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BREAKING NEWS: Remy Ma Dropped Her Nicki Minaj Diss . . . It's Called 'SheTHER'!! (Nicki F*cked Trey

Why Remy Ma vs. Nicki Minaj Is One of the Most Important Beefs In Rap History
2/27/2017 by Kathy Iandoli

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If keeping tabs on Remy Ma and Nicki Minaj dominated most of your weekend, you’re not alone. In the wee hours of Saturday morning (Feb. 25), Remy dropped the track “ShETHER,” a near-seven minute obliteration aimed at Nicki Minaj. The song -- taking both its title and beat from Nas’ 2001 Jay Z diss track "Ether" -- runs through a list of claims against Nicki Minaj that extend from boardroom to bedroom.

From accusing her of having sex with Lil Wayne, Drake, Trey Songz, Hot 97's Ebro Darden and Gucci Mane, to having butt implants that prevented her from having sex with her ex Meek Mill for three months, a lot was put on display. Furthermore, there were remarks on Nicki Minaj supporting her brother who was reportedly arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a minor, along with suggesting Nicki’s empire isn’t as lucrative as it could be since her money is filtered through multiple label entities (Young Money, Cash Money, Republic Records) before reaching her hands.

There is even a shot that Nicki allegedly stole one of her most classic lines “All these b-tches is my sons” from a 2009 tweet that Remy Ma said she posted while in prison. The song arrived less than 48 hours following Minaj's not-so-subtle jab on her recent Gucci Mane collaboration “Make Love” that Remy Ma’s comeback project with Fat Joe, Plato o Plomo, was met with disappointing sales.


“ShETHER” sent the Internet into a frenzy, yet the beef is far from new. Here is a war that is a decade deep, punctuated with small incidents (a tweet here, a bar there) that have snowballed into this. For rap, this is one of the most significant beefs in hip-hop history.

To loosely quote Lauryn Hill, two female MCs can’t occupy the same space at the time. That’s far from new news, which in and of itself reflects the graduated value of this war. Stand on any point on an American map, and the most prominent rapper in that region will more than likely be A) a male and B) crowned “king.” When beef occurs, it’s usually over turf wars. Cut to Jay Z and Nas fighting over the "King of New York" title. Or, perhaps, it’s a novice attempting to swing overhead at a legend -- Canibus and LL Cool J and Nelly and KRS One to name a few.

At this point, the G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) label is a dubious one and for the most part, the competitors will simply bow their heads and still mumble "Biggie." For women, it’s different. A beef usually means only one can actually exist in this moment. It’s what broke up the Thelma and Louise narrative for Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown 20 years ago, and it still exists to this day. Now, however, the stakes are raised and hip-hop mainly has Nicki Minaj to thank for it.






Nicki Minaj was the first female rapper to penetrate the mainstream since Lauryn Hill, and she’s arguably surpassed her. In six years, she’s released three solo albums, and is a multi-platinum recording artist beyond the rap landscape. Nicki Minaj is a greater mainstream success than most of her male rap contemporaries.

What Remy is arguing on "ShETHER," however, is that if she hadn't served a near-decade prison bid, she would be in Nicki Minaj’s place. That’s up for debate, but her return -- despite the lackluster sales of her Plata O Plomo -- was still a warm welcome. Her collaboration with Fat Joe and French Montana "All The Way Up" hit No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and that’s nothing to scoff at when hip-hop's attention span doesn’t always permit an extended hiatus.

This beef is proof that hip-hop has grown. Remy Ma is no stranger to feuds, having had wars with Lady Luck and even Lil’ Kim, but they were lyrically-driven and on a much smaller scale. When Nicki Minaj and Lil’ Kim began their spat in 2009, it was unbalanced by the following year as Nicki Minaj’s celebrity skyrocketed. While Lil' Kim fired off shots on a project completely dedicated to dismantling Nicki titled Black Friday (a pun on Nicki’s 2010 debut Pink Friday), Nicki simply made Kim a retracted target on the song "Roman’s Revenge." Since that point, she’s distributed shards of crass across various songs (Kanye West’s “Monster” being the most prominent) and that’s been her M.O. with any competitor -- Remy included.

As on Jay Z's Nas diss "Takeover," Hova always suggests he’s too busy making money and being successful to dedicate a song to anyone. For the most part, Nicki has done the same. Her response to Remy thus far has included now-deleted screenshots of Plato o Plomo album sales and a voice note posted on her Instagram where Beyoncé sings a cappella that Nicki is the "rap queen." There’s talk of a diss track-slash-video, which is still up in the air. Receipts are being presented in a rap feud where both female opponents are successful. Men are being used as the disposable bedroom bodies and ammo to insult the other. Hip-hop heads are waiting for more music and not for a mud-wrestling match like female rap feuds of decades past. This time, it’s about lyricism and lucrativeness. What a time.

This beef won’t kill anyone’s career. If anything, it will keep both going strongly. This is not a feud that should be deconstructed as girl-on-girl crime or dismissed by a claim that this battle is anti-feminist. To do so would reduce this war to gender, something women in rap have been fighting against since day one. This is hip-hop, and it’s a sport -- one where women had to wait on the sidelines for far too long. Now, they’re active players and everyone is tuned in -- finally.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7702268/remy-ma-nicki-minaj-beef-diss-feud-track
 
woodchuck said:
I'm also a bass player. I was a rapper a loooooong time ago.
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From the stories I've read we've been in the same circles way too many times. From Queensbridge to Lefrak to teaching Screwbal about using internet marketing for albums before there was social media when I worked at 88hiphop.com ... yeah chuck we had to run into each other.
 
playahaitian said:
As sayeth 3 Stacks and BGOL....so it is WRITTEN so it is done.

YOU do not dictate your influence on US

Or the effect your work on stage behind the mic or on here had on our lives

You WERE/ARE and FOREVER WILL BE important...we aint fans.

We are your admirers your sons your fruit.

We carry your torch and share your contributions...whether its your rhymes, music humor or drops of wisdom.

That being said,

Listen I aint Sway giving you an intro

just take the f*cking compliment old man and keep it moving

:hmm:

we luv ya Uncle Chuck
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Damn Homage ....

I'll just shut up and be in my corner over here watching and learning.
 
REMY MA AND NICKI MINAJ — AND THE DISS RECORD HEARD ’ROUND THE WORLD
An old-school hip-hop beef in the break-the-internet era

It’s one of Mike Tyson’s most famous quotes: Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

Not in many arenas is this more true than in the world of hip-hop, and in particular rap’s newest war of words between global superstar and multiplatinum Grammy Award nominee Nicki Minajand the less famous but respected Remy Ma, who in the year after her release from prison on a shooting conviction scored a platinum and Grammy-nominated hit with Fat Joe’s “All The Way Up.” The rivalry has been brewing for a decade and has increased in intensity in recent months. Over the weekend, Remy’s “shETHER,” an interpolation of Nas’ iconic 2001 diss track to Jay Z, “Ether,” was released.

Beats, bars and battles was the theme of the weekend of Feb. 24. On Feb. 24, during the day, Future released his second No. 1 album in as many weeks with the overly melodic HNDRXX. The feat made him the first artist in history with back-to-back No. 1 debuts in successive weeks, per Billboard. On that night, legendary producers Swizz Beatz and Just Blaze held a three-hour beat battle on Instagram Live, which captured the attention of hip-hop fans around the world, as well as celebrities and influencers. The battle of catalogs, which they announced the day before, featured the high-energy Swizz and soulful Just — they both ran through classic records from Jay Z, DMX, T.I., Cam’ron and more. It was exciting. Busta Rhymes was left in a complete stupor.

A brief history of black glamour on the Oscars red carpet

Debate swirled around who “won” — but the moment was created by the culture, and for the culture, as the aforementioned T.I., as well as Meek Mill, DJ Khaled and, yes, even Khaled’s infant son Asahd commented with along with more than 11,000 fans who tuned in.

There’s a chance Remy Ma was inspired by the Swizz and Blaze vibe. But Nicki Minaj has been sending veiled shots toward Remy for a while. From Jason Derulo’s recent “Swalla”: I gave these b—— two years / Now your time’s up / Bless her heart, she’s throwing shots, but every line sucks.

And there’s Gucci Mane’s recent “Make Love” — I’m the iPhone / You the Nokia / Everybody know you jealous / B—- it’s so clear … Oooohhh, you the qu-e-e-e the queen of this here? One platinum plaque / B—- where? … You see, silly rabbit, to be the Queen of Rap / You gotta sell records / You gotta get plaques.

“But you point fingers at me? I’m the bad girl / When she the one out here misleading black girls.”
“shETHER,” immediately dubbed a “manifesto of shade,” arrived Feb. 25 for free via SoundCloud — and social media shifted toward the two artists with the expected assault of memes.

To “Ether” someone, in the 16 years since Nas’ song, means effectively to put someone on jump street. To call them out. A more intense verse of the dozens, it means to attempt to verbally end someone’s career. Did Nas’ song end Jay Z? After four years of feuding, they made up. But the cut has since become a top five battle record of all time. Did Drake, with the 2015 “Back to Back,”end Meek Mill’s career? Meek is still releasing music, but it’s impossible to listen to him without thinking of the verbal whupping he signed up for by accusing Drake of not writing his own rhymes. Thus, will Remy end Nicki’s? Nope, but that’s beyond the point. Here … some context.

Nicki could ignore all of this, banking on the belief that in a 24/7 news cycle the attempted assassination of her character will be old news by next weekend. But the stain will always be there.
Remy Ma isn’t a exactly a no-name
Yes, Remy Ma did just release Plata O Plomo, an album with longtime Terror Squad creative partner Fat Joe. And, yes, the album didn’t post the numbers many probably expected, especially as the lead single — the raucous French Montana-featured “All The Way Up” — was one of the biggest records of 2016, spawned an unexpected remix featuring Jay Z and was nominated for a Grammy. While Remy Ma is not as famous as Nicki Minaj, she has stats to her name, and more importantly, in this case, bars on barson bars.

The writing has been on the wall
“Anybody can get it. That’s how I be on it,” Remy Ma said recently in The FADER. “If you listen to my old mixtapes, if I ever had a problem with any female, or anything ever in life, I will say your name. But I’m not just gonna go and come at somebody just to do it.” As noted, Nicki and Remy have been trading perceived shots at each other in the months leading up to “shETHER.” Most notably: Remy’s feature on Phresher’s 2016 “Wait A Minute,” which did everything sans give out Nicki’s Social Security number: Will I smoke this b—–? Yes / Probably fail my piss test / Get rid of those fake breasts / And put a vest on this b—- chest. Then the kicker, That ghostwriter ’bout to call her / That lifeline getting shorter/ R.I.P. Biggie Smalls / Why the f— they ain’t warn her?

“Everybody always tries to pit women against each other,” Remy Ma said in the interview (in which she also spoke at length about her life and the lives of incarcerated women). “They make it seem like there can only be one female at a time. But I feel like we’re so different. We aren’t even in the same lane at all, period. We are on total different ends of the spectrum. But whatever.” Of course, there should always be “room” for more than one female MC — especially given the range of talented women in rap represent. That being said, Remy Ma isn’t one for the games.

Where “shETHER” ranks all time
Give Remy credit. She called out names and sweet baby Jesus did she come with a Timberland shoe box and Yankee fitted cap full of receipts. **Cranes neck at Hot 97 radio host/executive Ebro Darden** That’s what’s so fascinating. Most diss records — albeit entertaining ones such as Drake’s “Back To Back” or T.I.’s “What Up, What’s Haapnin’ ” — never actually named names, though the intended targets were never in question. So, it’s great to see Remy Ma leave speculation and subliminals at the door. Some of rap’s most storied diss records have (think 1996’s “Hit ‘Em Up” from Tupac Shakur, and 1991’s “No Vaseline” from Ice Cube. Point being, one can make an effective battle record without naming names, but the ones that stand the test of time — always have. And always will. Remy Ma followed that blueprint.

Is Nicki built for this? And what’s next for Remy?
This is the first time Nicki’s been verbally challenged to this extent. She’s had no competition from a mainstream perspective since she became a household name when her debut, Pink Friday, dropped in 2010. Angel Haze and Azealia Banks are just two rappers who have spoken ill of Nicki over the years — and the directed shots have largely fallen on deaf ears.

“shETHER” is different. Totally different. Nicki clowned Remy’s subpar album sales to defend her place in rap, but as a friend of mine recently noted, “Burger King sells a lot of hamburgers. Doesn’t mean they have the best burgers.” In battles, bank accounts never mattered. Nicki could ignore all of this, relying on the belief that in a 24/7 news cycle the attempted assassination of her character will be old news by next weekend. And she’d be right. But the stain will always be there. It’s a stain money can’t erase.

But what about Remy Ma? You never want to run the risk of coming off too pressed, or too eager. Ride the wave as long as it takes you, and then move on. Move on to the forthcoming solo album — which is slated to be an emotional recount of her emotionally taxing experience in prison. The worst thing Remy Ma can do in this situation is beat a dead horse.

Nicki can come back
The only rule about rap beefs is there are no rules. It’s why I didn’t get up in arms about Drake’s lyrics directed at Kid Cudi on last year’s “Two Birds, One Stone” (that and, you know, Cudi actually threw the first shot.) But in “shETHER,” Remy accused Nicki of sleeping with some big names in the music industry, leading to a back-and-forth on Twitter between Nicki and R&B singer Trey Songz. Remy accused Nicki of faulty butt injections and labeled her the poster child of women who are insecure about their bodies — But you point fingers at me? I’m the bad girl / When she the one out here misleading black girls / All these fake a—-s influenced by that girl / Dyin’ from botched surgeries — what a sad world! Remy even mentions Nicki’s brother, who is accused of some incredibly grotesque crimes.

Remy cut deep. Real deep. Even in rap where the most sacred of rules say all’s fair in love and hip-hop — Ja Rule once predictedEminem’s daughter would grow up to become a slut — if anything is crossing the line, that sounds like it would be it. But if you’re calling yourself “the female Jay” — as Nicki did on last year’s “Pinkprint Freestyle” — people expect mics to drop. Nicki’s response, if there ever is one, would have to be in the realm of her appearance on Kanye’s 2010 posse cut “Monster” — the most talked about and respected lyrics of her career. Plus, Nicki’s the bigger star, meaning whatever she says will automatically receive a larger platform. Her next move has got to be her move, and a big move.

Let’s not overanalyze Remy vs. Nicki
This is not pitting black women against each other. This is hip-hop. And every so often people have disagreements with each other in hip-hop. Sometimes those disagreements lead to diss records. These two people with diss records just happen to be black women. Nothing more, nothing less. You can still believe Michelle Obama is your auntie. (Spoiler: I do.) You can still believe black women attempted to warn everyone about the dangers of a Donald Trump presidency. (Spoiler: They did.) You can still believe Serena Williams is the greatest of all time. (Spoiler: She is.) And you can still enjoy this beef while still praying Hidden Figures receives its just due at the Oscars. (Spoiler: The Oscars have their own controversy to deal with.)

But what’s the ultimate end result? It’s hard to imagine this dragging out much further than it already has. We might hear a response from Nicki. Or we might hear more veiled shots on a feature or album cut in the future. Given the allegations Remy laid on wax, it’s even harder to imagine the two ever doing a record together. Then again, Jay Z punched back at Nas after “Ether” admitting he “left condoms on the baby seat.” Fast-forward a decade and a half later and Jay Z and Nas are friends (or at least very cordial). Neither enjoys talking about their war of words. Crazier things have happened in rap.

The silver lining
Keep it a buck. This is a lot more fun to talk and write about than Soulja Boy vs. Chris Brown.

https://theundefeated.com/features/remy-ma-nicki-minaj/
 
Lil' Kim Sets the Record Straight on Remy Ma & Nicki Minaj Beef As She Readies Fifth Studio Album
2/28/2017 by Kathy Iandoli

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Last November, Lil’ Kim's solo debut album Hard Core -- which saw the rapper born Kimberly Jones exiting her teens -- turned 20 years old. A lot has changed since then. She has a child of her own, a two-year-old daughter named Royal Reign who is running and talking during her mother's candid interview with Billboard.

This is Lil’ Kim’s new era. Gone are the days of her single-breast-revealing 1999 MTV VMAs outfit, elaborate multi-colored wigs and consistent bars about male inadequacy. There are hints of that still, but to reduce Kim to her former self would be placing her right back in the box she’s been attempting to break out of since the ‘90s.

It’s tough for her fanbase to accept, especially when a new beef surfaces involving one of her enemies, Nicki Minaj. Rumors have circulated that Kim will be partaking in a follow-up diss to Nicki Minaj alongside Remy Ma. Rumors have also suggested Lil' Kim still cares about her feud with Nicki. In this revealing interview, Kim sets the record straight, while giving some new details on her emerging fashion line, upcoming fifth studio album, and the need to grow for both herself and her loyal fans.




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First off, congratulations on your own clothing line. As an artist who has been a part of fashion for 20 years, what took you so long?

It’s always been an interest, but you got to understand I came in the industry as a little baby. I was a baby. I was 16 or 17 when I made my first hit record. At that age, you’re not really thinking about [making a fashion line]. Timing is everything. At this point, it’s like I’m really trying to just bloom and blossom as an artist in certain instances, because there was a lot of current events that happened in my life. I’m a very spiritual person. I believe in God so God’s timing is the right timing, period. Enough said.

What is the clothing line called?

I don’t want to get into it, but I’ve always had the name 24/7 Star. That was the first part of my line. When I had my shoe line with Petite Paton, it was called Hollyhood, but we changed it to 24/7 Star. We’ve got different lines inside of the lines that we’re working on, and we might change up a couple of them. We’re working on that right now.

You’re also doing it through La Scala Boutique.

[Proprietor Rose Cordon] is a monumental figure. She’s like a mom to me. When I had my clothing line before, she wanted to put my stuff into the store then, but the company I was with was a small company and they folded. So I had to wait many years later and try to figure it out. That was another reason why it would have happened a long time ago. But like I said, God’s timing is the right timing.

We’re going to take our time with it. I’m not gonna allow the demand from my fans to be rushed. This is like my album. My fans are the awesomest, but they can be the most non-understanding at the same time. I love them, but I’m not gonna allow them to dictate certain things, whether it’s the timing or direction of my album. I think that this album is definitely going to have a happy medium, and that’s all I’m concerned with. I’m a hustler first. Music is my life, music is what I do, music is my livelihood -- this is how I make money! At the end of the day, I gotta give my fans certain sounds and music that they like, but they’re also gonna get with the new sounds whether they like it or not. They gon’ get with the new thing, because I’ve always been a trendsetter and I do have a new sound and that sound was stolen from me. This is years in the making of another new sound.

Let’s talk about that a bit. You shaped hip-hop music in such an amazing way through your four previous albums…

This is very important to me that this is clear: I was a child. A lot of people don’t even know that because I was marketed to kind of be and look a little older and look a little older, the lyrics of my album was the way it was. I didn’t mind, because when you’re 16, 17, you want to be older so bad anyway. But at that point, I was becoming a child star. At a young age, I didn’t get to fully tell my story. I mean you would think that in the time I’ve been in the game that I would have 10 albums out or something, but I haven’t. If you looked at it like that, this is one of the reasons why my cult following is still there, because I never truly finished telling my story through my music.

So basically for my fans, I’m still kind of a novelty to them. I’m still very much a mystique to them. They’re still very interested in this story. I’m blessed to be well-respected, but at the same time, I would not allow anyone to try to date me because of the simple fact that I was a child. I’m like a child star, like Bow Wow -- he was 10 years old [when he came into the business]. I came in the game seven years later as an artist at 16, 17. 17 is still very young. You’re a kid. You don’t know what’s up at that point; you’re still getting your life together. By the time I was 21, I was a multi-millionaire. I had no clue what I was doing, because I was still very young. At this time, I want to be allowed to tell my story without people like, "Oh you’re such a legend, you’re such an icon in this game!" I will take that icon and the legend talk, that’s fine and I love that! At the end of the day, I’m gonna embrace that. But like I said, I won’t allow no one to make it seem like what I’ve accomplished is all I had to give because I never really got the chance to tell my story and really say, “Okay, I’m gonna go for my own Grammys in time." I got a Grammy, yes, and that’s one of my biggest and proudest accomplishments, but I want one for my own album. It’s like at this point, that’s where I’m at with it, and I never really truly got to display my fullest talent.

Do you feel that on this project, you are going to tell that story that people wanted to hear?

Yeah, absolutely. I think that this is one of my highly anticipated albums and I want it to be fun. What comes with telling a story is fun. I’m not gonna sit here and just make an album that’s story-telling; you can’t play that in the clubs. When I came out, it was a lot [of songs] like that. I had songs on the album where I’m telling a story and these are some of my fans’ best songs like "Heavenly Father" I can’t do. It’s a different time. Don’t get me wrong and I love my fans, but a lot of my fans, when I came out, some of them were way older than me, some of them were my age and some of them were way younger than me. The ones I think that were older than me, I think they never really grew from that with me. They were tryna keep their childhood with me, and so the ones who haven’t grown with me, I can’t do nothing about that. They gotta grow with me, you know what I mean?

At the end of the day, I’m still gonna do what I’m known for. That’s never gonna stop, because I would not be able to make the album without doing what I’m known for or giving them a piece of Hard Core. I wanna give them that feeling, but I also want to bring them into my world a little bit like I did on The Naked Truth. And you know why a lot of my fans loved The Naked Truth? It’s because I was going to prison at the time and I touched on a lot of things that were happening. I’m not gonna make the same album twice -- that doesn’t make sense. I’ve never, for the life of me, understood why fans would think that any artist would make the same album twice. That would not make me a real artist. It’s not realistic. That’s why one of my favorite lines from an artist to me is the Jay Z line when he says, "You want my old sh-t? Buy my old albums." At the end of the day, he’s not gonna do the same things he did seven years ago. He’s a different person, you know? But he’s gonna remind y’all, I’m pretty sure he’s gonna give certain things. Just like me, I’m gonna remind them of what I did before. So it’ll be a perfect mix, and whichever of my fans don’t understand that -- I’m sorry. They got to get left like a lot of my friends who haven’t grown with me. I came up with a lot of friends, and a lot of my friends had to get left because they weren’t growing with me. It’s nothing personal, I love them still with my heart but if my friends aren’t growing, I can’t be held back.

Also, it was 20 years ago. You started as a kid, and your career is just getting started again. Even though a lot of other artists have struggled with this, regardless of gender, it has a lot to do with how in the industry, people want to give just one identifier to a woman. People just wanted to remember Lil 'Kim as Lil 'Kim, age 19 in a purple wig in one video, and not give you the opportunity to evolve. I can understand your frustration in wanting to break past that with this project.

I mean yeah because if I wore that same damn outfit to the club, you would look at me like I’m a damn fool. People still say, "Put that purple outfit back on!" That’s bullshit. They don’t want to see me in that [1999 VMAs] outfit. First of all, if I was still with my record company and we were still moving -- I would update. My music is gonna be updated, my look is gonna be updated. You just update. But there are some fans who don’t understand the meaning of updated. They just think you do the same exact thing and put some blonde stuff in your wig instead of it being all purple. It’s not possible. That’s what I like to constantly do, and that’s what I was known for -- being a trendsetter and always reinventing myself. That’s the moral of the story of my life -- reinvention. Whoever don’t like it, they’ll get with it sooner or later. I like to do what I like to do and I’ma also give that feeling of when I first came out with Hard Core, but on a different level. A classic is a classic for a reason. You don’t touch it. You try your best to top it, and you try to do something just as great as that, but you don’t try your best to duplicate it. I’m not going to try to beat Hard Core, I’m going to try to be just as great as Hard Core on this album or better.

This is also going to be your first project as a mother -- does that change how you approach music too?

Nah, it doesn’t change how I approach music, but it changes how I have to work, because I got a baby now. Before, I could be in the studio long, long hours. I could stay in the studio from one o’clock in the afternoon to one o’clock the next afternoon and it’s all good but I got a baby now. So I’ma work and I’ma do what I do. But I’m not changing anything because I don’t hide anything from my daughter. I also don’t allow her to be disrespectful. I don’t allow her to do certain things. A child should stay in a child’s place and a baby should be babied. I can’t change who I am because that’s when things change. I’m not gonna become a gospel rapper. That’s the only thing left I could do, and it’s not that. So at the end of the day, I’m still gonna be who I am, and I will teach my child as we grow, the difference between certain music. Being a mom is not going to change my content in my music, but it will change the approach in how I work. I’m a mom and I’m always with my baby, and I got to make sure my baby is good myself because nobody is gonna make sure my baby’s good the way I do.





There’s also a possibility you may be doing another type of "Ladies Night" collaboration on this project.

I’m glad you brought that up, because in the media the other day, I had a show and I hate stupid blogs when they try to take my damn situations and clip them. We all know the situation that’s going on with Remy and ol’ girl. That’s their situation and I have nothing to do with that. They have a rumor out there like, "Kim is gonna do a diss track with Remy.” First of all, let me tell you this. Number one: y’all giving ol’ girl too much credit. I’m not even thinking about that. I’m not even thinking about ol’ girl! I’m so far past that. That’s never on my mind. Ever. Ol’ girl has never been on my mind for a long ass time at all. So I hate the fact of that being in the equation. But the situation with Remy, for them to say that we were coming together to do a diss track? First of all, after hearing "ShETHER," that shit is so hard, Remy don’t need no damn help! Why would I need to come together for that? I mean, I’m into the music and I’m speaking musically wise -- the song is just hard, period. Just like [Drake's] “Back To Back” was hard -- just good hip-hop music. But I got nothing to do with that. When I had my situation and my situation came up, I handled my business. If anybody comes to me, if ol’ girl came to me, I’ma give them the business. That’s just the bottom line of it. So if it ain’t coming my way, I ain’t got nothing to do with it. Me and Remy is cool. I hate when media do that. That’s the thing.

What I said was, "Shout out to the beautiful ladies who was on this stage with me tonight, Cardi B and Remy!" because we needed more of that. We don’t do shows together like the men do shows together. That’s what I said! I said, “It’s about time for another 'Ladies Night,' and maybe you’ll see something in the future,” because we’re putting it together! Me and Cardi are already working. I already have stuff in the works with Cardi. We’ve been sending each other texts back and forth. A long time ago when Remy first came home from jail, she sent me a text, so we were kind of already working.

What I was saying was it’s about time for another "Ladies Night" song. Let me explain something to you – I’m a hustler first. The “Ladies Night” record got me a Grammy nomination and several MTV [award] nominations, and we performed the song on MTV during one of the biggest awards moments and my album went double platinum. At the end of the day, I want another one of those. I ain’t thinking about no other bullshit, because like I said, this ain’t what you want when it comes to that because I’m an extremist. Plus, I already handled my business. Everybody else already know, I already put it down. Once that situation came at me, I addressed the person. Like I said, that’s done and over with and they know what it is. That person knows what it is. Me and Remy is cool so I just want these blogs to keep my damn name out the bullshit.

So moving on from that, I would like to have something like that on my new album. Even if I just did records separately with different females, it’s still the unity. I was looking at the footage of me, Cardi and Remy all up there on that stage, and everybody did they thing, everybody held they own. I’m also in the business side of things. I also stepped my game up from when I was a kid in the game and I was not really business-minded. I just was told what to do, so now I’m putting business moves together.

You’re taking complete control over the business aspect because you started so young and said a lot of times that you weren’t in the driver’s seat. It feels like you’re really in the driver’s seat now.

Exactly. I’m independent. I’m not signed to a record company. I do have a situation going on that I can’t really talk about until I can talk about it, but I have a situation going on and it’s kind of a partnership. Again, like I said, it feels good to be in the driver’s seat, be independent and do my thing. It feels really good. At this point, it’s about the artistry. It’s also about the entrepreneurship, the boss moves this time around. At the end of the day, I’m good at certain things behind the scenes as well, so that’s just basically something that I wanted to make good on.

When are you looking to actually drop the album?

I don’t have a specific date, but it’s definitely coming out this year. I have a couple people I want to work with. I’m not gonna tell you who but there’s a few people I want to work with, so I'm just getting those people together and getting them on the album. With me traveling, performing and doing music, it’s kind of hard. Plus I got my baby so I’m just leveling everything now. But I’m going hard.

http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7708965/lil-kim-remy-ma-nicki-minaj-beef-interview
 
Amajorfucup said:
Unacceptable.
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Nah. It be like that sometimes.

I remember when Nas came out to L.A for an interview in the mid 2000s (a little over 10 years ago). He tried to rap some material from the Stillmatic album and had trouble recollecting. He actually looked at the crowd to help him out. We didn't mind as we rapped along with him.
 
blacktrace said:
Nah. It be like that sometimes.

I remember when Nas came out to L.A for an interview in the mid 2000s (a little over 10 years ago). He tried to rap some material from the Stillmatic album and had trouble recollecting. He actually looked at the crowd to help him out. We didn't mind as we rapped along with him.
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This is nothing like that. Try again muthafucka.
 
themainman said:
88hiphop whoaaaaa throwback.
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Yeah first website to shut down the internet from houston street in nyc to white plains, nyc
first ones to get sprite to fund a "live showcase" online repping the 4 elements of hiphop
Had Royce & Em on when he was on Web records
Had Outkast on before MTV/VH1/BET
Had Red DJing live
First ones to have a live online NYEve countdown where we brought in NYE every hour with every show.
First ones to do a live 24 hour show^^
Sooo many firsts
88salsa; 88gospel and 88soul (where I met my future baby mama Renee Neufville) and got there start before the dot com bubble
 
playahaitian said:
Cause most of those Barbies don't LOOK like Nicki

they LOOK like Remy.

They aint had surgeries don't do funny voices got family friends and THEMSELVES been locked up

And Pap has done something particularly in black communities? Is rare as f*ck.

He SUPPORTED his woman the ENTIRE time and looked for some of the OTHER female prisoners.

his image right now as a Black Husband?

and the way he supported Remy during the miscarriage?

Nicki does NOT want to attack that.

They would TURN on her in a minute

and on a rap level?

Nicki dont want Pap to suddenly find a REAL reason for rapping cause as much as we used to clown Pap?

He can RAP...point blank PERIOD.

So its lyrical suicide.

Nicki don't want Pap Joe and then a bunch of Bronx and Brooklyn MCs to join in this mess.
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I agree with everything you said except Papoose can rap; dude is garbage; there is a reason why hes career never did nothing
 

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