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Lady Sovereign came out with a new album the other day, and I totally forgot about it. In terms of my radar for crazy white chicks who rap ('sup Amanda Blank), Lady Sov sorta lost it. I think her debut album, Public Warning, ended up being a bit of a let down. "Love Me Or Hate Me" shows off her sense of humor pretty well, but for most of her older fans (from before she had plans for America), I think the record was underwhelming. I usually just listen to the remix to hear Missy Elliott jump in around 30 seconds with the line, "I ride a range rover / bitch move over." Speaking of Missy, where the hell is Block Party? I've been waiting for that album for months. But her label isn't doing anything to put it on record store shelves any time soon.

Anyway, back to Sov, her new album, Jigsaw is much better than the last one. It seems less intent on being hyper-grimey like the first one, and I think it suits her better. She's a weird kid, and she needs to embrace that weirdness. The title track has guitars in it! That's so ungrimey, but it's one of my favorites of hers. It definitely deserves the title-track status, even if it's about feeling heartbroken and completely wasted.

The first single, "So Human," samples The Cure, and the only reason I feel compelled to mention that is that every other press release seems to do it. But I don't see why it's so important to point it -- I wouldn't have noticed. Then again, I'm not up on my Cure like I should be. Regardless, it's a bouncy little pop number. And I like it when pop and rap collide and make beautiful music together! People have this cuh-raaaaaazy idea that the two are somehow incompatible. What's up with that?



Also, back to crazy white girls who can rap -- remember my shout out to Amanda Blank? Her album, I Love You, is coming out July 14th! She's been working on this for like two years, and I've been waiting along with her for most of that time. I've been a fan of Amanda ever since I heard her AMAZING guest appearance on Spank Rock's "Bump." Be warned, that song is kinda filthy. But she kills it when she shows up around three minutes in! Just when you think she's going to stop, she speeds it up. And best of all, she can actually do the entire rap live. She gets a bit out of breath by the end, but seriously, there's no studio magic here.

Anyway, her first single is the skanky-licious "Might Like You Better." The "I might like you better if we slept together" is sampled, too, but I don't know from where. I could look it up, but senioritis is getting to me, even on this blog.



Honorable Amanda Blank mentions: 1) Her remix of Santigold's "I'm A Lady" and 2) this snippet of her unreleased song "Make It Take It."

I probably should mention Uffie. She is kind of a brat, and even though "Pop The Glock" is great, she's milking the Parisian house sound to death and it's starting to get old. Uffie, bring the fiyaaaaah. I know you have it in you. Also, don't dye your hair blonde anymore. You look like a washed up Lindsay Lohan, and that's not good. Remember when you used to look like this? That song, by the way, is "Ttthhhee Ppaarrttyy". Yes, it's annoying to type, but not as annoying as it is to try and track down a live version of the song. The live remix Justice plays at all their shows is killer and hope I can experience that one day.