Straight From The A [SFTA] – Atlanta Entertainment Industry Gossip & News - Atlanta's Most Reliable Source of Entertainment Gossip!

Get Social:
  • Home
  • Photos
  • Archives
  • Advertise
  • About
  • Contact
  • DMCA
  • Shop

QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)

QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)

Sheree Whitfield Reunites With ‘Prison Bae’ (Tyrone Gilliams) After Early Release (PHOTOS)

Sheree Whitfield Reunites With ‘Prison Bae’ (Tyrone Gilliams) After Early Release (PHOTOS)

Nene Leakes Calls for Fans to Boycott: “Turn Off Your TVs!” | #BoycottBravo Petition Gains Steam #RHOA

Nene Leakes Calls for Fans to Boycott: “Turn Off Your TVs!” | #BoycottBravo Petition Gains Steam #RHOA


  • O.S.A.M. ~ Sista, Lover & Friend ~ ?A? Women?s History Month + Soapbox Moment (Part 2)

    Mar, 13 2009 | Written by ATLien

    There are those who might take me to task for this, who’ll say that this memory fulfills no portion of my self-imposed litmus test. Erykah Badu isn’t “Atlanta,” especially not O.S.A.M.y, old school. She ain’t a female rapper either. For the purposes of exposition, I’ma claim her as both anyway. Why? Because:

    1.) I’ve always wondered if she woulda stayed ‘Apples’ the rapper had she not had to coo (and mumble) her lyrics to get some playing time in the game (and chivalry from all them big ol’ balls).

    2.) If ya baby got a granny in the A, close enough. You got cherished “A”lien spawn so you’re eligible for citizenship papers, a work VISA by association if you have a unique skill to offer the masses. ‘Nuff said.

    3.) Save for Diamond and Princess, it ain’t hardly no female rappers FROM Atlanta – new, old, private or any other school. Left Eye was Phillyfied and heavily influenced by that; DaBrat is Chicago all day. Umma love and claim them both as sistas in the struggle in life and death, freedom or…otherwise, but both are VIA Atlanta. I can’t seem to find anyone of their caliber who is from or of Atlanta.

    **In the KRS1 voice I ask, why is that?**

    This is an open, Sandman-esque challenge to my fellow ATLiens. I’m not saying you can’t do it, but I’m admitting that I can’t and I been in this ‘burg since ’77. The groundbreaking duo Silk Tymes Leather notwithstanding (Gotcha! What?), find me one female rapper who is from Atlanta, was in Atlanta when female rappers started banging, like Cheryl-‘n-Sandy-Super-Nature-ly, Safari Sisters era banging that anybody outside of your senior class remembers. I’m serious. Mind you, Diamond and Princess weren’t even born then so you gots lots of time and space to search. If you find this phenomenal woman, let her know that I want to feature her this month because she appears to be history – in all senses of the word.

    “The Woman in Me” ~ Silk x Leather

    I had a friend back in middle school who told me that rap was just not an Atlanta Lady-like thing to do. With the buying power of African-American females estimated at $403 billion per year in 2005 and a record business sinking lower than Middle Earth’s Hades, don’t it seem like somebody would finally want to figure out a way to put out quality and respectful hip hop that doesn’t pander but appeals to the ears and wallets of those doing the ‘Single Lady’ dance at the club and/or the Electric/Cha Cha Slide/Cupid Shuffle at the boule’?

    Music journalist extraordinaire Sonia Murray appeared to very sincerely ask a similar question in an Atlanta Journal Constitution blog a few months back that originally started out as a forum to discuss VH1’s Miss Rap Supreme. Umma let you see if you can find that conversation on the AJC’s site. Look on Vh1’s, too. This ain’t just an old school Atlanta phenomenon and it appears to be spreading. Umma let you see if you can find the nominees in the Female Rap Performance Grammy category this year. Google it. Ga’head. I’ll wait.

    I got a peeve I’m petting and Women’s History Month is just as good a time as any to set it off. Everybody deserves a chance to speak their peace/piece, so I refuse to judge the speakers. See, I was raised to believe life and death is in the tongue, so if you speak it, you will reap it. The choice is yours. But, I’m tired of justifying the lyrics with the beat. I’m tired of women going to the party and dancing to stuff they feel is demeaning or out of touch. I’m tired of boycotts. I’m tired of having to play the Hidden Beach version of everything (which I love, btw) just because the kids are in the room and the jazzy horns appeal to the more……effeminate(?).

    My thing is, if you don’t like the situation, make the marketplace (and there is still one of those) change it and meet you where you are. Just as many well-known male artists are as tired of hip-hop right now as I am (We’ll miss you, B.O.B.). Could that be because ain’t nobody but the men gettin half’a shine? Eating meat all day, everyday, without the potatoes is boring, no matter the grade of the steak. Yet and still, I admittedly remain carnivorous and part of the problem. I’d much rather prefer to be part of a solution.

    Somewhat.

    So, let’s see if we can work this bee out of my Braves cap. Here we are at the beginning of the end and we’re all feelin’ it in the wind. Maybe Diamond and Princess will reunite as a duo, realizing that if you have any skills and connects at all, right now, it’s best to put the other stuff aside to pay them bills. And finally, according to NARAS, none have swagger like M.I.A. Except Ms. Badu. And Mars.

    Mars of the beautiful skin. Who woulda thunk she’da Tweeted her way onto this planet at this juncture to do……..Mars. I am assured that she will do no less than herself in this lifetime, be neither swayed nor persuaded by nothing but her world and worldview. Maybe she and Puma will be the E(rykah) & J(oi) or the Salt ‘n Pepa of their generation? It’s in the genes. Both girls; both sides. Maybe one day it’ll be my lil cousin Kweli, only days younger than Miss Mars, fondly reminiscing on the first time she saw this groundbreaking sista/sister act in concert and by then female rappers will finally, finally be ok. Or maybe, just maybe, these stimulused chicas will grow up to be pediatricians or astronauts or financial analysts or presidents or something yet discovered totin’ $806 billion collectively in their Birkin and vintage bucket bags. All of ’em’ll be slidin’ and shufflin’, single ladies looking to put a ring on it (or not) right alongside them married ladies who got their own.

    Meanwhile, Rashan Ali’ll be bumping female rappers (by then an extinct breed) at their old school parties like Youngblood now does Otis Redding and Sam Cooke.

    Someday.

    Maybe.

    HAPPY WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH!!!!! 🙂

    “You shake that load off and sang ya song, liberate them minds, then you go on home.” – Erykah Badu from “Liberation”

    “Liberation” ~ Outkast ft. Cee-Lo, Big Rube & Erykah Badu

    **O.S.A.M. is a weekly feature on StraightFromTheA.com.? We will be turning back the clock each Friday to reminisce about Old School ATL. Hit us up at [email protected] to share your favorite Old School Atlanta Memory. **

    Related Posts

    • O.S.A.M. ~ It’s Not All In Vain ? ?A? LifeO.S.A.M. ~ It’s Not All In Vain ? ?A? Life
    • O.S.A.M. ~ I?m True To That ? Ode To ?A? Freaky Trio O.S.A.M. ~ I?m True To That ? Ode To ?A? Freaky Trio
    • O.S.A.M. ~ Celebrate Freakin’ “A” Month!
    • O.S.A.M. ~ “A” BROTHER From ?A?nother Mother O.S.A.M. ~ “A” BROTHER From ?A?nother Mother
    • O.S.A.M. ~ Horror At Greenbriar Mall
    In "A" Town Favorites Atlanta, Erykah Badu, Feature, Flashback Friday, Ms. Auburn, O.S.A.M.
      • Subscribe

        Enter email address to receive StraightFromTheA.com updates in your inbox:

        Enter your email address:

      • Trending

        • Wanna See Chris Brown Naked? [PHOTOS]
          Wanna See Chris Brown Naked? [PHOTOS]
        • QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss' Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick... (VIDEO)
          QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss' Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick... (VIDEO)
        • SOLD! Evander Holyfield Moves Out After Losing Mansion In Foreclosure Auction... [PHOTOS]
          SOLD! Evander Holyfield Moves Out After Losing Mansion In Foreclosure Auction... [PHOTOS]
        • Mugshot Mania: Married to Medicine's Quad Webb & Husband Gregory Lunceford
          Mugshot Mania: Married to Medicine's Quad Webb & Husband Gregory Lunceford
        • Caught on Tape! A Peek Inside T.I. and Tiny's 'Swinging' Lifestyle... (VIDEO)
          Caught on Tape! A Peek Inside T.I. and Tiny's 'Swinging' Lifestyle... (VIDEO)

        Archives

        Who’s Talking?

        • Kandi Burruss’ Ex Block Spencer Claims Kandi Knew She Used to be The Aspect Piece When They Conceived Riley Burruss; Block Says He’s “Cool” With All His Children Except for Riley | Cinema Hungama on QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)
        • Kandi Burruss’ Ex Block Spencer Claims Kandi Knew She Was The Side Piece When They Conceived Riley Burruss; Block Says He’s “Cool” With All His Kids Except Riley – Squeaky News on QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)
        • Kandi Burruss’ Ex Block Spencer Claims Kandi Knew She Was The Side Piece When They Conceived Riley Burruss; Block Says He’s “Cool” With All His Kids Except Riley – Chronicles 247 on QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)
        • Coco Brown on Sheree Whitfield Reunites With ‘Prison Bae’ (Tyrone Gilliams) After Early Release (PHOTOS)
        • Coco Brown on Sheree Whitfield Reunites With ‘Prison Bae’ (Tyrone Gilliams) After Early Release (PHOTOS)
        • Coco Brown on QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)
        • Coco Brown on QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)
        • Life of Ki on QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)
        • Life of Ki on QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)
        • Dawn Flisk Brandeis on Bravo’s ‘Married to Medicine’ Reality Show a Disgrace to Educated Black Women?



    •  
      • Social Networks

        iamATLien.com

        Patreon

        Join me on Patreon for weekly exclusives, blog tips and more.

        YouTube



        SUBSCRIBE: ATLien on YouTube

        Like Us on Facebook

        Instagram

        iamatlien

        #supportblackwomen #supportblackwomen
        #supportblackwomen #supportblackwomen
        #supportblackwomen #supportblackwomen
        #blackouttuesday #blackoutday2020 #blackouttuesday #blackoutday2020
        #blackoutday2020 #blackouttuesday #blackoutday2020 #blackouttuesday
        #blackoutday2020 #blackouttuesday #blackoutday2020 #blackouttuesday
        Who ya wit? Erykah or Jill? I’m so torn right no Who ya wit? Erykah or Jill? I’m so torn right now. 😂 There are no losers in this battle. 🔥 #straightfromthea #atlien #jillscott #erykahbadu #jillscottvserykahbadu #verzuz
        That word “FREE” almost took me outta here! Fu That word “FREE” almost took me outta here! Full video on YouTube (link in bio) https://youtu.be/5EiHvFcv9VA #straightfromthea #atlien #rhoa #neneleakes #yovannamomplaisir #snakegate #atlienlive
        Load More... Follow on Instagram

        ATLien for Dramatic Weight Loss

        READ: My Ode to Dramatic Weight Loss (PHOTOS)
        **StraightFromTheA.com readers receive special discount:
        CLICK HERE for Discount Coupon!
  •  
Page 1
  • QUICK QUOTES: Kandi Burruss’ Baby Daddy (Block) Claims She Knew She Was The Sidechick… (VIDEO)

  • Sheree Whitfield Reunites With ‘Prison Bae’ (Tyrone Gilliams) After Early Release (PHOTOS)

  • Nene Leakes Calls for Fans to Boycott: “Turn Off Your TVs!” | #BoycottBravo Petition Gains Steam #RHOA

  • SINGLE AGAIN!!! Media Mogul Tyler Perry Is Back On The Market…

  • Good Deeds | 2 Chainz Partners With YouTube Music for 55k Black Entrepreneur Giveaway… (VIDEO) #YouTubeBlack

  • This is 50!!! Actress Regina Hall SINGS Her Way Into A New Century… (VIDEO)

Page 2
  • BLOOP! Nene Leakes Hilariously SHADES Plummeting #RHOA Ratings…

  • #RHOA Kenya Moore & Sherri Shepherd Exchange Shade! Who Won?! (VIDEO)

  • OFF THE MARKET!!! Keshia Knight Pulliam & Brad James Announce Engagement (PHOTOS)

  • Where’s Nene Leakes?! Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 13 Ratings Plummet On 2nd Episode…

  • Wendy Williams Pauses Show Production To Travel For Mother’s Funeral…

  • Sandy ‘Pepa’ Denton (Salt-n-Pepa) Suing Over BOTCHED Butt Job…

Page 3
  • QUICK PIC: Usher Goes Viral For This ‘New Look’… (PHOTO)

  • 5 Things Revealed on The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 13 | Episode 2 ‘New Peach in the Orchid’ + Watch FULL Episode… (VIDEO)

  • Good Deeds | Tyler Perry Donates $100k For Legal Defense of Breonna Taylor’s Boyfriend Kenneth Walker

  • OPEN POST: #RHOA Fans DISTURBED By “Exploitive” Use of George Floyd Clip in Season 13 Premiere

  • POWER COUPLE ALERT!!! Rihanna & A$AP Rocky Reportedly ‘Inseperable’… (PHOTOS)

  • R.I.P. Tommy “Tiny” Lister (Deebo) Dead at 62 | PHOTOS + VIDEO


© 2007 - 2020 Straight From The A [SFTA] – Atlanta Entertainment Industry Gossip & News

ZILLZDESIGNEDIT