You know how they made Emmanuel Lewis out of Michael Jackson's spare parts? Well now you know what they did with MIA's. Too bad the cloning process only produces half-scale replicas at this point.
holy fuck! I just listened to some Lady Sov bullshit!
I must be out of the loop. Is this what the kids like these days? This is terrible.
Oh yeah - we know. Quite happy to unload that bullshit to another continent!
Nice picture of her though, complete with full ashtray. No doubt paying homage to where she got her name 'Sovereign' from - it's her favourite brand of cigs, innit.
Notorious SOV Lady Sovereign's mysterious life of grime By TIM PERLICH
It's been a rocket ride to hiphop stardom for junior grime rhymer Lady Sovereign since the UK's self-styled "feminem" topped the genre-defining Run The Road (Vice) comp with her dance-floor burner Ch Ching and upstaged Mike "The Streets" Skinner on a remix of his track Fit But You Know It. Yet while the fire-spitting 20-year-old upstart is raising a ruckus on internet chatrooms and bulletin boards and having sit-downs with Jay-Z to talk U.S. takeover strategy, Sovereign's musical record has been limited to just a few tracks collected on the just-released Vertically Challenged (Chocolate Industries) EP.
What she's got right now is a rep -- however flimsy -- built on a few fired-up performances on high-profile bills with The Streets and Basement Jaxx and a modicum of street cred from growing up in the Chalkhill Estates, which her bio assures is in "a rough part of Wembley."
She's proven her knack for nasty disses with Sad Ass Strippah, which ruthlessly takes apart Brit pop starlet Jentina for being a phony. But you have to wonder who's really Ja-fakin' here.
Once our phone interview begins, my first attempt at delving into the background of the notorious S.O.V. is abruptly halted by someone claiming to be her manager. Sovereign's publicist, Kim Juneja, later confirms that it was indeed one of her "three managers" and that "he only goes by Zak" -- just Zak.
"With regard to some of the general background things, can I go over those bits with you?" he offers. It's an unusual interruption which actually hasn't happened during an interview since I asked Beck about Scientology, which makes me wonder if Sovereign, aka Louise Harmon, has something to hide.
For clarification, I ask Zak if he means he'll be answering questions on behalf of Sovereign.
"Yes," he explains, "just some of the early stuff, like how she started and when. I handle all the background questions so when you speak to Sovereign you can just talk about the recent stuff. That's usually how we play it."
What a novel way for Sovereign to avoid dealing with any probing questions. But soon after I insist that she be put back on the line, I'm having second thoughts about not taking up Zak's offer to speak for her.
Sovereign replies to each question with a dismissively vague, often monosyllabic response like you might get when asking a teenager how their school day went. When I enquire about her meeting with Jay-Z, she says only, "That was cool."
Prompted for more details, Sovereign grudgingly elaborates, "I was sort of nervous because it was a bit unexpected for me, but, you know, it went well."
So what exactly happened? What did Jay-Z say?
"He just wanted to know about what I'm doing and how he could help me out."
Wasn't Usher also present?
"Yeah, he was in the office during my meeting with Jay-Z."
And what was Usher's reason for being there?
"I have no idea."
When asked about her forthcoming debut album, she's reluctant to go beyond confirming that the working title is Public Warning, Basement Jaxx were involved in the production -- "just two tracks" -- and that it will be released early in 2006, in March.
Hopefully Zak will be at the Revival show Saturday if Lady Sovereign runs short of rhymes.
The Streets are indeed crap. Am I the only one that's gonna stick up (no pun) for the S O Veeeee? I think she's dope. Chi-Ching and Random are good anyways.
Am I the only one that's gonna stick up (no pun) for the S O Veeeee?
I'm with you.
Grime scene, pr, everything else aside, she's a talented MC. That's why people are trying to capitalize on her. I hope she steers clear of the high level of bullshit out there among industry vultures...
Am I the only one that's gonna stick up (no pun) for the S O Veeeee?
I'm with you.
Grime scene, pr, everything else aside, she's a talented MC. That's why people are trying to capitalize on her. I hope she steers clear of the high level of bullshit out there among industry vultures...
oh yeah , she is talented allright..........
what was that one line? "Go eat some bread and waaaatuuuurr"
*Wouldnt Tap: I wont put any effort into trying to tap. If the situation arises where I can just tap without talking that much to her or hanging out or ever see the girl again then I will. So basically I will as long as no effort is put forth on my part.
*Wouldnt Tap: I wont put any effort into trying to tap. If the situation arises where I can just tap without talking that much to her or hanging out or ever see the girl again then I will. So basically I will as long as no effort is put forth on my part.
what a cop out. you like her, and you know it hommy. just admit it.
*Wouldnt Tap: I wont put any effort into trying to tap. If the situation arises where I can just tap without talking that much to her or hanging out or ever see the girl again then I will. So basically I will as long as no effort is put forth on my part.
what a cop out. you like her, and you know it hommy. just admit it.
refer to the gwen stefani thread for point of reference.
*Wouldnt Tap: I wont put any effort into trying to tap. If the situation arises where I can just tap without talking that much to her or hanging out or ever see the girl again then I will. So basically I will as long as no effort is put forth on my part.
what a cop out. you like her, and you know it hommy. just admit it.
refer to the gwen stefani thread for point of reference.
hmmhmmh sounds like you need to revise your dictionary.
"would tap" "wouldn't tap"
and then there's your third option...
"would be tapped" sounds like you'd rather lady sovereign tapped you?
*Wouldnt Tap: I wont put any effort into trying to tap. If the situation arises where I can just tap without talking that much to her or hanging out or ever see the girl again then I will. So basically I will as long as no effort is put forth on my part.
what a cop out. you like her, and you know it hommy. just admit it.
refer to the gwen stefani thread for point of reference.
hmmhmmh sounds like you need to revise your dictionary.
"would tap" "wouldn't tap"
and then there's your third option...
"would be tapped" sounds like you'd rather lady sovereign tapped you?
what the fuck are you even talking about. it is very simple. Jesus fucking christ. You are not being clever. I will break it down again.
I WONT PUT WORK INTO TAPPING. BUT I WOULD TAP IF I HAD THE CHANCE!
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Do you have to be a hoodie-wearing chav?
yeah fool!
There's a pic of her in a local paper - I was just thinking the same thing...She's kinda tiny & looks very young.
fuck what everyone says. I would tap.
wait no. follow this link and look at this pic
screwface
I must be out of the loop. Is this what the kids like these days? This is terrible.
kids where? in the Uk maybe.
US teens listen to bad emo & young jeezy( "jeaaaaahhh!!!")
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Oh yeah - we know. Quite happy to unload that bullshit to another continent!
Nice picture of her though, complete with full ashtray. No doubt paying homage to where she got her name 'Sovereign' from - it's her favourite brand of cigs, innit.
If so, I hope you don't mind a chaperone.
______________________________________________________
Notorious SOV
Lady Sovereign's mysterious life of grime
By TIM PERLICH
It's been a rocket ride to hiphop stardom for junior grime rhymer Lady Sovereign since the UK's self-styled "feminem" topped the genre-defining Run The Road (Vice) comp with her dance-floor burner Ch Ching and upstaged Mike "The Streets" Skinner on a remix of his track Fit But You Know It. Yet while the fire-spitting 20-year-old upstart is raising a ruckus on internet chatrooms and bulletin boards and having sit-downs with Jay-Z to talk U.S. takeover strategy, Sovereign's musical record has been limited to just a few tracks collected on the just-released Vertically Challenged (Chocolate Industries) EP.
What she's got right now is a rep -- however flimsy -- built on a few fired-up performances on high-profile bills with The Streets and Basement Jaxx and a modicum of street cred from growing up in the Chalkhill Estates, which her bio assures is in "a rough part of Wembley."
She's proven her knack for nasty disses with Sad Ass Strippah, which ruthlessly takes apart Brit pop starlet Jentina for being a phony. But you have to wonder who's really Ja-fakin' here.
Once our phone interview begins, my first attempt at delving into the background of the notorious S.O.V. is abruptly halted by someone claiming to be her manager. Sovereign's publicist, Kim Juneja, later confirms that it was indeed one of her "three managers" and that "he only goes by Zak" -- just Zak.
"With regard to some of the general background things, can I go over those bits with you?" he offers. It's an unusual interruption which actually hasn't happened during an interview since I asked Beck about Scientology, which makes me wonder if Sovereign, aka Louise Harmon, has something to hide.
For clarification, I ask Zak if he means he'll be answering questions on behalf of Sovereign.
"Yes," he explains, "just some of the early stuff, like how she started and when. I handle all the background questions so when you speak to Sovereign you can just talk about the recent stuff. That's usually how we play it."
What a novel way for Sovereign to avoid dealing with any probing questions. But soon after I insist that she be put back on the line, I'm having second thoughts about not taking up Zak's offer to speak for her.
Sovereign replies to each question with a dismissively vague, often monosyllabic response like you might get when asking a teenager how their school day went. When I enquire about her meeting with Jay-Z, she says only, "That was cool."
Prompted for more details, Sovereign grudgingly elaborates, "I was sort of nervous because it was a bit unexpected for me, but, you know, it went well."
So what exactly happened? What did Jay-Z say?
"He just wanted to know about what I'm doing and how he could help me out."
Wasn't Usher also present?
"Yeah, he was in the office during my meeting with Jay-Z."
And what was Usher's reason for being there?
"I have no idea."
When asked about her forthcoming debut album, she's reluctant to go beyond confirming that the working title is Public Warning, Basement Jaxx were involved in the production -- "just two tracks" -- and that it will be released early in 2006, in March.
Hopefully Zak will be at the Revival show Saturday if Lady Sovereign runs short of rhymes.
I knew I had heard of this person before.
If she sounds anywhere NEAR as awful as the Streets, I never need hear her.
The Streets gets my vote as possibly the worst shit ever.
i think so.
I'm with you.
Grime scene, pr, everything else aside, she's a talented MC. That's why people are trying to capitalize on her. I hope she steers clear of the high level of bullshit out there among industry vultures...
oh yeah , she is talented allright..........
what was that one line? "Go eat some bread and waaaatuuuurr"
*Wouldnt Tap: I wont put any effort into trying to tap. If the situation arises where I can just tap without talking that much to her or hanging out or ever see the girl again then I will. So basically I will as long as no effort is put forth on my part.
what a cop out.
you like her, and you know it hommy. just admit it.
refer to the gwen stefani thread for point of reference.
hmmhmmh sounds like you need to revise your dictionary.
"would tap"
"wouldn't tap"
and then there's your third option...
"would be tapped"
sounds like you'd rather lady sovereign tapped you?
what the fuck are you even talking about. it is very simple. Jesus fucking christ. You are not being clever. I will break it down again.
I WONT PUT WORK INTO TAPPING. BUT I WOULD TAP IF I HAD THE CHANCE!
also known as "I wouldn't kick her out the bed/bathroom/back seat."
also she's dope, as long as you can get over the feeling that you're listening to your 13-year-old brother's friend spit.
yes!
But you do understand that if "i'd tap" and "wouldn't tap" both mean you'd still do the do that it implies you'd get with ANY female, right?
unless they are super smell or super skinny stickleback or super dugout or diseased. but other than that................