Femme Fatale

Rap and Hip-Hop is just one of the music genre that is dominated by males.. but just like other genre.. there are still women that will emerge and represent.. Here in the Philippines there are quite few names that made a mark in the local hip-hop/rap scene...

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First is "Lady Diane" who is considered the first lady of rap. for the fact that she is the first female rapper who released an album here in P.I.. She came through the scene around the early 90's with her song "Sa-Sa-Damm", which triumphantly ruled the airwaves alongside with the male rappers at that time..



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Then in the same year (1991) another female mc came out with an album and she goes by the name of "MC Lara"... Her single "Superquento" (local version of JJ Fad's "Supersonic") became a hit..


There are also other notable females in the local scene around that time but they are part of a group.. like Radha, Jeannie of BOOM which later became Kulay.. and HoneyLuv "Jug" of 4 East Flava..

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Fast forward to 1996 .. when a rapper named "Chill" made a name in the scene.. she first appeared on numerous Dongalo Wreckords projects.. before she released her self titled album in 1998 which received commercial success.. Aside from collaborating with other rappers.. Chill even did tracks with rock bands on compilations, bands album and on her second release entitled "Egomaniacal" which also featured a female rap duo namely "Misteazas" that is composed of "Dizzy" & "2tay" who is now a solo artist..

Not too long after Chill.. groups with female members came out like "7 Shots of Wisdom" who has a singer namely "Kim", Grounded has also a female member, and all female member rap groups like "Heaven Sent & Cyphasis" also broke out into the scene around 1999...

Then in 2000 another female mc/singer goes by the name of Candy released an album entitled "Assorted Flava" ...Candy, who is a distant cousin of Geneva Cruz, was a potential artist to takeover that time because she composes her own stuff, but unfortunately her album was poorly promoted and just languished in the record shelves.




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A year after.. a young teen who got discovered when she joined a beauty pageant on a local noontime show released her self titled album "L-Smith"..the album featured a revival of Mastaplann's hit, bring that booty, and was the last female mc album that was released up to this day...

Right now there are still quite few names that can be heard and seen performing around the Metro.. like "Hi-C" of MobbStarr (but i don't think she's into rapping though) , "Monique" of 7 Shots who sings & rap and there are also aspiring new talents in the underground & internet scene.. but still none of them released an album yet...

Old Skool Fridays: "Sa-Sa-Sadddam" - Lady Diane

It's been almost a month since our last Old Skool Fridays.. but it's worth the wait.. for this week we got Lady Diane who is considered the First Female Rapper here in Philippines. She releases her debut album "The First Lady of Rap" in 1991 under OctoArts...and "Sa-Sa-Saddam" was her first single from the album.. which eventually became an instant hit at that time... that single catapulted her career in to the limelight.. She guested & performed on various TV shows in the country.. and "Sa-Sa-Saddam" was in constant play on the radio.. alongside with "Andrew E., Denmark & Francis M. tracks... Lady Diane was also on various OPM compilations.. Then suddenly she went on Hiatus... leaving listeners & fans with only one album... But everybody was surprised when she resurfaced on the music scene in 2003 on P-Noize compilation.. with "Hindi Na" featuring Misteazas on the track.. and rumors started that she's gonna be releasing a comeback album.. But up to now.. we haven't hear anything from her ... So while were waiting and looking for Lady Diane.. let's just listen to her classic "Sa-Sa-Saddam"

Special thanks to DJ Era for this track !!!

Old Skool Fridays: Triple Play Special "1991"

To those guys who keeps on askin for downloads of.. "Mahiwagang Nunal & Na Onseng Delight" Sorry we cant give your request...But here's a treat to all of you.. For this week we gonna give you Triple Play.. 3 Songs from 1991 and all of them are Hard To Find Tracks... from the Rap Pioneers in Phil.(too bad we don't have an Mc Lara Vinyl).

"Wag Kang Gamol - Andrew E."

First we got one of Andrew E's classic track.. "Wag Kang Gamol" that is part of "Andrew Ford Medina (Wag Kang Gamol) Soundtrack".. which happens to be also a Blockbuster Movie.. with Andrew E. & Dennis Padilla as the lead stars...

"Sirang Plaka - Lady Diane"

2nd is "Sirang Plaka" that is from "The First Lady of Rap" album of Lady Diane.. I think this is her follow up single to Sa-Sa-Saddam...

"Wag Munang Mag-Asawa - Denmark"

and Last but not the least is "Wag Munang Mag-Asawa" by Denmark which is on the B-Side of Luningning's single. and was also included on Denmark's debut album "Im Markie D"