Foxy Brown Performing At The Lyricist Lounge @ 13 years old

[Tommy Gibbs]

Rest in peace to Pumpkinhead

wow!!! Haven't heard that name in years. I may still have a tape from him on WKCR 20 years ago. I have to go through them and convert to mp3

 

[Yaboysix]

Was Hov smashing by then?

 

[delnegro]

She was born in 78. The beat she's rhyming over is Grand Puba's "360". That was released the summer of 92 that would have made her 13 at the time going on 14. We first saw her nationally in 1995, 3 years after that Puba beat was hot in the mainstream and she was 16 going on 17 then. I don't think she would have been spitting over that beat on stage at 15, which would have been a year or 2 later in 1993 and 1994

So beats only get spit on the year they came out?! Plus the Lyricist Lounge was an underground venue, it's not outta the realm for an MC to spit on a year old beat or older. But you got it...

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

ill nana is one of my favorite albums, all times.



But i didnt know that she came from the underground circuit and grinded her way to where she got.



Much respect.



.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

So beats only get spit on the year they came out?! Plus the Lyricist Lounge was an underground venue, it's not outta the realm for an MC to spit on a year old beat or older. But you got it...

hahaha, no man. But more often than not, back then artists tried to spit on the more popular hot joints. And a year old beat would be 1993 and when then, she was 15 going on 16. We know it had to be before 1995. Late1995 is when we first saw her on LL's I shot ya. She was 17 then. As Get These Nets stated, just look at her name. In the early 90s, A lot of people were on that kinte cloth wearing, pro black tip. There was a female rapper named Nefertiti. She was the chick that starred in the Panther film in 1995. So it's possible it was 1992 or 1993. shyt I don't know, I'm just going off the name, beat, and time frame from when we first saw her. But hopefully we can all agree it was pre-1995.

 

[old pig]

how’d I not see this?

…and just bcuz…



…those TH/polo “rugby” striped shirts in the early 90s >>>>>>>

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

 

[Fani Willis fan]

Yes, she’s actually the goat female rapper.

 

[Alexander Wiggin]

Yes, she’s actually the goat female rapper.

One of the illest voice in hip hop. It's funny because minus nature and mega, I always thought between nas az and foxy, the firm got three of the most illest voices/flows mc's of all time, too bad their album wasn't on par with what he could've been. As far as best female mc's, she's on my top 3 with jean grae and lady of rage

 

[Ashtrey]

Ill Na Na my favorite female MC rap album. Had a Foxy pic in my high school locker in '96.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Didn't Smoothe Da Hustler claim to write that verse?

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Keith Murray said the jaw bone was immaculate.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Damn she was fire

 

[Houston911]

Foxy so talented

 

[Awesome Wells]

Didn't Smoothe Da Hustler claim to write that verse?

Yup! He did.

He said he wrote most of her raps that got her signed to Def Jam, but wasn't credited for any of it.