(Relatively) Recent posse Remixes

A couple of all girl remixes i couldn't fail to put up, obv.



DJ Lazy K with Trina, Jacki-O & Remy Ma - We Takin' Over (Remix)

On the heels of Dj Khaled's original featuring T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Akon & Lil' Wayne (is that all of them? i lose track) came this superior remix. Okay, it had to be superior becuase it's girls, but still, Lil' Mo fleshes out Akon's strained hook (although sacrificing the portentous 'one city at a time' that follows the title) and all three rappers give sterling performances. Remy, especially, following Weezy's rhyme pattern from the original, tears her verse a new hole:

See the girl hot i sets it on fire,
i write more than your ghostwriter
ma you ain't hard, you're a 'gina
you're a fun thug, you're not a fighter,
mic check, mic check, you're a biter
you memorise well, you're a good reciter, see
the clock tick tick now it's my timer
I'm the best female rhymer, yeah!

ouch.

(Also, why on earth was the original a DJ Khaled song? I'm no stickler for authorship or authenticity, but didn't Danjahands produce it, the rappers (and Akon) do the vocals... all Khaled did was say "lissseN!" and i can do that, look: "lissseN!". can i have the anthem of the summer now?)



Crime Mob - Rock Ya Hips Remix feat. Mac Bre-Z, Rasheeda, Gangsta Boo & Miss B

This is another remix i think is superior to the original, partly because it gets rid of the male Mob members, and partly because it's got six female rappers firing out in quick succession to devasting effect. The switch up in styles is really refreshing here, from Mac Bre-Z's measured boasting to Diamond's stream of bubblegum references to Rasheeda's inimitable flow to Princess's bar-based swagger to Gangsta Boo's deep voiced summary of all the catchphrases she can find (good thing) to Miss B's acidic flow. It's all business, baby, e'rythang cool.

Flawsin'

So Rasheeda's new album is out! Yay, for those of us who copped her last one, the mighty Georgia Peach. But boooo, also, because no less than 10 tracks have been heard before, including 8 from Georgia Peach. But after my disappointment, i read a few interviews, and her reasoning, that the previous album had bad distribution and wasn't widely available, seems fair enough (though i live in rural England and i got it). So i concentrated on the new tracks, and luckily found they keep the standard going! The remix of 'My Bubble Gum' is notable for a scorching double time verse from Diamond of Crime Mob, 'Holla At Me' featuring Birdman and Jazze Pha, bounces along on candy coloured horn blasts, and 'Never Wanna Leave' with Kandi works Rasheeda's laid back charm to the max.

Rasheeda - Flawsin'

But top of the pile is 'Flawsin', produced by Dream. Rasheeda's flow is one of the strangest and most distinctive of any rapper i've heard, with the weird see-sawing cadence and angular rhythms, which of course makes her amazing. She demonstrates it perfectly here, over flanging synths and tight staccato stabs, with a stunning first verse, which you just got to listen to. Favourite moments though: the clipped last syllable of echoed "Throw some D's one that bitch!" at 1.01, and

where you get it from?
Donnatella on the tella-phon!

at 1.22. and the second verse is a masterclass in '-izz-' rhyming.

I was sitting on the bus today thinking that if only people realised, this could be a big hit. Like With Georgia Peach, i find it amazing that in the world of commercial hip hop someone can be making such a high standard of music without being that successful. But then maybe that will change...

BONUS!!

The cracking video for My Bubble Gum/U Can Get It. She's so laid back, check out the in-car dance moves:



Buy Dat Type Of Gurl at www.amazon.co.uk

Introduction

Well, that's the end of that.

I've been trying to think of a way to express my love for/thoughts on/criticism of female hip hop for while, and here it is. Let's start with a few classics shall we?



Lil' Kim - Drugs

Circa 1996, big nose, nice lips era Kim. I know most of Hardcore was ghost written by Biggie, but I don't care, because it was awesome. Witness this cut, graceful guitar trills and swoops courtesy of Sylvester's recording of 'Bumpies Lament' (which i still can't find), martial snares and super tight kick drums. A more subtle and atmospheric banger there has never been. Plus Kim's flow, still deep and rough, following Mr. Wallace's twisting rhythms and rhyme schemes, is at it's best, even if she does say

Inhale this, clench your fist, the ya,
feel the mist through the uterus

which makes no sense. But still, it sounds wicked.

Buy Hardcore from www.amazon.co.uk



Remy Ma - Tight

A relatively recent track from the underappreciated There's Something About Remy: Based On A True Story, it's fiiiire. Cool & Dre's beat swings around like Lisa Kudrow in that scene on the trailer for Romy And Michelle's High School Reunion, glistening synths strafing wildly over a tight boom clap. But this ain't Romy & Michelle, this is Remy and Joey Crack (before that unpleasant business; not that i mind, Joe's head looks like a squashed baby's, she's better off without him). Worth the price of admission for Remy's

Ain't no body fucking with me, me me me me me me

No one does insousciant arrogance like Rem.

Buy There's Something About Remy: Based On A True Story from www.amazon.co.uk



The Herbaliser feat. Jean Grae - Nah' Mean, Nah'm' Sayin'

Just to prove I'm underground too, though i don't know how underground Jean Grae is these days. Regardless, she is my overall favourite rapper ever. And this track pits evil horns against a veritable onslaught of killer puns, of which i will list only a few:

Jean catches felonies on a melody, hella killer,
Do this shit with my eyes closed, like Helen Keller

I'm unabased, i mean unabashed, sorry the tongue wasn't placed right,
but i covered it late, like a rubber on date night

And well just listen to the damn track to hear the rest.

Buy Take London from www.amazon.co.uk