I'd like to bring together some of the first big female emcees, to join forces and show the men in the game that women can do anything they can do...better. When you think about the front-runners of hip hop, male artists are of course the first to come to mind. I would like the women of hip hop to be given their dues, and I think an interaction between MC Lyte and Queen Latifah would be a good way to show the skills that females can bring to the game. I think that if they joined forces, they could give some serious competition to the men, and show how women are more than capable of holding their own.
Seeing as how both women grew up in the New York area, they would both go back to their roots, and have the interaction take place in Brooklyn. The focus of their conjoining would be to point out, criticize, and hopefully put an end to the sexism and misogyny that is a present in today's hip hop, and has been so for many years. Both these artists serve as empowering female figures, who proudly know who they are, what they stand for, and the ways of the hip hop business.
The interaction would be a collaboration and combination of some of their songs, which would serve as fuel for their fire against the lack of positive female figures in hip hop. For instance, MC Lyte's song "I am Woman" refers to Lyte as a Queen, and proudly declares her gender, and status as a noteworthy MC. She says that she's well-respected, as both a woman and a music artist, and is standing up for herself in a field that sees her gender as a disadvantage. This song could be mixed with Queen Latifah's "Unity", which focuses on the need for men to respect women, women to respect themselves, and for people to unite to bring respect to all.
I think both artists are monumental figures in the hip hop world, and have done a lot to establish themselves and all women as equal front-runners in that music area. They are both respectable, empowered females, who have gone on to have great success in areas branching outside of hip hop music, which shows just how much they have to offer in various areas. Their joining forces would be a great contribution to hip hop, and would do a great deal to show that the Queens of the game have all the capabilities (and then some) to rule with the Kings.
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