![]() ![]() She's still young and has growing up to do, because on this record it sounds as preachy as an old man but coming from a Brat-Pop's mouth. You just know what She's going to say, the stances she is going to take and the beats she is going to use so there are just no surprises anywhere on the album. coming out of NEw York with some thunder, Princess Nokia is going to have to do a lot more to breakthrough. This record just doesn't do it.From the very start, Princess Nokia has refused to play by other people’s rules. Instead, she sacked off the shiny offers and adopted a new name: Princess Nokia.Ĭourted by hordes of labels and A&Rs at the beginning of her career – eager to sign her off the back of early tracks released under the moniker Wavy Spice – there was something holding Destiny Frasqueri back from immediately taking the plunge. In subsequent years, she put out the formidable triple threat of ‘ Metallic Butterfly’, ‘1992’, and ‘A Girl Called Red’. Between them, the releases spanned emo, hip-hop, grime, punk and pop – all evidence of an agile artist who doesn’t fit neatly into a pre-prescribed box. There are few other artists in Princess Nokia’s lane. In yet another lane of its own is ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea (S.H.I.T)’ – the first taste of Princess Nokia’s next record.
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