DESSA A BADLY BROKEN CODE Hip Hop Female emcees. The rarest of rare breeds in music. Put a gun to my head and I’ll only be able to mention two others: Apani (from Vicktor Vaughn and Polyrhythm Addicts) and Jean Grae. That’s it. At the threat of death, I can’t name even 5. How sad is that? I’m sure more female musicians with exceptional talents exist, but they are buried beneath such a layer of talentless vagina waving sluts that it’s quite literary impossible to wade through it all to find them. So when I do find one that is worthy, I tend to be overtly and unbashful in my passion for her, case and point: Dessa. A Badly Broken Code is a tapestry
of emotions and styles ranging from soulful ballads to upbeat anthems that combine exceptional production (courtesy of the Doomtree collective) and sharp writing. The only possible negative that can be aimed at Dessa is the album swirls into a great number of directions, meaning, while every song is well crafted, it doesn’t flow as naturally throughout the record with cohesive structure. But that variety is precisely the reason to enjoy the record even more. Dessa manages to exhibit dynamic range of sounds that showcase a creative woman with the capacity to create anything and do it in a nigh perfect fashion at that, incorporating obscure
sampling with effortless backing of a live band to a great extent Dessa deserves all the acclaim that sadly, Lady Gaga and the rest of the whore brigade monopolize. In a world curiously nearing public music sterility, good hip-hop records are diamonds, and a female fronted good hip-hop record is even more reason for jubilation.