The music Queen Latifah says “changed the sound” of hip-hop

In terms of feminine MCs within the mainstream these days, is is the likes of MC Sha-Rock, MC Lyte, Salt-N-Pepa and Queen Latifah who paved the way in which for what we see at present. Queen Latifah has had an infinite run in her profession and is a genuinely versatile lady. From being a gold-selling, Grammy-winning feminine rapper to an Oscar-nominated actor, there is no such thing as a denying her expertise.

Nonetheless, though many contemplate her extra of an actor these days, akin to Will Smith, she began off as a extremely well-liked emcee with a love for hip-hop. The Newark native broke into the mainstream after the discharge of her first single, ‘Wrath of My Madness’ and from there rose to the highest.

Though Latifah didn’t have didn’t proceed her music profession for a sustained time frame like Missy Elliott or Lil Kim, she nonetheless is one in all the icons of female rap and is revered as such inside the tradition. As a businesswoman, Latifah turned the CEO of the Taste Unit Data and Administration Firm and offered many items.

As a fan of the tradition, Latifah is aware of the music from again to entrance and watched it develop. In an interview with the Related Press, the New Jersey native defined how the Sugar Hill Gang dominated hip-hop within the late-Seventies and unveiled that the likes of Grandmaster Flash & The Livid 5 have been a few of the hottest artists out on the time.

Moreover, she even delved into how the Funky 4 + 1 made a big impact on her regarding females in hip-hop. Nonetheless, for the ‘UNITY’ lyricist, there was one music that modified the tradition ceaselessly.

Chatting with the publication, the artist (actual identify Dana Owens) revealed that essentially the most pivotal second in hip-hop is when Afrika Bambaattaa and the Soul Sonic Pressure launched the 1982 single ‘Planet Rock’.

“It changed the sound,” she mentioned. “It’s more of a synthesized 808s, hi-hats. The whole sound of it was different. Some of hip-hop in the original days was live music. It was live bands playing break records. Like ‘Good Times’ was the beat to ‘Rapper’s Delight.’ Some of those records took actual disco records, played the music and rhymed to them.”

‘Planet Rock’ did certainly see the beginning of a shift in hip-hop from an upbeat funk beat to a harsher, extra aggressive sound that might find yourself changing into electro hip-hop made well-liked by the likes of Stetsasonic and Man Parrish with tracks comparable to ‘Just Say Stet’ and ‘Hip-Hop Be-Bop’.

You’ll be able to take heed to ‘Planet Rock’ beneath.