There are quite a few people who feel that music that is created to raise the consciousness of a particular community is irrelevant in the age of what William C. Bansfield calls the post-album age wherein the music created is commercially driven and marketed to a specific segment of society.
In this dimly lit nightspot, an intimate setting jam-packed with a crowd anxious to hear their favorite underground emcee rip the mic, two individuals await.
Grammy Award winning talent, Ladybug Mecca ("Rebirth Of Slick (Cool
Like Dat)", 1993) formerly of the rap group Digable Planets is currently
in the studio recording her new solo debut set to be released in late Fall
2003.
Ladybug
Mecca, possibly rap’s most [...]
“Even if it seems like a stereotyped name for a woman, that was far
from being true since you could see my name on subway cars next to all the
male writer’s names. I was a feminist speaking for women’s rights even
before I ever heard [...]
Where My Ladies At? For once, DJ Assault asked an intelligent question. Where are the ladies? I mean in the hip-hop world? I don’t know how many of you can remember back to Hot, Cool, and Vicious but I can. Salt-n-Pepa caused a hell of a ruckus in 86/87 with their single “Push It”, and [...]
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