Lee Mazin is ready for more Sisterhood of Hip Hop as the third season airs tonight on Oxygen. She’s had a busy week as her Vibes album dropped yesterday, too. Mazin says the project is inspired by what has happened in her life since the release of her No Love Lost mixtape.
“I went through a lot, but I can definitely say that this is one of those years where more good happened than bad and you can see that with the music,” she says to HipHopDx. “I usually do projects where I dedicate tracks to everything, what we go through as women, what we go through in this industry, what we go through as African-Americans, what we go through as humans.”
She explains that she branched out more on Vibes and sought to widen the perspective of her music. Even though she doesn’t have any features on the 13-track project, the reality show star worked closely with Rico The Producer on the album.
“I’m normally real blunt and adamant when it comes to my music, but this time I decided to listen to the opinions of my team,” Lazin says, “just because as artists were so married to a record that we can’t get outside of our own perception and a record that we will like, the fans might not like, and a record that we don’t like will blow up. So I was open to the opinion of others and the result is a really great project.”
A native of Philadelphia, the rapper holds her city in high esteem when it comes to Hip Hop. The City of Brotherly Love is home to Beanie Sigel, Schoolly D, Will Smith and The Roots.
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“Not too many cities as a whole that can compete with us when it comes to Hip Hop,” she says. “But I had to learn that was the difference between freestyling and making a record. I’ve heard people say that artists from Philly could spit but didn’t know how to make a record and that’s not true. We have a plethora of phenomenally successful Hip Hop artists who’ve created some of the most respected music in Hip Hop.
Lazin spoke with HipHopDX last month about the competition among female rappers and how she is creating her own lane. She worked with fellow Philly rapper Meek Mill and his Dreamchasers team early in her career.
“I don’t like the comparisons between female artists,” she says. “I’m very confident in what I do and I feel like I can out rap a lot of these dudes, let alone females. The term female MC doesn’t bother me, but at the same time, I’m an artist at the end of the day. I deserve the same respect as the guys out there.”
With Sisterhood of Hip Hop season three airing tonight, Mazin says that she hopes to show the audience her personal journey through the music industry.
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“Sometimes people feel like things are impossible and that they’ll never make it to superstar status,” she says, “but by being on the show, I want to be able to show aspiring artists that you can make it, regardless of what you go through or what you deal with. I want to be able to show them that if you endure, you can live your dream.”
Sisterhood of Hip Hop airs on Oxygen tonight (July 12) at 9 p.m. EST.
