New York-based Debbie Harry lookalike Princess Superstar (real name Concetta Kirshner) has already managed to break quite a bit in her home country. The hip hop on her three albums, the first of which was released in 1997, received critical acclaim from magazines like MixMag and Vibe. Now Europe has yet to change tack and with this album that could well succeed. Princess Superstar makes hip hop with
… beautiful samples, infectious beats and funny or sharp angles. She makes fun of herself in Welcome To My World ("Work six different angles, nicer tits than all the Bangles"), raps about her career in Who Writes Your Lyrics ("My first tape (...) was Mitch Better Get My Bunny, that shit was funny, I admit it it was dumb but I did it with no money "") and the music business in You Get Mad At Napster ("more
