I like Lauryn Hill and Lil' Kim, probably the best in my opinion, although I've not been exposed to that much, aside from the odd featuring on an album. I'm not sure if you'd include M.I.A. or Uffie as female rappers, I suppose they are in a way but not in the classical definition.
Not sure if anyone here has heard of Speech Debelle. She's a young MC from the UK who recently won the Mercury Music Prize, she's got an album which is largely composed of jazzy beats with her over the top of them. Quite a nice debut album and worth checking out.
I'm looking forward to Kid Sister's album alter this year too!
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