Important Femcee Hip-Hop Albums: Kollage

<p>By DJ Fusion</p><p>The impact of any musicial release may not mainfest until years later. An album that gets slept on, during one period of time, could later be hailed as a masterpiece or be the start of a creative foundation for future musicians.</p><p>Philadelphia representative Bahamadia&rsquo;s Kollage(released in 1996) is one of those albums. Its impact on the female MC landscape might not be as lauded due to the overall shift of mainstream Hip-Hop&rsquo;s creative direction. The eventual shut down of label/distributor Chrysalis (under EMI Records) which has kept the album out of lots of hands over the past 14 years didn&rsquo;t help matter either.</p><p>As the only&nbsp;female member of the legendary Gang Starr Foundation, Hip-Hop heads knew her credentials were to be respected. From that the cosign alone, people knew this lady MC was no slacker who who just lucked up on a record deal.&nbsp;The production and engineering staff on the boards for Kollage included some of the best East Coast Hip-Hop royalty at the time&nbsp; with DJ Premier, Guru, Da Beatminerz,The Roots, Carlos Bess and more.</p>