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Cardi B’s Am I The Drama Is Certified Platinum On Release Day! Fair or not fair?
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Lauren LaRosa
This is an iHeart podcast.
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Juju Green
From Paul Thomas Anderson comes one battle after another.
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Lauren LaRosa
What's going on, everybody?
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Juju Green
It's your boy juju Green, AKA Straw Hat Goofy.
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Lauren LaRosa
You're a movie guy, and I'm sitting here with the lovely and, quite frankly, badass women of One Battle for Another.
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Juju Green
We got Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor and Chase Infinity. When you first read your character on that script, what did your character remind you of?
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Lauren LaRosa
As you can see, you know, we don't always agree with a lot of things that perfidia do, but for the most part, we see a survivor. We see a woman that's in survival mode. You know, we also see a woman that's unapologetically herself, but then she is also, like, mysterious and, like, you know, she got like a little sex appeal that's like, you know, how's she pulling them in like that? You feel me? You know, she's mysterious and she's also like a master manipulator and she's like a octopus. She can like, get her way out of anything. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, I love that.
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Juju Green
One Battle after another in theaters September 26th. Experience it in IMAX and other premium formats. Rated R. Under 17. Not admitted without parent get tickets now.
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Lauren LaRosa
I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody know if you don't lie about that, right?
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Lauren came in hot.
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Lauren LaRosa
Hey, y'. All, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now we are coming to you guys live. Well, not like live live, but I'm recording here in Las Vegas. Me and the I heart team, the Breakfast Club team, we are here for the iHeart Music Festival 2025. I am really excited. This is my first iHeartradio Music Festival. You know, something big that they do every year. And we'll get into what to expect and also where you can watch me host you guys and take you into the festival live this evening. But first and foremost, we got to get on into the latest. So let's get into it. So Cardi B has officially dropped her sophomore album. Man, this has been a long time coming. People have been having conversations about Cardi B, this album, whether the album would come or whether the album would not come, when it would come, how well she would do, how well she would not do, what the subject matter would be, what the flow would be, the type of music would be forever. It has been seven plus years since Cardi B has dropped an album and a lot of people thought she was going to do her Lauren Hill. A lot of people thought that Cardi B would drop one album and continue to do features and other things but never drop an official full body of music. And that the first album that she dropped was invasion of privacy. And now we are back again with Am I the Drama. Now listen, crazy news to the point where when I saw it on my timeline, I was like, there is no way this is real. I was like, what? That fast? But then I had to think about the singles that Cardi B released prior to dropping the album that she added on the album. Because the riaa, which is the Recording Industry association of America, just announced that Cardi B's Am I the Drama album is already certified platinum on release day. The album came out today, y', all. And before the end of the day, she is already certified platinum. But that is because she added those songs that people there were people that were upset about it, she added up, which is five times platinum already on its own. And then she Added Wap with Me Stallion, which was already nine times platinum on its own. And because of those records and, you know, people downloading and listening to the other songs newly, she today is already certified platinum on her release day. And it's given is only up from here now in hearing this because again, when I saw it, I was like, is this even real? And then I saw a Billboard article, and when I saw the Billboard article, I'm like, oh, this is real. Billboard would not do an article. They would know whether this is real or not. And when I saw the Billboard article, I was like, okay. I can kind of understand why people would be upset about her adding up and wap to the album. Because it's like she gets things like this happen because those records were such big records. But at the same time, who are we to tell her that she can. Artists do it all the time. It's actually. I mean, it's kind of smart strategy wise, But I understand why people would feel like it's cheating the system. Because first day drop, people are still checking for those songs. Don't get me wrong. But first day drop, the full project itself is not giving. Oh, it's been out for these amount of hours, and now it's platinum. It's because of the work that those songs have done all of this time up until now, from the day that they were released. So I. I get it. And again, and we talked about this in the last episode, Cardi said that she added these records because her fans always ask her to put the the songs somewhere that they can listen to it collectively. And also, she says she tired of not being able to submit them for the Grammys. She didn't submit it for the Grammys. These songs wap and up when they first dropped because she was worried about what people would think because she didn't have a full project out. Now she has a full project out and she's like, whatever. I really want to know how y' all feel about that, especially the music heads like the hip hop heads. Let me know how y' all feel. Do y' all feel like SIS is cheating the code and it's unfair? Or do y' all feel like all is fair and love and war? Get outside in the streets in the tweets. You for the tweets. We outside, we outside. We outside, outside.
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Juju Green
Every other page are gold.
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Lauren LaRosa
I'm Lauren LaRosa. Everywhere L O R E N L O R O S A let's have a conversation about it. I personally, again, I don't think that I have a strong feeling on either side. But I do understand why now people were upset when she announced that she would be putting those songs on this album. I get it. I completely get it. But also, too, I think it's like one of those things where it's like, don't get her wrong. Cardi B is a huge star, a huge music star. People were going to consume this album in crazy magnitudes because she hasn't dropped in so long, and people attached to everything she does. So it's not like. It's like an artist who, like, you know, people don't listen to people not checking for. And they do this to cheat, you know, as a cheat code. Like, it's. It's Cardi B, y'. All. Now, some of the marketing, you know, I talked about the doordash situation here with, you know, Cardi has, you know, am I. The drama, the physical copies being delivered by Door Jack. Doordash. But one of the things I also thought she did was smart, was she included Walmart and Walmart deliveries in this rollout. Because if you know anything about Cardi B, you know how much the everyday person appeals to her and feel like they are connected with her. But also she still speaks to them, even in her rollout. Just set her phone up and going live and talking about things. But she's. Yeah, she's working with Walmart to roll out this album and make it where people can buy physical copies. And it's been doing so well. Cardi out here doing her thing, y'. All. I listen, I just. I think nowadays in 2025, it's like, okay, you got the music and how good is that? How good is the product? You also have. How good is the marketing, the rollout, the visuals and all. But the strategy, this strategy was so smart. It was like, bring it right to your front door, period. Which is very symbolic of Cardi B and what she's been her whole career. Instead of us having to wait for media outlets to get statements and things of that nature, Cardi B just hops on live or Twitter spaces. She's always straight at you. It's like direct to consumer. That is where she leans in, you know, best. And she makes it fly. So the incredibly smart of her. One of the things that I will say, we talked to her on the Breakfast Club. Make sure you guys go and check out that full interview. And I had asked her about, you know, her coming at BIA on Pretty and Petty as, which is one of the songs on the album. And why now here's what she had to say. Pretty impetus. You come out the gate. Out the gate, yeah. At this point, though, like, I mean, so that reignites everything, because I remember y' all were going back and forth. Your whole thing was you felt like you just doing this because you want my platform, you want detention? I'm gonna give it to you, and then I'm done with it. This reignites it all. Like, why even address her again on the album?
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Guest Artist
Because you mentioned my kids trying to be cut. There's. There's gonna be times that, like, people throw shots at you or, like, there's gonna be times, like, you know, like, when she did her little diss and it was trash, but it's like, everything on social media is gonna be seen. So when my kids grow up one day and they see that you mentioned them, and then they. And they're gonna ask me, like, so what you said, what you did? I'm not gonna tell my kids. Like, you know, I just felt like she took the high road because she lost because people wasn't on her side. No, I'm not saying that to my kids. You know what it is? I feel like last year, every artist was, like, beefing, girl. Like, every. Every artist was beefing. And I thought. And I think she was gonna get a moment out of that because she thought that I was copying her. And I had a conversation with her. First we was cursing each other out. Then I had a real conversation with her, and I was like, listen, I'm not copying you. I don't even look at you. Like, you. You're not a person that I look at or I'm inspired by. And the conversation ended. Then she kept going because of a music video, and it's like, oh, girl, you definitely not on the mood board. Then this bitch, right? It be a lot of funny shit behind the scenes. It really be a lot of funny shit behind the scenes. This producer that was working with, like, my ex, he was telling. He was going around saying that I was messing with a guy, and there.
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Lauren LaRosa
Was allegedly a sex tape or something, right?
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Guest Artist
Yes. And I was like, what, me? Hell, no. It was a lie, and it was ridiculous. And a bitch can say no damn stuff on. Because I got messages when I first started talking to him, and I was like, I have to get to the bottom of who's saying that. She was trying to plant a seed that I was cheating on this guy with a blood. You think that I'm. I'm. You're not from the hood, so to you, because I'm Blood. You think that I'm like, oh, I'm pressed to mess with. That's nothing to me. That's like being around Dominicans or something. Like, it's like, that don't mean nothing to me. Everybody's mad ball. Everybody, this, everybody. And then. And then this is New York. One thing about a New York person or anybody, they're gonna talk. And it's like. And I know it was confirmed that it was her that was going around with that rumor because when she did her this, she kept saying, like, oh, why? Say how you. How you like cheater? Some like that. I forgot how what she was saying, but it's like, so say. Say who I was. Say who I was dealing with. Say it. Oh, you just made that up. You just made that up. You just made that up. You was being messy. And there's an eye now I got a wet belt for you, and you ain't even gonna know when it's coming. Have you ever got hit with a wet belt?
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Lauren LaRosa
And I tried to get her to name some of the other rap girls that she might be coming at on this album because there have been, you know, rumors and reports that she was coming for the girls. She wouldn't name them, but once the album dropped, because I listened to the album before the interview to prepare for it, and I caught some of the talking, but I. I didn't catch directly who I did think. And I wanted to ask her this, but I didn't get to it. The whole first rat to cover Vogue. Sorry for the vulgar language, guys. That's just the line in the song. Cardi B mentions that in a song that she has called Imaginary Players. And a lot of people believe that that was, you know, shade towards Nicki Minaj. Because Nicki Minaj has been in Vogue, but she just recently did us Vogue. And I wanted to ask her about that, but didn't get a chance to. But I did not know that she was coming at jt, who was another rap artist formerly from the group the City Girls. That went over my head. But she had said something in our interview that made me kind of think that that's who she was talking about. She had talked about rap girls. And, you know, it get weird with rap girls because they'll be friends and she'll reach out and be friends with them and try to build them up, but the minute they gotta turn on her for somebody else, they do. Now I get it. I'm like, oh, oh. She was talking about JT because she's had back and forth with JT and somehow the Nicki Minaj conversation came into that back and forth because JT has, you know, went on the road with Nicki Minaj and all the things and I'm like, oh, so she was really coming at the girls. This album, y'. All. It is. It's here. But speaking of music, I mentioned to you guys in the beginning of this episode that I am here in Vegas. We are doing the iHeartMusic Festival. It's my first I heart music festival. And of course I'm taking you guys with me. I'm really excited for it. You know, there's tons of performances. They have Bailey Zimmerman, Big X, the Plug. I'm really excited to see Big X the Plug perform. I am a fan. Brian Adams, Diplo, Ed Sheeran. I'm a fan of Diplo and Ed Sheeran as well. Glorilla, Jelly Roll Justice, LL Cool J, Mariah Carey, y'. All. I am going to cry when I see Mariah Carey at the stage. And she better do my songs. Like, I love old school Mariah Carey, when she was leaning into her rap bag and she wanted to get gritty and she was working with Jermaine Dupree and you know, all the conversations that people have about, like, what revived her career, those songs in that moment, that's what I want to see tonight. I'm excited for that. They also have Maroon 5 performing Sammy Hagar, Tate McCray, the offspring to McGraw and there's a lot more people. I will be taking you guys behind the scenes and into the festival with me via the Breakfast Club's Twitch and their TikTok Live account. So it's the Breakfast Club on TikTok and on Twitch. Follow there. I will be taking you guys literally into the festival with me starting tonight at 7:30pm Eastern Standard Time. Today, September 19th and then tomorrow, September 20th as well. And follow me on socials. I'm Lauren LaRosa everywhere l o R E N L O R O S A I'll be posting all of my experience there. At the end of the day, you guys could be anywhere with anybody talking about all of these things, but y' all choose to be right here with me. I am always so appreciative of you guys. My lowriders. I will see you guys in my next episode and if you're coming from the podcast over to my social media to go to the iHeart Festival with me, comment low rider. So I know it's my podcast family. See you guys soon.
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