The only other garage track on the list is by a member of So Solid Crew. The weird thing about this is it does not seem like a garage track, it seems like a rock track trying to pretend it is garage – the aggression and attitude area foreign concept to R&B now. My work team at the time did not understand me liking it. I like the mix of the different vocals and the aggression.
The video has not dated well, though compared to many rap videos of the time it is pretty mild. It is disappointing that a female artist would make a video that treated women like this. The misogyny in rap videos is generally appalling. Women are constantly treated as sexually available eye candy with little agency of their own. The problem with this is how affects the way young women think of themselves.
Read Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez. It is brilliant and shows so many ways how society is biased against woman- and in some cases is actively much more dangerous.
I’m not being paid for these referrals. The book highlights the many ways in which, many unintentionally due to a lack of thinking, put women at risk. Cars being designed for the average man. Biological research almost all being based on men. The effect of drugs not being checked about how women’s body chemistry varies every month. It is not a book to read if you are prone to say “political correctness gone mad” or anything similar, but I think it is a book everyone should read.
Apart from that Caroline Criado-Perez is a liberal superstar who deserves kudos for what she does.
Which has nothing to do with Lisa Maffia. Now it’s All Over.
Five Miles Out 