Queen Elizabitch
{{short description|2017 studio album by Cupcakke}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Queen Elizabitch
| type = studio
| artist = CupcakKe
| cover = Queen Elizabitch album cover.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2017|3|31}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Hip hop{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/migos-jay-z-kendrick-lamar-40-best-rap-albums-of-2017-w514061/cupcakke-queen-elizabitch-w514078|title=40 Best Rap Albums of 2017|date=December 22, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 4, 2018}}
| length = 38:52
| label = {{Hlist|Self-released|TuneCore}}
| prev_title = Audacious
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Ephorize
| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Queen Elizabitch
| type = studio
| single1 = Cumshot
| single1date = 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.
Background and release
On March 28, CupcakKe revealed the album cover and track listing.{{Cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7660001/cupcakke-queen-elizabitch-cover|title=CupcakKe Unveils The Cover Of New LP, 'Queen Elizabitch'|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=March 27, 2017|website=Idolator|access-date=April 19, 2017}} Queen Elizabitch was self-released on March 31, 2017, in distribution to TuneCore.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/queen-elizabitch/1220571714|title=Queen Elizabitch by cupcakKe on Apple Music|website=iTunes|access-date=April 14, 2017}}
On April 8, the album was briefly removed from streaming services due to a production discrepancy, but returned days later.{{cite web|url=http://www.idolator.com/7660803/cupcakke-queen-elizabitch-streaming-taken-down|title=Cupcakke's 'Queen Elizabitch' Taken Down From Streaming Services|last=Lee|first=Christina|date=April 8, 2017|website=Idolator|access-date=April 14, 2017}}
Composition
According to Pitchfork writer Briana Younger, album opener "Scraps" features "disquieting keys and decaying synths". "33rd" has been described in The Fader as an "all-out pop banger". Pitchfork
Promotion
= Singles =
"Cumshot" was released as a digital download on February 24, 2017 as the album's lead single.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cumshot-single/1209404410|title=Cumshot – Single|website=iTunes|access-date=April 19, 2017}}
= Music videos =
"Cumshot" received a music video on March 10, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-toRUB2ctcY|title=CupcakKe - Cumshot (Official Music Video)|date=March 10, 2017|via=YouTube|access-date=April 19, 2017}} "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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6HJ7ma3nWI|title=CupcakKe - Reality Pt 4 (Official Music Video)|date=April 19, 2017|via=YouTube|access-date=April 19, 2017}} "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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKp4meUzOSc|title=CupcakKe - Quick Thought (Official Video)|date=May 14, 2017|via=YouTube|access-date=May 14, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1941039/cupcakke-quick-thought-video/video/|title=CupcakKe – "Quick Thought" Video|last=Helman|first=Peter|date=May 14, 2017|website=Stereogum|access-date=May 23, 2017}} "CPR" received a music video on May 29, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MKRCjtTaQg|title=CupcakKe - CPR (Official Music Video)|date=May 29, 2017|website=YouTube|access-date=May 29, 2017}} "Biggie Smalls" came out with a music video on June 16, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S28DAeCfLyA|title=CupcakKe - Biggie Smalls (Official Music Video)|date=June 16, 2017|via=YouTube|access-date=June 16, 2017}} "33rd" received a video on July 2, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQuOOstPYno|title=CupcakKe - 33rd|author=cupcakKe|date=July 2, 2017|via=YouTube}} "Barcodes" received a music video on July 17, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO5ITh1Djck|title=CupcakKe - Barcodes|author=cupcakKe|date=July 17, 2017|via=YouTube}} "Scraps" received a music video on August 8, 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRt-ygEuOe8|title=CupcakKe - Scraps|author=cupcakKe|date=August 8, 2017|via=YouTube}}
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Pitchfork
| rev1score = 7.6/10{{cite web|last1=Younger|first1=Briana|title=CupcaKke: Queen Elizabitch|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23173-queen-elizabitch/|website=Pitchfork|access-date=April 14, 2017|ref=Pitchfork}}
| rev2 = Vice (Expert Witness)
| rev2score = B+{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=January 11, 2019|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/robert-christgau-reviews-cupcakke-leikeli47-acrylic-ephorize/|title=Expert Witness|magazine=Vice|access-date=April 23, 2019}}
}}
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."
The album was included on Rolling Stone{{'}}s "40 Best Rap Albums of 2017" list at position 17.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/migos-jay-z-kendrick-lamar-40-best-rap-albums-of-2017-w514061/cupcakke-queen-elizabitch-w514078|title=40 Best Rap Albums of 2017|date=December 22, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 4, 2018}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| collapsed =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Scraps
| writer1 = Elizabeth Eden Harris
| extra1 = Harris
| length1 = 3:24
| title2 = 33rd
| writer2 = Harris
| extra2 = Def Starz
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = CPR
| writer3 = Harris
| extra3 = Harris
| length3 = 3:28
| title4 = Author
| writer4 = Harris
| extra4 = Harris
| length4 = 3:24
| title5 = Quick Thought
| writer5 = Harris
| extra5 = Harris
| length5 = 3:25
| title6 = Biggie Smalls
| writer6 = Harris
| extra6 = Def Starz
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Barcodes
| writer7 = Harris
| extra7 = Def Starz
| length7 = 3:01
| title8 = Cumshot
| writer8 = Harris
| extra8 = Def Starz
| length8 = 3:29
| title9 = Civilized
| writer9 = Harris
| extra9 = Harris
| length9 = 3:01
| title10 = Toys "R" Us
| writer10 = Harris
| extra10 = Harris
| length10 = 2:29
| title11 = Tarzan
| writer11 = Harris
| extra11 = Harris
| length11 = 3:05
| title12 = Reality, Pt. 4
| writer12 = Harris
| extra12 = Harris
| length12 = 2:34
| total_length = 38:52
}}
References
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