Emerging: Jane Bang
Aug 15, 08
We totally have a soft spot for female MCs, the embodiment of estrogen in an otherwise way too sausage-filled landscape within the realm of hip hop and urban music (cf. Northern State, Lady Sovereign, Missy Elliot, et al.). There's just something about a girl grabbing her crotch like a silent eff you to that whole ideal that makes us instantly happy, even though we've been known to objectify a lady or two here and there. Guilty, sure, but we're trying. When you have a combination like Jane Bang, a vicious lyricist, a born persona and one of the most abrasive pottymouths we've heard in a while who just so happens to be very forward with her lesbianism, you have to just shut up and listen. Sharing a drawl and streamy delivery that define the best parts of Lil' Wayne's catalog, Jane Bang jumps right out of her LA-based gates and into what should be her place amongst the most credible and sought after voices in the genre.
(mp3) Jane Bang - Untame
(mp3) Jane Bang - Living This Way
Godspeed!
