Hearing Cardi B lay down her signature bravado feels incredibly satisfying. Over the past decade, the New York rap star hasn’t really altered her method of talking big, and it sits far from what’s currently mainstream in both rap and pop. Maybe her bold talk doesn’t land with the same force it once did on Bodak Yellow, but it still scratches a deep mental itch. Perhaps it’ll hit even harder when you’re trying to clear a gap while riding a stolen Bravado Banshee over the Vice City River.
Cardi B is now part of the Grand Theft Auto VI rollout. The blockbuster game lands next month, and its makers just revealed the lineup of in-game radio hosts — including the odd trio of Morgan Wallen, Lana Del Rey, and Lana Del Rey’s husband on the country station. The title will also boast a 34-song soundtrack album. Last month, Rockstar Games shared six tracks from big-name artists with wildly different vibes, including Travis Scott, Keith Richards, and the surprising pairing of Yung Lean and Future. Today, the GTA team drops two more tracks, among them Cardi B’s latest.
Cardi finally released her long-awaited sophomore album Am I The Drama? last year, and followed it with the standalone single AH HA in July. She crafts a new track, Don’t Chart, with longtime collaborators like producer Vinylz and co-writer Pardison Fontaine, and it stays true to Cardi’s unmistakable style. The beat is a bright, minimalist bounce, and Cardi rides it with confidence, delivering sharp lines that touch on image and judgment. She even teases that the song could chart, so here’s hoping it makes its way up the charts. It’s a solid tune. Listen below.
The other newly shared GTA track is titled “Suzuki,” and it teams Fuerza Regida, the regional Mexican hitmakers from San Bernardino, with a more reggaeton-focused direction.
Grand Theft Auto VI: The Album drops on 11/19 alongside the game.
