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Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
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New York, 7:19 PM
Fri Nov 27
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But what a great opening line.
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You don't even need to know any spanish to appreciate her badassness.
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She is somehow feministy and popular. Go figure.
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kind of "Pop" is dead. (Don't let the screengrab scare you, it's Shannon, Let The Music Play.
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L'Trimm: Cars that go BOOM
and
MC Luscious: Boom I got your Boyfriend!
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That being said- if some hoochie ever taunted me with the words, 'Boom, I got your boyfriend, ha-ha I got your man...' I'd seriously have to cut her.
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Little Kim is one of the illest, however, it's only her sex-based raps that get play. But the chick is dope. Her last album was majorly clever and totally slept on. Now, she's under hip-hop artist quarantine; her wack-ass label won't pub her or let her release music under a new label. Basically, they're stifling her until her career completely dies...bastards.
I feel that for women in the industry, there is only one way to be right now: rolling around on the floor, rump-shaking, ass-grinding and singing rap hooks. And because the music industry is so formulaic, there is no room for someone like Latifah or Lyte to come through.
Honestly, this makes me sad, because I feel that hip-hop saved my life and my self-esteem. Watching Lauryn Hill, a darker-skinned, beautiful and extremely intelligent artist breakthrough and make an impact did wonders for my self-image at the age of 16. I want young girls to have that again, an alternative to the hyper-sexual, semi-clothed, minimally talented chicks that are out today.
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I love her.
but the extent of my hip-hop goes to Common Market, Blue Scholars and Aesop Rock. Not your typical rappers. But that's kinda the point.
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It took me a long time to realize that what annoyed me was that I have never once, not ONCE, heard a female voice on that show. I think I MAY have heard a woman doing back-up vocals one time. If even an underground show can't or won't find any women, it seems pretty bleak for mainstream voices.
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Love. Her. And "adamantium" is a great word.
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We're Tigra and Bunny and we like the BOOM...
Miami's in the building!
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So that it can be heard all around the place
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Now if your car ain't got it, go out and get it
We like the boom and don't you forget it.
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Women artists today have like two routes to take, they can be a pussycat doll or they can be really fucking cute and coy. There is no room for anger and telling it like it is.
I miss you Courtney.
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