Idolator

Welcome to another edition of "Listen Without Prejudice," a feature that finds us spinning a globe, pointing our finger on a random region, and sampling some local tunes. We're heading to Japan again, and while we'd like to give you a proper set-up for this artist, sometimes, you just have to let a Wikipedia entry speak for itself:

Tigarah (born 1982 in Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese baile funk emcee whose music contains elements of grime, crunk, and Baltimore club. She performs both in English and Japanese, and has a growing following in both Japan and the United States. She currently splits her time between her home in Tokyo and Los Angeles, California. Tigarah, by her admission, means "girl like a tiger."

See? If we had written anything like that, you guys would have totally made fun. Anyway, these tracks may be a little lively so early in the day, but we think once you get past the blaring instrumentations, you'll understand what it means to be a "girl like a tiger":

Tigarah - Boys And Girls [MP3, link expired]
Tigarah - Girlfight [MP3, link expired]
Tigarah [MySpace]