Where were all the women??? Yes, Amanda Blank headlined with Spank Rock on the second stage, but that's one act out of 20 or so acts. And yes, Kid Sister is part of the bill, but she wasn't at Shoreline and, again, that's two ... total. There wasn't a single woman on the main stage at Shoreline and there are plenty of women who could and should have been up there, such as Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Jean Grae to name a few. I'm going to give Guerilla Union the benefit of the doubt and trust that they at least tried to get some female acts for the main stage, but seriously, wtf?The sadder thing about this is that I didn't really think anything of it until today. I just got my hands on Doomtree's self-titled debut release and they have an amazing female emcee, Dessa (a.k.a. Maggie Wander) who sings just as well a she spits. While I was listening to the album, it occurred to me that I hadn't heard a single female voice—emcee, vocalist, back-up singer, or otherwise—at Rock the Bells. Besides Pam the Funkstress and Silk-E, who performed with the Coup, I don't recall a whole lot of women at Rock the Bells 2007 either. It's really a crying shame, especially since there isn't a shortage of talented women in hip-hop.
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