It's sad but I co-sign this thread. If not dead, on life support and the plug is about to get pulled. The fact that NICKI is the only one with any type of mainstream success shows you how the game has litterally shut out female emcees. It's sad too cause a lot of the youth is growing up with Hip Hop there is ZERO balance at all. I grew up in the 80's and 90's Hip Hop where there was tons of Females Emcees. Also Nicki is not the proper representation of the female emcee as far as skills. There are females who can rap just as good if not better than some dudes but they don't get the attention or spotlight. Also Females are high maitence so labels don't want to deal with them. Tours cost way more cause females require more attention than males as far as makeup and clothing. It's sad but look how long it's been since some of these Great females released LP's:
Foxy 11 Years (Legal and Label Issues)
Lauryn 10 Years (Said fukk the industry and had a million kids with the marley legacy)
Eve 10 Years (Movies, TV, Fashion)
Da Brat 8 Years (Jail and other issues)
Lil Kim 7 Years (Jail and label issues)
Missy 6 years (Heath Issues)
It's pretty sad at that the state of female hip hop. Salute to the females that blazed the game, their contribution won't forgotten. Nicki even though she is successful is not putting females forward cause her music is average pop weak sh#t.