The Nigerian femcee is essentially a one album phenomenon.
With the exception of Weird MC and B.O.U.Q.U.I, no mainstream female emcee has been able to put together a second album successfully.
In that way, Mz Kiss’ first project could very well be Mz Kiss’ last project, but the indigenous rapper shows enough hunger over 6 songs to suggest she’s going to be here for a while.
The EP itself is opened and closed by a rousing rendition from spoken word poet Super Prince but Mz Kiss leaves her life wide open for most of the project. She gives the listener an insight into her struggles with staying on the straight and narrow on “Jesu oh” and on the equally retrospective and prophetic “Last year”, she shifts gears smoothly between inspiring, aspiring and talking about love.
But if Mz Kiss is going to grow into the “Queen of the Streets” title, introspection is cool and all but what we really want to see is the death certificate of all her imaginary rivals. She obliges on the menacing combination of “Iyalaya Anybody” and “Enemy of Progress” barking at any one who dares to challenge her new reign.
If the intention of SOTL was to give fans an opportunity to get acquainted with the Capital Hill signee in a way that her radio singles don’t allow, then job well done. Hopefully Mz Kiss doesn’t disappear too, just as we are getting to know her.