I made a quick Command Decision and caught the Lady Sovereign show at Neumo's on Saturday night. I adore music but readily admit that the Hippity-Hop is generally down on the bottom of the favourite genre list.
It was good though, it was a little less Hip-Hop and more of a channeling of Rage Against The Machine minus the political subversiveness. Lady Sov puts on a good show, she got our typically jaded Seattle crowd screaming "oi! oi! oi!" and "America - Fuck Yeah!" She does have a dirty little mouth and likes to throw things; mainly water, water bottles and I believe her shoes into the audience.
A pair of 'tween blonde girls were next to me near stage left and they politely tried to get around me to get good photos. You would have thought that a limited edition My Little Pony was being released, these girls were ecstatic. And she noticed these girls and seemed to genuinely appreciate the attention. It was rather nice to see.
In response to this, I have been listening the heck out of 'Public Warning', and really quite like it. The music is all rather cheeky, but it does make me worry if she is just going to be marketed to death. With Missy Elliot having a part in a remix and being signed to Def Jam, sometimes there is such a thing has having too much attention, especially coming right out of the box. But c'est la vie, I have the feeling that the album is worth another good 500 listens or so.
Make way for the S-O-V!
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