Foxy Brown Gives It Up For Nicki Minaj's "Branding" Skills @ Mixtape Daily @ MTV.Com.

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CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Be still my bulletproof heart! Is this really a (kind of) kinder and gentler Foxy Brown that we have here? Has Inga reemerged as a more mature young woman able to hold both her defiant B-Girl stance, unthreatened by new comers, while, most surprisingly of all, remaining publicly encouraging of the current crème de la Femme-Cee, Ms. Nicki Minaj? Well, yes AND no.

Foxy's remark to the effect that Mattel®'s "Booty Shot" Barbie® is merely very good @ "branding" herself completely negates her ability as an MC, thereby reducing her phenomena to novelty status. In my esteemed opinion, that's a backhanded compliment @ best boys and girls. Nevertheless, this polite non-negative commentary with regard to another female rapper could mark an impressive new chapter in the life of Foxy Brown - a woman whom I've always thought was the most naturally gifted pure Hip Hop Femme-Cee in the game since MC Lyte. With a reality show in the works, if shorty could just get that pesky inflated sense of entitlement off of her fatback, she might be able to mend some fences and salvage any fame that she has left ... and believe me, her fans are still there.

So, in summary, rather than knock her poor outfit choice for her B.B. Kings performance or the spare tire rapidly accumulating perilously close to her "F.at U.pper P.ussy A.rea", I would like to applaud Foxy Brown for biting her tongue, swallowing her pride and playing nice for this MTV interview. Good shit!