 2018
    0
    Honestly other than "The Culture II" by the Migos, which includes her husband, Offset, this is the worst rap album I have ever heard. All the beats are similar and unoriginal. Quite boring and not up to par with her female rapper counterparts. Plus that singing was...something. Expected this to be better after recent proof of her having a ghostwriter. #Disappointed
  65. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Takoe sebe. Ne pokupayte eto.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
  66. BGV
    Jul 24, 2019
    3
    This would have been a good album if it was born from Cardi’s creative process. It seems all so artificial and created by others and not by the rapper herself. It just looks very fake and constructed. Oh and it would have been also cool if Cardi rapped instead of spitting all over the place.
  67. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    Same Bodak Yellow flow, same shhhh... She can't even write her music! Bye, Cardi
  68. Aug 5, 2018
    0
    really? is so stupid................................................................................
  69. May 1, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i don't think it's nothing new, actually it sounds like every single other female rapper, too basic! Expand
  70. Aug 11, 2018
    0
    y'all smell that. this album smells like straight up sh*t. a whole skip yeh
  71. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    This album is a shame for hip-hop culture. Weak verses (probably written by her husband Offset), GARBAGE.
  72. Aug 11, 2018
    0
    this album is pure TRASH, her flow & delivery are all the same. sis is so damn illiterate, how sad
  73. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    The worst album i listened in 3 years. DONT BREAKE YOUR EARS. 90% of tracks on this album boring ****
  74. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Low quality album. Not memorable or monumental in any way. She makes cute club bops, But more of a karaoke machine rather than a rapper.
  75. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    I tried to listen to it but this girl her voice is awful, it seems like she has a problem with getting all those words out which really annoys me. Also dont like it that she has all those ghostwriters and bite everyones style, that is not hiphop that is called trash.
  76. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    This album is pathetic. I expected a lot more from Cardi especially since this was her debut album...
  77. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    the songs sound the same lmao. she might as well have put one song on the album n added it another 13 times.
  78. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Bad song over bad song, if you don't want to ruin your ears do not listen to this trashy album.
  79. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    Cardi b needs to change many things in his music. Let's say I would not call it all rap, she can not rhyme like a Queen and not even as a princess, honestly ... at most as a little apprentice to an ordinary, simple rapper. Fact.
  80. Aug 11, 2018
    0
    There is no flow, no lyrical content just a few instagram captions put together to make sense..really disappointed..the only song that was worthy was Get up 10
  81. Aug 11, 2018
    1
    this album is quite simply terrible. is it a rap album or just words that rhyme together? she lacks intellect and skill. 5 mins of fame got her boasting too much.
  82. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    This album was just trash. From a manufactured artist that cant write or rap. No talent at all. Ho garbage.
  83. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    No substance. Same formula throughout. Not original. Inspires by others. Dull.
  84. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    It is the worst album in the world. How people listen this?! Trash. Atlantic suck.
  85. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Worst album ever. After Bodak Yellow you write smthng like that, oh yeah im sorry, you didnt write anything....thats on of the reasons you dont deserve what you have. Good luck with future career, you gonna need something a lot better then IOP.
  86. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    So bad. She doesnt write, and even her writers suck..... Seriously cardi aint that girl. Nicki queen
  87. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    Nada inovador decepción absoluta ojalá y te esfuerces en tu nuevo trabajo
  88. Aug 7, 2018
    0
    just good beats
    no effort put on lyrics, I don´t see talent and hard work, I see a good music producer that makes catchy beats, most of the songs sound the same, she own #1, because catchy music hit #1's, but I see zero talent and work on songwriting, and most sound very similar but with different artist collaborating
  89. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    This is trash, Cardi B is nothing in the world of hip-hop. I'm very disapointed.
  90. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    Beyond bad, boring songs, unoriginal sounds, and knowing Cardi didn’t write one song on this album is a disgrace to hip hop.
  91. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    Cardi B breaks out with a decent debut album that suffers from clunky and rushed production, and flows that seem ripped from other rap acts, yet gets a save for decent flows and lyrics, and guest verses that save this album.The Pinkprint outsold, what a copycat! Only Bodak Yellow is good, after this step of the whole album.
  92. Aug 10, 2018
    0
    Horrible. No talent what so ever. Only one good song & it has a feature. She could’ve scrapped this entire project
  93. Aug 11, 2018
    0
    This album lacks creativity, flow, lyrical content..this is why hip hop in our days is so bad..just a bunch of words put together with no meaning at all.
  94. Aug 11, 2018
    0
    A whole trash album..throw to the trash and dont even bother listening to it...lyrics are simple, flow is really bad, thats why hip hop today is in a crisis..
  95. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    Mediocre flow and lyrics. I would have expected something much better from someone who openly admits to using ghostwriters.
  96. Aug 13, 2018
    0
    I can’t respect this album nor this artist knowing she doesn’t write her own music. The only song that stick out was “Drip” and that’s only because of the Migos.
  97. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    Honestly? It's shameful, it's a completely generic album, with flow and bad lines.
  98. Aug 11, 2018
    0
    this is s**tt not desgusting the horrible album cardi b payola shame and not artist
  99. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    Good Job Offset. This is your album not Cardi.
    In my country we says "Obrigado pelos mimos"
  100. Aug 12, 2018
    0
    I listened to this album twice and didn’t get the hype. I guess this is what rap has come to. Sad
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 23 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. May 15, 2018
    70
    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.
  2. 90
    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.
  3. Apr 17, 2018
    80
    Invasion of Privacy is a cohesive piece of work that demands to be heard in full, from front to back, side to side, on the pole and on the stove.