Cardi B’s pick for the greatest album of all time reaches outside rap and back to Keyshia Cole’s 2005 debut, The Way It Is.
Cardi B chose the record during T Magazine’s “Greats” video segment, sharing a personal favorite rather than announcing a new project. That Grape Juice’s October 21 report includes an excerpt of her answer.
Her explanation focused on longevity: she recalled listening to the album at around 13 and still returning to it at 33. “Every woman should listen to that album,” she said, giving the recommendation a more personal frame than a chart-based ranking.
The Way It Is introduced Cole through songs including “Love,” “I Changed My Mind” and “I Should Have Cheated.” Apple Music’s album listing presents the twelve-song release as a 48-minute R&B/Soul set, with its catalog still available for listeners discovering it through Cardi’s endorsement.
The choice puts Cardi in the role of listener. Her answer is about a record that stayed in her rotation, not a claim that everyone has to share the same ranking; the interview excerpt captures that enthusiasm directly.
The recommendation arrived in the same week as her eight-song Tiny Desk debut. Those appearances offer two different views of her relationship with music: performing her own catalog with a band and pointing fans toward someone else’s work.
For listeners who know Cole mainly through individual singles, the full debut is the recommendation. Cardi’s answer supplies a straightforward reason to revisit the record in sequence, without turning a favorite-album conversation into speculation about a collaboration.
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