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This is a mixtape I made for my hip-hop history class in which I examine particular female and queer rappers who are thriving in their work. Here's an excerpt from my project proposal:

"For my final project I will be crafting a mixtape that demonstrates ways in which women, queer people, and gay men have created their own spaces in hip-hop to express their experiences and empower themselves. So often the discourse around gender and sexuality in hip-hop has focused on the oppression of non-heterosexual and non-male artists. I will argue that women and gay men, despite the oppression of patriarchy in the hip-hop community, have been successful in forging their own space where they can produce their own, distinct sound. Women and gay men (specifically black women and black gay men) are not victims of oppression, but rather survivors who are thriving through the creation of their own distinct attitude, fashion, and music. I'll talk about the ways in which the come-up of gay men and women in hip-hop bears resemblance to ways in which the straight man's hip-hop came to be and how genre-blending of electronic/club/house and hip-hop sound reflects the ways in which sexuality/gender is being used by these artists as ways to "push the boundaries" of hip-hop. In my project I'm really trying to get at the resiliency of gay men and women through the lens of the intersectionality between race, class, gender, and sexuality. "

TRACKLIST~~~~
Soundbite of Nicki Minaj from Nicki Minaj: My Truth (2012) over Win Butler and Owen Pallett- Divorce Papers (instrumental)
Azealia Banks- Yung Rapunxel
Mykki Blanco- Wavvy
Win Butler and Owen Pallett- Photograph (instrumental)
Zebra Katz- Ima Read (feat. Njena Redd Foxxx)
Angel Haze- On the Edge (Azealia Banks diss)
Azealia Banks- Heavy Metal & Reflective 
2nd Soundbite of Nicki Minaj from Nicki Minaj: My Truth (2012) over Win Butler and Owen Pallett- Owl (instrumental)
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert)
LE1F- Wut
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert)
LE1F- Boom
Azealia Banks- 212 overlapped with Arcade Fire- We’re All Leaving (instrumental)


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