While hip-hop continues to lack extensive positive female representation, artists like Rapsody and Nitty Scott MC provide living proof that there is a place for lyrical, conscious ladies in the genre. On the first single from her upcoming EP “The Boombox Diaries Vol. 1,” Nitty enlists the talented, Compton-based rising star, Kendrick Lamar, to cultivate a soulful chorus and a powerful anchoring verse. “Flower Child” features a deep, west-coast bass line and some calming, jazzy piano with Nitty delivering an innovative, organic flow all the while exuding the steez and grace of a Queen Latifah. As usual, Kendrick delivers with his unique style creating vocals in perfect contrast to the instrumental.
Check out the soothing and intelligent “Flower Child” below and support this up ‘n comer by pre-ordering and copping “The Boombox Diaries Vol. 1,” due out on August 28th, on iTunes.
