Yessir, it’s YN again. Round 2, the bell’s rung and unlike Bernard Hopkins I can talk the talk and walk the walk (Sidebar: I say bring back them 15 Rounders that’ll separate the men from the boys). Ep 102 of ego trip’s Miss Rap Supreme premieres tonight at 10 and I promise you there’s even more explosive moments than are critically-acclaimed jump-off supplied. But I got to thinking with all the crazy antics Khia set off last week, why don’t I go in an opposite direction for this installment of my OnSmash column. How bout a lil unity? U.N.I.T.Y. See in hip-hop’s past there’s been a scattered few examples of a group of ladies of the microphone joining forces for one common cause.
I’m gonna take you back to 1995. Tommy ain’t your muthafuckin’ Boy Records (Just joshing Mr. Silverman.). Big Kap – Da Ladies in Da House, featuring Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill (believe it or not) and three long forgotten femme fatales: Precise, Treep and Uneek.
For those who don’t know Big Kap was Funkmaster Flex’s longtime DJ partner back in the days. They even paired to release the slept-on Tunnel LP on Def Jam back in the 1-9-9-9. Some may say duke is uglier than Craig Mack but I prefer to just state that he’s clearly not the most handsome fellow on the planet. But hey the big homie must have had some kind of G to get all these sophisticated ladies to lend their services.
Speaking of which, as I stated sometime in the past there was a pre-Score time that me and L-Boogie would chop it up on the horn every once in awhile. I remember her talking to me about doing this collab and how her Fugee mates weren’t necessarily pleased with her spreading herself around like mustard. Her rationale was this could help out her fellow sisters in the game plus provide more exposure to her group who weren’t exactly the hottest thing back then.
If memory serves Bahamadia may have had a bigger buzz than L-Boogie at the time (I know it’s hard to imagine). I knew of Uneek because she was all over Doo Wop’s mixtapes but I still don’t much about the other two. That is, until I did lil Internet research and I came across
http://milkcratebreaks.blogspot.com/2007/11/big-kap-da-ladies-in-da-house.html
who did an excellent job recounting this lost song.
Anyways, this is a weird one which many of you have probably never seen so of course I got provide a lil artistic advisory. Keep an open mind.
:16 I told you the homie was hard on the mirror.
:22 Yup that’s Lauryn.
:30 Is Bahamadia really sittin’ on a giant ladybug?
:34 She sure kept a tight fro.
:46 That’s the Biz Mark, Biz Mark in the red Mickey Mouse T.
1:05 Flex cameo.
1:07 In front of Flex, is Awesome 2’s DJ Special K and DJ Enuff. Now I remember Kap, Flex and Enuff were in a click called Flip Squad. No relation to Flipmode. Flip Squad iz da Squad!
1:10 Kap really got the honeys givin’ him rubdowns. These must be the chicks who got into the Tunnel for free.
1:24 Shortie looks cuter without the shades. Fire your stylist.
1:50 Ma look like she got kicked out of Total.
1:58 Yup, that’s B.I.G., baby-baby!
2:04 OK I wouldn’t fuck with this broad. She looks like she’d cut you.
2:23 What’s that tat say?
2:29 Ok, there’s Doo Wop, this must be Uneek. She’s a feisty thing papi. Think Doo Wop was down with Flip Squad too.
2:40 Nice eye piercing. Not!
2:42 Is that a white girl or boriqua?
2:45 She’s rubbing her joints because she loves hip-hop. Must be part of the Smalls table.
2:50 L-Boogie got shades too. Think this was shot in the summer.
2:55 Lauryn loves to sing.
3:04 Watch out for them candles.
3:06 What is she laying on?
3:40 Kap gotta shine. Who’s record is this anyway?
3:53 Lap Dance!
Wait did one of the ladies miss the video shoot? See maybe sisters can’t get along. Anyways if you got any video requests for my OnSmash column or audio suggestions for the Hard Body Female Spit series, hit me at the following spots. I’m out like Isiah. Bye, haters.