The Great Divide

So the intended post has been scrapped for now.You will see it later in time though.I just got home from work and I'm feeling kind of good.I pop in my 'The Best of Nicki Minaj' mixtape, and it once again, leads me to contemplate.How come there's no balance when it comes to femcees?

If you think back to the beginning of hip-hop, females were underestimated when it came to rhyme skills.That is until MC Lyte and Queen Latifah stood up and represented for females everywhere.Now most will cry foul that Roxanne Shante wasn't mentioned in that last sentence, but in my opinion, she was never really that hot.Back then, maybe, but never to me.Anyway, MC Lyte came into the game outrapping most, if not all, men in the game at the time. If you dont agree with me, refer yourself to "10% Diss" or "Paper Thin". Queen Latifah's rhymes were mostly about women getting respect from men. That was the '80s.

Then came the'90s.Lil Kim and Foxy Brown ushered in a rap style of overtly sexual lyrics.It went from "..When you say you love me/ It doesn't matter/ It goes into my head as just chit chatter.." to " I used to be scared of the dick/ Now I throw lips to the shit.." Foxy didn't make it any better.Her moniker is Ill Nana.if you're too dense to understand, she's saying that her no no naughty place is the best.Get it now? Then Eve came in and carved her own lane. Sexy as they came, yet she outrapped a lot of men.Well those days are long gone.Kim did a bid and then hit Dancing With The Stars.Foxy can't keep her hot ass temper in check long enough to produce any new material.Eve thought she was an actress because she had one or two good roles,but we see where her career is at.Which leaves us with Trina and Nicki.Both women are sexy and they use their sex appeal as a weapon.Can we not find a balance? Must the femcees that get respect for lyrics be butch lesbians with a fade and a little chin stubble?Why does a femcee who has overtly sexual rhymes only judged on how fine she is?I'll tell you why, from my perspective.

Men like eye candy. Women like to play up their sexuality and men get distracted.I've said to people when having this discussion, Nicki Minaj can rap, but I'd hit that. But when talking about Queen Latifah, my response leans more towards "'Ladies First' is one of the illest rap songs." The guys I know like lesbians.Lipstick lesbiabns.Queen Latifah is three quarters butch and one quarter lipstick.So automatically, she's out of my head.Nicki Minaj is playing to the so-called male fantasy so much that you tend to ignore what she says.Peep Nicki's flow. "I was on the plane with DeWayne/you could call me Whitley/ I go to Hillman".If you're familiar with the show 'A Different World',you know that was straight fire.You probably never even heard that line, or paid attention to it.Everybody stop sleeping on the harajuku barbie.

Weezy said in a rhyme,and I'm paraphrasing here: "We gotta find middleground/We need balance."Basically, he's asking WHERE'S LAURYN HILL ??????? Me too,Weezy. I want to know where she is too.Female rap needs balance and Lauryn Hill is that,or rather,was that.Let's hope she can get herself together enough to put out another classic and represent for both sides of female rappers.