Idolator: lady sovereign

Liner Notes: Brandy Needs To Get Her Acronyms Straight

Brian Raftery — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:45:25 EDT

- This TMZ item on Brandy is admirable in how it goes from unintentionally funny to intentionally funny to absurd in just a few sentences. Except for the part about the person dying. That's not funny. [TMZ]
- A federal judge has ruled that deputies did not use excessive force when they arrested Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson during a 2003 altercation in Florida. The decision took fourteen minutes to read aloud, and included a drum solo consisting entirely of cymbal crashes. [AP]
- Lady Sovereign has canceled the rest of her European tour, due to obscurity. [NME]

Liner Notes: Sanjaya's Endorsement-Deal Possibilities Take Wing

Brian Raftery — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:38:10 EDT

-Kentucky Fried Chicken wants Sanjaya Malakar to pull a Fall Out Boy. [TMZ]
- Country singer Billy Joe Shaver is wanted by police after he allegedly shot and wounded a man Saturday night in Texas. The incident makes Shaver the third most dangerous 67-year-old in the country, right after John Negroponte and Harvey Keitel. [Billboard]
- Lady Sovereign has canceled a handful of European dates, citing "exhaustion" and "midgetry." [NME]

Liner Notes: Lady Sov Kick-Starts Most Irrelevant British-Musician Feud Yet

Brian Raftery — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:06:26 EST

- Lady Sovereign recently launched into a verbal attack on Corrine Bailey Rae, whom Sov refered to as "Corinne 'Boring' Rae." Looks like we just found our new headline writer! [NME]
- This year's Sasquatch Festival will include headlining sets from the Beastie Boys, Bjork, the Arcade Fire and Interpol. [Billboard]
- Former Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz has started his own record label, tentatively titled Big N' Dickish. [AP]

Apparently, Lady Sovereign Angered The Wrong Man With A Donut-Costumed Friend

mjohnston — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:16:38 EST

Remember Zach Slow, the guy who spent $10,000 on Lady Sovereign, only to get dissed by her in the press? It would appear that he isn't going to let this whole thing drop, going so far as to enlist his friend to challenge Sov to a duel last night in San Francisco. The twist? The friend was dressed up like a jelly donut:

During the show, supporters of the kid handed out images of a Jelly Donut with the instructions, "hold this up and chant for Jelly Donut after the fourth song." The girl leads off with her most popular jam, followed by a couple of forgettable tracks. The crowd is anxious (well, at least I was) when the fourth song arrives. Some people hold up their donuts. Nothing happens.

After the fourth song, the girl notices the guy in the audience and starts taunting him, "you fucking kid. You stoner. I love SF but I hate this kid. You fucking grandma's boy. You stoner.. you're just a Beavis! Hahaha (lauging at self) Hahaha." Meanwhile, people have started chanting "JEL-LY... JEL-LY... JEL-LY..." and the bouncers are running around the audience and hopping up on stage. The girl spits her her drink at the donut, and the audience retaliates with some more liquid, tagging her square in the face. Bouncers continue to bounce, the girl drops another song, the crowd is quelled, and the donut is ejected.

Slow and his pals are apparently planning a fourth round of heckling, fighting, and blogging, and while we love a good stunt, we also love a good stunt that knows when it's run its course. Zach, take our advice: It's time to let it go, mainly because if you keep this up, you will never get a date again.

Lady not so Sovereign in SF [overstated.net]
Previously: Lady Sovereign Gets Called Out For Being Grandma-Dissing Brat
[Photo via telethon]

Lady Sovereign Gets Called Out For Being Grandma-Dissing Brat

mjohnston — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:28:15 EST

TRL may have loved Lady Sovereign, but they didn't spend $10,000 on a date with her, then get dissed for being "boring." That happened to Zach Slow, the Bay Area ~~sucker~~ resident who raised money online to wine and dine the pint-sized rapper—only to read that Lady Sov, in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, had complained about not bringing along her crew, and the presence of a photographer. Slow responded:

I've just spent a month working my butt off to go party with a famous rapper. Why would I want a photographer and cameraman in my face during the few measly hours I have with her? Now put yourself in her shoes. You're an up-and-coming rapper who disses fans' grandparents. You're about to release an album and would like to get lots of publicity. So you bring a film crew and a cameraman to shoot the whole thing. It was her management that insisted a crew be there to get some publicity shots — I was the one fighting that.

Yeesh. Can someone get this chick some media training? Between this and her recent string of disastrous shows, we feel like we're watching a rerun of last year play out all over again, only with the added "features" of grandma-bashing and an album that's taking a nosedive down the Billboard 200.

~~Lady Sovereign - A Little Bit Of Shhh~~ [MP3, link expired]
San Francisco man who raised money for a 'date' with Lady Sovereign tells his side of story [sfgate.com]

Liner Notes: Paris, Texas Get In A Bit Of A Scrap

mjohnston — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:46:18 EST

- The latest fist-flying musical feud: Paris Hilton vs. Texas. Not the state, mind you—the band that Foregone Conclusion opened for back in the day. [ITV]
- TRL darling Lady Sovereign cuts a Los Angeles show short due to a chest infection. [Pitchfork]
- Just what the world needed: Korn unplugged. [Blabbermouth.net]

On The Shelf: Tomorrow's New Releases Revealed Today

mjohnston — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:40:22 EST

Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator's weekly look at the new releases hitting stores on Tuesday. This week's slate is curiously light on both holiday music—although we do kind of want to hear the Bootsy Collins Christmas album—but it has what may be a surefire No. 1 contender in the new collection of '60s songs from Barry Manilow. (Hey, it worked for Rod Stewart.) We've already given you a chance to suffer through Playing With Fire; after the jump, we look at Manilow's new full-length, as well as offerings from Deftones, Willie Nelson, Birdman & Lil Wayne, and Lady Sovereign.

Barry Manilow, The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties
The artist: Maternally beloved crooner who isn't writing the songs on this go-round.
The sound: Smoothed-out reinterpretations of Elvis, the Beatles, and "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You."
The first in line: A good chunk of the 35-54 demographic, if the No. 1 debut of his last decade-themed collection is anything to go by.

Deftones, Saturday Night Wrist
The artist: Sacramento's architects of wide-open rock spaces.
The sound: Crushing guitars, crashing drums, and lots of echo.
The first in line: We're going to guess that a lot of people buying this record will just mosey over to the store after their 2 p.m. wake-up calls.

Willie Nelson, Songbird
The artist: Country's red-headed stranger, with an assist from Ryan Adams.
The sound: Covers of "Hallelujah," "Amazing Grace," and the Grateful Dead that sneak into Whiskeytown here and there.
The first in line: Marijuana legalization advocates, Stereogum readers curious to see who the "old guy" is.

Birdman & Lil Wayne, Like Father Like Son
The artist: Cash Money's heaviest hitters celebrate their teacher/student relationship.
The sound: Filthy beats, brain-bending rhymes.
The first in line: Someone who hasn't already downloaded it, most likely.

Lady Sovereign, Public Warning
The artist: Britain's tiniest, brattiest MC.
The sound: Ringtone-ready blips mixed with boastful attitude.
The first in line: The download-happy cognoscenti tired of her an Internet era ago—but will the TRL-voting masses want to spend their money on a full-length CD?

On The CD Front [pauseandplay.com]

Caption This: When Ghostface Met Lady Sov

mjohnston — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:46:11 EDT

The scene: Last night at the mtvU Woodie Awards. The players: Wu-Tang loose cannon Ghostface Killah and itty bitty British MC Lady Sovereign. We have no idea what they were discussing, but we're going to guess that Def Jam's promotional priorities were at least mentioned in passing.

~~Ghostface - Big Girl~~ [MP3, link expired]
~~Lady Sovereign - 9 to 5~~ [MP3, link expired]
[Photo: Getty Images]