Now I think Aretha Franklin said it best when she said it’s all about “Respect”. And because Hip-Hop is “basically” a “man’s game” it’s very,very rare for you to see women excel without using sex as a weapon. In addition I think it’s even rarer for them to have “true” skills, actually battle rap & drop knowledge. ENTER:LAUREN HILL,RAH DIGGA, & AMANDA DIVA. Now in my personal opinion Lauren Hill may be the greatest female lyricist of all time {Aside from Queen Latifah & M.C. Lyte} with her album “THE MIS-EDUCATION OF LAUREN HILL”. Rah is the most battle savvy, while Amanda is the most eclectic, beautiful & sincere. Now both Lauren Hill & Rah Digga have had great commercial success but just aren’t hot rite now due to family & or career shifting issues. But as anybody who knows real hip-hop will tell you “true legends” stand the test of time. Especially now as WACK as thing‘s are today & to be honest…I would rather listen to these female Emcees 2-3 YEARS AGO than half the “commercial dudes” doing thuged out, gangster, gangster, played out player & auto-tune crap that they play on the radio today. Now… even though Amanda Diva is the youngest of the three & fairly new to the game she represents real hip-hop to the fullest!!! She is basically a poet more than an M.C. though... She can sing too. And for you hip-hop un-savvy who have probably never heard of her… she’s down with Q-Tip from a Tribe called Quest. And she is one of the many,many,many,many reason’s I write this Blog to show the mass’s WHAT IZ REAL HIP-HOP…NOT COMMERCIAL RAP. And even though she’s young, she’s got a hell of a lot more spunk, heart , knowledge of self & respect for our culture than a lot of these much older ignorant dudes do!!! Now when I say respect.. I mean just that. Not a sister whoreing herself out to be the best. I won’t say names, but I will not include plastic surgery foul mouth slut’s in blog. These women got true skills represent female's proper & have respect for themselves. Lauren is a Revolutionary and helped start out the Super group “The Fugees”, Rah is an Emcee & actress that represented “Flipmode Squad” Plus she write‘s down her own rhymes {just like Lauren & Amanda} and I can’t consider you "real" if you don’t write down your own rhymes.SORRY.Now Unfortunately Rah left Flipmode in 2007.But she still held it down & can basically battle rap men.& Amanda Diva is just new, fresh and exciting!!!And even though there are many more heavy hitting modern day female Emcees that come to mind when I say “dope” like Missy Elliot, {Who I addressed in Hip-Hop Producers} Flowetry, Lin-Q,Chyna White “The Great” & Charlie Baltimore I think these 3 women represent the most “modern day” example’s of beautiful, respectful, intelligent, skillful, and or battle ready Female Emcees. Well here are 3 of their best Video’s…
First is Lauren Hill’s “Everything is Everything” Now this video was real dope incorporating the “wheel’s of steel” as a city. Genius.
Next is Rah Digga Tight. Now watch how Rah Digga battle raps calling out dudes with her sexy azz lips!!!lol!!!
And Lastly is the most unknown of the 3 the beautiful & sincere Amanda Diva {ft Q-Tip} with “40 MC’S” By he way…AMANDA DIVA IZ FINE AS HELL,FLAVORFUL & KICK’S KNOWLEDGE!!! Now this iz Real Hip-Hop yall!!! Keep it Callous!!! Keep it Callous!!! KEEP IT CALLOUS!!!
Now that’s a "damn shame" when you got female M.C.’s flowing better than half of these dude's now-a-day's WTF???ARE YOU KIDDING ME???LOL!!!NOW THAT'S CALLOUS!!! That’s my opinion give me yours…a Damn shame.
6-11-08 Yoa what's up yall one of my follower's JazItUp4U left a comment here,Saying that I should include Eve as one of the greatest female lyricist of all time!!! I couldn't agree with you more JazItUp4U!!!Yes "The Pit Bull in a Skirt" is definitely in my "top 10" of greatest female emcee's of all time!!!She's like #6 after Lauren Hill,Rah Digga,Amanda Diva,Queen Latifa & M.C.Lyte..rite around their with Chyna Whyte, Charlie Baltimore & Lin-Q!!! Only problem with Eve is that she made the same "mistake" that Queen Latifah made when she went into acting and lost her street edge & stride.Then went all TV, MTV & commercial.And as much as I like her old stuff,her new joint's like "Tambourine" & "Who's that Girl?" are way to commercial for my taste.But she is a Beautiful mesmerizing lyricist & great business woman with her dope clothing line Fetish!!!It's a damn shame 2 that she went so commercial, because she was part of the reason Ruff Riders had the momentum that they did.DMX was "and is" the for front man of Ruff Ryders, but Eve "in my opinion" rap's better than the rest of the Ruff Ryders male's combined!!!Except DMX "of course" in my personal opinion...Well thanks 4 the opinion & observation JazItUp4U!!! So with that said & done here is one of Eve's dopest video's ever when she was at her peak...What you Want!!!What???Why??? I keep it Callous!!!Even 4 the ladies!!!@}>~~~
Update:11-30-10 Now In my Opinion these 3 sisters are the Unsung Heroins of Modern Day REAL HIP-HOP!!!Most people get stuck on SKEEZERS LIKE Lil Kim & Nicki Manaj or Foxy...This Blog Is about Sisters "WITH BRAINS & INTELLECT!!!" NOT GOLD DIGGING HOOCHIES!!!Heres Rah Digga's Latest Rah Digga - This Ain't No Lil Kid Rap!!!WoRD!!!!
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Well said! But in my opinion I feel like Eve should have been on the list as well. =D
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