Female Rappers Join Forces to Fight Cancer
Remember the days of steam boats, morse codes, and female rappers? Seriously, ever wonder what happened to the era of dominant lady lyricists like Lauryn Hill and MC Lyte? Lin Que (X Clan) isn't taking it lying down, so she rounded up several femcees under the moniker We Are the Girl for the sheer purpose of giving a voice to the ladies.
"There was a time when we had some form of positive representation within the industry," Lin writes on the website wearthergirl.com. "This positive representation has long time passed. We went from gripping microphones to gripping stripper polls. We have been reduced to "eye-candy' and 'mimes.'I realized that the only way for us to once again make our mark is to join forces."
The group also believes in giving back to the community. Proceeds from We Are the Girl's first release, "Suga-Coated," will go toward a cancer charity. "Suga-Coated" features Mala Reignz, Knewdles, Bless Roxwell, Lin Que, Alana, Paula Perry, Toni Blackman, J-Boo, Tiye Phoenix & Rachel Walker. A download is available for $0.99 on their website.
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I am not a fan of femcees. Just haven’t really gotten into any.
Never realy a fan of female rappers. . . until i heard Dessa
dessa is one of the most slept on MCs if you havent heard her you should check her stuff out.
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her verse is crazy
I truly wish had more femcees in the game – the likes of Jean Grae and MC Lyte, not Lil Kim and Remy Ma.
The quote about gripping mics to gripping poles hits the nail on the head in this situation.
My wishlist for hip hop in 2010 has two big elements. Of course, they’re big things to ask for so I’ll be satisfied if even one of these are met:
1) Cut out this Crunk/Snap/Shawty-Get-Low/Auto-Tune/Make-It-Rain/Im buy you a draaank garbage and get back to some focused lyricism in the mainstream
2) The return of the femcees. Show that when it comes to holding mics, there are some very talented ladies out there who can lay some true poetry down.
3) HURRY UP AND DROP DETOX. I’M TIRED OF WAITING.
Seriously, y’all gotta stop saying femcees.