Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Princess Superstar, The High & Mighty, Kool Keith, Mr. Len, Beth Orton, 7Even, Sinista, J Zone, Bahamadia. | | Producers: Curtis Curtis, Dj Mighty Mi, Dart, Concetta Kirschner, Lenny Lacem. | | Recorded at The Vertical Corporation, New York, New York. | | Princess Superstar represents the rise of a rap archetype so obvious in retrospect that it's hard to believe the role was never played before. There have been plenty of nice Jewish boys taking up the rap mantle over the years, from the Beastie Boys to Blood of Abraham and the more parodic M.O.T., and there have been a precious few white female rappers (most notably Peaches), but it took the arrival of Princess Superstar for the Jewish princess to fully enter the rap fray. | | Princess Superstar brings to her rhymes a swaggering sense of entitlement that extends to sex, finance, the music business, interpersonal relationships, and more. The pure bravado she displays instantly qualifies her entry into the hip-hop game. In carnal terms, she's as nasty as any of the boys has ever been (Kool Keith also turns up as a willing participant in her bedroom games). Verbally, she can sling it with the best of them, delivering breakneck rhymes whose adroit wit finds her name-checking everyone from Kid 'n' Play to Mantronix and Daft Punk. All this verbal action takes place atop appropriately luxurious beats and production that gives equal time to the dancefloor and the lounge. |
Musical Guests | | Beth Orton | | Kool Keith | | Bahamadia | | The High & Mighty | | 7Even | | Sinista | | J.Zone |
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| Q (12/01, p.143)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...A blast..."Alternative Press (2/02, p.76)
- 7 out of 10 - "...The Princess is at the top of her game..." Mixmag (10/01, p.180)
- 4 out of 5 - "...Princess Superstar is...great." Vibe (10/01, p.152)
- 4 discs out of 5 - "...Transcends her tongue-and-cheek sexpot image....Dropping pop-culture references with skill and precision..." NME (Magazine)
(9/29/01, p.66)
- 8 out of 10 - "...Excellent..." |
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