But where are the female rappers who represent us in a positive light, spitting meaningful lyrics? Are they underground? Is their music possibly in the archives of ?
Maybe as a female I’m holding her to a higher standard, I’ll acknowledge my bias.
Whatever happened to the Queen Latifahs and MC Lytes? Hell even Salt- And- Pepa, at least they were fun. It’s great that she’s not taking the typical “sex sells route” or boasting about how she’ll ride for her man but must it come to this? Just posing a question, but why is it that when female mainstream rap artists don’t sexualize themselves, they tend to overcompensate with violent lyrics? Is that because it sells? Is it an overgeneralization? But it probably goes relatively unnoticed because she reverts back to her style choices in the next line.
But that Nazi line? Anyone who has sat through a basic history class should be able to realize how horrible and offensive that line is. I love wearin’ all black you should see my closet.” I must admit I laughed at the macaroni line, maybe because I’m childish but more likely because I’ve never been about that life so I might be missing a deeper meaning if there is one. She then states in her first verse that “I got the mac or the forty, turn a bitch into some macaroni.” Oh! Then there’s my personal favorite line, “I really hate niggas, I’m a Nazi. Woah there! That’s quite the introduction. The song begins with a producer ad-lib, then Dej Loaf enters the song with the chorus stating: I found the lyrics in respect to her high pitched voice to be comical, so one day I decided to actually listen to what I had been chanting. The beat was so smooth and the infectious lyrics permeated my brain, rendering it nearly impossible for me to not rap along. When Dej Loaf stepped on the hip-hop scene with her hit “Try Me,” it was all over the radio.
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