Vertically Challenged (EP)
Vertically Challenged | ||||
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Released | 15 November 2005 | |||
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Label | Chocolate Industries[1] | |||
Lady Sovereign chronology | ||||
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Limited Edition and Australian Cover |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Robert Christgau | A−[3] |
Los Angeles Times | |
Pitchfork | 6.5/10[5] |
Stylus Magazine | A−[6] |
Vertically Challenged is the debut EP from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign.[7][8][9] It was only released in the U.S. and Australia.[citation needed]
The EP features the UK hit single "Random" and a remix of her limited edition white-label single "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2)".
In the US, a limited edition was manufactured containing a bonus DVD. The limited edition was not released in Australia.
Critical reception
[edit]The Detroit Metro Times wrote that the EP "suitably reps Lady Sovereign’s ample cockiness and lyrical zing."[10] Slate commended Sovereign's "tunefully bratty delivery."[11] Billboard praised Vertically Challenged's "hands-in-the-air breakbeats, Colecovision sound effects, [and] nut-job lyrics delivered in great Cockney fashion."[12]
Track listing
[edit]CD:
- "Random"
- "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2) (Remix)"
- "Fiddle with the Volume"
- "Random" (Menta Remix featuring Riko)
- "A Little Bit of Shhh"
- "The Battle" (Featuring Frost P, Shystie & Zuz Rock)
- "A Little Bit of Shhh" (Smallstars Remix by Adrock)
- "Fiddle with the Volume" (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Limited Edition DVD:
- 30-minute documentary - including the videos for "Random", "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2)", "A Little Bit of Shhh" and "Random (Menta Remix featuring Riko)."
12" Vinyl:
Side A
- "Random"
- "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2) (Remix)"
Side B
- "Fiddle with the Volume"
- "Random" (Menta Remix featuring Riko)
Side C
- "A Little Bit of Shhh"
- "The Battle" (Featuring Frost P, Shystie & Zuz Rock)
Side D
- "A Little Bit of Shhh" (Smallstars Remix by Adrock)
- "Fiddle with the Volume" (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
- Ch Ching (Spank Rock Remix)
- The EP was only available in a "Censored" or "clean/edited" form, which removed all profanity with backmasking.
References
[edit]- ^ "Lady Sovereign: Vertically Challenged". PopMatters. 17 November 2005.
- ^ "Vertically Challenged: Lady Sovereign". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 5554". robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "For now, just a small taste of Sov's sonic onslaught". Los Angeles Times. 17 December 2005.
- ^ "Lady Sovereign: Vertically Challenged EP". Pitchfork.
- ^ "Lady Sovereign - Vertically Challenged - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
- ^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (28 October 2006). "Pint-Sized Rhymes". Billboard – via Google Books.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Tribune, Joshua Klein, Special to the. "No hiccups in Lady Sovereign's real-deal act". Chicago Tribune.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Friedman, Andrew. "Lady Sovereign". Riverfront Times.
- ^ Loftus, Johnny. "Vertically Challenged EP". Detroit Metro Times.
- ^ Stosuy, Brandon (16 December 2005). "A critic mixes his recent favorites". Slate.
- ^ "LADY SOVEREIGN, "Vertically Challenged"". Billboard. 20 January 2006.