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Meet UNLADYLIKE, two girls from East St. Louis, Illinois. Their playful rap style breaks the over-sexed stereotype that has defined female MCs for the past 15 years. "There's no female group that's doing it right now and there hasn't been one since Salt-N-Pepa," says Tee, 21 (born Teosha Thomas), who along with Gunna, 22 (born Jasmine Baker) make up UNLADYLIKE. "So that really sets us apart from any other females in the game." Gunna and Tee first started rapping together in 2001 as sophomores in high school. Gunna had been writing rhymes and battling other rappers in her neighborhood since she was eight. Her rapid-fire flow earned her the nickname Gunna. After rapping together in their school's cafeteria, Gunna and Tee decided to try their hand in the studio. They recorded their first official song together in 2002 and after playing their music for friends, the girls decided to form a group. "We didn't even come up with our name," says Tee. "We were in the studio freestyling and a friend of ours was like, `Man, the stuff y'all saying is so UNLADYLIKE, that should be your name!" In order to create a buzz around town, the ladies of UNLADYLIKE started playing shows at East St. Louis' hip-hop hot spot Club Casino along with any other venue that would let them be heard. "We just started doing everything we had to do to get our name out there," says Gunna. "We were promoting ourselves, spending what little money we had and sometimes not even eating."
TRACK LISTINGS
1 D'Ough 3:33
2 Bartender 3:28
3 Sit Down 3:34
4 Certified 3:27
5 Hey 4:32
6 Like Me 3:10
7 Let It Bang 4:10
8 Old You 4:06
9 Go 2 Work 3:08
10 Show Um Off 3:14
11 Spazin Out 3:30
12 Papi Ova Derr 3:27
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