Bad Bitch

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The term bad bitch is one that is commonly used in hip hop songs.

While the word bitch has traditionally been used to describe women in a derogatory manner, in hip hop, a woman who is a bad bitch is seen in a positive light. A bad bitch is considered to be, among other things, a woman who is independent, mentally gifted, organized, self confident, attractive, and someone a man would be proud to be with. While it may be confusing that two words that have traditionally had negative meanings can make up a positive concept, one needs to only consider that within certain social groups, words can often time take on a meaning that is unique only to the group members, such as nigga to the African American culture, or trap to the drug culture. If you are not immersed in the culture, you are not going to understand the shared meanings of certain words.

1 Use in books
2 Use in music
3 Song analysis
4 References

[edit] Use in books

"She becomes a "Bad Bitch" (e.g., a good Black woman), when she puts her looks, sexuality, intellect, and/or aggression in service to African American communities...". ^[1]

"Now a bad bitch is a woman who handles her business without making it seem like business." ^[2]

[edit] Use in music

Trina is the self titled baddest bitch in Hip Hop. Her first album was named The Baddest Bitch and her fourth album, The Baddest Bitch II was released in 2006. In her song, “Da Baddest Bitch” she discusses why she considers herself a bad bitch. In this particular song, Trina talks about how she uses men for money and other material things, and she offers advice to younger women:

I got game for young hoes/

Don't grow to be a dumb hoe, that's a no-no/

See if you off the chains/

Stay ahead of the game, save up buy a condo/

Sell the pussy by the grands/

And in months you own a Benz/

Another week a set of rims

Essentially what Trina is trying to tell her listeners is that if you are going to have sex with a man, try to get something material out of it, don’t have sex for free. Bad bitches do not sleep with men who are "broke". Later in the song, Trina talks about her sexual prowess when she states the following:

I make him eat it while my period on/

A little nasty ho, red-bone but a classy ho/

Young jazzy ho and don't be scared/

If you're curious just ask me hoes/

And yes dick sucking comes quite natural/

I'm da baddest bitch what/

Trina is saying that she is a woman who can get nasty, but also has an aura of class about her. A good bad bitch has a delicate balance of both. She is a woman who knows what she wants when it comes to having sexual relations with a man and is good at pleasing the man she is with at that particular moment.

Lil Kim Lil’ Kim has also used the term bad bitch to describe herself.

Y'all mad cause niggas love my style/

Colgate smile, I'm a bad bitch child

Lil’ Kim has also been know to use a variation of the word bad bitch such as ‘Q.B.’, ‘queen b’, or ‘queen bitch’. These words have a synonymous meaning with the word bad bitch.

Live from NYC it's Q.B./

The heavy weight champ female emcee

Lil’ Kim uses the terms in such a manner to state that she is one of the best female rappers and she is proud to be a bad bitch.

Lil’ Webbie Lil’ Webbie released the song “Bad Bitch” in 2005 on the Hustle and Flow soundtrack in 2005. This song could be interpreted by some as a song praising and glorifying all bad bitches. This song is gemerally what people quote when asked what is a bad bitch:

The girl be, cookin and cleanin and cleanin and cookin/

She be, constantly douchin and cleanin her pussy

And when she step on the scene everybody be looking/

And to get in them jeans everybody be wishing.

Lil’ Webbie is stating that a bad bitch is a woman who knows how to take care of the house by cooking meals for the family and keeping it clean and in am orderly fashion. A bad bitch is also a woman who practices good personal hygiene. A bad bitch is someone who is attrative and turns head when she walks into a room, and she is someone who all the men wish that they could get with.

But she only want players who far from rookie/

And if you ain't got the cake/

Can't play with the nookie

Here Lil’ Webbie is echoing Trina in saying that a true bad bitch is not going to have a sexual relationship with a man who is not in a good financial position.

Don't like to get dirty and don't mind working/

And she don't mind giving me some mouth and lip service

Here the artist is saying that bad bitches have a steady job and can perform sexual favors for her man.

I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T do you know what that mean man/

Own damn house flossed out big screen man/

Bad bitches holla business first then streets man

Lil' Webbie is saying that a bad bitch is independent and a smart business woman.

[edit] Song analysis

"Like their male counterparts, women rap about aspects of inner city life and their desire to be 'number one'; unlike male rappers, they shed light on everyday realities from a woman's perspective. Other women utilize the rap medium as a dialogue with their audiences about exploitative male relationships from a feminist perspective." ^[3] Women known as bad bitches often follow these patterns. Some female rappers such as Lil Kim or Trina have made a name for themselves by using the "bitch" persona in a way that shows power and independence rather than negativity:

	I got, my own money own cars own house; I can cook a meal same time and turn a nigga out; I'm the example of what you want on your team.
—Webbie (featuring Trina), Bad Bitch Remix^[4]

This shows that Trina wants to be known for being financially stable and able to please her man, both of which are aspects that are appealing to men as well as independent women. Trina feels that she must represent for the all the "Bad Bitches" worldwide. Evidence of that comes from Trina's song "Baddest Bitch" where she starts her first verse by saying, "I'm representin for the bitches, all eyes on your riches." ^[5] She is trying to show that these bad bitch qualities are really qualities that a woman should be proud to have.