![]() ![]() Most music historians agree that hip hop originated in the 1970s in Bronx, New York. It is a thorough look at those who pioneered a new genre of music. God Save The Queens is much more than a text book account of the women in hip hop. This book is an eye opening surprisingly touching tribute to both the little known and the well known women of hip hop. However, reading this opened up a bunch of doors for me musically and filled in some musical gaps and for that I applaud the book. It does help if you are already a fan of this music genre because it is easy to get lost as the author does skip around alot and is conversational in her writing style perhaps forgetting who her audience may be. I turned this book into an interactive experience (as I write this I am listening to Lil' Kim's Hard Core) I took notes of artists I was not familiar with and starting listening to their albums, I put the movie Roxanne Roxanne in my Netflix queue, and I now enjoy the music and artistry of The Lady of Rage whom I had never heard before. That gave me an incentive to get the most out of the book as I could. I don't always read other reviewer's reviews before I start reading but for this one I did and there was one reviewer who said that they felt as if they were dropped in the middle of a conversation and you had to know every name to make sense. The book was a 3, the experience I created for myself while reading the book was a 5. Exploring issues of gender, money, sexuality, violence, body image, feuds, objectification and more, God Save the Queens is an important and monumental work of music journalism that at last gives these influential female artists the respect they have long deserved. God Save the Queens pays tribute to the women of hip-hop-from the early work of Roxanne Shante, to hitmakers like Queen Latifah and Missy Elliot, to the superstars of today. ![]() ![]() Today, hip-hop is dominated by successful women such as Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, yet there are scores of female artists whose influence continues to resonate. But as Kathy Iandoli makes clear, the reality is very different. Can’t Stop Won’t Stop meets Girls to the Front in this essential and long overdue history of hip-hop’s female pioneers and its enduring stars.Įvery history of hip-hop previously published, from Jeff Chang’s Can’t Stop Won’t Stop to Shea Serrano’s The Rap Yearbook, focuses primarily on men, glaringly omitting a thorough and respectful examination of the presence and contribution of the genre’s female artists.įor far too long, women in hip-hop have been relegated to the shadows, viewed as the designated “First Lady” thrown a contract, a pawn in some beef, or even worse. ![]()
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