Foxy Brown: The Overlooked Female Rap Pioneer
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I don't think she's overlooked, but I think what happened is Foxy didn't stay relevant into the 2000's
Foxy was popular in the mid to late 90's and the early 2000's but by the the mid 2000's she wasn't.
I think if she would've continued to make music that was good and that worked like it did in the 90's and early 2000's, she would've been more relevant
Foxy was popular in the mid to late 90's and the early 2000's but by the the mid 2000's she wasn't.
I think if she would've continued to make music that was good and that worked like it did in the 90's and early 2000's, she would've been more relevant
Foxy Brown could have been the greatest.
But read this -
Ill Na Na 2: The Fever was intended to be the fourth full-length studio album and fifth recording by American hip-hop artist Foxy Brown. The album was scheduled to be released on May 6, 2003 by Bad Boy Records and Def Jam Recordings. However, the album was cancelled due to disagreements between Foxy Brown and Bad Boy CEO Sean Combs.
Brown began recording the follow-up album to her previous release Broken Silence in the summer of 2001.[1] Early in April 2002, she decided to title it Ill Na Na 2: The Fever.[2] Amid rumors that Brown wanted to leave Def Jam, the album was initially to be released on July 2, 2002.[3] In the middle of that month, Sean Combs offered to be co-executive producer.[4] With a tentative release date of November 19, the first single would be the remix of "Stylin'", featuring Loon, Birdman, N.O.R.E., and Brown's brother Gavin.[5] With a delayed release to May 2003 and plans to produce the album more like her latest (Broken Silence) rather than her original Ill Na Na, Brown started working with R&B singers Anita Baker[6] and Lauryn Hill[7] on the album in early 2003, and "I Need A Man" became the lead single.[6] On April 16, 2003, Brown announced in an interview on The Wendy Williams Show on New York City radio station WBLS that she decided to terminate work on the album; the album would have been released on May 6.
Recorded October 2001 — March 2003
She had Puffy in her corner and it didn't work. Wish her the best tho.
1 year, 5 months of work, big money - to have the album scrapped. Cancelled.
To me this stands out as the abandoned album in rap that could have been great.
I hope she's good and healthy now tho. She was different and dope.
But read this -
Ill Na Na 2: The Fever was intended to be the fourth full-length studio album and fifth recording by American hip-hop artist Foxy Brown. The album was scheduled to be released on May 6, 2003 by Bad Boy Records and Def Jam Recordings. However, the album was cancelled due to disagreements between Foxy Brown and Bad Boy CEO Sean Combs.
Brown began recording the follow-up album to her previous release Broken Silence in the summer of 2001.[1] Early in April 2002, she decided to title it Ill Na Na 2: The Fever.[2] Amid rumors that Brown wanted to leave Def Jam, the album was initially to be released on July 2, 2002.[3] In the middle of that month, Sean Combs offered to be co-executive producer.[4] With a tentative release date of November 19, the first single would be the remix of "Stylin'", featuring Loon, Birdman, N.O.R.E., and Brown's brother Gavin.[5] With a delayed release to May 2003 and plans to produce the album more like her latest (Broken Silence) rather than her original Ill Na Na, Brown started working with R&B singers Anita Baker[6] and Lauryn Hill[7] on the album in early 2003, and "I Need A Man" became the lead single.[6] On April 16, 2003, Brown announced in an interview on The Wendy Williams Show on New York City radio station WBLS that she decided to terminate work on the album; the album would have been released on May 6.
Recorded October 2001 — March 2003
She had Puffy in her corner and it didn't work. Wish her the best tho.
1 year, 5 months of work, big money - to have the album scrapped. Cancelled.
To me this stands out as the abandoned album in rap that could have been great.
I hope she's good and healthy now tho. She was different and dope.
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Contrast that with how Lil Kim worked on Notorious K.I.M
In the summer of 1999, 12 songs from The Notorious K.I.M. were widely available through Internet file-sharing services and bootleg outlets. As a result, Kim went back into the recording studio and recorded 11 songs in three weeks. The set's release was delayed from several scheduled dates – August 17 and November 9, 1999, and April 25, 2000 – due to bootlegging and legal problems involving her record label. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Kim explained, "I wanted to put out the best album possible for my fans, and I needed more time in the studio to do this." Sean "Puffy" Combs also explained, "I am a perfectionist and so is Kim, and we will only put out an album when it's right."[8]
What if Jay Z and Foxy Brown became a power couple from 1995 to now? They brought the best of each other out! Hmmm
In the summer of 1999, 12 songs from The Notorious K.I.M. were widely available through Internet file-sharing services and bootleg outlets. As a result, Kim went back into the recording studio and recorded 11 songs in three weeks. The set's release was delayed from several scheduled dates – August 17 and November 9, 1999, and April 25, 2000 – due to bootlegging and legal problems involving her record label. In a statement to Entertainment Weekly, Kim explained, "I wanted to put out the best album possible for my fans, and I needed more time in the studio to do this." Sean "Puffy" Combs also explained, "I am a perfectionist and so is Kim, and we will only put out an album when it's right."[8]
What if Jay Z and Foxy Brown became a power couple from 1995 to now? They brought the best of each other out! Hmmm
Glad she’s finally been getting her flowers heavy this year . She’s a better MC/Rapper than KIM and every time this gets brought up and supported with facts nikkas start talking about wigs and fashion
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Yea after Broken Silence in 01 (which I thought was pretty nice), she ran into a lot of different problems and simply didn’t release much music.
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Yeah
She wasn't a better MC/Rapper than Kim. Everything nikkas try to knock Kim for applies to Fox. EVERYTHING.
She was you just don't like Foxy personally , They both had ghostwriters but Foxy could actually freestyle , Foxy had a certain skillset Kim didn't and numerous people vouched for her
If Kim such a better rapper than her then why she wasn't rapping at the lyrcist lounge with Foxy , mind you Biggie used to be there around that same time period
Stop being emotional , like I said in other threads with you if you gon try to constantly slander Foxy for ghostwriting keep that same energy with Kim , MC Lyte & Latifiah and I've seen your post over the years , you don't .
Emotional?
I'm just stating facts. And that Lyricist Lounge shyt don't mean shyt and Kim was co-signed by just as many nikkas as Fox, probably more. Kim >>>> Fox. Just is what it is.
The only person I ever seen vouch for her pen was Biggie , which he made an investment in her so of course he has to co sign his product and Jacob York who was a close friend of biggie who said this blatant lie saying biggie ain't write for her 
Outside of Kurupt , it's heads that had like maybe no more than 1-2 encounters with Foxy who claims they witnessed her write . Foxy literally got signed off of freestyling and battling in BK , but Kim is the better MC ?
Outside of Kurupt , it's heads that had like maybe no more than 1-2 encounters with Foxy who claims they witnessed her write . Foxy literally got signed off of freestyling and battling in BK , but Kim is the better MC ?
Emotional?
I'm just stating facts. And that Lyricist Lounge shyt don't mean shyt and Kim was co-signed by just as many nikkas as Fox, probably more. Kim >>>> Fox. Just is what it is.
Kim wrote her Benjamins verse, Quiet Storm verse, Ladies night(Angies too), MJB I can love u better verse among others. Not to mention Kim is more authentic cause she was in the streets. Inga is very talented MC but she burnt a lot of bridges with her extremely bad attitude. I don't think she's overlooked at all, her time came then went. I think Kim networked better, people with brands like her.
Source for Kim writing angies verse & someone saying that she wrote her benji verse ?