Label: Storm
After Bouqui and Weird MC, Sasha was the only other female act confident enough to drop a rap album in the 2000’s. And we should give her ‘thumbs up’ for that. Not just because she was a lady thriving in an otherwise male-dominated arena, but because she succeeded in putting together an album fans found difficult to resist.
And as she joined other recorded sisters who were representing the ladies in the hip hop world, it was certainly a needed encouragement for aspiring female debutants like Blaise and Kemistry.
Thanks to women like her, there were no longer screams of ‘where my ladies at?’!
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First lady is the gospel of rap according to Sasha. And all through the album, she leaves no stones unturned, as she took us through her journey- the journey of a typical man – through moments of doubts, elements of confidence, connection with God, girl-power advocacy; plus other trivia that make the album fun listening (imagine the hip-hop/dancehall mesh on ‘strong thing’!)
But then, what did you expect? When Paul Play, TY Mix, Cobhams, Big Lo and El Dee come together to do an album, it’s natural to expect the results to be ‘disastrous’…
Obviously pained by constant attacks from those ‘who think she can’t rap; she got lucky on a track’, the rapper fills the album with punch-lines ( like ‘still window shopping/how’re you guys gon buy me) and braggadocio (you know, the kind of blow-your-own-trumpet-lest-it-gets-rusty ego masturbation and self assertiveness rappers are known for world over) right from the first track. And she does a good job of it, staying in her comfort zone, allowing guest acts to star where necessary (she’s got Asa, Niyola, Pype, Ikechukwu, Naeto C, Big Lo and GT The Guitar man to help out)
With this album, she drove cynics to bed and quickly proved a point. Sasha. Can. Rap. Period.
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