Queen Elizabitch

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Queen Elizabitch
Queen Elizabitch album cover.png
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)
Genre Hip hop [1]
Length38:52
Label
CupcakKe chronology
Audacious
(2016)
Queen Elizabitch
(2017)
Ephorize
(2018)
Singles from Queen Elizabitch
  1. "Cumshot"
    Released: February 24, 2017

Queen Elizabitch is the second studio album by American rapper CupcakKe. It was self-released on March 31, 2017. The album was preceded by its leading single "Cumshot". However, the album's track "CPR", got attention from the video-sharing app, TikTok. The song received over 100 million streams on the music-streaming app Spotify.

Contents

Background and release

On March 28, CupcakKe revealed the album cover and track listing. [2] Queen Elizabitch was self-released on March 31, 2017, in distribution to TuneCore. [3]

On April 8, the album was briefly removed from streaming services due to a production discrepancy, but returned days later. [4]

Composition

According to Pitchfork writer Briana Younger, album opener "Scraps" features "disquieting keys and decaying synths". [5] "33rd" has been described in The Fader as an "all-out pop banger". [6] Pitchfork's Younger also described "Biggie Smalls" as a body-positive song about beauty standards and eating disorders, and its production as a "jungle-like trance". [5] She pointed to "Tarzan" as a drill track, [5] while she and The Fader, as well as Stereogum , referred to the album closer "Reality Pt. 4" as an a capella track reflecting on CupcakKe's life and politics. [5] [6] [7]

Promotion

Singles

"Cumshot" was released as a digital download on February 24, 2017 as the album's lead single. [5] [8]

Music videos

"Cumshot" received a music video on March 10, 2017. [9] "Reality Pt. 4" received a black-and-white music video on April 19, 2017. The visual was described by Pranav Trewn of Stereogum as "dark". [7] [10] "Quick Thought" received a music video on May 14, 2017. It was directed by Brandon Holmes. According to Peter Helman of Stereogum, the video features CupcakKe as the leader of a "colorful stick-up crew armed with bright red guns". [11] [12] "CPR" received a music video on May 29, 2017. [13] "Biggie Smalls" came out with a music video on June 16, 2017. [14] "33rd" received a video on July 2, 2017. [15] "Barcodes" received a music video on July 17, 2017. [16] "Scraps" received a music video on August 8, 2017. [17]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.6/10 [5]
Vice (Expert Witness)B+ [18]

Pitchfork writer Briana Younger wrote of the album thus: "The amazingly explicit Chicago rapper has begun to embody the totality of her experience on record. Social issues, violence, and wild sex are all approached with the same fiery conviction." [5]

The album was included on Rolling Stone 's "40 Best Rap Albums of 2017" list at position 17. [19]

Track listing

Queen Elizabitch [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Scraps" Elizabeth Eden Harris Harris3:24
2."33rd"HarrisDef Starz3:40
3."CPR"HarrisHarris3:28
4."Author"HarrisHarris3:24
5."Quick Thought"HarrisHarris3:25
6."Biggie Smalls"HarrisDef Starz3:51
7."Barcodes"HarrisDef Starz3:01
8."Cumshot"HarrisDef Starz3:29
9."Civilized"HarrisHarris3:01
10."Toys "R" Us"HarrisHarris2:29
11."Tarzan"HarrisHarris3:05
12."Reality, Pt. 4"HarrisHarris2:34

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