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Narubi Selah and Sa Roc’s “What Am I Doing Here?” is music for our times. Bless your ears with a listen.

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Narubi Selah

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Narubi Selah Live (WBAI Radio, 7/18/12) [h/t]

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Napoleon Da Legend ft. Narubi Selah - It's Your World (stolen from J Dilla)

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MESSAGE!

The Patriot Act expires tonight at 12:01 AM and is up for a renewal.

Don't let Bruce (Caitlyn) Jenner and that strong jaw line distract you.

Good night! - Narubi Selah

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The Almighty Narubi Selah

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Narubi Selah - Hookless 2

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The Problem with Nicki Minaj

Let me start by noting that I actually like Nicki. I have her albums and I love that she encourages her fans to get an education. Nicki has several positive aspects and encourages women to empower themselves. In real life Nicki is clearly trying to be a positive force and I really appreciate that.

My issue with Nicki is that she isn't really doing much with her music. The biggest section of her speaking platform is filled with the same inane bull as most other "mainstream rappers". I feel like Nicki calling herself the "Female Lil Wayne" says it all and is really limiting. Nicki is nothing new and and that is sad because with her clear feminist leanings and her actual talent she could actually be leading a revolution. However, what we get is what seems to be a woman being held back by a label full of men.

With all the talk about Anaconda, I have to say that it is not the script flipping anthem we've been waiting for. At best is a below par attempt at critiquing the male gaze which devolved into catering to said gaze and at worst the same misogynist trope we see all over Rap just with a female front man. I might have lost you just now but really think about it. Think about the wit and intelligence you see in interviews with Nicki. Now, think about her talent as a rapper when she is really going at it. Now, take those two, put them together and try to tell me that Anaconda what you get. Yeah, it's not even close because in that song she is still extremely passive in much of the action, she's still glorifying to lifestyle she tells her fans to avoid. She is dependent on these men up until the moment she kills them, then she just finds another. Where is the boss lady we all know and love? If you have to do the Drugs, Cash, Hoes thing why doesn't Nicki frame herself as the kingpin? She's done it before, yet this is the song that get the following? No. And I was on board after my first listen, but then I thought about for a moment. and No. This is not a Feminist rap anthem. Especially when you have other (lesser known) female rappers like Sa-Roc and Narubi Selah who ARE producing positive feminist songs without the pandering to the male gaze. When you have your ipod on shuffle and you go from Nicki to Sa-Roc you realize that Nicki just doesn't hold up. This being in the same way that Lil Wayne doesn't hold up when followed by Tech N9ne. If you want to be the best and be positive, then do it. Anaconda doesn't deserve all the praise it gets and that is sad because if was what we all wanted and tried to project it to be the rap game would be a better place. So, we should enjoy the song (I will) but we as consumers of music and rap need to demand more of our mainstream artists that also take on SJ issues off the mic.