The songs by women had a softer tone about sex. The song "Put it down" by Brandy offers dialog of a woman challenging a man to be chivalrous, yet sexy if he wants her to fall in love with him. Nicki Minaj's song "Super Bass" eludes to the artist wanting to be with a guy that is both an entrepreneur and a bad boy; it also mentions drugs, sex and …show more content…
The Hip-Hop music of the 80's was overall more subtle in the beliefs it offered listeners, whereas music from this decade was more obvious with its references to sex, drugs and alcohol. In my opinion, the songs by men had more negative concepts about women and demonstrated that patriarchy is the norm, especially when men have the money. The songs by female artists that did refer to sex were subtle, but more likely to have empowering messages about women controlling their own