>The underdog story is extremely aspirational. The person who >says whatever she wants when she wants is extremely >aspirational and admirable.
>tbh Cardi is 50 cent 2.0... the mixtapes to the album 50 where >the ground swell was insane. w/o the BS bullyin though
that makes sense...honestly i never listened to his album so i'll take your word for it
>>I listen to Sammus, Noname, Dej, Kiyanne etc etc I'm not >>pitting Nicki against anyone cuz i love her too...Latifah, >>Lyte, Missy i'm all in for any woman out here trying to >rhyme >>around some insecure ass dicks >> >The question I answered isnt about that though. We are >talking about the mechanism for women to come through the >system and blow. They talked above about Trap genre women. > >There is no female counterpart to Chance the Rapper, XXX or >even G Eazy, Logic. Look at those guys core fans. There is a >LARGE % of women. Every female artist we mentioned that has >blown has not done it through the indie space. Rapsody even >mentioned on the breakfast club that her fanbase currently is >75-95% male. This is a huge issue because guys aren't going >to be the ones to get her to the next level. Guys don't >typically go solo (or in groups) to women rap shows, buy merch >from women, buy albums at scale from women. > >Why? > >SZA was able to scale not only because the project and its >subject matter was dope but because she retooled her entire >image.. lost weight, glammed all the way up. She talked about >things people could relate/conect to AND was bad a fuck doing >it. > >Thats what gets female fans to buy in at scale. And dudes >could literally just show up in a white tee and fake chain and >be good
ok yes, you're right. i understand where you're coming from and it is a huge issue...the barriers are still huge. nobody is talking about Jean Grae when her album is 10x better than Cardi's...