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...Lil' Kim is a trailer for herself. Like the ads for a summer action flick, her public persona promises slick, sweaty thrills: At the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards she wore a tiny purple pastie over her otherwise exposed left breast; in the latest Vibe she poses like a plastic blow-up doll, her lips parted suggestively to form a moist pink oval. Unfortunately, behind the getups and the come-ons, the reality is grim: Lil' Kim's new rap album, Notorious KIM (Queen Bee/Undeas/Atlantic), is a bomb. It's the Battlefield Earth of this summer's rap albums...
Although the song quality on Lil' Kim's debut, Hard Core (1996), was inconsistent, her central purpose was captivating. She was asserting the right of female rappers to be as rough and randy as their male counterparts. And while Kim's lyrics offered up her body for male sexual gratification, they came with a threat: she was, she rapped, "Queen Bee." There might be many men in her hive, but she was ultimately in control...
...Grammys); she has recorded cameos alongside some of the biggest acts in rap (for example, on the song Cowboys on the Fugees' 1996 album The Score); and her hard-hitting, long-awaited debut album, Dirty Harriet (Elektra), is due out April 4. From Eve to Lil' Kim, female rappers are hot right now. You can easily imagine Rah, in the near future, taking her place with rap royalty, reclining dazzlingly in fashion layouts alongside Lauryn Hill, gliding into parties with DMX and his crew...
...Callbacks a cappella concert and led the audience in a heartfelt rendition of "Under the Boardwalk" and "Sitting by the Dock of the Bay." When he isn't serenading audiences at Sanders, Bryant can be found giving frosh presentations about the HUPD on how to not buy forties at Lil' Peach or patrolling the streets of Cambridge. "I love interacting with people from all walks of life and helping people when they are in a critical situation," Bryant explains...
...world of high fashion. Last December it co-sponsored the VH1 Fashion Awards, and a cover line on February's issue promises "The Look for Less." "We certainly must be aware that movie stars and musicians affect fashion," says Wintour. "A lot of women today are influenced by what Lil' Kim may be wearing, or even Britney Spears...