{"id":753,"date":"2018-07-05T21:51:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T03:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/?p=753"},"modified":"2018-07-19T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T16:39:52","slug":"nicki-minaj-and-foxy-brown-impactful-late-90s-early-00s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/nicki-minaj-and-foxy-brown-impactful-late-90s-early-00s\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown: Impactful (Late 90&#8217;s \u2013 Early 00\u2019s)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through the years Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown have been supportive and shared their admiration for each other. It had been announced back in May that Foxy Brown would be appearing on Nicki\u2019s forthcoming album <strong><em>Queen<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Should be interesting to see what sort of track they will produce for the soon to be released project.\u00a0 One such possibility would be sharing their continued disdain and grievances with Lil Kim and Remy Ma.\u00a0 Nonetheless, it will be something that will be talked about regardless of what direction they decide to take with the song.\u00a0 During her run in the 90\u2019s into the early 2000\u2019s Foxy Brown made quite a few memorable guest appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The first appearance to mention of course is on LL Cool J\u2019s 1995 album <strong><em>Mr. Smith<\/em><\/strong> on the track \u201cI Shot Ya\u201d remix, holding her own alongside Keith Murray, Prodigy, Fat Joe, and LL Cool J at the young age of 17.\u00a0 Foxy Brown would then shortly thereafter appear on Total\u2019s self \u2013titled album on the \u201cNo One Else\u201d remix along with her peers Da Brat and ironically Lil Kim who she was close to at the time.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>LL Cool J \u2013 I Shot Ya (remix) feat. Keith Murray, Prodigy, Fat Joe, &amp; Foxy Brown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8F-BFl4CAMI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Total \u2013 No One Else (remix) feat. Lil\u2019 Kim, Foxy Brown, &amp; Da Brat<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AMKb9aXCfwU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following year, Foxy Brown\u2019s guest appearances would be even more impactful for her career and those around her. She would appear on Nas\u2019s \u201cAffirmative Action\u201d from the <strong><em>It Was Written<\/em><\/strong> album.\u00a0 The track served as the launching pad for the super group \u201cThe Firm\u201d, consisting of Foxy Brown, Nas, AZ, and Cormega who was eventually replaced by Nature.\u00a0 The production of the group would be helmed by the Trackmasters and Dr Dre.\u00a0 The relevancy was that it was making amends between the east and west coast which at the time were at odds with each other.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Nas \u2013 Affirmative Action feat. AZ, Cormega, &amp; Foxy Brown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rtgovDDroPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The other significant guest appearance Foxy Brown made in 1996 was on Jay-Z\u2019s \u201cAin\u2019t No Playa\u201d from his debut album <strong><em>Reasonable Doubt<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 The single would help Jay-Z on the path to attain mainstream success.\u00a0 The next few years Jay-Z and Foxy Brown would be coined as hip-hop\u2019s Bonnie and Clyde.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Jay-Z \u2013 Ain\u2019t No Playa feat. Foxy Brown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z3fif3OCYc4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last track to mention is CNN\u2019s (Capone \u2013N-Noreaga) \u201cBang Bang\u201d off the 2000 album \u201cThe Reunion\u201d. On the track Foxy Brown is firing back at the disses Lil Kim was throwing at her.\u00a0 This track heightened the beef between these two that outside of New York\u2019s Hot 97 radio station there was a shootout between Lil Kim\u2019s camp and CNN\u2019s.\u00a0 Lil Kim would ultimately end up having a stint in jail due to protecting the identities of some of her friends involved.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CNN \u2013 Bang, Bang feat. Foxy Brown<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JJR7_FFu8UU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Foxy Brown earlier this year was supposed to have released the album <strong><em>King Soon Come<\/em><\/strong> but it has still yet to see the light of day.\u00a0 Maybe with a high profile look on Nicki Minaj\u2019s album will give the push for the project to come out.\u00a0 Wanted to provide some perspective of Foxy Brown\u2019s relevancy with the impact she had made during her prime.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Z0RcMEbTuu\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/nas-and-dr-dre-during-the-90s-bicoastal-conflict-and-beyond\/\">Nas and Dr Dre: During the 90s Bicoastal Conflict and Beyond<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/nas-and-dr-dre-during-the-90s-bicoastal-conflict-and-beyond\/embed\/#?secret=Z0RcMEbTuu\" data-secret=\"Z0RcMEbTuu\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Nas and Dr Dre: During the 90s Bicoastal Conflict and Beyond&#8221; &#8212; Hip Hop News Journal\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the years Nicki Minaj and Foxy Brown have been supportive and shared their admiration for each other. It had been announced back in May that Foxy Brown would be appearing on Nicki\u2019s forthcoming album Queen.\u00a0 Should be interesting to see what sort of track they will produce for the soon to be released project.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[2,4,3],"tags":[746,87,753,757,283,759,199,751,750,178,749,758,743,216,512,507,155,505,177,84,508,744,747,287,511,469,667,741,756,755,752,543,510,742,89,745,217,754,559,748],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":773,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions\/773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiphopnewsjournal.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}