
[Louise Harman proving her mettle and fishing for promotional deals.]
We try to keep it positive here at MS.com, golden rule and all. Though sometimes, hype demands squashing. Case in point, Lady Sovereign. She wasn’t even mildly entertaining at Coachella. Bland, irritating and embarrassingly unconvincing. Hip hop, rap, grime, whatever has a reputation for toughness. Lady S. leveraged her cornrows and oh-so-hardcore sideways ponytail with a shout out to everyone on MySpace. Jay-Z got his props and is totally in her top eight.
Notes from a Different Kitchen blog chimes in on the UK grime scene and lets us in on comments from an equally unimpressed industry head who was at her Def Jam audition (link). (more…)
More Hating on Lady Sovereign
Monday, May 15th, 2006[Louise Harman proving her mettle and fishing for promotional deals.]
We try to keep it positive here at MS.com, golden rule and all. Though sometimes, hype demands squashing. Case in point, Lady Sovereign. She wasn’t even mildly entertaining at Coachella. Bland, irritating and embarrassingly unconvincing. Hip hop, rap, grime, whatever has a reputation for toughness. Lady S. leveraged her cornrows and oh-so-hardcore sideways ponytail with a shout out to everyone on MySpace. Jay-Z got his props and is totally in her top eight.
Notes from a Different Kitchen blog chimes in on the UK grime scene and lets us in on comments from an equally unimpressed industry head who was at her Def Jam audition (link). (more…)
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