Queen Key broke out last year with a standout verse on Joey Purp’s QUARTERTHING, a tour with G Herbo, and her very good debut album Eat My Pussy, its title an affront to the toxic male stereotypes that often dominate rap music (“This dude replied like, ‘I’ma name a project, Suck My Dick.’ That made me go, ‘You know what? That’s exactly why I’m naming my project Eat My Pussy.’ This the problem right here. The simple fact that a dude would even feel like he needs to name his project Suck My Dick. Only because mine is Eat My Pussy,” she told Pitchfork.) As good as Eat My Pussy was, though, the singles from its upcoming sequel Eat My Pussy Again (due April 26 via Machine Entertainment Group, pushed back from March 22) suggest that Queen Key is about to release her best project yet. Lead single Ratchett” is the most immediate song she’s released yet. Its “Make these hoes get ratchett” hook feels built to light up a club, and Key earns the right to dish out all the braggadocio verses she dishes out. It may not be long before “Bitch I’m Queen Key, so you know this shit a classic” is self-evident. Followup single “Can’t Take It” is less of a banger, but just as satisfying in a different way. Key fires off slick bars over lush, head-nodding production, sounding like something Jay-Z would’ve done in the early 2000s. It’s just as confident as “Ratchett” but a bit more melancholic, and it’s a sign that Queen Key is far from a one-trick pony.
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