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WATCH: Queen Latifah Reveals to Will Smith How Iconic Song ‘Ladies First’ Came to Be
The two rap legends discussed their careers in hip-hop during a recent interview for Smith's Audible and Wondery podcast, Class of '88.
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De La Soul's Classic Album De La Soul Is Dead Is Turning 30. It Was The First Album I Fell In Love With
You never forget your first love. As cliché as it sounds to say that hip hop was my first love, in my case, it’s actually true. I don’t remember anything else becoming as essential to my being as devouring all of the homemade mixtapes my older sister’s friends made for her. As a military brat…
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30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 17: Queen Latifah, 'Ladies First'
Queen Latifah’s video for her single, “Ladies First,” has stayed with me since the first time I saw it, probably sometime in late 1989 or early 1990. The imagery in the song was so striking to me that even as a 10- or 11-year-old, I remember being mesmerized. The video clips, the way Queen Latifah…