APACHE, RIP

Apache: Gangsta BitchFrom Apache Ain't Shit (Tommy Boy, 1992)This one bums me out. Apache may not have been a major rapper - his career came and went within a few short years in the early/mid-90s - but if he's destined to be known as a one-hit wonder, I'd argue that "Gangsta Bitch" was one of the more influential of its era. Lyrically, the song roiled many, not the least of which was putting the word "bitch" out so prominently and, if I recall, it fed into concerns (read: paranoia) about girl vi...

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