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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Rah! Rah! Rah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 27, 2000 | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...Rah Digga...

Author: By Arts Writers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Albums | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

People who believe rap is a male domain should check out Rah Digga's new album. Dirty Harriet is an impressive debut for the only woman in Busta Rhyme's Flipmode Squad. True to her name, Rah Digga's sound is raw, with hardcore lyrics underscored by a deep, commanding voice. Rah Digga displays the skills of a first-class MC in lines like "I'll be stashing marijuana/In my Dolce & Gabbana" from "What They Call Me" and "Best believe where I'm going you a goner/I spit more rhymes than silicone in California" from "Straight Spittin', Part II." Unlike...

Author: By Arts Writers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Albums | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...successfully with old-school beats. Unfortunately, the couple of tracks produced by Shok from the Ruff Ryders are less effective: one titled "Do the Ladies Run This" is marred by a bagpipe-like synthesizer instrumentation. Resemblances to Scottish folk tunes aside, Dirty Harriet is an outstanding album that welcomes Rah Digga to the ranks of hip-hop's elite. The album's title is a direct reference to abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman: let's hope that Rah Digga's debut guides a new breed of female rappers...

Author: By Arts Writers, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Albums | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

...regret your answer almost instantly. Prediction can be a sucker's game; appreciation is where it's really at. You like Rah's music, that you know. She seems true to her roots--you saw that up close. The glossy photos in perfumy magazines, the Hype Williams-directed videos, the sound-bite TV appearances--all of that seems thin and sugary, like the glaze on a doughnut. Answering the door in a fuzzy bathrobe, that's real, that's true, that's hip-hop. In that one moment in her graffiti-scarred hallway, Rah was as big a star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Rah Digga Ready To Blow Up | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

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