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Snow Tha Product: Breaking The Cookie Cutter Mold
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the dopest female MC of them all? Had the Wicked Queen asked that question, there’s a good chance the answer would have been Snow tha Product (formerly known as Snow White by the way), out of today’s current roster of female rappers. The Atlantic Records artist has been busy as of late performing at venues like Rock the Bells and just recently released her latest mixtape, “Good Nights and Bad Mornings 2: The Hangover,” which saw her pair up with Tech N9ne for a vicious rhyme spree called “You’re Welcome.” Obviously one that could take advantage of her good looks, Snow tha Product refuses to branded as just another pretty female rapper and has chosen to let her furious flow be at the forefront. AllHipHop.com sat down with Snow before she embarked on her next tour to talk about her career, “Cookie Cutter B*tches” and more. No poisoned apples here. AllHipHop.com: Your timing and rhyme flow is precise. How did you develop it? Snow tha Product: I’m a real competitive person and when I started rapping, I really wanted to make sure that I was going to be the best at what I do. I set out to do that now I try to out-do myself. As you gain fans, you obviously want to try to keep impressing them. When fans tell you something is dope, you are never satisfied with hearing that something is only good. AllHipHop.com: Whenever I talk to young artists, I always try to encourage them to be as energetic in the recording booth as possible. Snow tha Product: Biggie had a more laid back swaggy flow but Pac was more aggressive and to the point – I get that from being from the West Coast. I started with that up-tempo and aggressive flow. Slowing down is a little more difficult for me. I can rap slower but it’s not fun for me. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJUj0FLFQgU&w=420&h=315] AllHipHop.com: You held your own with Tech N9ne on the “You’re Welcome” track off of your latest Mixtape. Not too many can do that. Snow tha Product: Working with him again was definitely cool. I played the part at the end for him where I was talking all that stuff and he was cracking up. It’s a funny song but at the same time we both showed out on it. AllHipHop.com: At Rock the Bells 2013 in San Bernardino, CA you stated on stage that if you wanted to sell sex, then you would be a prostitute. Snow tha Product: When I started rapping, I didn’t have anybody co-signing me. It was just me by myself. When I would go in to the studio, people were always trying to tell me that my style wasn’t going to work if I didn’t sexy it up. I heard that so much. People ask me now if my management or label is pressuring me to do that and I let them know that all of the pressure came before them when I first started. Now, there are people that are professionals and respect what I do. It’s an asset to be able to be different. Back then, there were so many small-minded people telling me to get naked to sell records. There are pimps out here in California. If that’s what I wanted to do, I would be doing that making more money than by rapping (laughs). That’s not my thing though. To each their own but I want to be known for my rap skills. I’m about integrity and I was raised by a traditional Mexican father – so that’s out of the question. AllHipHop.com: Pops isn’t having any of that (laughs). Snow tha Product: That’s not even an option. Plus all of my Uncles would trip too. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua0Adm9CJ6k&w=420&h=315] AllHipHop.com: Going the sexy route would be much easier though. Snow tha Product: It would be and I’m not trying to be so against sexiness or crucify anybody who does that. I just don’t want to come in to the game as that and I don’t ever see myself doing something super sexualized. At the same time I am a grown woman and if I eventually want to grow up and wear heels and dresses, that’ll be cool but I don’t want that to be the main thing. Listen to what I have to say and then we can get in to everything else. AllHipHop.com: You’re taking some heads off on your “Cookie Cutter B*tches” song. Snow tha Product: I am. I feel like a lot of people think there is this mold that female rappers need to follow – how they look and dress. Here I am and it’s like, “How naked do I have to be before people pay attention?” Also, if one label does something with a female, then all of them have to follow that example. Be yourself! Like I said on “You’re Welcome,” I was so busy talking about “Cookie Cutter B*tches” that I didn’t realize that labels made me a mold and started cookie cutting b*tches. Now I see some of me out there in other girls and I’m like, “just do you and don’t let people tell you how to be.” People tried to slow me down with all of their thoughts and ideas and I decided that I was just going to do what I wanted to do. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djp8ODyRK68&w=560&h=315] AllHipHop.com: Did you get any reactions from other female rappers about “Cookie Cutter B*tches?” Snow tha Product: I didn’t bother to check. I’m sure some girls said some sh*t. They might know it’s for them and they might now. I’m not in to that back and forth beef sh*t. AllHipHop.com: So you’re never going to make any diss songs to anybody? Snow tha Product: I don’t think so because I want the results. I want the fans and the ticket sales. I’m not going to be out there beefing with someone, plus they don’t want it (laughs).

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Yaya Gabbana: Who the F*#k is She?
The job of an MC can be a tough and demanding occupation. You need to be able to be quick-witted, while being able to control the crowd and capture the electricity in the party. While challenging, if you’re a success, you can reap the rewards. The support of an entire community of people, fame and fortune are some of these benefits. Male dominance of the genre has made it tough for females to break into this lane. If a female is good though, she has the potential to drive in new waves of fans. Where there was once a Lil’ Kim or a Foxy Brown, there now is Nicki Minaj, who seems to hold a monopoly over the female rap game. Gena Joye Robinson looks to change that. Otherwise known as Yaya Gabbana, the Boston-bred songwriter/artist, has released her new mixtape, Who the F*#k is Yaya Gabbana? where she challenges listeners to check out her music and see why her buzz is growing by the day. The title of the mixtape is a bold declaration of who Yaya Gabbana is, and what she is about as an artist. Inspired by her favorite rapper, the late Stack Bundles, Gabbana describes her style as more relateable as a female MC than others out there. “I think I’m different because I keep it real, and I’m more down-to-earth, like I talk about things that more people can relate to. Nicki, when she started, she was more relateable but now she’s more commercial with it. So I feel like I’m more relateable to everyday girls than she is,” Gabbana said with no hesitation. “I have songs that touch on a lot of different subjects where some girls can relate to and where some dudes can relate to. I have a variety of different songs that all types of people can relate to.” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao47n6ff_AQ&w=560&h=315] On her journey to success, Gabbana has opened for the likes of Styles P, Fred the Godson, French Montana (who she lists as an artist helping to keep the east coast rap alive), and Onyx but still cites Stack Bundles as the biggest influence on her career as an artist. “He was from the same projects that my best friend lived at and my grandmother, so I saw how he made it out and got signed, so I’ve always respected him. That’s my favorite rapper. He always grinded, he always had mixtapes out like every month. His work ethic was crazy.” As for future projects, Gabbana has plans to work with some other artists and producers along with some traveling, “On my wish list, I want to work with everybody. I want to definitely work with Meek Mill; he’s doing his thing right now. Young Savage out of Philly, he’s killing it right now. I want to work with everybody as far as Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj – I don’t discriminate. I was just talking to my manager about making a trip to ATL. I definitely want to make moves out there because that’s what’s poppin’ really, if you want to get your name out you have to go down South.” With her debut single “My City” already making waves and a new single on the way, “Squirtin’ On,” Gabbana has an onslaught of new music ready for the public to enjoy and is molding herself into an artist to check out in 2012. Yaya Gabbana’s new mixtape, Who the F*#k is Yaya Gabbana?, can be found on Datpiff.com. Follow her on Twitter at @iamyayagabbana.Mos Jones can be reached at mosjones@live.com, through his website http://onebrothertoanother.com, or on Twitter at @MosJones.