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Lil Kim New Mixtape
It’s been quite some time since women have held some considerable weight in Rap. In the 80’s Salt N Pepa laid down the winning blue print for all female MC’s to follow. In the mid 90’s though, a new breed stepped in. Backed by the Notorious B.I.G., Lil’ Kim ushered in a more sexually provocative style. Her racy debut Hardcore would further cement the Hip-Hop harlot’s name in the history books. Since then the Queen Bee would see some severe ups and downs. Her said mentor would be slain in Los Angeles; an ugly split with her Junior Mafia crew would follow and she later served jail time all in the process. Now free as a bird Kim attempts to pay homage to those that came before her and reestablish her hood stripes all at once with her first official mixtape Ms. G.O.A.T. (Queen Bee).
Remember Quan?
Remember Quan? The Newport "Bad Newz" Virginia native made his artistic debut on "Just a Moment," from Nas' 2004 Streets Disciple. His rise to Hip-Hop prominence would be delayed with an arrest in late 2005. He did a little time but eventually beat the case. Now no longer signed to God Son’s Ill Will records, Quan moves forward with Most Anticipated (Kingz Nation); a mixtape/DVD package boasting twenty cuts of music, seventeen full length videos, and thirty minutes of previously unreleased footage. With plenty of life experiences under his belt, including a seven year jail term, Quan offers listeners a glimpse into the mind of a worldly individual.
Most Anticipated starts off with an eerie, old Negro spiritual themed intro where Quan, rebuking the haters, plays the part of the disobedient slave. "Shh massa gone' whup you... you can't be no gangsta, sang, and rap...stop.” On "Might be The Day (I Ride)" he separates himself from the dubious realities of what has become a large majority of tough talking rappers: "Defiant giant I play marbles with the universe / Beef they put you in a verse / My beef will put you in a hearse.”
