Celebrating Classic Posse Cuts Of Women MCs
To kick off their Women's History Month series of episodes, DJ Sir Daniel & Jay Ray debate women posse cuts, and wonder if it was their unity that was the real win?
A posse cut is when three or more are gathered... and the holy spirit of hip hop will enter the room.
- DJ Sir Daniel
Sir Daniel lays down that law right out the gate, flipping the script on one of hip hop’s top debates. This Queue Points episode honoring Women’s History Month digs into Black women MCs owning posse cuts. From R&B remixes to underground classics, we connect tracks the tracks to BET memories and cultural context from the era.
We start our conversation with Brandy’s “I Wanna Be Down” Human Rhythm remix, post-Craig Mack’s “Flava In Your Ear”, where Lyte, Yo-Yo, and Queen Latifah turned little sis Brandy into an important and symbolic anchor. The outcome is one of the best R&B/Hip-Hop songs in history.
Bad Boy enters the chat with Total’s “No One Else (Puff Daddy Remix)”, the one where Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown link with Da Brat. Yes, y’all. That actually happened.
“This song goes down in history as the only song Lil’ Kim and Foxy Brown are featured on together.”
- DJ Sir Daniel
Lil Kim’s “Not Tonight (Remix)” remix packs Angie Martinez, Left Eye, Missy Elliott and Da Bra into a cameo-filled video. Underground hits like Big Kap’s “Da Ladies in Da House” with Bahamadia and Lauryn Hill pre-fame, give classic cipher energy.
Why did all of this stop? Industry math, changing of the times, and individualization? We discuss it all.
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