#monie love

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TLC's Gold Record Celebration Party for the single "Ain't Too Proud To Beg" photographed by Al Pereira (April 1992).

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Monie Love released her debut album Down to Earth October 30, 1990

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[justinsaadiq]

native tongues.

[therealjohnstewart]

Monie Love

[omegaremix]

Summer 1991 Mixtape.

Big Daddy Kane “Raw” (RMX)

Troop & Levert & Queen Latifah “Living For The City”

Terminator X “Valley Of The Jeep Beats”

Black Box “Strike It Up”

Brand Nubian “Slow Down”

Grand Daddy IU “Something New”

LL Cool J “Mama Said Knock You Out”

Geto Boys: "Mind's Playing Tricks On Me"

De La Soul “Keepin’ The Faith”

KLF, The “3 A.M. Eternal”

Main Source “Live At The BBQ”

Downtown Science “Room To Breathe”

Buffalo Soldiers “Playing Your Game”

Salt N’ Pepa “Do You Really Want Me Baby”

3rd Bass “Pop Goes The Weasel”

MC Smooth “Where Is The Money”

EPMD “I’m Mad”

Digital Underground “Packet Man” (RMX)

Nice & Smooth “Hip-Hop Junkies”

Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs “Bug-A-Boo”

Monie Love “Detrimentally Stable”

Beastie Boys “Sounds Of Science, The”

Slick Rick “I Shouldn’t Have Done It”

The earliest mixtape I ever made.

[the-fire-bubble]

You know it's just passing [the mic] around to men to men to men. So finally, I'd have to tap somebody on the shoulder and be like, 'Yo, I've been standing here. Can I get on the mic?'"

-Monie Love speaking about the music industry being male dominated

[naylasavannah]

Blunt Stories

Liner Notes

Nayla Savannah

[radiophd]

monie love -- ring my bell

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Young Buck's Birthday Party photographed by Johnny Nunez (March 2004).

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Monie Love released her debut album Down to Earth October 30, 1990

[mudwerks]

(via Queen Latifah - Ladies First (feat. Monie Love) 1988)

[kickmag]

Netflix Presents Ladies First: A Story Of Women In Hip-Hop

Ladies First: A Story Of Women In Hip-Hop is a new docuseries coming to Netflix. Women's history in hip-hop is chronicled from early emcees like Sha-Rock to current rappers like Latto and Coi Leray. Hip-Hop is having its 50th year of existence and this docuseries is a timely contribution to all the canonizing celebrations. The trailer features MC Lyte who is also an executive producer, along with other women such as Tierra Whack, Rapsody and Queen Latifah sharing their perspectives. Viewers have already complained about the absence of Nicki Minaj and Missy Elliott but Shawn Allen who worked on the series posted on Twitter that both artists refused to license their music and videos. Ladies First will debut the first of the four-part series on August 9th. 

[magicalmysterymix]

☮ A tribute Mixtape to the Native Tongues, the New York City-based collective of pioneer artists, emcees, DJs and producers, who contributed to shape hip-hop for the generations to come! ✿