For years, discussion about her music was sidelined as focus fell instead on her feuds with Nicki Minaj, for instance and stints on reality TV, such as Dancing With The Stars.I used to be a little tight at BET for not having given me no doggone award, she said.Now I realise that when youre the mother and you set trends you get rewarded differently.And now we have 9, her long-delayed fifth album, a nine-track record on which she reminds us, Im still Hard Core.
![]() Where The Naked Truth, her last album, was released while Kim served time for perjury and conveyed a suitable level of angst and claustrophobia, 9 is celebratory and relaxed. ![]() Lil Kim Album 1996 Update Of KimsWho needs to hear that iconic voice, all piercing clarity and attitude, shrouded in autotune Go Awff, the records lead single, accompanied by a blockbusting video, is a more successful update of Kims signature sound, its hook cribbed from The xx s 2017 track Dangerous, languid and sultry yet still laced with the fighting spirit thats defined so much of her work. She sounds badass and big-hearted, shouting out B.I.G, as she always has: Im always there like your shadow Haters taking shots but they aint got enough ammo What Big started, Im about to finish. Brooding and underpinned by an undulating Spanish guitar refrain, its a reminder of how well she can do reflective material (see 2000s Aunt Dot). Shes the one and only, as she said on 2003s Came Back For You. She recently said shes part of the new wave and the new generation because she spent years being paid to attend clubs with Diddy, and kept her ears open, but to be honest theres little evidence of that on 9. As she said, you get rewarded differently when youve been as wildly influential as Lil Kim, and made space for the amazing talent that followed in her footsteps. You wouldnt necessarily call 9 an essential release, but it is a timely reminder that she should be celebrated for her enormous contribution to culture. Its lewd, contrarian and confrontational all the qualities that make Kim an icon.
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