Benz and a Backpack

No topics are truly safe from the scheming pens of industry emcees. Now, if you’ve had your radio on in the past two weeks, you’ve heard Drake’s Swizz Beats produced ode to appearance-obsessed women, “Fancy,” featuring T.I. And though the song breaks with that smooth Drake-brand sound, its subject matter fits right in with the kind of shit many of the industry’s new talent (and even some old mainstays) have been putting out this year – songs dedicated to the women that bring drama.

Now, speakin on the subject of the saditty lady is by no means a new trend in hip-hop (especially industry type ish)- women have been at the center of Hip Hop culture from its inception. Yet this year has seen an inordinate number of artists put out songs centered around the topic of bougie females, not just on an ultra-sexual Whisper Song tip or some strange Lil Wayne love song, but on some pretty-well thought-out, lyrical shit. Check it:

Drake – Fancy

“Hit the gym, step on the scale, stare at the numba/ You say you droppin ten pounds, preparing for summa/ And you don’t do it for the man/ Man never notice/ You just do it for your self/ you the fucking coldest”

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Wale – 90210

“It’s a part of her goal/ It’s all she knows/ Graduated from Rosé/ Addicted to blow/ Addicted to stardom on which to blow/ So she kisses the stars and she give em a blow/ Afta every show”

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J. Cole – Higher

“Down in Miami with a super ho team/ Tryin to bag a brother with a super bowl ring”

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The shorty’s bestfriend is by no means off limits:

J Cole – Rather Be With You

“Hey, though I love you/ Hate that bitch that’s always with you/ A shame I gotta put up with her shit just to get you/ She threw another fit/ You had to split cause she was with you/ And now I’m at the crib all alone/ Damn I miss you”

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Wiz Khalifa – Studio Lovin’

“Let’s do the verses now and worry bout the beat later/ Heard you be going off the head/ You don’t need paper/ Play you in E-major/ A-minor/ Girl your rhythm’s straight and I say you got great timing”

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Fashawn – When She Calls

“Feel like a bad dream/ And I just want to wake up/ Walked in the house/ Caught some nigga diggin her out/ Him and his spouse”

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Eminem – 25 to Life; Hip-Hop itself be a bad bitch too.

“And what I mean is that I will no longer let you control me/ So you better hear me out/ This much you owe me/ I gave up my life for you/ Totally devoted to you totally devoted to you I have stayed/ Painful all the way/ This is how I fucking get repaid?”

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Cee-Lo Green feat. LOnan the Destroyer – I’ll Kill Her

“I would have waited/ Like a week or two/ But you never tried to reach me/ No, you never called me back/ You were dating that bleach blonde girl/ If I find her/ I swear/ I swear… I’ll kill her”

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Throw Backs
As noted above, Hip-Hop and woman share a long standing relationship, for better or for worse. Some historical context:

2Pac – Wonda Why They Call U Bitch

“Hey miss thing hate to ‘salt yo game? But you a money hungry woman and you need to switch/ In the locker room all the homies do is laugh/ High fives cause another nigga played your ass”

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DJ Quik – I Usta Know Her; Quik, the legendary and oft overlooked rapper/producer (used to cut shit for 2Pac), offers his sixteen on the subject long side AMG.

“I hit the liquor right next to Benihana’s/ But on my way I met a bitch as square as a box/ With a big ass booty and some goldy locks/ And I ain’t gotta do much talking/ She wet/ Because she seen moving a 93 Corvette”

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Eminem – Jealousy Woes; The king of the on-again-off-again girlfriend track

“You run me down and now you trying to apologize/ For all the lies and everytime you made me ball my eyes/ Because I got a bigger wallet size, you wanna swing it/ Jealousy is in the house ya’ll/ Fellas sing it”

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Atmosphere – Shoulda Known; Apparently there’s something bout white dudes and their ex’s

“How did we end up in your apartment/ Pocket full of gossips says this ain’t smart/ When it’s all said and done can’t hit restart/ But I’ll be damned if I don’t want to kiss you/ Hard”

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