Album Spotlight: Lil' Kim - Hardcore

When Lil' Kim's "Hardcore" album was released; it was a really big deal. It was released a week apart from then friend Foxy Brown's "Ill Na Na" album. No one was keen to hearing a female spit sexual lyrics and certainly not of this caliber. I remember being in junior high school when this album came out. I also remember when one of my friend got the cassette and we sat and listened to it. It was definitely something we shouldn't of been listening to at that age but I will say we both were mature beyond our years.

Lil' Kim's "Hardcore" starts off like most rap album with an unforgettable "Intro" which features a man going to a porn shop to view a movie starring Lil' Kim which is ironically titled; "Hardcore". From there we head into the Jay-Z assisted; "Big Momma Thang" which is one of the album's many highlights.

Kim not only plays on her sexual image but a gangstress image which she would revisit on 2003's "La Bella Mafia". The songs here are filthy; flirty; and downright outrageous. This is the Kim many people liked and many people want back. Let's she if she can do it again with her new album.

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