Lady Sovereign

March 23, 2006

Lady Sovereign is set to release the ?Blah Blah? EP on Island Records on the 17th of April 2006. The EP features four tracks, including an exclusive live recording, a remix by a Beastie Boy and hints at what to expect from her forthcoming debut album ?Public Warning?, which is set for release this Summer.

Lead track, ?Blah Blah? was played as a raw demo by Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq in 2004. Since then it?s been produced by Basement Jaxx and showcases the wit and flow of the sharpest MC in the country. The lyrics reflect the mixed reactions Sov received when she first started MC-ing and how she dealt with those reactions.

?A Little Bit Of Shhh!? was initially a 500 copy white-label 12? Sov put out herself with independent distribution in April 2004. The ?80 video was a huge hit at Channel U and gave a lot of people their first taste of Lady Sovereign. This version remixed by the legendary Ad Rock of The Beastie Boys, appears on Sovereign?s US independent release the ?Vertically Challenged? EP, which since it?s release 10 weeks ago has sold 20,000 units and is on it?s third re-press.

?Public Warning? was recorded with Sov?s live band at The Roundhouse in Manchester on her UK tour in November 2005. Sov?s favourite track from the forthcoming album and the finale of her live show ?Public Warning? features elements of drum and bass, rock and grime. A mix of tempos, ?Public Warning? shows off Sov?s versatility to mix different styles in one stand-out track, as Sov puts it, it?s her ?Bohemian Rhapsody?.

?Drunk On Radiation? is a completely random, one-take, off the hook freestyle. Inspired by a bizarre late-night rooftop experience at her producer Medasyn?s studio. The combination of vertigo, a cheeky Pernod and the radiation straying from the roof?s telephone masts went straight to Sov?s head, she went back down to the studio, got on the mic and recorded this freestyle.

Lady Sovereign is currently working with a couple of serious A-list producers completing her debut album. Since being head-hunted in late-2005 by no better judge of a rapper than the iconic Jay-Z she signed to Island/Def Jam/Rocafella Records in the United States, becoming Def Jam?s first Non-US signing since Slick Rick! One of the world?s most anticipated new artists Sov recently graced the covers of URB, FADER, LA TIMES, I-D and VENUS magazine.

Tracklisting:
1. Blah Blah
2. A Little Bit Of Shhh! (Smallstars remixby Ad Rock)
3. Public Warning (Live)
4. Drunk On Radiation (Freestyle)

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