Lady Sovereign might sound (and look) like a demented, petulant 10-year-old who's waiting to mug you at the bus stop, but if you were in any way confused about why she's currently taking America by storm, this four-track preview of her upcoming debut album should throw any doubt out of the window.
As a complete package, the Blah Blah EP works as a fantastic sampler of her career so far. The title track has been doing the rounds for more than a year now but sounds as fresh ever. A Little Bit of Shhh!, has been remixed by Beastie Boy Ad Rock, while Public Warning is an unmissable version of her forthcoming album's title track, recorded live in Manchester. If that's not enough, there's the superlative Drunk On Radiation', which name checks Eminem, disses the Pope and then immediately apologises with the fabulously sarcasm-laden "Whoops, sorry, I didn't mean to say that".
Of course she meant it. She means every word of this brilliantly clever, tongue-in-cheek, self-knowing white trash rap. It's like the best bits of The Streets, Goldie Lookin' Chain, Kevin the Teenager and Vicky Pollard all wrapped up in a package that out-Eminems Eminem in its ability to take the piss out of itself, rap and the entire world at the same time - like a musical version of South Park. Fucking A.
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