Rapper Eve: 'Fergie And Gwen Stefani Hurt Female MCs.'

Eve did an interesting interview with Entertainment Weekly about her album being pushed back and the musical landscape right now. She broached the topic of artists like Fergie and Gwen Stefani coming in and making things hard for PEOPLE WHO CAN ACTUALLY RAP female MCs.

Has the success of artists like Fergie and Gwen Stefani made it harder for female rappers because they've come in and created a new, pop-friendly mix of pop, hip-hop, and R&B; sounds?
I think what makes that hard for us is that they're not hip-hop, period. I'll never, ever be able to give Fergie or Gwen that title. I love them. I think they're dope. I think they make good music. But they're not hip-hop. They emulate hip-hop in certain things that they do, but they're not hip-hop. And I think that hurts hip-hop in a way because it's confusing the lines. I also must admit that hip-hop is the new pop. Like hip-hop five years ago, Soulja Boy couldn't get played on the same station that Fergie was playing on or that the Black Eyed Peas were playing on or that Justin was playing on. Or Justin couldn't be on an urban station five years ago. But now, all the lines have blurred. But at the same time, calling Fergie and Gwen hip-hop hurts females, I think. It hurts the female MCs.

Don't even get me started on that. Gwen is cool but Fergie is nothing but a female Vanilla Ice. She straight swagger-jacked J.J. Fad! Thievin' ass b*tch......