There weren't a lot of women rappers back in the day, Salt n Pepper springs to mind, also some others.
Probably the ones I liked the mose were:
1) MC Lyte- she's just killer on the mic, I cram to understand is just brilliant. 2) Queen Latifah- She might have been the most commercially successful, she could hold her won too. 3) Roxanne Shante-The only woman in the Juice Crew, she ehld her own too, especially with all those Roxanne songs back then.
Posted by The Mouse Avenger (Member # 4406) on :
Queen Latifah was 80's?! O_o I thought she was an early '00's thing.
Posted by Devolution (Member # 1731) on :
Devolution here,
No the Queen was out for a long time. I keep having to tell myself that you are like 16.
WE are DEVO
Posted by imawalkingcorpse (Member # 1675) on :
MC Trouble was going to be pretty big but I think she ended up passing away right around 1989. Also you can't forget Salt-n-Pepa.
Posted by Stitch G (Member # 2895) on :
Salt'n'Pepa are the only ones I can think of. I didn't realise Queen Latifah was 80's, I thought she more 90's.
Posted by The Mouse Avenger (Member # 4406) on :
quote:Originally posted by Devolution: Devolution here,
No the Queen was out for a long time. I keep having to tell myself that you are like 16.
WE are DEVO
Actually... (sings) I am 17 going on 18... Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
Queen Latifah has been around for a long time. I don't care for female rappers (though I do like male rappers), but I did always like her stuff, especially U.N.I.T.Y.
Posted by Richie (Member # 3527) on :
Was it MC Lyte that did 'Ice Cream Dream' for the 'Mo' Money' soundtrack? Whoever that was IS a terrific rapper!
Posted by cindymancini (Member # 679) on :
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say Neneh Cherry. I say this because she was a singer too. Buffalo Stance is one of my all time favorite songs. Her album Raw Like Sushi was amazing at the time.
I also had one of Queen Latifah's early albums with "Fly Girl" on it. No one mentioned Monie Love yet, that's odd...I also really loved Salt N Pepa's Blacks Magic album but that was 1990 wasn't it?
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