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Break...
Posted On 08 May 2008 By Monique |
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| Lilmama-gloss is taking a small break but we will be back in June. We're keeping the site opened but wont be updating. | ||
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Lil Mama shows she's not one-hit N.Y. rapper
Posted On 06 May 2008 By Monique |
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Given the topic of her popular debut single, Lip Gloss, it'd be easy to write off New York rapper/singer Lil Mama as a disposable hip-pop act. With shout-outs to MAC and L'Oreal, she rhymed for the female 'tween set: ''My lip gloss is poppin'/ My lip gloss is cool/ All the boys keep jockin'/ they chase me after school.'' However, on her album, VYP — Voice of the Young People, you have to give Lil Mama some credit for having a fair amount of self-awareness. On One Hit Wonder, which immediately follows Lip Gloss on the CD, she attempts to quash her flash-in-the-pan status. Over frantic drum kicks and quasi-soca beat, she explains: ''A one-hit wonder/ a one-hit please/ once I hit em, one they gon need/ a plan to catch up wit me/ I'm going straight to the top/ oh-OH-oh.'' On the disc, Lil Mama's sights are set on three main things — making her home city proud, setting ablaze the dance floor (Scott Storch, the Runners and Cool and Dre produce tracks) and role-modeling for young girls (she doesn't curse). She does all three admirably well. Channeling Mary J Blige's messages of female empowerment and Beanie Sigel's odes to troubled youth, Lil Mama's L.I.F.E. is ultimately a hopeful take on her inner-city ascendancy. Shawty Get Loose with Chris Brown and T-Pain treads similar sonic terrain as Brown's hit Kiss Kiss. Meanwhile, the foot-stomping Make It Hot features what sounds like an electric kazoo and plenty of Mama's Brooklyn/Harlem sass. But the achy-breaky, pop-soul singing of Broken Pieces and the aforementioned L.I.F.E. are songs that ultimately show Mama's surprising range. Her lip gloss may be poppin', but her she's got more to say than that. — Brett JohnsonAssociated Press |
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Meet Lil' Mama Friday 5/2nd
Posted On 01 May 2008 By Monique |
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Come Meet Lil Mama at Basement Mix Records in Brooklyn! Friday, May 2nd 3PM to 4PM 439 Crescent St. - Brooklyn, NY 11208 347-663-5124 Lil Mama will be signing copies of her debut album VYP: Voice of the Young People Purchase VYP and receive a "free" sneaker keychain while supplies last ! |
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New Lil' Mama Video "L.I.F.E"
Posted On 01 May 2008 By Monique |
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More Photos
Posted On 30 Apr 2008 By Catrina |
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| Added photos from lil mama's record release party and a new photoshoot photo by Michael Nagle. We will be updating the gallery all week long with photos of Lil' Mama from various events. | ||
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