In this track, "Forest Whitiker", Brother Ali rejects popular standards of beauty. In doing so, he defies the double consciousness imposed by such unattainable standards. As he claims in this uplifting yet lighthearted track, "You might think I'm depressed as can be, but when I look in the mirror I see sexy ass me!".
Dessa, an MC from the Doomtree collective, inverts common metaphors in order to indicate that she has broken out of the negative role afforded to her through a gendered double consciousness. She invites the reader to "...forget the the bull in the china shop, there's a china doll in the bullpen", indicating that she is perceived as too delicate to succeed in the male-dominated field of rap music. Yet she is able to thrive, as she points out that "...now I've got glass floors", which is an inversion of the metaphor of the invisible glass ceiling that is supposed to keep women from succeeding in the workplace. Here is her track "Bullpen".
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