"Money Bag" is a song recorded by American rapper

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for her debut studio album '' Invasion of Privacy'' (2018). It was written by Cardi B, Jordan Thorpe, Klenord Raphael, and its producers Laquan Green and

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. It debuted at number 58 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 the week following the album's release.

Composition

According to a critic, "Money Bag" shows off the rapper's "stone-cold strut". Lyrically, she boasts about her growing riches over "cavernous" production.

Critical reception

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'' opined it "eviscerates detractors who have tried to play her cheap." In ''

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'', Trent Clark wrote that the song is an "aggressively fun performance that neatly checks all the Cardi persona boxes." Clayton Pardum of ''

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'' stated the rapper is "at her best detonating over cavernous production, as she does on the shit-talk

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Money Bag'" Ben Beaumont-Thomas of ''

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'' wrote, "the gigantic 'Money Bag' ..rides a slow, caustic electro backing towards the album's most eyepop-emoji punchline: 'I don't understand what this hate is about / How you gon' suck yo man dick with my name in yo mouth?".

Live performances

Cardi B performed "Money Bag" with

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on ''

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''.Watch Cardi B’s Defiant ‘Money Bag’ Performance on ‘Fallon’ – Rolling Stone
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starting at Cardi's performance of her song "

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" at the

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Charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{authority control 2018 songs Cardi B songs Song recordings produced by J. White Did It Songs written by Cardi B Songs written by J. White Did It Songs written by Pardison Fontaine Songs written by Klenord Raphael