TRINA
Still Da Baddest (Slip-N-Slide/EMI): B
Few female rappers have enough swagger to rock a mike while showing enough sensitivity to be endearing. On her fourth album, Miami rapstress Trina alternately details sexual exploits in terms that would make a porn star blush and laments over a love jones, proving that nasty is still a major part of her repertoire but not the totality of it. Some topics wear out fast - the size of Trina’s assets, how much better than you she is - but it’s still more entertaining than what most of her male counterparts have to say.
Download: “Hot Commodity.”
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