Lil' Kim - Hard Core

 HARDCORE
all i can say is if your not a fan dont bother buying it just so you can say negative things about it. of course the lyrics are disgusting,but you shoudve figured that out when you read the title"HARDCORE". HELLO PEOPLE!!! this woman can spit,she was the first to change the game,well season it up a lil'. the first album i purchased by lil kim was THE NAKED TRUTH,i loved it so much that i had to start from the very beginning following her career.glad i did cus now i kno who dis b*tch really is! favorite tracks:

1)BIG MOMMA THANG 5/5
2)NO TIME 5/5
3)DRUGS 4/5
4)WE DONT NEED IT 3/5
5)NOT TONIGHT 4/5
this one aint on here but CRUSH ON YOU(lil kim version)
hataz fall back and fellas,NO DRULLING OVER THE EXPLICIT CONTENT!!!! August 17, 2007

 Love Lil' Kim...
I am a HUGE fan of Lil Kim. I lost all of my cd's due to a change of address so when I purchased this, I anticpated all of the songs I used to hear. I was still intrigued by her lyricism after all these years of missing her cd. I am well pleased with this cd and La Bella Mafia and Notorious K.I.M. and The Naked Truth. Love'em ALL! June 11, 2007

 I dont spend my money on these semen sippers!
Best album of 96. Yeah right, Jayz album was better than this and I cant stand him at all. Biggie should be gettin the credit, he the one who wrote the whole damn album. There was a few tracks with some bangin production. But I just didn't feel the lyrics and subject matter. lil kim was just a nasty no good b**** on the mic and I just wasn't feelin her. I didn't feel her then and I dont feel her now. If it wasn't for blind luck leading to success this bimbo would have been one of Luke's groupies. March 25, 2007

 Hard Core??? Thats A New Definition (Rating 5 out of 10- -2.5 stars)
I guess my review is going to be in the minority here. I'm not going to say that Lil' Kim is a bad rapper. She just managed to pull a garbage CD. A lot of these songs don't even pass as listenable. Biggie wrote the majority of these rhymes here, so you know that they sound out of place when they come out of Lil' Kim's mouth. The lead single "No Time" with Puff Daddy was decent, and was a good start of her career, but to tell you the truth, it hardly even picks up after that on this album.

The second track "Big Momma Thing" was a banger, possibly because Jay-Z had an awesome second verse. And for some crazy reason, I have a taste for the song "We Don't Need It" even though Lil' Cease is garbage. Thats all I can think of thats good about this.

Most of this album is just filler. "Spend A Lil Doe" just didn't make sense to me. "Queen Bee" is another of these songs that I saw no significance in. Although if you're from New York somewhere, you'll think these song are the best ever. I seem to can't grasp that concept.

Also some of these songs were remixed, and possibly for a good reason. Her most popular single "Crush On You" was one of those remixed tracks. Here on the CD, someone thought it was a good idea to let Lil' Cease have all three verses. The remix it has Kim and Cease rhyming with each other, and it sounds just a little better than the origonal. If this album ever gets repressed, tell them to wipe off the origonal version and add the remix on there. Also the song "Not Tonight" was remixed and titled "Ladie's Night". The origonal song was produced by Jermaine Dupri, and it sounds okay, but you'll get tired of it after awhile. If anyone is interested, the remix would appear on the "Nothing To Lose Soundtrack" and featured Da Brat and Left Eye. Also, if you're sexually orentated, you might be able to tolerate these skits that flow throughout this CD.


Overall, this album is just average album from the '96 era. Nothing special about, unless you just love Kim. I actually enjoy Kim, especially the "La Bella Mafia" album. I just don't think this album measures up to anything I heard from the East Coast during that time. If you like to, I recommend that you check out the album for the songs I said that stood out. If you don't own this album, you're not missing much.

Lyrics: C
Production: C+
Guest Appearances: C- (Cease himself weighs this one down big time)
Musical Vibes: D
Overall: C-

Favorite Tracks: Big Momma Thing, We Don't Need It

Peace everyone!
December 17, 2006

 THE RULER OF THE GAME! QUEEN BEE!
This album has to be the best female rapper album, hell in my opinion best album period. Even though this came out a decade ago, It stills bang to the fullest. Lil Kim is truely a one of a kind. No one can duplicate, and thats real!.
Queen Bee Lives on, Fu** the hatas! July 20, 2006

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