It is official. Rap is ****.

:smt107 Lil' Kim's '**** Truth' Gets 5 Mic Rating In October Issue Of The Source By Houston Williams Date: 9/7/2005 4:57 pm Brooklyn rapper Lil’ Kim will hold the unique distinction of being the first female to ever get a 5-mic rating from The Source magazine. The **** Truth, the rapper’s fourth solo album, will be bestowed with the prestigious honor in the October issue of the magazine. “I think it just does great for the evolution of women,” Lil’ Kim told AllHipHop.com. “I thinks it's gonna be great for women now too.” With her latest offering, Lil’ Kim said she’ll help change the pessimistic attitudes for females in Hip-Hop. “Some women probably feel like, ‘I'm not even gonna try to get five mics, I know I ain't getting five mics,’” Lil’ Kim said. “So women [will] be like, ‘Now I know I can get five mics.’” The **** Truth release date has also been changed. The album was originally slated to hit stores September 13, but will now hit stores September 27. Lil’ Kim, once a member of Notorious B.I.G.’s Junior Mafia rap group, was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison for lying to a federal grand jury about her knowledge of a 2001 broad daylight shoot out in front of Hot 97’s offices in New York. The rapper will report to a Connecticut prison on September 19 to start serving her prison term. La Bella Mafia, Kim’s last album, got four and a half mics from the Source, known as the “Hip-Hop Bible.” The 5 best albums of all time: 1) The **** Truth 2) Illmatic 3) Fear of a Black Planet 4) Straight Outta Compton 5) Ready To Die

exactly ? ? ? you know once white people get their hands on ANYTHING they destory, try to imitate it while denouncing it, and squeeze the life outta it rap has become commercial (white) but anyways Lil Kim spits mean period and besides you're italian you don't know anything about rap music it's not for you

I know 100 times more about rap than the two of you put together. Hahaha :lol:.

Then throw some knowledge my way Lotte Mwale.

u think u know everything i'm not wasting my valuable typing to you plus you're not Black so I don't care

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the Source still under Benzino?...Honestly, he's lowered the credibility of that periodical for some while...That doesn't dictate whether the scoring is right or wrong, but it does make any of its statements eligible for question and 2nd opinion...Rap/Hip-Hop isn't ****, but it is definitely in need for some introspection and self evaluation...The Source giving her 5 mics is nothing more than evidance that the definition of "art" has been lost...It sure enough does not dictate what is truly quality in the genre, or even the destiny for that matter...The Source has been proven bias time and time again, and for that little to no attention should be seriously taken from that magazine...