Lil' Kim - Hard Core
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Free Music Review: Off the Hook
Hit: 5 Stars
This was the best album she made so far.I luv lil kim , her style and lyrics.notorious kim doesnt compare to hardcore. I hear ner next album suppose to be like hardcore. So it will be a hit.Free Music Review: Hard Core
Hit: 4 Stars
Lil' Kim presents a debut solo collection heavy with bad-girl lyrical ditties that will sear most mature listeners' ears. However, with the prevailing degenerative morality of today's society, younger consumers will no doubt find her explicit sexual references as par for the course.Her "no-holds-barred" set features the savvy production talents of high-profile rap svengalis Sean "Puffy" Combs and Jermaine Dupri and lesser known hip-hop boardmen such as Stevie J, Nashiem, Prestige and Cornbread. Thematically, the platter also covers rough-and-tough street themes that are presented with stark candor.
Besides being best buds with Bad Boy's Notorious B.I.G., this sexy hip-hop dominatrix also rolls with Junior M.A.F.I.A. ("Player's Anthem"), the hip-hop collective that helped establish the pesky Brooklyn rhymer as a legit rapper among grass-roots hip-hoppers.
Kicking things off is "Big Momma Thang," a harmonically catchy, but ultimately raunchy dissertation concerning Kim's initial discovery of her own sexuality. Turnabout is fair play, but somehow, hearing a female boast explicitly about her private parts is less than alluring.
On "No Time," Kim delivers her alto-voiced raps with a confident finality to the rhythm of an addictive, syrup-laced melody that samples James Brown's "Take Me Just As I Am." "Crush On You," which samples Jeff Lorber's "Rain Dance," features B.I.G. waxing ghetto fabulous about how he shows his "boo" all the finer things in life.
Free Music Review: *Hardcore*
Hit: 5 Stars
The hot new female rapper Lil' Kim has come out with her first CD called "Hardcore". The album sold over 10 million copies in the first year. It came out in the year of 1996. Everyone couldn't wait to get a hold of this hot new CD, but once they did I think they were very surprised. Lil' Kim is a "HARDCORE" rapper and most people loved her for that, but others couldn't stand to listen to R rated material such as language and sexual refrences. I myself loved this CD. There are 15 blazin' tracks on this album...all written and produced by Biggy Smalls who was recently murdered. If you want more information on this hot artist just visit my other review for Lil' Kim's "Notorious K.I.M."Free Music Review: Sorry y'all, I just wasn't feeling it
Hit: 3 Stars
I asked for this album for Christmas in 1996 because of all the hype surrounding Lil' Kim. After all, she had the Notorious B.I.G. seal of approval and she and Biggie were the only ones worth listening to on their Junior M.A.F.I.A. album. How is the album? Well, let's just say that it isn't nice to return a Christmas gift from someone.Don't get me wrong, this album got mad beats (virtually every song was played at house parties on campus), but when I sat down and listened to what was being said, I wasn't impressed. It sounds like Lil' Kim was using XXX-rated lyrics to hide any kind of real talent, hence calling it "shock value". Songs like the Jermaine Dupri-laced "Not Tonight" (though I can't front on the clever use of the "Turn Your Love Around" sample) and "We Don't Need It" make me wanna throw up. I wondered if she was kicking these songs for the guys because it's sexy, or for the girls because it's never been done before.
There are some songs that I can stand like "No Time", "Big Momma Thang" (featuring then almost-famous Jay-Z) and "Drugs". This is due to more tight flowing and less nasty lyrics. But the real flaw to this album is that 95% of what Kim says came from Biggie's catalogue. If you don't believe me, then check out Ready to Die or any song he made before then.
Overall, this ain't the classic that everybody says it is. There are times when Kim kicks a notable line, but those moments are few and far in between. And if she does kick a good line, nine times out of ten it came from Biggie. I would tell her better luck next time, but her second album is even worse. Sorry, Kim.
Free Music Review: Hip-Hop's Millie Jackson: Queen Bee is #1
Hit: 5 Stars
Lil' Kim boldly went where no female rapper went before with this joint. She openly discuss female sexuality, what women want from men, and what things they do that turn them off. It talks about how oral sex is important to many women on Big Momma Thing, We Don't Need It, and Not Tonight. This is for those who are mature in mind and body.