Cakewalk

The likes of rap and hip hop aren’t my go-to music but I completely enjoyed this. Mainly because Awkwafina’s self-deprecating humor written throughout made the genre and its quirky beats vibrant and hilarious rather than heavy and complex. On ‘Cakewalk’ we hear cocky lines “Yellow bitches in the house mothafucka / Now these bitches can’t give me bad talk,” a good follow up dismissing haters but oh boy was this just a warm-up.

Inner Voices

Carrying us to ‘Inner Voices,’ a conceptual track where she raps with a split personality disorder. Awkwafina spits with hollow brags on the verses which were contradicted on its choruses: “But anyway I got a million in the bank / No you don’t / Yes I do bitch, how the fuck would you know? / Broke ass bitch.” This clearly stood out highlighting one of the central themes on this album where she brags about being wealthy while her inner dialogue knows she’s not.

Pockiez

And the momentum continued when things got real with ‘Pockiez’ boasting in a typical hip-hop fashion she raps “I know I act rich but I’m broke / I’m yellow as an egg yolk / I got good genes and I’m agin’ well / I’m a heavyweight, bitch I devastate them.” One of many lines in the EP where she shamelessly takes pride on all her achievements, labels and most importantly self-identity. Now that she’s more successful she can power up and voice anything however she likes.

Talking production and sound, like much of the full batch, the beat is consistently radiant, popping and danceable. Its back-up vocals, trippy synths, groovy bass lines, drum claps looping, and slick transitions made everything more classy (not trashy) swimming along with iconic phrases.

Ghost

However, the last songs did an unexpected 360-degree turn exposing Fina’s criticism to the pop culture world. On ‘Ghost’ she dropped multiple celebrity names singing “Had to go, bro, sorry I ain’t even text back, yeah / Nah Nah I don’t know about that man.” showing her indifference.