And then his - you know, his signature flow on top and make this amazing record. Then he mixed in, you know, some Latin music stuff.ĬONTRERAS. ![]() And he went and recorded music from each one of those areas and put it together on an album. But what he did was he went to places where there were small, trace amounts like Eastern Europe and China. And it's inspired by a DNA test he took.ĬONTRERAS: So what he did was - he's from Puerto Rico, so there were large amounts of Africa and Spain. UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing in Spanish).ĬONTRERAS: The whole album is an amazing and thoughtful rumination on heritage and ethnic roots. He received nine nominations for his first solo LP.ĬONTRERAS: And two of those nominations are for the song "Guerra." And another one is Residente, who was formerly of the rap group Calle 13. You know, but we also see a trend of alternative artists doing well in the nominations, people like Danay Suarez from Cuba. What are some of the nominees to watch, Felix?ĬONTRERAS: OK, of "Despacito," the song of the summer.ĬONTRERAS: We couldn't get away from it for better or for worse. The Latin Grammy nominations were announced yesterday. And so women getting to the top has always been a challenge.ĬHANG: All right, so Cardi B is not the only news in music this week. But the other thing is, it's a very male-dominated genre. And hip-hop has always been a heavily bootlegged genre. I think it has a lot to do with the fact that streaming has just started to count in terms of how we figure out the consumption. That's 19 years ago.ĬARMICHAEL: I don't know. 1 hit unassisted since Lauryn Hill in 1998. I mean Cardi B is just - she has an infectious personality, but she's also the first female rap artist to score a No. OK, so why are you so excited about seeing Cardi B rise to the top like this other than the fact that she knocked Taylor Swift off the top of the Billboard Hot 100?ĬARMICHAEL: It's a lot of reasons. And so they're - you know, New York rappers are scoring again, but they're borrowing from a region that's not necessarily their own.ĬHANG: I love that. The last New York song to hit number one - New York rap song a hit number one was also a song that borrowed a Southern aesthetic. Which is the very exact flow that she uses on this track.ĬARMICHAEL: So - and it's kind of part of a trend that you've - we've kind of seen. Boy, who hot as me - told the doctor I'm a healthy kid. KODAK BLACK: (Rapping) It's little Kodak, the finesse kid. And he put out a song in 2014 called "No Flocking". It's a song by an artist out of the South, out of Florida called Kodak Black. Hit the store.ĬHANG: And "Bodak Yellow" - where did she come up with that name?ĬARMICHAEL: Well, it actually comes from a song that she borrowed her flow from for this song. What is this song about?ĬARMICHAEL: It's classic Cardi B, which is maybe funny to say since she's so new.ĬARMICHAEL: But I mean it's a real anthem of her just taking charge and being her bad self.ĬARDI B: (Rapping) You can't - with me if you wanted to. ![]() And you know, now she has transitioned to music, and it's really kind of a fairy tale - a hip-hop fairy tale.ĬHANG: I love that - a hip-hop fairy tale. ![]() What's happening?ĬHANG: So Rodney, this moment Cardi B is having in music - did she just kind of come out of nowhere, or has she had a big following for a while?ĬARMICHAEL: Well, she kind of has had a big following for a while.ĬARMICHAEL: But it's been a social media following, a reality TV star following. What's going on?įELIX CONTRERAS, BYLINE: Hey. You in the club.ĬHANG: That's Cardi B's hit song "Bodak Yellow." And here to talk about it and other music news is NPR's hip-hop journalist Rodney Carmichael and NPR Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras. It's about the woman who took her place at the top of the music charts this week.ĬARDI B: (Rapping) Now she says she going to do what to who? Let's find out and see - Cardi B. OK, this conversation is not going to be about Taylor Swift. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO")ĬARDI B: (Singing) Oh, look what you made me do.
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