unless you've been living in a rock for the past decade or are just that obvious to other female rappers. i mean she can get her money i'm not knocking down her hustle but being in the spotlight doesn't mean she awesome
Jean Grey
Lauryn Hill
Snow tha Product
Reema Major
Nitty Scott
Missy Elliott
Iggy Azalea
Azealia BAnks
MC Lite
Rapsody
EVE
Alyssa Marie
the list goes on and on
Rah Digga and Fox didn't make your list? #Fail
And I'll go on to say even if they did, she's ARGUABLY better than them when put in a "rap environment". Nicki isn't making songs for a "rap" fanbase, but she has killed a few verses throughout her career that should make everyone aware that she CAN RAP.
Irony is, the shyt talk came from Lady Gaga's producer like they're not in the same boat. We could just as easily without knowing say something like "Lady Gaga can't sing, she just makes dance music, she got lucky" because she doesn't do ballads that display all of her vocal talent.
I never understood why Jean Grae(such a fan you are to spell her name wrong, like X-Men comics more than rap apparently?)is bunch in with female lyricists. No offense to her, met her a few times, and love her music, but her sound is due to great beat selection more than elements that should get her mentioned as a top lyricist. Same can be said for Raekwon so it's not like she's in bad company.
Snow tha Product? No comment, she cool if you're in a certain demographic. I haven't heard a really hot verse from Lauryn since the Fugee days(when Wyclef wrote them, not saying I'd be surprised if Drake was actually writing for Nicki, but since it's not out there, i can't take from her). I don't think A. Banks set out to be Lyrical, and I can't say what she makes is any less commercialized than Nicki's stuff, so not sure why you'd support one and not the other...oh, because everyone doesn't know A. Banks? No reason to dissect everyone on your list, but....nah.
I personally thing Rah has em all beat, but I could respect someone disagreeing saying Nicki before someone saying Jean Grae or Iggy Azalia(f**k if I spelled her name wrong, rappin like a hoodrat from atlanta but talk like Steve Irwin's daughter, tell me WTF's wrong).
"Real hip hop?" GTFOH. She been here since 2006, lol. Rapping hoodrat shyt. Her sophisticated azz.
Maybe it's just me, but I have more respect for Nicki's hoodrat azz pretending to have an english accent to be stupid than I do for that f**kery.
I'll end on a good note though.
Fun fact, Rah beat Eminem in a battle.