5. Next In Line
Telling line: “I ain’t playing the ass card.” Granted this is from 2010 so maybe she wanted to test the tomboy appeal while she upped her bars. After 4 years grinding, the ass card is being played. Another curious note is her choice of a Nicki Minaj legacy verse to chart her way. She definitely tries for a lot and comes up gasping, which paints her as amateur and earnest. Nonetheless, the message of this appearance is clear, she means business. Down with the superficial stuff and no oversexing the content. However irrelevant that is now, it was an honest step forward into the bloodsucking industry of hip-hop.
Grade: B-