Who you know from ’94 that came outta Illinois with the G-funk swagger and the braids to match? Matter fact, who you know that ended up the first woman in history to go Platinum as a solo MC? Da Brat did all that with Funkdafied: a prime half-hour of Jermaine Dupri in the key of gangsta lean, Brat breezing through the West Coast flavor with a bark and bite that demanded her respect. She repeatedly calls out for her competition because she knew she had none, casting aside the stigma of a woman-identified MC as an unsafe bet with a Gold ceiling. Da Brat came here to kick shit: a Midwest head doing California standards, without biting or rehashing! With a simple call of Brat-tat-tat-tat! — baggy fit, scalp swaying to the rhythm — Brat could start a party, roll a blunt and buss a head with the best of her idols.
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如何从芝加哥西区的Shawntae Harris遇上Jermaine Dupri？在经历了一个充满乐器的童年和教堂合唱队的鼓手背景后，命运将Harris带到了一个由Yo! MTV Raps赞助的才艺表演，奖品是50美元现金和结识Kriss Kross的机会。Harris在表演中脱颖而出，Kriss Kross邀请她参加Oprah的录制，并介绍给了Dupri。仅仅几周时间，Dupri决定签约她，Da Brat就在Kriss Kross的单曲《Da Bomb》中首次亮相。当Funkdafied发行时，Brat已完全展现出她作为一个直言不讳的G的本色，并感谢LBC的启发。她以女性版Snoop的能量塑造了自己——两年前她证实了这一点 链接——但她没有直接模仿他来塑造她的形象。不，那种自信属于Brat：她的名字本身就是要颠覆独生子女的负面印象，赋予掌控自己命运的女性力量。她的辫子和墨镜让她看起来就是那个样子，但驱动她从Kenwood Academy到So So Def的是对音乐的终生热爱。
二十五年后，Funkdafied仍然在G-funk的经典中占据重要地位，这是一张精简、狂暴且无休止愉悦的唱片。由于子类型的滥用，她许多同时代人的专辑随着时间的推移受到了更大的影响，而Da Brat和Jermaine Dupri则给了我们九首不曾陈旧或过激的唱片。Brat击中了一个真正的G所需的所有关键点：派对颂歌、大麻颂和足够的声波威胁，以强调在考虑是否挑战上述黑帮时几乎没有出错的余地。她专注于funk，从未失去节奏；每次她吸引听众注意力时，都有一种明显的重量感。就像MC Lyte在她之前打破了屏障和银行一样，Brat从四面八方迎着低估者和反对者努起拳头。当没有人认为Funkdafied能在商业上取得好成绩时，它成为了首张由女独唱MC发行的白金嘻哈专辑。数一数她反复强调的那个修辞性问题：谁能和她比肩；她知道这是她唯一一次代表像她这样的女性以及所有后来者的机会。
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