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 FJi
fujifingerz:

I watched THIS VIDEO of Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams duet-ing “That’s What You Get” and I just had to re-draw it as Adora and Catra
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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 FJi
fujifingerz:

I watched THIS VIDEO of Taylor Swift and Hayley Williams duet-ing “That’s What You Get” and I just had to re-draw it as Adora and Catra
                
            

            
            
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    duet: johnnywhistler:
teacupfulofstarshine:

everydaylouie:
ghost choir 👻 🎵
I DID NOT THINK ANYTHING COULD TOP GHOST DUET
I WAS WRONG
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO BE WRONG IN ALL MY LIFE


Happy Halloween the 1st! 

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: johnnywhistler:
teacupfulofstarshine:

everydaylouie:
ghost choir 👻 🎵
I DID NOT THINK ANYTHING COULD TOP GHOST DUET
I WAS WRONG
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO BE WRONG IN ALL MY LIFE


Happy Halloween the 1st! 

                
                

                
            

            
            
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teacupfulofstarshine:

everydaylouie:
ghost choir 👻 🎵
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I WAS WRONG
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    duet: Follow
 i keep seeing these posts romanticizing
 Peresephone and Hades.
 like hozier and florence welch should
 duet cause they're like persephone and
 hades.
 or cute little myth aus
 or fan art and edits of people's faves
 styled like them
 and it's like this:
 Persephone wasn't some young girl in
 love with a bad boy. She was fucking
 abducted and raped by hades. her
 mother mourned the loss of her child
 her time spent in the underworld wasa
 myth about why plants die in winter.
 when she is depicted in art the subject is
 usually 'The Rape of Persephone'
 that shit isn't romantic. that is fucked up.
 x hades #that shit is fucked #read a book
 1 note
 that is fucked up
 ked #read a book
 I'm not sure whether I should laugh or cry
 Is OP aware that oh so many books exist on this subject?
 And that almost universally the ones authored by people with doctorates in
 classicism and mythology disagree with OP?
 Including the... epic hymn that first told this story? You know what's in that
 original source material.. right?
 Abducted, yes
 Demeter mourned? Definitely
 Rape, no
 abduct
 So here's some info on Ancient Greek wedding traditions which (oh my stars
 and garters! included abducting the bride. With the father's permission, which
 Hades got before he took her away
 Here's a whole book on the subject of Ancient Greek wedding custom and its
 conflation with funeral rites. (Which sounds a bit like Hades and Persephone to
 anyone who's ever dabbled in things like explication and context)
 Here's a link to another book that talks about Persephone's rise to power as a
 result of her willingly eating the pomegranate seeds
 Oh shit!l
 Here's a whole bunch of myths and hymns that talk about her Queen of the
 Holy pug tacos Batman!
 Here's another book about the myth focusing on the seasonal religious and
 liminal rites WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE DRY SUMMER (not the fucking
 winter), which you know if you read a book Way to go, OP
 All these fucking books! What could anyone possibly do with them all?1?171?
 Do you eat books to absorb their powers instead of read them?
 A better guess would be that you got into a moral panic over the name of a
 certain Renaissance statue and maybe after reading three pages of Edith
 Hamilton or the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article. And then used that to
 castigate and demean not only the people who actually take their limited time to
 create gorgeous art but also to denigrate modern day worshippers of
 Persephone and Hades?
 Maybe next time, you stringy plece of over-boiled okra, you might want to take
 your own advice and pick up a book, instead of reducing the feared and
 respected Queen of the Underworld who held power equal to or in many
 interpretations GREATER than her husband into a meaningless pastiche of
 female disenfranchisement that you seemingly plucked from your own ass.
 JESUS CHRIST THANK YOU
Perception of Persephone
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: Follow
 i keep seeing these posts romanticizing
 Peresephone and Hades.
 like hozier and florence welch should
 duet cause they're like persephone and
 hades.
 or cute little myth aus
 or fan art and edits of people's faves
 styled like them
 and it's like this:
 Persephone wasn't some young girl in
 love with a bad boy. She was fucking
 abducted and raped by hades. her
 mother mourned the loss of her child
 her time spent in the underworld wasa
 myth about why plants die in winter.
 when she is depicted in art the subject is
 usually 'The Rape of Persephone'
 that shit isn't romantic. that is fucked up.
 x hades #that shit is fucked #read a book
 1 note
 that is fucked up
 ked #read a book
 I'm not sure whether I should laugh or cry
 Is OP aware that oh so many books exist on this subject?
 And that almost universally the ones authored by people with doctorates in
 classicism and mythology disagree with OP?
 Including the... epic hymn that first told this story? You know what's in that
 original source material.. right?
 Abducted, yes
 Demeter mourned? Definitely
 Rape, no
 abduct
 So here's some info on Ancient Greek wedding traditions which (oh my stars
 and garters! included abducting the bride. With the father's permission, which
 Hades got before he took her away
 Here's a whole book on the subject of Ancient Greek wedding custom and its
 conflation with funeral rites. (Which sounds a bit like Hades and Persephone to
 anyone who's ever dabbled in things like explication and context)
 Here's a link to another book that talks about Persephone's rise to power as a
 result of her willingly eating the pomegranate seeds
 Oh shit!l
 Here's a whole bunch of myths and hymns that talk about her Queen of the
 Holy pug tacos Batman!
 Here's another book about the myth focusing on the seasonal religious and
 liminal rites WHICH TAKE PLACE IN THE DRY SUMMER (not the fucking
 winter), which you know if you read a book Way to go, OP
 All these fucking books! What could anyone possibly do with them all?1?171?
 Do you eat books to absorb their powers instead of read them?
 A better guess would be that you got into a moral panic over the name of a
 certain Renaissance statue and maybe after reading three pages of Edith
 Hamilton or the first paragraph of a Wikipedia article. And then used that to
 castigate and demean not only the people who actually take their limited time to
 create gorgeous art but also to denigrate modern day worshippers of
 Persephone and Hades?
 Maybe next time, you stringy plece of over-boiled okra, you might want to take
 your own advice and pick up a book, instead of reducing the feared and
 respected Queen of the Underworld who held power equal to or in many
 interpretations GREATER than her husband into a meaningless pastiche of
 female disenfranchisement that you seemingly plucked from your own ass.
 JESUS CHRIST THANK YOU
Perception of Persephone
                
            

            
            
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    duet: everydaylouie:happy halloween! here is a ghost duet
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    duet: everydaylouie:happy halloween! here is a ghost duet
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
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    duet: c0litasxo:
trappedblackrose:


everydaylouie:
happy halloween! here is a ghost duet

I love this so much. I always play it when it comes on


how cute 

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: c0litasxo:
trappedblackrose:


everydaylouie:
happy halloween! here is a ghost duet

I love this so much. I always play it when it comes on


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c0litasxo:
trappedblackrose:


everydaylouie:
happy halloween! here is a ghost duet

I love this so much. I always play it when it comes...

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            







    duet: Laura
 I'd like to take you up on getting
 coffee, by the way
 Mon, Jul 24, 2017, 12.00 AM
 Ahh I'm sorry for leaving you hanging.
 I might've dismissed the notification
 or something half asleep... But coffee
 would be great
 Stil being unemployed means Fhave
 free time in excess and a super flexible
 So just let me know when might work
 best for you
 Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 12-32 AM
 Wed, Aug 2,2017,
 32 PM
 Hey Laura I know it can take forever
 agonizing over the perfect response,
 but the coffee is starting to get cold
 I've taken the liberty of preparing a
 few response choices for you, to help
 speed things along. Choose any letter
 choice you'd like to send
 A: I'm free to grab coffee this week
 i'li send you my number so we can
 coordinate a meet up
 B This week is kinda busy for me, but
 next week for surel I'i give you my
 number so we could coordinate a meet-
 C: I would like to grab coffee eventually
 but rm not quite sure when. 'll give you
 my number so we can figure out the
 when on a better platform
 D: Sorryi don't think I'm up for coffee
 anymore... you're just too intimidatingly
 attractive and intelligent for me. I'u still
 give you my number though, maybe we
 could meet up some time soon:
 Fri Aug 11, 2017, 324 AM
 Atter popular demand, we've decided
 to add a bonus answer choice, See the
 amendment in its entirety below
 E: I'd like more time to choose among
 options A-D, please bear with mel
 Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 12:26 AM
 While you decide among choices A-E
 I've written a limerick to pass the time
 There once was a match who's named
 Laura
 Who jammed to Chopin on Pandora,
 When she said she'd meet Drew
 For a hot Java brew
 She first had to grow coffee fora.
 Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 1:08 PM
 Limerícks are boring, lambic
 pentameter or bust
 Beneath the churning froth of pick-up
 ines,
 The sexting, whirling cesspool of regret,
 An empty cave extends like twisting
 mines
 The ghosts of voices echo in duet
 A conversation stalled for thirty days
 Still sometimes he'd return if memry
 served
 He'd rack his mind for further clever
 ways,
 To keep the chat that time forgot
 preserved,
 But life moves fast indeed for life in
 prime,
 From seeds to sprouts to trees to
 leaves wind-blown
 And so, our Laura ever lost to time
 And Drew forever in Starbucks alone
 32017, all rights reserved
 Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 4:46 PM
 Ok I've contacted Amazon about
 publishing the book I wrote about this
 conversation, they said it could be
 online in three weeks ifi could slim it
 down 800 pages or so, I'll keep you
 posted through the editing process
 Mon, Sep 25, 2017,10:01 PM
 The book is finally supposed to
 be online tomorrow, and this bit of
 breaking news just published online
 thought you might want to see:
 Wed, Now 8.2017. 1137 PM
 We have a problem Laura the Weinsteirn
 Company was our sole investor the
 movie's in shambles now and there's no
 going back
 Today 8:15 PM
 Oh my god
 Oh my god
 GIF
Not really sure who was more surprised here
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: Laura
 I'd like to take you up on getting
 coffee, by the way
 Mon, Jul 24, 2017, 12.00 AM
 Ahh I'm sorry for leaving you hanging.
 I might've dismissed the notification
 or something half asleep... But coffee
 would be great
 Stil being unemployed means Fhave
 free time in excess and a super flexible
 So just let me know when might work
 best for you
 Thu, Jul 27, 2017, 12-32 AM
 Wed, Aug 2,2017,
 32 PM
 Hey Laura I know it can take forever
 agonizing over the perfect response,
 but the coffee is starting to get cold
 I've taken the liberty of preparing a
 few response choices for you, to help
 speed things along. Choose any letter
 choice you'd like to send
 A: I'm free to grab coffee this week
 i'li send you my number so we can
 coordinate a meet up
 B This week is kinda busy for me, but
 next week for surel I'i give you my
 number so we could coordinate a meet-
 C: I would like to grab coffee eventually
 but rm not quite sure when. 'll give you
 my number so we can figure out the
 when on a better platform
 D: Sorryi don't think I'm up for coffee
 anymore... you're just too intimidatingly
 attractive and intelligent for me. I'u still
 give you my number though, maybe we
 could meet up some time soon:
 Fri Aug 11, 2017, 324 AM
 Atter popular demand, we've decided
 to add a bonus answer choice, See the
 amendment in its entirety below
 E: I'd like more time to choose among
 options A-D, please bear with mel
 Sat, Aug 12, 2017, 12:26 AM
 While you decide among choices A-E
 I've written a limerick to pass the time
 There once was a match who's named
 Laura
 Who jammed to Chopin on Pandora,
 When she said she'd meet Drew
 For a hot Java brew
 She first had to grow coffee fora.
 Thu, Aug 24, 2017, 1:08 PM
 Limerícks are boring, lambic
 pentameter or bust
 Beneath the churning froth of pick-up
 ines,
 The sexting, whirling cesspool of regret,
 An empty cave extends like twisting
 mines
 The ghosts of voices echo in duet
 A conversation stalled for thirty days
 Still sometimes he'd return if memry
 served
 He'd rack his mind for further clever
 ways,
 To keep the chat that time forgot
 preserved,
 But life moves fast indeed for life in
 prime,
 From seeds to sprouts to trees to
 leaves wind-blown
 And so, our Laura ever lost to time
 And Drew forever in Starbucks alone
 32017, all rights reserved
 Tue, Aug 29, 2017, 4:46 PM
 Ok I've contacted Amazon about
 publishing the book I wrote about this
 conversation, they said it could be
 online in three weeks ifi could slim it
 down 800 pages or so, I'll keep you
 posted through the editing process
 Mon, Sep 25, 2017,10:01 PM
 The book is finally supposed to
 be online tomorrow, and this bit of
 breaking news just published online
 thought you might want to see:
 Wed, Now 8.2017. 1137 PM
 We have a problem Laura the Weinsteirn
 Company was our sole investor the
 movie's in shambles now and there's no
 going back
 Today 8:15 PM
 Oh my god
 Oh my god
 GIF
Not really sure who was more surprised here
                
            

            
            
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    duet: On this day in 2015, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton delivered a breakthrough duet in the first ever, “Debate: The Musical.”
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: On this day in 2015, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton delivered a breakthrough duet in the first ever, “Debate: The Musical.”
                
            

            
            
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    duet: cinemairon:

Austria/Prussia Duet in 5 Marz
Inspired by the Duet of Megaherz and Staubkind (Cannot unseen the style similarities)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXCgYiVO7mY

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: cinemairon:

Austria/Prussia Duet in 5 Marz
Inspired by the Duet of Megaherz and Staubkind (Cannot unseen the style similarities)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXCgYiVO7mY

                
            

            
            
cinemairon:

Austria/Prussia Duet in 5 Marz
Inspired by the Duet of Megaherz and Staubkind (Cannot unseen the style similarities)
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    duet: thehotgirlproject:
becausebirds:

A perfect duet.

You will never escape this video as long as I am alive.

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: thehotgirlproject:
becausebirds:

A perfect duet.

You will never escape this video as long as I am alive.

                
                

                
            

            
            
thehotgirlproject:
becausebirds:

A perfect duet.

You will never escape this video as long as I am alive.


            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            







    duet: Mick Jagger and David Bowie in the infamous 1985 music video for their hit duet ‘Dancing In The Street’
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: Mick Jagger and David Bowie in the infamous 1985 music video for their hit duet ‘Dancing In The Street’
                
            

            
            
Mick Jagger and David Bowie in the infamous 1985 music video for their hit duet ‘Dancing In The Street’

            
            
        

    



        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            






        

        
        

            







    duet: Music
 CONFESSIONS
 TUMBLRCOM
 IP-HOP
 HOORAY
 ee q eers of the music world celebrate their rise to the
 top of the charts -and ther newfound industry power
 By dames Patrick Herman. Photographed by Elig-FEs
 TUMBLR.COM

 s Lauryn Hills Grammy sweep last
 February proved, America is, offi.
 cially, a hip-hop nation. And after
 two decades under male leadership,
 women now rule. Just ask rap
 kingpin Sean "Puffy" Combs
 "Female MCs always had it so
 hard-no respect-it was like thcy was livin' in Siberia,
 he says. "But it made 'em strong. Now their shit's so hot,
 they dont needa mike to be heard." In fact, soon every
 one will be hearing the new albums from hip-hop
 queens Mary J. Blige, Aaliyah, Lil' Kim, Missy
 "Misdemeanor" Elliott, and Da Brat, all friends as well
 as frequent collaborators. They're even making plans to
 take their act-The Bitch Tour-on the road with a
 funky twist on Lilith Fair, coming to a sold-out stadium
 near you. But dont call them divas (except perhaps for
 Ms. Blige, who cited personal drama at the last minute
 and was unable to attend the photo shoot).
 Mary J. Blige, 28. Claim to fame: The queen of hip-hop
 soul. There's something about Mary: "Hip-hop plays a
 big part in my music. I've always been sample-orient
 ed-Barry White, Isaac Hayes. The strcets is gonna be
 happy with my record. You'll cry to it, dance to it, fuck to
 it. I've done a lot of love songs. Most of'em are about
 how fucked up women are treated. It's good to know my
 music helps people. Im goin' through it, too-the same
 tears, the same black eye, the same stomachachc and
 I'm gonna get us through it. I'm at such a place now,
 such a peace, I cannot be knocked down. Im Mary the
 lone woman. Mmm-hmmm," What becomes a diva
 most: "Someone who got through tough times and paid
 dues, like Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin. Good God,
 those were war storics they had to tell. Men wanted to
 rule them and treat them like shit, and they got through
 it." The Mary Jane girls: "People expect us to be com-
 petitive, but I didn't give Lauryn Hill her career-that
 was somethin' she worked for. And she didn't give me
 my career. Why should I think about competition if
 she got somethin' she could contribute to my project?
 I cannot be jealous. It's wasted energy. Ijust did a duet
 with the Queen of Soul herself, Miss Aretha Franklin
 I keep quiet when the veterans are in the room-and
 honey, she is a veteran. When I came out of the booth,
 she said, 'That was very nice.' And then she went in
 Power players (from
 eft): Aaliyah, Lil Kim, Missy
 Misdemeanor" Ellot
 and Da Brat. Not pictured
 the booth and killed me.
 FOR CAADEY CURRY MANAGEMENT MAKEUP BY NONKA FOR TE CEBCRAHMARTIN AGENCY.
 MSSY VAR DyCH NA POTTER FOR a NAS 00LL HOUSE NY, MAKEUP UY CF0G FER ELL 8RAT
 l-Kim-CONFESSIONS
 TUMBLR.COM

 aliyah, 20. Claim to fame: The R&B Lolita is now filming Joel
 Silvers Romeo Must Die for Warner Bros. Ready for her close-up:
 I want people to look at me as a full-on entertainer, not just as a
 singer or a dancer. It's taking my career to another level and
 showing every side of me." Foxy lady: "My mom will say, 'There is some-
 thing about her that was always sexy.' My image isnt a put-on. When
 you listen to me and hear the smooth tones--that's what I'm givin' off.
 As a child, I didn't notice. Now Im in tune with it. It can definitely be
 a power, and I use it to my advantage." Fierce competition: "People
 try to bring negativity my way, especially with Brandy and
 Monica. If Im competing with anybody, I'm competing with
 myselfto be original." What becomes a diva most: "Oh,
 that word. The Websters definition is an opera singer who
 has a lot of range, but that's changed over time. Now a
 diva is a bitch. Were not all bitchy. Its just a myth thatš
 not goin' anywhere. If you're gonna describe somebody,
 call her a queen.I shows
 respect.Is royaly."
 issy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, 27. Claim to fame: record business is male-dominated, and when yo're not bein'
 The female Pufly" runs her own record label, taken as seriously as you should, you gotta go in there screamin
 the Gold Mind, Inc; she rapped for a Gap TV because they'll walk all over you. And the word can be positive:
 ad campaign. Talkin' bout a revolution: "Fe IfIbe like, 'Thats a baaad bitch,' you know that means dope.
 males are takin' over. We droppin' our albums We gotta stop thinkin of it as bein' negative, 'cause it's gonna
 at the same time to make that point clear, so when we do our be used regardless. Men call us that when they're intimidated.
 Bitch Tour itll be obvious. It took a strong female like Lauryn Female bonding: "Instcad of compcting, we help out and en
 to be successful and open doors. Now everybody else can fall in hance cach other. When I see another female artist, we always
 line." Bitch, bitch, bitch: "My first single's called Shes a Bitch.' show cach other love-we just so happy that we broke that bar-
 That doesn't have to be your everyday personality. But the
 rier down of us not ein' able to do as much as the men."
 lKimCONFESSIONS.
 TUMBLR.COM
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 Music
 a Brat, 25. Claim to fame: Runs her own record label, Thowin'
 Tantrums Entertainment; she is the first female rapper to have a
 platinum record. She's the one: "Before me, people didnt know
 how to market a female rap artist. I laid the path in the way
 Queen Latifah and MC Lyte did for me. But you need to grow
 in this industry. I want to produce, act, and direct -get my hands in every
 thing. I got an cye and an car for good talent." Birds of a feather: "My friends
 all stick together. There's only a handful of us women in the industry with
 labels-theres not enough of us to be bickerin'. We're like the dream team. Its
 all about unity, havin' a strong support system. Were mature adults and we
 know the value of friendship. Nothin' should come between two friends-
 friends are forever, men aint." To each her own: "I got the tomboy thing goini
 on, and I can still be sexy. Missy's futuristic you dont know what she's gonna
 do next. Kim is like the madam-diva type-raunchy and nasty. Shell shoot
 your ass. Mary's sultry and spiritual and soulful, the ghetto queen of R&B
 Aaliyahs funky, she represents the teenagers. Shell make you party with her.
 We all are supa dupa fresh, and we gotta hold hands and rock together."
 il' Kim, 24. Claim to fame: The girlfriend
 of the late Notus B.I.G. runs her own
 label, Queen Bee Records. She's come a
 long way, baby: "Im really proud of my
 CONFESSIONS
 TUMBLRICOM
 new album. My favorite lyrics 'A queen is not a
 queen because she has failed/ But a queen is a
 queen because failure has not stopped her..../
 Women are taking over for the new millen
 nium.' Like Puffy said, we dont need a mike
 anymore. We bein' heard. Its our era." What
 becomes a diva most: People love to use the word
 diva. I like queen better. A queen knows it all but doesnt let
 you know it right off. She's good-spirited and righteous.
 She's the boss: "With Queen Bee, I call the shots. I want
 my label to be the female version of Bad Boy. Me and Puffy
 may be family, but at the end of the day, I'm gonna do
 what I have to do. I'm also working on Bad Girl Films-
 ever since I did Sheš AllThat, Miramax has been offering me
 lots of things." In the company of women: "Were all
 characters. Brats the southern street girl who needs to be
 wild. Aaliyah's the pretty-girl type, the sexy artist that's un-
 touchable. Missy's like a cartoon and you love to watch
 her, shes so cute. Mary, you love to watch for her
 rength. Mary's the girl you can identify with. And
 me, Im like a little Mary. Lauryn's getting what she
 deserves. Her success made me work harder. Now
 we all know a hip-hop woman can make it."O
 ki- CONFESSIONS
 TUMBLR COM
thabeehive-deactivated20160215:

lil’ kim, aaliyah, missy elliott,  da brat photographed by elfie semotan for the august 1999 issue of elle magazine.

    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                duet: Music
 CONFESSIONS
 TUMBLRCOM
 IP-HOP
 HOORAY
 ee q eers of the music world celebrate their rise to the
 top of the charts -and ther newfound industry power
 By dames Patrick Herman. Photographed by Elig-FEs
 TUMBLR.COM

 s Lauryn Hills Grammy sweep last
 February proved, America is, offi.
 cially, a hip-hop nation. And after
 two decades under male leadership,
 women now rule. Just ask rap
 kingpin Sean "Puffy" Combs
 "Female MCs always had it so
 hard-no respect-it was like thcy was livin' in Siberia,
 he says. "But it made 'em strong. Now their shit's so hot,
 they dont needa mike to be heard." In fact, soon every
 one will be hearing the new albums from hip-hop
 queens Mary J. Blige, Aaliyah, Lil' Kim, Missy
 "Misdemeanor" Elliott, and Da Brat, all friends as well
 as frequent collaborators. They're even making plans to
 take their act-The Bitch Tour-on the road with a
 funky twist on Lilith Fair, coming to a sold-out stadium
 near you. But dont call them divas (except perhaps for
 Ms. Blige, who cited personal drama at the last minute
 and was unable to attend the photo shoot).
 Mary J. Blige, 28. Claim to fame: The queen of hip-hop
 soul. There's something about Mary: "Hip-hop plays a
 big part in my music. I've always been sample-orient
 ed-Barry White, Isaac Hayes. The strcets is gonna be
 happy with my record. You'll cry to it, dance to it, fuck to
 it. I've done a lot of love songs. Most of'em are about
 how fucked up women are treated. It's good to know my
 music helps people. Im goin' through it, too-the same
 tears, the same black eye, the same stomachachc and
 I'm gonna get us through it. I'm at such a place now,
 such a peace, I cannot be knocked down. Im Mary the
 lone woman. Mmm-hmmm," What becomes a diva
 most: "Someone who got through tough times and paid
 dues, like Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin. Good God,
 those were war storics they had to tell. Men wanted to
 rule them and treat them like shit, and they got through
 it." The Mary Jane girls: "People expect us to be com-
 petitive, but I didn't give Lauryn Hill her career-that
 was somethin' she worked for. And she didn't give me
 my career. Why should I think about competition if
 she got somethin' she could contribute to my project?
 I cannot be jealous. It's wasted energy. Ijust did a duet
 with the Queen of Soul herself, Miss Aretha Franklin
 I keep quiet when the veterans are in the room-and
 honey, she is a veteran. When I came out of the booth,
 she said, 'That was very nice.' And then she went in
 Power players (from
 eft): Aaliyah, Lil Kim, Missy
 Misdemeanor" Ellot
 and Da Brat. Not pictured
 the booth and killed me.
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 aliyah, 20. Claim to fame: The R&B Lolita is now filming Joel
 Silvers Romeo Must Die for Warner Bros. Ready for her close-up:
 I want people to look at me as a full-on entertainer, not just as a
 singer or a dancer. It's taking my career to another level and
 showing every side of me." Foxy lady: "My mom will say, 'There is some-
 thing about her that was always sexy.' My image isnt a put-on. When
 you listen to me and hear the smooth tones--that's what I'm givin' off.
 As a child, I didn't notice. Now Im in tune with it. It can definitely be
 a power, and I use it to my advantage." Fierce competition: "People
 try to bring negativity my way, especially with Brandy and
 Monica. If Im competing with anybody, I'm competing with
 myselfto be original." What becomes a diva most: "Oh,
 that word. The Websters definition is an opera singer who
 has a lot of range, but that's changed over time. Now a
 diva is a bitch. Were not all bitchy. Its just a myth thatš
 not goin' anywhere. If you're gonna describe somebody,
 call her a queen.I shows
 respect.Is royaly."
 issy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, 27. Claim to fame: record business is male-dominated, and when yo're not bein'
 The female Pufly" runs her own record label, taken as seriously as you should, you gotta go in there screamin
 the Gold Mind, Inc; she rapped for a Gap TV because they'll walk all over you. And the word can be positive:
 ad campaign. Talkin' bout a revolution: "Fe IfIbe like, 'Thats a baaad bitch,' you know that means dope.
 males are takin' over. We droppin' our albums We gotta stop thinkin of it as bein' negative, 'cause it's gonna
 at the same time to make that point clear, so when we do our be used regardless. Men call us that when they're intimidated.
 Bitch Tour itll be obvious. It took a strong female like Lauryn Female bonding: "Instcad of compcting, we help out and en
 to be successful and open doors. Now everybody else can fall in hance cach other. When I see another female artist, we always
 line." Bitch, bitch, bitch: "My first single's called Shes a Bitch.' show cach other love-we just so happy that we broke that bar-
 That doesn't have to be your everyday personality. But the
 rier down of us not ein' able to do as much as the men."
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 a Brat, 25. Claim to fame: Runs her own record label, Thowin'
 Tantrums Entertainment; she is the first female rapper to have a
 platinum record. She's the one: "Before me, people didnt know
 how to market a female rap artist. I laid the path in the way
 Queen Latifah and MC Lyte did for me. But you need to grow
 in this industry. I want to produce, act, and direct -get my hands in every
 thing. I got an cye and an car for good talent." Birds of a feather: "My friends
 all stick together. There's only a handful of us women in the industry with
 labels-theres not enough of us to be bickerin'. We're like the dream team. Its
 all about unity, havin' a strong support system. Were mature adults and we
 know the value of friendship. Nothin' should come between two friends-
 friends are forever, men aint." To each her own: "I got the tomboy thing goini
 on, and I can still be sexy. Missy's futuristic you dont know what she's gonna
 do next. Kim is like the madam-diva type-raunchy and nasty. Shell shoot
 your ass. Mary's sultry and spiritual and soulful, the ghetto queen of R&B
 Aaliyahs funky, she represents the teenagers. Shell make you party with her.
 We all are supa dupa fresh, and we gotta hold hands and rock together."
 il' Kim, 24. Claim to fame: The girlfriend
 of the late Notus B.I.G. runs her own
 label, Queen Bee Records. She's come a
 long way, baby: "Im really proud of my
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 new album. My favorite lyrics 'A queen is not a
 queen because she has failed/ But a queen is a
 queen because failure has not stopped her..../
 Women are taking over for the new millen
 nium.' Like Puffy said, we dont need a mike
 anymore. We bein' heard. Its our era." What
 becomes a diva most: People love to use the word
 diva. I like queen better. A queen knows it all but doesnt let
 you know it right off. She's good-spirited and righteous.
 She's the boss: "With Queen Bee, I call the shots. I want
 my label to be the female version of Bad Boy. Me and Puffy
 may be family, but at the end of the day, I'm gonna do
 what I have to do. I'm also working on Bad Girl Films-
 ever since I did Sheš AllThat, Miramax has been offering me
 lots of things." In the company of women: "Were all
 characters. Brats the southern street girl who needs to be
 wild. Aaliyah's the pretty-girl type, the sexy artist that's un-
 touchable. Missy's like a cartoon and you love to watch
 her, shes so cute. Mary, you love to watch for her
 rength. Mary's the girl you can identify with. And
 me, Im like a little Mary. Lauryn's getting what she
 deserves. Her success made me work harder. Now
 we all know a hip-hop woman can make it."O
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