Before the phenomenon of Nicki Minaj, the female MC had become something like a short flash in a pan in Hip-Hop for quite some time. One or two hits on one album, before disappearing from radio and video rotation, was quite average for the “Femcee.” A large void in the Hip-Hop female perspective had caused the upcoming generation of female MCs to out-sex and sometimes out-diss each other in a fight for the spotlight. Yet, North Carolina femcee Rapsody is reminding her sisters in rap that The Idea of Beautiful is more than raunchiness and finding flaws in your competition. On her debut album, she also reminds that you must first give a little R.E.S.P.E.C.T to the Hip-Hop culture before you can receive some.
Jamla Records’ first lady wastes no time venting over producers Eric G’s and 9th Wonder’s soulful backdrops on “Precious Wings” and “Believe Me”. She proves herself as a metaphor master by spitting bars about trust issues with men and fallen heroes effortlessly on crooning samples: “War with my past/ that’s how a lot of us women feel/ brother’s sneaking on you like Jay and that Ross chill/ That’s why the feeling hit you/ like missing your birth pill.”