30 years since lil' kim dropped 'hard core' and changed the game forever, impacting legends like mc lyte and roxanne shante, as well as her contemporaries like foxy brown and eve.
today, female rappers are still using kim's formula to break into the industry.
30 years ago today, lilโ kim released her debut album, โhard core' ๐๐ฅ
the project debuted at no. 11 on the billboard 200 and no. 3 on the top r&b/hip-hop albums chart, marking the highest debut for a female rap album at the time. ๐
it also made lilโ kim the first female rapper to score three consecutive no. 1 hits on billboardโs hot rap singles chart with โno time,โ โcrush on you (remix),โ and โnot tonight (ladies night remix)โ ๐
what track from โhard coreโ do you always revisit? ๐