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Tonight BET delves into the hardships of being a female MC on their documentary “My Mike Sounds Nice.”

In this snippet below Yo-Yo, Eve and Missy Elliot have a candid discussion about second guessing their image based on changes in the music industry.

“Do people really wanna hear ‘Black Pearl’ right now when she’s swallowing a Coke bottle with her kitty cat?” Yo-Yo says on tonight’s episode. “I was battling with myself like maybe it’s over for me, or maybe not.”

Tune in to BET tonight at 10 pm to watch the full documentary.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    The day when the image became more important than the lyrics is the day HIP HOP DIED!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    Isn’t that DANGEROUS swallowing Coke bottle with YOUR kitty cat???? Something might go WRONG, like what that woman/main street mama did back in 1921 in that Fatty Arbuckle trial, but was acquited(he wasa 1920s silent movie commedian accused of raping Virginia Rapp, a prostitute in Hollyweird),so this KINKY act is nothing new…….

    _A_ That’s why I rather listen to the old school/jazz….at ;east those guys/gals had TALENT…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mzJUICYDA_ISH79/ mzJUICYDA_ISH79

    AMEN@ A

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsMerising/ MsMerising

    Ava Duvernay is doing the damn thing right now. Can’t wait to see this :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mslakishat/ mslakishat

    _A_ & mzJUICYDA_ISH79 I concur!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/caramel_504/ caramel_504

    I’m twenty four years old and last week I was saying these women need to come back out because I miss how music from like the late 90s on down had meaning…now they want to swallow coke bottles to make a come back! I won’t be support them! this show how people(WOMEN) in the industry will degrade themselves for a dollar sad!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Wildeyes/ Wildeyes

    They missed a few, but at least MC Trouble was on the list.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SwtChocLady3/ SwtChocLady3

    I think it is sad that selling you soul to the devil is the MAIN way women in Hip Hop almost HAVE to make it. It is nice to turn on the raido and hear a woman talk about having a good time with OUT talking about their bodies.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mister_Wigg79/ Mister_Wigg79

    Yall forgot Choice “Eazy-E aint nuthin but a cute ass fag” I know yall remember her lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/PrinzNasheemKozul/ PrinzNasheemKozul

    it was hard for quality artist to compete and be heard
    when KIM is SWALLOWING COKE BOTTLES for sport

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NOWHITEIN/ NOWHITEIN

    CAN SHE SWALLOW A COKE BOTTLE AND RHYME AT THE SAME TIME? THAT CANT COMPETE WITH BLACK PEARL!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LifeSpeed/ LifeSpeed

    Butt/breast implants to sell more records is cool though somehow? go figure. Insecurity sells in many forms.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/3Diddy/ 3Diddy

    Hmmm….looks like Queen Penn put some meat on her bones

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/odoggz/ odoggz

    @_A_
    That’s real! Once those corporations made it their product, all was lost and we’ll never get it back.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Sub-Negro/ Sub-Negro

    Wait who can swallow a coke bottle with there kitty? I need to find her now THAT IS TALENT!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Charmin1973/ Charmin1973

    we need more females in hip hop
    like the great full dress queens of the past

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tpmedia/ tpmedia

    Come on now! You guys act like image didn’t mean anything back in the day, IT ABSOLUTELY DID!, that’s why dope femcees like heather b, and bahamadia never took off, and every female mc back then was cute or kinda cute, now the men, it wasn’t all image there for a while, but it has ALWAYS been about that for women. Also I hear people say ALL the time they want REAL femcee’s back, lol, that’s funny as hell to me cuz when one comes along the same people don’t purchase them, plus real mc’s and femcee’s NEVER left, all you have to do is turn off the radio and listen to the underground stuff and checkout sites like hiphopdx.com and click on audio and then singles. There are , and always will be real mc’s, if people choose to look for them. Hell people look harder for a pair white ones than they do for good music or other accessories, but maybe it’s just me. All I know is there is real music out there and THE TRUTH of the matter is the people saying that there is not are the people that is not really supporting it cuz if they were they would stop saying it doesn’t exist, hell Rapheal Sidique drop one of the coldest albums in a minute just last year but I bet maybe only 2 people can tell me one or more songs off it. Then there are rappers like Joel ortiz, Jean Grea and hell Rah Diggah is dropping something I think either nect moth or september.. It’s there people and they obviously are not gonna bring it to you (the labels) so if you want it you have to go get it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tpmedia/ tpmedia

    And trust me, I know I made spelling and gramatical errors , but if that’s all anyone get outta what I said, lol, then all I can say is WOW!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    Swallowing a Coke bottle with your kitty….just like using a VIBEY, too-don’t get it-UUUMMMPH!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Ceyisha/ Ceyisha

    OKAY WOW, THATS STRIPPER TALK RIGHT THERE. I HOPE YO-YO WASNT REALLY DOING THAT:) IMAGE IMAGE WOW I THINK EVERYONE FEATURE ON THAT SEGMENT CHANGED HOW THAT RAPPED ONCE THE MONEY GOT BETTER AND THEY ALL ADAPTED TO WHAT WAS IN AT THAT TIME. BUT INDIVIDUALLY THEY EACH HAD AN IMAGE THAT WORKED FOR AND AGAINST THEM. LIKE MY HARD FEMCEES VS THE LIPSTICK FEMCEES. EX: MISSY ELLIOTT LOOKED BETTER AFTER SHE SHED SOME CLOTHING. AND DA BRAT MADE YOU REALIZE SHE WAS REALLY A FEMALE. EVE GOT SOME CLASS. TRINA NEVER STOPPED SHOWING HER ASSETS:)) MALE DOMINATED AND FEMALE INFILTRATED :)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dopegurlmagic17/ Dopegurlmagic17

    im really glad that female MC’s are addressing the problems with the way females are marketed, now that they are talkin about it they can realize the demoralization and fix it, im ready to listen to real music again, women who talk about real sh*t and not about how many and who and how they have had sex… *CHANGE*

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jenlonte/ jenlonte

    Ouch…I bet that hurts…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lovelylace24/ Lovelylace24

    Yoyo is pretty.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ShawtiiSexxxiiThick/ ShawtiiSexxxiiThick

    Damn that must be some stretched out, torn-up kitty cat if u can fit a coke bottle up in there.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/odoggz/ odoggz

    LMAO at all of you chicks, who had babies, acting fecking surprised like “oh no… a 16oz can’t possibly fit in there” lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nanapeppa/ nanapeppa

    @odoggz… the female human body has nine/ten months of birth preparation for labor and delivery and some women still encounter issues then. we women produce a cartilage enzyme while pregnant which allows for the pelvic plates to shift during labor opening the birth canal for delivery. a newborn exiting the body is not only painful, but natural. plus, the birth canal is open. a 16oz coke bottle is unnatural to the female body and therefore will more than likely cause extreme pain and discomfort if/when inserted.

    to the unaware men and women of blackplanet, please… please research the male and female human body and reproductive system. courses in anatomy & physiology and medical terminology wouldn’t hurt either. or better yet, consult an ob/gyn. *smdh*

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkpuddn/ blkpuddn

    SWALLOWING COKE BOTTLES WITH THE V****A IS DOWNRIGHT VULGAR..ANY B***H THAT CAN DO THAT IS NASTY. THE FEMALE BODY ASIDE FRM GIVING CHILDBIRTH SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCOMADATE SUCH THINGS! I REALLY WISH THE “REA;” FEMALE MC’S WOULD COME BACK!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kaikai7/ kaikai7

    I remember the humble beginning of hip hop in NYC way back in the day!! The hip hop genre of music was less money driven back then ,so the artists were more interested in having that credibility as a great artist as opposed to living in a mansion or making millions. Back in the day hip hop was known more as a music type embraced by the inner city youth seeking a voice for what they too were experiencing. Male rappers far outweighed female rappers back then, and women really had to fight hard (I’ll even say twice as hard as men ) to prove that they had what it took to represent the art form. Hip hop has been around since 70′s, but I really fell in love with this music during the 80′s when Dana Dane did Nightmares, Slick Rick Children’s Story, Run D MC my adidas, Sweet T Its my beat, Salt & Pepa My Mic sounds nice , Roxxane Shante,Biz markie, The Real Roxxane, Kurtis Blow, The Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Caz, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash, Big Daddy Kane, UTFO,LL Cool J, Kool Moe D, Stetsasonic,! Most youngsters don’t even know who these people are. I remember the grafitti on NYC subway trains and how closely linked it was to the hiphop culture and break dancing (Rock Steady Crew),etc etc. I remember when rappers and aspiring rappers would battle in the street with other rappers verbally just for props. The industry has drastically changed! Back to Ladies of Hip hop! Roxxane Shante was one of if not the youngest females to have a successful career in hip hop with the Juice Crew. Her songs lead to other female rappers such as Real Roxxane responding to her via their own albums. I actually remember when it was about skills and not showing alot of azz. Women wore clothing back then. Salt & Pepa were trend setters as far as style,because they were sexy, dressed fashionable, had everyone rocking the assymetrical hair cuts, and they could rap their azzes off. Latifah always had Afrocentric style and never dressed scantily clad, and she too could rap her azz off. Same thing with MC Lyte! You didn’t have to get naked back then to make good music and have a fan base! As time went on Lil Kim ,Foxy, Trina, etc hit the scene and it was all about how sex sells, and they dressed in very sexy clothing and had sexist lyrics, and materialism in abundance was the it thang. Don’t get me wrong Kim and Foxy can rap, but their sexy image had alot to do with their success to. It’s just a sign of the times.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kaikai7/ kaikai7

    And…. I can understand YoYo’s comment (who I also loved back in the day and MC Smooth) Luke & The Too Live Crew were really among the only rap groups back in the day to promote that sexually driven style of rap and videos. D^amn near all of the artist do it today (Just try watching BET esp after dark) and you’ll see what I mean. Back then I remember that around time that Luke came out with album with the women in thongs that was when they started placing those “Parental explicit lyric advisory” stickers on albums. As time went on females in hip hop wanted to prove that they could rap and still look feminine and dress sexy! Sex has always sold anyway, and they decided to capitalize off that concept. Female MC’s back in the day didn’t feel that need to dress sexy, because back then times weer different and they probably would not have been really respected or taken seriously! That is why many of them are considered the pioneers!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/odoggz/ odoggz

    @nanapeppa
    Right… Right… and what was the point of you going the the Wikipedia “puzzy” page, and copying/pasting that information? See, before you tried to project your intelligence, you made the error of displaying that although you can copy and paste info into a browser, you have trouble READING posts from people who posted text to a browser. Kind of negates the intellect you tried to project, if you can’t read a few sentences, correctly. Maybe you want to go back and read, the simple lines I wrote, which suggests that if you HAVE HAD A BABY fit in your puzzy, you can’t be surprised that a coke bottle can fit in there too. Can’t you read? Also, hardcore porn has proved that all that shiite you wrote means nothing, today, thus the comment that Yoyo made, how are you to compete with that when that’s hitting? Those women are certainly not pregnant. See, can’t base your life on books only, open your eyes.

    to the people who think they’re so fecking smart, on blackplanet, please shut the feck up and correctly read what someone said first, before you try to take them to school. Courses, like hooked on phonics, are available online, and it wouldn’t hurt to go to beauty school, while you’re at it, better yet, consult a GYM.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    A Coke bottle???? next thing you know they’ll be singing about OTHER things to put in the kittly like the vivey or the strap on, or a shoe, lamp, a 3 cent stamp or a coffee pot, they don’t care what…..(the last end of shoe, lamp, etc came from a old song from a Fat Albert cartoon)…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CrEaMeH/ CrEaMeH

    lol at @ arguing on post, I loved the female mc’s that had there own style and didn’t conform to the norm of wearing skippy clothes.I also understood what they meant by trying to compete with other artist who took it to that level, that they felt that they needed to take the concept of their music to another medium. I just wish it would be like it use to be when music mattered and had meaning. Please tell me hip-hop from a womans prospective is not dead. If I had a little girl I would not like for her to grow up under the impression that nicki minaj is someone to look up to.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nitro2u/ nitro2u

    i believe it was a 2 Liter coke bottle

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mastergkg10level/ mastergkg10level

    YoYo doesn’t need to be sexy half naked to have self-confidence hopefully if she works on another she accepts herself better and keep rockin that old schoolstatics for this new gernration.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BONETIGHT/ BONETIGHT

    I tell you what ladies men don’t want to see women being hardcore its the biggest turn off ever! But you can be about yours nice and sexy but not s**ty at the same time just remember the way you came is the way you go out!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Knowbody75/ Knowbody75

    Yo Yo just lost her creative edge, that’s what happened. It had nothing to do with any other rapper. Her first 2 albums were good, but her fourth album was a weak and fad-filled effort. Neither Lauryn, Missy, Eve nor Digga had any trouble competing with the bottle-in-t**t.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YoungZaire/ YoungZaire

    WOW. I THINK THAT YOYO COMMENT WAS DIRECTED TOWARDS LIL KIM … ITS CRAZY HOW MUCH HATE SHE (LIL KIM) GETS.. YOYO SAID SHE COULDNT COMPETE WITH THAT, THATS WEIRD BECAUSE LAURYN HILL SOLD MORE RECORDS THAN LIL KIM DURING THAT TIME .. AND DIDNT SELL SEX. SO THATS A COP OUT, HOW BOUT HER ALBUM WAS JUST WACK. LOL. OH YEAH, MISSY SOLD HELLA RECORDS TOO, WITHOUT THE SEX THING SO, THATS JUST AN EXCUSE. I DONT THINK LIL KIM HAD A SEXY IMAGE JUST CAUSE THAT SOLD RECORDS, I THINK BEING SEXY IS A PART OF WHO SHE IS. ITS HER PERSONALITY, SO SHES GONNA INCORPORATE THAT INTO HER MUSIC.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Brooklynbadboy/ Brooklynbadboy

    MC lyte greatest female EMCEE of all time , gained her credibility thru her skills. which made it possible for other fmrale rappers who may have some slight insecurity issues about thier looks go in thinking well its a skilled based industry i td ont matter how i look. then Lil Kim & Foxxy Brown brought the XXX sexiness into the game and they sounded good on the mic . so a combo of eye candy and skills where the dominant figures in hip hop which intimated a lot of females who gotten in the game based on a different appeal. this is why they all love Lauryn because she came out the same time and dominated selling 10 miilion without ever appearing in a G-string. It also explains why their hating on Nicki Minaj becuase she embodies the sex appeal that foxxy & lil kim bring to the table but she got the rhyme skills to fkk with the da bratt or EVE.

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