Lady Sovereign - Fiddle With The Volume
Damnit! This song is on repeat for me lately. If you aren’t familiar with Lady Sovereign, she’s a lady person, with a vagina, and a rapper. Oh, and she’s nearly a hobbit or something. That being said, she’s one of the best MCs I’ve heard in a long time. Her voice sounds like it’s been sped up to double speed, and it’s almost Caribbean. The whole EP kind of sounds like your about to be murdered by Gary Oldman in an alley or something. Fiddle With The Volume is weirdly sexual, even though it really has nothing to do with fucking save for one lyric. I think it’s the chorus, with the whispered titular line. High point: at 2:45 there is this strange winding down in her flow that lasts for 10 seconds. Listen to how she says “flip the switch”, for whatever reason that part just rules balls.
Artist: Lady Sovereign
Song: Fiddle With The Volume
Album: Vertically Challenged
Rating: Perfect score! 7 out of 7 Dale Earnhardt heads!
Pros: Great voice, trip hop beats, utterly original, endorsed by Jay-Z
Cons: Looks like that fat lesbian Spice Girl