Eve opened up about her history with Lil Kim during a recent interview with The Guardian. During her time at Ruff Ryders, she discovered the camaraderie between other women who rap was essentially non-existent, something that came as a shock to her.
“Before I’d met anybody, I always thought of [female rappers in the industry] as this sisterhood,” Eve said. “I thought we were all gonna be friends. It was not like that.
“I’d see [Lil] Kim and say hi, and she’d be like: ‘Get the fuck away from me.’ Not verbally – you could just tell what she was thinking. But I was in a bubble and it never felt like a competition. I loved Missy [Elliott] and Kim but I never wanted to be them.”
The London-based artist/talk show host was, however, grateful Ruff Ryders allowed her to be herself and not sell sex, which she says was expected by most labels at the time.
“There definitely weren’t a lot of females out there, and the labels were basically trying to make you get naked,” she said. But with Ruff Ryders, it was, “‘We like who you are, we’re not going to try and change you.’”
Eve is prepping her first album in six years but at 40 years old, she’s only mildly nervous about how the industry will receive it.
“I’m not as stressed about what people think any more – that’s a great feeling,” she explained. “Whether it’s me talking to my past self, or to future girls, it’s saying: ‘You don’t need to deal with the bullshit. Keep it moving!’ You have that a-ha moment where you go: ‘You know what? Fuck this shit!’
“Sometimes, I’m apprehensive because the industry has changed so much. What does that mean for an artist from the time I come from – are people going to care?”
Earlier this month, Eve released the inaugural single from the project titled “Reload” featuring dancehall artist Konshens.
Revisit below.
Eve was a better MC than Lil Kim…kim was being ghostwritten for
You’re 100% right…also all Lil Kim talked about was sex…Eve had bars for days…remember that song she had with DMX and Kiss called We’re Back?…she held her own with them forreal!
“also all Lil Kim talked about was sex” = That is false. Go stream her music.
Ok you’re right. Maybe 10% of her music wasn’t about sex
10? That’s a little too high, try maybe 5%
2%
Lox wrote for eve
Eve we love you babygirl come home to hip hop! Always thought she was dopest of the bunch lyrically and her look was dope. Lil Kim seems like a hater in general.
Every time a new girl came out they always tried to pit them them against lil kim they finally was able to replace her when nicki minaj came up and now they doing it to nicki but she actually deserves it
now Lil Kim’s face says “get the fuck away from me”
Nice article, but I know Triple Phi OG is a little bitch though.
Eve needs to take a look back at some of her album covers and videos. You def. used sex to sale. Even if not to the same extent as Lil Kim and some others back then
This is not the first time Ever has said this. The last time she did so, Lil Kim said that was not how she remembered it and even gave Eve her love. Eve needs to give this matter a needful rest.
I know for certain Kim is lying on this one.
If you are a fan of Kim like I am, you’d know she went after Eve on “Came Back for You” off of her 2003 LP “La Bella Mafia”.
She not only went after Eve on the record, she laid into Foxy Brown as well but that’s not news cuz their beef is well known.
On verse 2 of that song she rapped:
“…Like the sand in the hour glass you out of your time
Tried to go against the queen is you out of your mind?
Even be at number two, your chances is slim ***(Eve diss)*** (Eve is number 2 after Adam)
Cause when God made Adam, he should’ve made Kim ***(Eve diss)*** (Adam & Eve should have been Adam & Kim instead)
I gave a few passes but I never forget
It’s enough I got to put up with this Doo Doo Brown chick” ***(Foxy Brown diss)*** (Foxy skin complexion)
“….How soon we forget I’m the heart of the shit
So keep your tacky ways and go back to your stripper days ***(Eve diss)*** (Eve used to stripper)
As long as I’m around, you gon’ bow down”
She was dissing peeps heavy on the whole LP, even went after 50 Cent.
But then, the streets always maintained Eve dissed Kim on her 2001 single “Let Me Blow Ya Mind,”
So, it’s what it is. This is Hip-Hop after all.
One.
Fuck all dat. Eve finer thanna muthafucka
So I guess Eve is on that skin lightening crap too!! SMH!! So girlfriend is bringing old Lil Kim mess for her album release
haha. stop worrying about skin color you racist boy.
London based? Eve is from philly and she’s a co host of the view in the us not london so I’d say that’s wrong
She’s based in London – she married to an English man
WAIT DID EVE BLEACH HER SKIN AFTER MARRYING THAT WHITE MAN??
clearly she did
1st rule of the modern day black bed wench.