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Remember Tawn P's The Wake Up Kiss?

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Most Unintentionally Funny Line on the Album: On the album opener "Wake Up," Tawn makes the assertion that she has been crushing things for a considerable amount of time ("I been running shit!"). In itself, this isn't a funny statement; it's the type of generalized proclamation rappers make all day.

What's funny is that, as evidence of her apparent perpetual domination, she tells you to listen to her heralded guest feature on "Lauryn Hill Stickup," a song from Dante Higgins' Rhymes For Weeks that came out about six hours before this tape.

Best, Most Ridiculous Question A Guy Will Ask Himself After He's Listened Through The Tape For The Fourth Time: "Did I just listen to a rap album by a girl recreationally? No, no, I couldn't have... holy shit, I did, didn't I?"

Men don't listen to rap music made by women for fun. They just don't. If a guy tells you he does, he's either lying, or he's the same type of person that watches the WNBA, and nobody likes liars or WNBA fans. Men can listen to it, and even enjoy it, critically (Lil Kim has a classic album in her discography), but not recreationally (no man has ever been like, "Man, I really feel like jamming out to Lil Kim right now").

But this tape possesses that quality. It can be a bit hard to tell whether that's because the sample selection was so vibrant or because Tawn was, but that's irrelevant, really. You can listen to this tape for fun, and that's far more impressive than it should be.

Obscure Fact(s) You Can Pawn Off As Your Own To Make Yourself Look Smart:

At the mixer for this tape's release, they were serving alcohol and cookies. That doesn't have anything to do with anything per se, but it still seems like something you should know about.

Follow Tawn P on Twitter at @TAWN_P. Download The Wake Up Kiss here.


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