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The Many Transformations of Lil' Kim + Her Remake Of "Computer Love" W/ T-Pain
Posted on November 19, 2008 11:45 AM
She went from your average hoodrat who was childishly obsessed with colorful wigs and barbie-style fashion, to the damn near unrecognizable female Michael Jackson. What used to be a decent-- and what some even called "cute"-- chick from Brooklyn became a black Donatella Versace, Jim Henson muppet face and all. And if she continues, the Jocelyn Wildenstein look won't be far ahead of her.
Back in the 90s, Kim had one of the best helping her ink her rhymes. With Biggie's direction, Kim's verse on '95's "Get Money," to name one, easily became the predecessor to the success of her '96 debut Hard Core.
And then the very next year, Biggie passed away. J.U.N.I.O.R Mafia went haywire. In the following years, everything else that could have possibly gone wrong within that circle went terribly wrong. Somewhere in the early years of that messy time in her life, Lil' Kim was introduced to plastic surgery. We first saw a dramatic difference in her appearance when she resurfaced on the music scene with 2000's Notorious K.I.M. That was 8 years ago. Now she has two fat lips, jack-o-lantern carved eyebrows, a double-indented nose with a ball on the tip, an overly-exaggerated beauty mark, and the list goes on. She got every part of her body reconfigured except her skin color. And even that is questionable.
In terms of plastic transformation, can we say the same thing about Kim's music? It's not fair to expect a rap veteran to keep the same sound forever. But since her emergence on the rap scene, she toppled down the totem pole from hard core rapper to bandwagon beggar. Her remake/remix of Snoop's "Sexual Eruption," didn't convince me; it appeared in my eyes as just another attempt to stay relevant. Her silly Miss "G.O.A.T." mixtape didn't convince me that she is, in fact, the greatest rap misses of all time. In fact, the mixtape itself proved the contrary. There was no follow-up, barely any buzz to go with it. Who bought the damn thing anyways? The only thing I clearly remember about that mixtape release was Kim's "beef" with Remy Ma. And then the promo picture of Nicki Minaj that ripped off Lil Kim's legs-wide-open Hard Core pose.
Yawn.
Now Kim has nearly hit rock bottom. Here we have her doing the hip-hop version of The Vocoder King's "Computer Love." No-- not the fake, but the REAL voicebox junkie, namely the late Roger Troutman. This song, a weak re-do of ZAPP's 80s classic, has none other than T-Painintheass on the track, appropriately. Since we're on the subject, I don't think I've ever heard of T-Pain giving his respects to Roger. I could be wrong though.
In any event, here is the joint:
I HOPE Kim isn't seriously pursuing this song as a lead single to whatever project she's putting together. But maybe if I hear it on the radio a few hundred times, it might grow on me.
Whatever the amount of airplay, one thing is for certain in my eyes: Kimmy's transformation stages are running low. On the music end of it, that is. There's only one difference between her music and her plastic surgery: you can run out of ways to stay innovative in the music business. But you can NEVER run out of facial operations. And that's not a good look.
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The last female MC to hold it down was Eve and that was dinosaur years ago, Kim should leave it alone, Cease got Hard Body workout Kim should find somethings else to do with herself, maybe pose for playboy a car rental buisness you know
She really fucked herself up and over.
"But since her emergence on the rap scene, she toppled down the totem pole from hard core rapper to bandwagon beggar"
That's not a totem pole, those are industry big wigs private parts she's slobbing down
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I dont who has fallen more harder
1.) Owen Heart
2.) Lil Kim's career
3.) Or Reckless and the NYC blog
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HATE HATE AND MORE HATE don't forget yourself in that list with those weak ass unfunny comments
SOHH reckless, you are one dumb mother fucker. T-Pain has been paying homage to Roger Troutman since Epiphany. I think your blog, next to SOHH dirty, is the most biased and idiotic piece of garbage on this site
You sound like a bitter bitch. That woman is a hiphop legend. Everyone has ups and downs and none of us knows what goes down in her personal life. If you post recent pics of her she looks a hell of alot better and like she is getting it together...she always has and always will be a fly chick.
Music wise she has to change with the times to stay relevant and when she drops her next album i guess we will see what she can truly do...she always molds with it but always stays true to herself and her legacy...
That last pic really made my stomach turn. that bitch looks hideous
T-Pain gives major thanks to Roger Troutman not only in interviews, but on record. His track "Karaoke" off of Thr33 Ringz makes clear mention of him.
And what is a Lil Kim? I vaguely remember someone by that name dropping hot tracks and keeping me sprung through the end of middle school and some of high school, but now in my post-college life, I think she is but a figment of our collective imaginations.