"The Aesthetics of Rap"

http://www.jstor.org/stable/3042309?&Search=yes&term=Rapper&term=Female&list=hide&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DFemale%2BRapper%26gw%3Djtx%26prq%3DHip-Hop%26Search%3DSearch%26hp%3D25%26wc%3Don&item=13&ttl=205&returnArticleService=showArticle

Finally, an article in which they actually talk about rap and its identity.  Every article thus far has had to contextualize rap as almost a "social phenomenon" rather than as a musical entity.  Although I will be doing the same thing, I needed an article that has a bit of argument towards what rap is and then I can utilize bits and pieces to construct what rap is for female rappers in a social context.