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"there wasn't an equal playing field but it was close" is what I said. I remember at one point rocking Jazzy Joyce, Sweet T, Finesse & Synquis, Salt & Pepa, Mrs. Melody, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte, Oaktown 357, JJ Fad... there were a lot more women rappers in the 80s, and early 90s. Even Angie Stone, the singer, was a part of the original Sugarhill Records. There were a fair amount of women in the game and they could battle with the guys. When I say close I don't mean that it was exactly equal, but women definitely had a presence. What did happen at that time was that every crew had a female counterpart or participant. This basically remained the way things were until the last ten years or so. Even Jay Z had Foxy Brown and Biggie had Lil Kim and Master P had Mia X. They were no where near as strong as the female emcees were in the past... Today though that female voice is basically non existent and the females involved are basically saying the same things as men... so where is the balance? There isn't any and well, there never has been. When we look at music from the past the attacks on women were very rare, actually non-existent. There wasn't any music that attacked women. Even Marvin Gaye's Hear My Dear album was supposed to be garbage to fulfill the divorce but he was so talented it still came out and became a classic. The attack of women in song didn't happen until Hip-Hop so Cynique is right.

CD Burns when was there an equal number of female wrappers So was Marvin Gaye's song You Sure Love to Ball about female empowerment.. It was a dog at his wife and helped him meet his contractual obligation and his divorce settlement. And what's going on is one of the most conscious albums ever.

Yes, my name is also Jason Grant...That's my Pops!

From the reviews on amazon...this sounds like a special book and i was curious about the author.I have not read the book yet.I'm going to see if the library has it.I haven't been able to find anything on the author.I don't know if he's still alive but i'm definitely going to check this book out.Check out the reviews on amazon herehttp://www.amazon.com/Coal-Jason-Grant/dp/087067718 I heard about this book a little while back...usually i don't care for westerns but i feel this one maybe different.