We were supposed to do this episode months ago but we just couldn’t get someone with more than on X chromosone in the room. Once we asked our latest guest host Marisa if she fancied joining us though…well, it was GAME ON. So here we are. Doing an episode on the “controversial” Lil Kim. A protege of Biggie Smalls, she shocked the world with her debut album Hard Core then went onto craft quite the legacy for herself, challenging the norm in the male dominated hip-hop scene and, as some might argue, paving the way for women in rap to be sexual, and not be afraid to talk all sex. We didn’t plan for this to two into a two parter but there’s just so much to talk about when it comes to Kim. From the albums to the beefs, to the feminism and feminist critique of her work, it became clear that we’d need to dedicate some serious time to unpacking all of it. On this episode we chat mostly about her back catalogue and her life outside of the music. There’s plenty of banter and music clips too. We hope you enjoy!