To start off, here is her EP, 1991. They're lyric videos bc she raps pretty fast (and dope) and considering her lyrics are incredibly east coast ish and clever, you gotta follow em.
The reason why she's so big, or at least highly respected by a lot of rappers and the rap community in general is because she's the first rapper in history to successfully mix House music with rap verses. Considering she helps with the production of the house tracks she raps over, that adds more to her talent. Ontop of that, she has a fantastic voice that is so clear. She's gucci. She practically brought back House in general. And she doesn't rap about how much bucks she's making or how many hoe's she had sex with or how famous she's gotten or how she "started from the bottom", she just makes art. Her lyrics aren't random at all, either, each song has its own theme. a lot of rappers have random lyrics. but anyways, here is her EP 1991. enjoy
warning, graphic content. cursing words and stuff. yeah.
***this one is my favorite***
1991 EP's reviews:
"1991 received widespread acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, it received an average score of 84, based on nine reviews.[24] AllMusic editor David Jeffries was amazed by Banks' lyricism and called the EP a "short house-rap blast".[16] He said Banks "acts as if she had been raised at a classic N.Y.C. loft party, one where you kept dancing and dissing", and found the production "nostalgic ... as if this EP fell through the cracks of the Paradise Garage's sweaty disco floorboards and then evolved in some alternative and fierce universe".[16] Chris Dart of Exclaim! was also impressed by her quick rapping and argued that she "manages a feat that takes most rappers the better part of a career to master: the perfect marriage of bangin', club-friendly beats and smart, crisply delivered lyrics."[25] In his consumer guide for MSN Music, Robert Christgau called "212" the highlight of an EP whose music is minimalist yet skillfully crafted: "quick-tongued, lascivious, catchy, and delighted with itself ... there hasn't been a more pleasurable record all year and probably won't be—not even by her."[17]
In a less enthusiastic review for Rolling Stone, Will Hermes said the four tracks on 1991 "spin hip-hop backwards and forwards", although he felt it was too short.[23] Alex Macpherson of Fact felt the EP is somewhat inconsistent, but he compared Banks favorably to Missy Elliott and stated, "while the quality of the music remains disproportionate to the hype, it does make her bratty rejection of the rap establishment feel that much more thrilling."[20] Pitchfork Media's Lindsay Zoladz called it "another example of Banks' versatile skills", but lamented how "the half-statement of 1991 reminds us that Banks is still an artist in her development stage."[22]
1991 was ranked by Rolling Stone at number 30 in the magazine's list of 2012's 50 best albums,[26] while Time named it the 9th best album of 2012.[27] In a year-end list for The Barnes & Noble Review, Christgau ranked 1991 as the 11th best album of 2012 and the title track as the year's 13th best single.[28] ~Wikipedia
