''Drag Trap'' is the debut studio album by American

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performer

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, released through Voss Music on October 23, 2020. Fellow ''

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'' contestant

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is featured on "Hype".

Background

started working on the album following her appearance on the eleventh season of ''

''. She has said, "My inspiration for ''Drag Trap'' comes from all sorts of places. When Season 11 aired and my life changed drastically I began writing raps to help me navigate my emotions. So the songs range from the pressures of fame, to my health, sex, and being a queer Black American ... and just everything I needed to get off my chest."

Promotion

The title track was released as a single alongside a

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in August 2020. The music video for "Hype" features

and camero appearances by

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, and

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. Yvie Oddly produced the music video for "Sick Bitch" with

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Reception

Cleo Mirza included Yvie Oddly in ''

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'''s 2021 list of "Ten of the Best Denver Rappers". Mirza said about the album and artist, "It's funny, poignant, thoughtful and powerful, and she delivers some of the most dance-worthy beats of 2020. On ''Drag Trap'', Oddly tackles real issues — like living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome — with humor and wit, but also proves she can get serious, as in the second half of the song "Karen," where she solemnly pays tribute to victims of police brutality. As one of the many artists striving to break boundaries between queerness and hip-hop, this hometown hero does Denver's LGBTQ+ community proud."

Track listing

References

External links

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