Yellow Ranger (album)

{{Short description|Album by Awkwafina}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Yellow Ranger

| type = studio

| artist = Awkwafina

| cover = Yellow Ranger (Awkwafina album).jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2014|2|11}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Hip hop

| length = {{Duration|m=31|s=18}}

| label = Yellow Ranger, EMPIRE

| producer =

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = In Fina We Trust

| next_year = 2018

}}

Yellow Ranger is the debut album of American actress and rapper Awkwafina, released February 11, 2014. The title is a reference to the fictional character Trini Kwan of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, who (like Awkwafina) is an Asian American woman. The album was touted as a feminist tract{{cite web|last=Nickens|first=Margaret|url=http://msmagazine.com/blog/2014/06/11/awkwafinas-fierce-and-funny-and-asian-american-take-on-hip-hop/|title=Awkwafina, Fierce and Funny (and Asian-American), Takes on Hip-Hop|work=Ms.|date=June 11, 2014|access-date=March 5, 2015|archive-date=February 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221175134/http://msmagazine.com/blog/2014/06/11/awkwafinas-fierce-and-funny-and-asian-american-take-on-hip-hop/|url-status=live}} and included previously released songs, such as "NYC Bitche$", "Queef" and "Yellow Ranger". The album was written and co-produced by Awkwafina. She recorded the original version of "My Vag" solely{{cite web|url=http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/awkwafina-yellow-ranger-album/|title=The rapper behind 'My Vag' breaks down her new album track by track|work=The Daily Dot|date=13 February 2014|access-date=5 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141853/http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/awkwafina-yellow-ranger-album/|url-status=live}} on GarageBand.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/14/meet-awkwafina-an-asian-female-rapper-on-vaginas-tackling-racism-more.html|title=Meet Awkwafina: an Asian Female Rapper on Vaginas, Tackling Racism & More|work=The Daily Beast|date=March 14, 2013|access-date=March 5, 2015|archive-date=September 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920225443/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/14/meet-awkwafina-an-asian-female-rapper-on-vaginas-tackling-racism-more.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mochimag.com/article/rapper-awkwafina-yellow-ranger-girl-code-tawk-interview-music-viral|title=13 Awkward Questions With Rapper Awkwafina|work=Mochi Magazine|date=24 December 2014|access-date=5 March 2015|archive-date=17 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317035136/http://www.mochimag.com/article/rapper-awkwafina-yellow-ranger-girl-code-tawk-interview-music-viral|url-status=live}} The track "Mayor Bloomberg (Giant Margarita)" was inspired by the New York soda ban.{{cite news|last=Monk|first=Barnaby|title=Mr. Spaghetti and the Yellow Ranger|url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/dec/03/club-crawler-mr-spaghetti-and-yellow-ranger/|work=San Diego Reader|date=December 3, 2014|access-date=April 9, 2015|archive-date=July 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150718035406/http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2014/dec/03/club-crawler-mr-spaghetti-and-yellow-ranger/|url-status=live}}