Daniela Velazquez
GWSS Blog Post 2
Throughout this course, women’s impact on music that has gone highly unrecognized has been brought to life through different perspectives and bits of information. In this week’s reading “The Stage Hip- Hop Feminism built”, and “The Rise of Seattle Hiphop”, I had trouble making a connection between the two, until I realized that I may have been overthinking it. In Durham, Cooper and Morris’ writing, they mention “Hip hop feminism’s evolving digital presence is not only evidence of the movement’s relevance and strength but also reflects its continued interest in democratizing the creation and dissemination of knowledge as well as promoting open dialogues…”. This ending to their explanation of how hip hop feminism challenges and embraces backlash women of color face in the music industry resonated deeply with me. So much that it left a bad taste in my mouth after reading “The Rise of Seattle Hiphop”, given that essentially only men made the cut to get mentioned in the article with the exception of “THEE Satisfcation”. Reading these two pieces back to back put a really nice perspective in my head, then segwayed into the reality of how music is spoken about in reality.
The songs I chose to incorporate with this week’s material is “Did It On Em’ by Nicki Minaj, and “Boss Bitch” by Doja Cat. While women often get pinned up against each other, I felt that both Nicki and Doja recognize this, and make powerful music that strunts their success in the music scene. Both songs have explicit lyrics, making the statement that they are essentially both “boss bitches”. I also felt this was appropriate because the two collaborated on a remix together this week!
https://open.spotify.com/track/4qhhB1wqCRU5BBzotRGov3?si=_S7mbKXgSPKzQi_NNhr3qw
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