I debated between throwing “female” before “MCs” for the reasons you brought up. Hip-hop is a man’s world, the female rapper is far and few between. Take a look at the scene right now. Lauryn Hill is crazy and may or may not be retired. Nicki Minaj may not be for everybody. Lil Kim and Foxy were doing time. Ladybug Mecca I lost track of, so if she’s done anything somebody please tell me.

I think the reason I left “female” in is because they are a minority group in an industry that I think is kind of stacked against them. And when someone who is in the minority group excels, it deserves special mention, especially when she’s doing it with actual thought-provoking skill instead of “My Neck, My Back.” We’re likely to keep using this qualifier until female rappers constitute about 40% of the rappers out there, which I don’t think we’ll see in our lifetimes.

This album’s good. Eternia bigs herself up a lot and almost rhymes with the same intensity on every song – which makes it hard at times to separate the heartfelt from the spit. But I dig her voice, mic presence and honesty. I wish more chicks would tell dudes in the beginning, “look, i’m a nut-case and you don’t need this in your life right now.” I can respect that. I also think Moss did a nice job on the beats. I liked this album a lot more than i liked Marco Polo’s “Stupendous” LP and he got a 4-rating on here.

This album is dope though, respects to both Eternia & MoSS for putting this together.