24 Game Changing Hip-Hop Songs by Women

Lauryn Hill. Missy Elliott. Queen Latifah. Trina. Salt-n-Pepa. Women are consistently underrated in hip-hop, despite their objectively brilliant contributions.

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The Sequence, “Funk You Up” (1979)

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The one that started it all. “Funk You Up” was one of the first releases on the legendary Sugar Hill Records, and the first released single by a group of women rappers. The Sequence famously featured Angie Stone, who would go on to great success in the ‘90s by singing throwback soul.

Killer couplet: “See, I’m cold as ice, I’m twice as nice/I get more sex than a cat chase mice”

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