Instead, it’s a delight: righteously pissed-off rhymes inspired by the movie’s Black Panther theme over a sparse beat, and warped choral samples. Female Takeover – Game Over (2010)Grime’s definitive female collaboration, in which a plethora of MCs – including Ruff Diamondz, Lady Leshurr, Mz Bratt and Amplify Dot, who opens her verse with a cry of: “Ugh! MIA feat Missy Elliott and Azealia Banks – Bad Girls (NARS Remix) (2012)The second remix of Bad Girls swapped out a verse by rapper Rye-Rye for one by Azealia Banks to stunning effect. Bursting out of the musical scenery – buzzing synthesisers, orchestral stabs – her warp-speed contribution lifts the track to a different level. Roxanne Shante v Sparky D – Round 1 (1985)Not really a collaboration, so much as increasingly lairy rap battle, released during the celebrated “Roxanne wars” of the mid-80s.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2020 15:00 UTC