Kim Davis, better known by her stage name of Choice or MC Choice, is an American female rapper based out of

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, Texas. She is best known for her album ''The Big Payback'', which first came out in 1990. Signed to the label

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, her strident, sexually explicit album prefigured the image and sound of later female rappers such as

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, with

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Roni Sarig mentioning Choice in ''Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How Hip-Hop Became a Southern Thing'' as one of the U.S. south's underground kings and queens of rap alongside the

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and Street Military. She first appeared on

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's 1989 album ''

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'' (with him then known as "Willie Dee").
The release ended up peaking at #53 on the U.S. R&B Albums chart. Ironically, Choice would soon criticize Willie D in a

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also aimed at various male MCs of the time (such as

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). Choice belongs to a more "sex"-based lyrical school of hard-core female

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s as opposed to those with a more "gangsta" sound. Artists in this subgenre

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female-in-charge

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in their lyrics, often mixing being assertive in what they want while also mocking the exaggerated sexual boasts of male rappers through put-downs. Specific song examples of Choice's strident image include the

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-themed track "Cat Got Your Tongue".

Discography

*''The Big Payback'' (1990) U.S. R&B #46 *''Stick-N-Moove'' (1992) U.S. R&B #83Billboard

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References

External links

Choice – Remembering Rap's Baddest Bitch
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Discography

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