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Real quick, we need to talk about two other music videos before we talk about the music video.

First up is Raven-'s That's What Little Girls

are made of. That's from 1993. Raven Simone was seven years old. She had spent the past three

years as a child star on the Cosby Show. She would spend the next three years as a child star on

another hit network sitcom hanging with Mr. Cooper. It was pretty good.

From there, Disney Channel fame, That's O Raven, etc.

That's what little girls are made of is her rap debut.

From her debut album, Here's to New Dreams.

The video opens with Raven getting out of the cockpit of a helicopter.

At first, I thought she was the pilot.

She's probably not the pilot.

The song is co-written and co-produced by and features a guest verse from Missy Elliott.

Listening now, Missy's presence, her guidance is evidence, I think, from the moment Young Raven starts rapping. There's a certain exuberance.

You can't fake it.

It was clear you couldn't fake it long before anybody knew enough to try.

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