I don't watch "reality" shows because I have enough real life around me every day, thank you. I don't watch the "American Idol" or "Rock Star" type shows either because they're all just so much hype, and that's why I am late discovering this generation's cross between Janice Joplin and Tina Turner.
Her name (it really is her birth name) is Storm Large, and she's got an angel's face atop a 6 foot Amazon's body and a voice than ranges from raunchy rap to melodic musings, but I like her rap stuff best of all -- she's better than any of the big guys out there.
I guess she got eliminated on the Rock Star Supernova show. But she's still playing out in Portland, Oregon, where they just love her.
Don't miss her in-your-face performance of her own original song, Ladylike. Watch it here.
Her own website is down because it's been innundated with traffic and the webserver she's on couldn't handle it.
I don't know her, never met her. She's a generation behind me, but I think she's way ahead of any other female in today's music world.
I used to fantisize about becoming an "old lady rapper." This is my "old lady rap:"
Old Lady Rap-Back
you don't see me
not really with
my angles softened
my curves
gone to middle thick
I see that your gaze
doesn't stick
on my face
lined with time's tricks
I know you got it
rough never enough
you think that's new?
I grew this tough skin
long before you
rode through streets and sin
and as for fuckin'?
I was mouthing it
long before your sorry ass
passed its first gas
I know the words but
I make a choice
of voice
that says more
than you
think
you know
Obviously, no competition for Storm Strong.
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