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    Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?

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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    Ooh, I wrote about this for a media studies essay last year. Imani Perry has written some fantastic shit about this subject too; I can't recommend Prophets of the Hood enough!
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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    I love this post and really miss the era of MC Lyte, Missy, Eve, Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill,etc. in hip hop. Have not seen anyone post this, but I remember this song by Eve so vividly. It is pretty heavy, and yes there is cursing so it may not be NSFW if you have it up too loud.
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    11/07/08

    @hoosierachar: I always got so sad whenever this one came on the radio :(


    But what a great opening line.

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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    IVY QUEEN


    You don't even need to know any spanish to appreciate her badassness.

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    11/07/08

    @andonthatnote is solid as Barack-rock-rock-rock!: Whoops, didn't finish.


    She is somehow feministy and popular. Go figure.

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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    Well I've worked through Push It to I'll Take Your Man to odd and sundry 80's stuff... and now I'm currently mourning the fact that this:



    kind of "Pop" is dead. (Don't let the screengrab scare you, it's Shannon, Let The Music Play.
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    11/07/08

    @labeled: And yes, I am easily Youtube distracted.
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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    Female MCs (from back in the day) that I love....


    L'Trimm: Cars that go BOOM


    and
    MC Luscious: Boom I got your Boyfriend!

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    11/07/08

    @delicatetbone:



    + Watch video





    + Watch video
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    11/07/08

    @delicatetbone: I love "Boom I Got Your Boyfriend"- such a classic!


    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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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    Jean Grae, Bahamadia...? These lady's are dope too. Damn, the pickings really are slim.


    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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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    Bahamadia!n Come back to us! If you don't know her, now you know!
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    Image of Sukie in the Graveyard Sukie in the Graveyard
    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    What about MIA?


    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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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    Also, Lauryn? Please get yourself together. You're entering Amy Winehouse crazytown.
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    11/07/08

    @peperony and chease: Lauryn isn't getting to Winehouse crazytown. Lauryn established Winehouse crazytown and even picked out the throw pillows. It's Hill crazytown, Amy just rents it out.
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    11/07/08

    @lisas: I think I'll move in too. From now on it's Ms. Chease who cuts her cocaine with fun dip and lets kittens live in her beehive.
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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    There's a hip hop show on KEXP, a station that actually supports and plays independent artists, and I listen to their hip hop show kind of listelessly and usually turn it off because of a kind of unnamed annoyance.


    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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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's time Wu Tang had a lady. They could easily lose U-God and no one would give a fuck. I'm thinking Trina, even a track with M.I.A. or Lady Sov. I'd love for more femcees to get a spotlight in hip-hop right now, as greatest rapper alive Jay-Z has officially fallen the fuck off (don't get me started on 50), Missy started to lose it when I couldn't tell her apart from Brandy, and our latest crop of rappers (with the exception of T.I. and Rick Ross) is underwhelming.
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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    I have giant girl-crushes on Missy Elliott, Eve, and Queen Latifah.
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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    I love Jean Grae. She's got adamantium skin.
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    11/07/08

    @lisas: .@lajaponais: I was so psyched to find and post a Jean Grae video that I didn't see there are clearly several Jean Grae-lovin' Jezzies.


    Love. Her. And "adamantium" is a great word.

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    11/07/08

    @InkSlinger: I asked the iTunes store to stock her music after I heard her on one of Kweli's albums. She's so good. Sounds amazing, great lyrics, soooo sharp. And X-men references! Best. Ever.
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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    We like the cars, the cars that go BOOM
    We're Tigra and Bunny and we like the BOOM...


    Miami's in the building!

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    11/07/08

    @STICKSnSCONES: Turn up the treble and rock that bass

    So that it can be heard all around the place
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    11/07/08

    @STICKSnSCONES: heh, i just posted this too! love this song
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    11/07/08

    @andheartss such as the america: Oh, the memories!


    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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    11/07/08

    In reply to Doesn't Anyone Miss Having Ladies In Hip-Hop?
    I think there is no space in this world for cool women that REALLY have something to say. Be it in Hip Hop or in rock n roll (does that term even exist anymore?).

    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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    11/07/08

    @ineffable.me: I don't think that's necessarily true. Maybe in SUPER mainstream music, which is mostly crap anyhow. There are lots of folk/rock artists out there, and a few really awesome female DJs.
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    11/07/08

    @Archetype: well, mainstream music is what we are talking about, no?
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    11/07/08

    @ineffable.me: I guess? I don't know. I don't think we can find many good female artists in mainstream music, so I guess I dive into other stuff. Have you ever checked out NPR's music page? It's really good. Also, try Pandora.com. It's loads of fun and I've actually discovered some new (if only to me) artists using it.
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    11/07/08

    @ineffable.me: Me too.


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