"What Female MC has the most "Replay" Value to You?"
What Female MC has the most "Replay" Value to You? I mean, the "go to" MC as far as a female is concerned in which you never get tired of her songs, albums, flow etc..etc..
I personally still go back to a lot of MC Lyte, Jean Grae and Bahamadia's album Kollage.
9. "That I personally play..." In response to Reply # 0
I've said this here, before...Queen Latifah "All Hail the Queen" is the first compact disc I ever purchased. That album has a place in my heart, forever. I would say...Latifah, Lyte, Jean Grae, Rapsody.
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10. "Wild...that was the first CD I ever purchased as well..." In response to Reply # 9
Great project, but never really dug anything else she released as much as "All Hail The Queen"....whole thing was that flavor, but I remember playing the shit out of the Daddy O track, "Wrath of my Madness, and "Inside Out"....damn, a lot of memories....
34. "Because women are still women, rap is still rap, women still rap..." In response to Reply # 29 Sat Jan-13-18 04:03 AM by Boogie Stimuli
and this is a discussion board.
The OP wants to talk about female emcees for whatever reason. Maybe he/she only likes female emcees, wants to be hipped to some they haven't heard, feels women rappers are overlooked when the conversation isn't about them specifically, or is just in the mood to hear Hip Hop from a woman's perspective. Also don't be alarmed if someone makes a similar post about Black rock artists or UK rappers, as these are also categories... and they're categories because they have a shared characteristic... pretty simple concept.
No apologies for the drawn-out, condescending response either. The question warranted it.
>.....why is "female MC" still a category in 2018?
38. "Well let's start with the obvious..." In response to Reply # 36
1) One is female... the other is male.
2) Most discussions of rap center around the males
3) Males and females have different physiological makeups, which influences our experience of the world. 3a) (and this is the most important difference for me) Experience of the world influences the subject matter of raps... heavily (such as when I describe how Jean Grae's "Love Song" hit me... a man couldn't have done that or even rap the ending in first-person. It meant more coming from a woman.) 3b)Voices sound different... you know, estrogen/testosterone levels and whatnot
4) Currently, women seem to have to dress scantily clad to get radio spins
The 10th best male rapper in the country is on a lot more people's radar than the 10th best female rapper in the country, and it has nothing to do with skills.
Mainstream radio pretty much has a limit of 2 female rappers that it will push at a given time (Bodak Yellow would've flopped hard if Iggy was still a mainstream darling), and the indie scene isn't that much better. Mello Music has only released 5 albums from woman, and 3 of those were either instrumental or remixes. I don't think Stonesthrow, Rawkus, or Def Jux have ever put out a rap album from a woman.
This scarcity means that it's much more difficult to stumble across more than a couple dope female emcees, and that the female perspective is a scarce enough aspect that it's worth giving it its own category.
I liked MC Lyte but didn't care for anything after her 3rd album and her 5th album, that's it, everything else was boring, but she gets enough props & respect but Rah Digga is the only female emcee that I still rides with that still puts music out, I love Bahamadia but she hasn't done shit in years, her third album was an Australian pressing and that was over twelve years ago since she has put anything out.
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