Qveen Herby : "Isle of Qveen"

This is the pop artist's second full-length. She combines a catchy blend of rapping and singing. The wheel is not being re-invented, but what she doe ha a smart streak of creativity and perhaps more attitude now than when I first heard her. For someone from Nebraska, her approach is rather racially ambiguous, which plays to her favor when it comes to the more hip-hop elements. Her approach to rapping is fresh as she has plenty of hooks and an effective voice and lyrics that are almsot equal parts ghetto and whimsical. One of the lead singles, "The Fool"  features Thot Squad, which helped pique my interest, though this is not the first time she has been reviewed here. 

The more sexual elements do not feel like she is exploiting it any more than any other female rapper. But image-wise, she is not flaunting it, and her look is fairly conservative for rap. Almost more of a refined Lady GaGa thing going on. Why am I talking about her look rather than her music, ok go ahead and complain how if it wa a male artist, I wouldn ot do the same thing, which I would then refer you to reviews of bands like Ghost, Sleep Token, and President, who are selling image in equal proportion. 

By the time we get to "High Priestess," it feels like the formula is well in place, even though it leans in a more melodic direction. "Medicine Woman" feels more like a song Shanin Blake would do. "Hacky Sack" is more in her wheelhouse, but this syncopated style of singing she employs is less varied than the first half of the album, so it kind of sounds like something we have heard from her already. I will give this a 9 as she understood the assignment and made a fun pop album that grooveswith enough hooks.