In the latest issue of Melody Maker (UK - Feb23/Feb29) you can find a brief article (and a pic) about Ninety-9 (remember "Days Of Wild"?) in the "Bands On The Up This Week" section.



Ninety-9

Cool Poetry/Hip-Hop Crossover



Who She?

Why, she is one way-cool rapper/poet(ess) if you like) from New York, that's who. 9 used to write rhymes on toilet walls, sell her poems on the street and was, for a while, signed to Prince's Paisley Park label.



Why Buy?

9's debut single, the radio-tickling "Willow", is luscious, dreamy hip-hop, stuffed with the finest throbbing sex-funk. Think a vibed-up version of veteran chanteuse Nina Simone fronting A Tribe Called Quest.



Tell Us More…

"It's exciting right now," smiles 9, before rushing off to Radio 1. "Having my words, my music out there for people. Now I cant' wait to get started on my album!"



Best Listened to…

"I recommend the laundromat," she laughs, "or a coffee shop - somewhere you can relax, get into it, start feeling it for yourself. What you don't wanna be doing is hurrying!" You won't be able to escape this record and, once you've heard it, you won't want to. So chill.



The single "Willow" is out on V2 Records