Comments on: Mics Do Sound Nice But Some Still Don’t Hear It

By: NWSO

NWSO — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:15:31 +0000

Yeah, it was real surprising that BET pulled together a good show. LOL. It needed another hour though to really make a statement. But I digress…

It did highlight how sad the state of affairs is for female rappers and how many there were in the spotlight before. It’s really crazy when you think about it..,

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[...] doors on females for years, citing a lack of ability to generate sales (see her article here, http://gangstarrgirl.com/2010/08/mics-do-sound-nice-but-some-still-dont-hear-it/#more-1228). She points that most of these big wigs are too lazy to actually Scout for the talent that is [...]

By: lyfestile

lyfestile — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:29:44 +0000

Very good read. I agree, they didn’t present any solutions to the “industry way.”

By: Redhead

Redhead — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:50:53 +0000

I had missed the special on television, so I had to watch it through an internet stream. I thought the special was good and touched on a couple of things, but like you said, it was something that we already knew. I did cringe at Kevin Liles, who I respect, says that “finding a new Lauryn Hill is like finding a new Jay-Z; talent has to come to us”. Talent is everywhere and anywhere, especially in outlets when the Internet is prominent in breaking new artists, so I don’t see why you can’t find new talent in the same way as bloggers find new talent to write about. A problem is that most people want to find a duplicate of what was successful in the past instead of finding the “new ish”. Kanye would tell you himself that Jay-Z definitely didn’t believe in his work when he first told him he could rap, but you see what happened when listening to his ideas.

I also didn’t really appreciate the subtle backlash against Nicki Minaj. I feel that she’s talented, but some people believe that in order for a female emcee to be prominent, that she would have to “carry the torch” of other female artists as opposed to making a stray into being an artist, period. Why be the best female rapper when you’re trying to be the best rapper? Nicki Minaj’s raps are like Ludacris/Busta Rhymes, not Lil Kim and Lauryn Hill. One has to get that idea that you can’t be one or the other. It’s about being artistic.

Also shoutout to my girl Ra The MC, who got a shoutout on the special (as well as us having a record together, shameless plug).