This sentiment is a cop-out. Your elders thought the exact same thing about the hip hop and pop you listened to. There’s plenty of trash from the so-called Golden Age, and this argument has been made in perpetuity. It’s boring. There are some truly great producers and rappers out there, but you can’t seem to hear it.
The beat is nice on it’s own but would do better with an original rap over it. What works about Bodak Yellow is the space between the sparse, staccato beat and Cardi’s simple but emphatic delivery.
I was thinking about why I love this song so much and it finally dawned on me. For the most part when women rap or sing about how awesome they are, it’s always wrapped up in how beautiful they are, and how all these dudes want to fuck them because they are the most beautiful. And it’s never too aggressive. Whereas…
Because I’m a weird and curmudgeonly fuck who doesn’t go to clubs and while driving listens only to Waze and Spotify…