In 2005, Ladybug Mecca released a dope solo joint called Trip the Light Fantastic that most folks still ain’t hip to. A stunning master mix of hip-hop, soul, trip-hop and Afro-Futurism, the disc also had ol’ girl throwing down on the vocalizing in a way we never knew she could. “Truthfully, I was singing before I ever rapped. I’ve always had a wide palette besides hip-hop, so the album ended-up a multi-genre musical statement that was shocking for some people. A lot of people didn’t really get it.”

Having started recording the project in 2002 when she was pregnant with her last son, Mecca worked on Trip the Light Fantastic for a year and a half. Experimenting with various cadences and flows, she offered various styles as both a singer and MC whenever she stepped behind the mic. While the sista had no problems going deep and being melodic, like on “Children Say,” the album’s first single, “Dogg Starr,” produced by Ayatollah (the man behind Mos Def’s classic “Ms. Fat Booty”), was more street and verbally in-your-face. “It’s just a healthy confidence. And to show that I was self-aware of my God-given gifts.”

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I have this album, but haven't listened to it since it originally came out.