OK, how did we miss Kid Sister’s ‘Ultraviolet’ album? Bad WAPS!
We’ve just heard her track ‘Daydreaming’ (featuring Gnarls Barkley’s Cee-Lo) and after falling in love with it we discovered her previous single, the ludicrously brilliant ‘Right Hand Hi’. It’s super ravey!
Label Downtown
Spin (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[She] can bring the party, stocking her debut with quirky, dance-floor singles and feisty, light-hearted energy."
Alternative Press (p.107) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Technicolor sonics and her irresistible personality drive DREAM DATE's tunes, which are a note-perfect juxtaposition of old-school sensibility and modern production."
Clash (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Family Reunion' is more feel good fun/cheese, with a Redman-sounding DAvid Banner rhyming about the wonders of summer get togethers."
Please listen to ‘Daydreaming’ immediately
‘Daydreaming’, taken from the album Ultraviolet, will be on iTunes US from April 19th.
Label Republic
Release Date Nov 17, 2009
1. Right Hand Hi
2. Life on TV
3. Big N Bad
4. Step - (featuring Estelle)
5. Let Me Bang 2009
6. Pro Nails - (featuring Kanye West)
7. Daydreaming
8. Switch Board - (featuring DJ Gantman)
9. 54321
10. Get Fresh
11. You Ain't Really Down
12. Control
And then watch the ‘Right Hand Hi’ video here (starts 25 seconds in):
Kid Sister "Right Hand Hi" from Downtown Music on Vimeo.
A highly anticipated debut that could have done without the hoopla, Kid Sister's Ultraviolet isn't the "ladies first" declaration that was hoped for, or the redefinition of party-rap that was hinted at, but it's still highly recommended for party people. First off, there's the infectious single "Pro Nails" with Kanye West, plus its worthy follow-up "Get Fresh". Both are filled with slang queen rhymes and a brassy enough delivery that could earn Kid Sister diva status, but the production crew hired by executive producer A-Trak tend to be overactive knob-twiddlers and often overshadow this little-rapper-that-could. Best example, "Big N Bad" which features a sample from Yaz's "Don't Go" and is produced by the cheap thriller Herve, with dancefloor prankster Sinden on the assist. Most rappers would find it impossible to overcome such a busy backing track and while Sister isn't even responsible for the song's awesome chorus ("We keep it big (Tom Hanks)/We keep it bad (MJ)") it's to her credit that her quips are memorable, or in the case of "Let Me Bang 2009"'s "Famous in Hyundai!," T-shirt worthy. Still, as electro meets screwed and chopped, as future disco meets Cee-Lo, its hard to resist such a smart, effervescent album even when there's are chance you'll forget the main artist's name. All career-launching misfires should be this fun. ~ David Jeffries
Illustrator: Dust La Rock.
Photographer: Don Flood.Rolling Stone (p.93) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]estaments to hip-hop/club fusion -- an old-school idea that this Kid gives the 21st-century treatment."
Spin (p.80) - "Kid Sis has gone house, crafting a debut that's high on her Chicago hometown's pulsating synthetic beats and '80s freestyle reinventions..."
XXL (Magazine) (p.116) - "The lead single, `Right Hand Hi,' sets the stage: a synthy, stabby cut aimed directly at the club."
Paste (magazine) (p.66) - "Kid Sis tempers these ear-wormy club bangers with a pugilisitic delivery, which comes to the fore on playground battle raps like 'Get Fresh,' where bouncy boasts ride a spare, blocky track."
We’ve just heard her track ‘Daydreaming’ (featuring Gnarls Barkley’s Cee-Lo) and after falling in love with it we discovered her previous single, the ludicrously brilliant ‘Right Hand Hi’. It’s super ravey!
Label Downtown
Spin (p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[She] can bring the party, stocking her debut with quirky, dance-floor singles and feisty, light-hearted energy."
Alternative Press (p.107) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Technicolor sonics and her irresistible personality drive DREAM DATE's tunes, which are a note-perfect juxtaposition of old-school sensibility and modern production."
Clash (magazine) (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "'Family Reunion' is more feel good fun/cheese, with a Redman-sounding DAvid Banner rhyming about the wonders of summer get togethers."
Please listen to ‘Daydreaming’ immediately
‘Daydreaming’, taken from the album Ultraviolet, will be on iTunes US from April 19th.
Label Republic
Release Date Nov 17, 2009
1. Right Hand Hi
2. Life on TV
3. Big N Bad
4. Step - (featuring Estelle)
5. Let Me Bang 2009
6. Pro Nails - (featuring Kanye West)
7. Daydreaming
8. Switch Board - (featuring DJ Gantman)
9. 54321
10. Get Fresh
11. You Ain't Really Down
12. Control
And then watch the ‘Right Hand Hi’ video here (starts 25 seconds in):
Kid Sister "Right Hand Hi" from Downtown Music on Vimeo.
A highly anticipated debut that could have done without the hoopla, Kid Sister's Ultraviolet isn't the "ladies first" declaration that was hoped for, or the redefinition of party-rap that was hinted at, but it's still highly recommended for party people. First off, there's the infectious single "Pro Nails" with Kanye West, plus its worthy follow-up "Get Fresh". Both are filled with slang queen rhymes and a brassy enough delivery that could earn Kid Sister diva status, but the production crew hired by executive producer A-Trak tend to be overactive knob-twiddlers and often overshadow this little-rapper-that-could. Best example, "Big N Bad" which features a sample from Yaz's "Don't Go" and is produced by the cheap thriller Herve, with dancefloor prankster Sinden on the assist. Most rappers would find it impossible to overcome such a busy backing track and while Sister isn't even responsible for the song's awesome chorus ("We keep it big (Tom Hanks)/We keep it bad (MJ)") it's to her credit that her quips are memorable, or in the case of "Let Me Bang 2009"'s "Famous in Hyundai!," T-shirt worthy. Still, as electro meets screwed and chopped, as future disco meets Cee-Lo, its hard to resist such a smart, effervescent album even when there's are chance you'll forget the main artist's name. All career-launching misfires should be this fun. ~ David Jeffries
Illustrator: Dust La Rock.
Photographer: Don Flood.Rolling Stone (p.93) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]estaments to hip-hop/club fusion -- an old-school idea that this Kid gives the 21st-century treatment."
Spin (p.80) - "Kid Sis has gone house, crafting a debut that's high on her Chicago hometown's pulsating synthetic beats and '80s freestyle reinventions..."
XXL (Magazine) (p.116) - "The lead single, `Right Hand Hi,' sets the stage: a synthy, stabby cut aimed directly at the club."
Paste (magazine) (p.66) - "Kid Sis tempers these ear-wormy club bangers with a pugilisitic delivery, which comes to the fore on playground battle raps like 'Get Fresh,' where bouncy boasts ride a spare, blocky track."
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