''Yellow Ranger'' is the debut album of American actress and rapper

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, released February 11, 2014. The title is a reference to the fictional character

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of ''

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'', who (like Awkwafina) is an Asian American woman. The album was touted as a

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tract 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 on

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. The track "Mayor Bloomberg (Giant Margarita)" was inspired by the New York soda ban.

Track listing

# "Intro III" – 4:46 # "Yellow Ranger" – 1:30 # "Queef" – 3:14 # "NYC Bitche$" – 3:10 # "Janet Reno Mad" – 3:39 # "Mayor Bloomberg (Giant Margarita)" – 2:46 # "Fresh Water Salmon" – 2:52 # "Marijuana" – 2:05 # "Flu Shot" – 2:03 # "Come Stop Me" (featuring

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) – 2:13 # "My Vag" (Vag Redux Edition) – 3:00

References

2014 debut albums Awkwafina albums Empire Distribution albums Self-released albums {{2010s-hiphop-album-stub