Book chapter
"Make Him Give Me Einstein" Pop Trap and Black Women's Pleasure
Hip-Hop and American Culture, pp 247-260
01 Jan 2026
Abstract
This chapter listens closely to songs released by Saweetie (‘My Type’ and ‘Tap In’), Latto (‘Muwop’), Erica Banks (‘Buss It’), and Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion (‘W.A.P.’) in 2019 and 2020. Each of these tracks employs sonic elements of trap music while sampling classic hip-hop and club anthems. Beyond just flipping samples, these rappers flip hip-hop sexuality itself on its head, transforming cuts that position Black women as objects into songs that center Black women’s desire and agency. We listen to these tracks not only in relation to one another (and to the sources of their samples) but also in the context of Sylvia Wynter’s influential analysis of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Riffing on Katherine McKittrick’s engagement with Wynter, we theorize the work of these rappers as “demonic sound,” as they make themselves present in music that had previously absented them.
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- Title
- "Make Him Give Me Einstein" Pop Trap and Black Women's Pleasure
- Creators
- Justin D. Burton - Rider UniversityBrea M. Heidelberg - Drexel University, Arts and Entertainment Enterprise
- Contributors
- Rob Turner (Editor) - University of Exeter
- Publication Details
- Hip-Hop and American Culture, pp 247-260
- Series
- Cambridge Themes in American Literature and Culture
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press; CAMBRIDGE
- Number of pages
- 14
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Arts and Entertainment Enterprise
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001728220600015
- Other Identifier
- 991022193394904721