Writer Lavender Queen Liz speaks on Lil’ Kim-Return of Queen 2012, It’s All About Her
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Lil’ Kim-Return of the Queen 2012, It’s All About Her I am so, so cheerful that Lil’ Kim has return to the stage’s/theatre’s around the country and gracing her fans with her music, because a lot of people were worried. The people that were mostly worried were her fans, as well as, most media personnel, ME, and more! I would have been more specific about the magazine companies, online gossip websites and such, however, when I read articles about Lil’ Kim, most of them are attacks and very judgmental. Attack/judgments in the form of her performing and touring the country in 2012, the constant negativity about her clothing style or looks, and it is like they forgot about her true legacy and how she has changed the Rap/Hip-Hop entertainment world when she came out in the mid-1990’s. Lil’ Kim didn’t override what the other Rap female artists before her have done, but she came with a revealing and new style that made most people say “Wow, who is this/that sexy ass girl?” or “Where the hell is her clothes!?” If anyone have forgotten or was not informed, I posted a few Youtube videos below as reference for statements in this entire article.
I am so, so cheerful that Lil’ Kim has return to the stage’s/theatre’s around the country and gracing her fans with her music, because a lot of people were worried. The people that were mostly worried were her fans, as well as, most media personnel, ME, and more! I would have been more specific about the magazine companies, online gossip websites and such, however, when I read articles about Lil’ Kim, most of them are attacks and very judgmental. Attack/judgments in the form of her performing and touring the country in 2012, the constant negativity about her clothing style or looks, and it is like they forgot about her true legacy and how she has changed the Rap/Hip-Hop entertainment world when she came out in the mid-1990’s. Lil’ Kim didn’t override what the other Rap female artists before her have done, but she came with a revealing and new style that made most people say “Wow, who is this/that sexy ass girl?” or “Where the hell is her clothes!?” Furthermore, when her solo album, Hardcore was released in 1996 (which went 2 times platinum by RIAA in 2001) and she did the hot and sexy Crush on You video, everybody and their mother changed their hair to: green, blue, red, or yellow (not that it wasn’t done before.) Not to mention the well known poster promoting her (see below this paragraph) album took everyone’s breath away! I had my mouth and eyes wide open with a smile when I saw the poster. I even posed in a few pictures, with her exact pose, I sure did! But I won’t be posted it…darn. At that time, no other female in the Rap/Hip-Hop industry squatted down with a leopard sexy negligee outfit with a fur shawl, and sexy heels to match, ever. I will never forget those days. Her poster stirred up a lot of controversy with the media, radio show hosts, and more, yet that did not stop her shine. The songs on her album were also a new uprising to female Rap, the lyrics are explicit, and she did not hold back with sex appeal. In that era, people was so use to hearing the men Rap hardcore, however, Lil’ Kim shocked the music industry. Lil’ Kim’s sexy Rap lyrics and personality has gotten her very far, she also became a fashion and style icon. She started to appear in every well known magazine cover, such as, King, The Source, Allure, Sister to Sister, Vibe, Nylon, Black Men, genre, Due, XXL, OneWorld, Kontrol and more. Lil’ Kim modeled for various fashion companies including: Versace, Iceberg, Marc Jacobs (he loves Kim) Baby Phat and more
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