Get ready for May Day, the debut CD from hip-hop’s new leading lady. You’ve tore up the floor to Rob Jackson’s “Boom, Boom, Boom,” grooved to “Round Up” with Blu Cantrell and got your groove on to Donell Jones’ “Put Me Down.” These tracks have more than hypnotic beats and power vocals in common. Lady May smothers her sexy flow all over these hot songs. Then she rocked the Grindin’ tour with the Clipse and the Grey Goose Tour with Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony, Eightball & MJG and Lil’ Jon and the Eastside Boyz. Her debut CD reads like an all-star roster. P. Diddy’s on the Rockwiler-produced “What Up, What Up,” Memphis Bleek’s on the Teflon-produced “We Got It Locked,” Foxy Brown appears on the “Glamorous Girls” Remix and new Bad Boy artist Cheri Dennis sings the hook on “I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On.” Can you stand the heat?
“Please recognize that I’m nice because I make good songs,” says Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie’s (Biggie, Jay-Z, P. Diddy) protege. Track highlights include: “My Blues,” about women’s everyday hardships, everyday living, headaches, baggage, being demeaned, hurt, being broke, not having a dime in your pocket but keeping a smile on your face and living day to day; “8 million stories,” her view on how hip-hop started and where it’s at right now; “Unborn,” her favorite, about a boy from the time he’s young to 25 years that never existed. It’s about abortion; and “Word On The Street,” a battle rhyme that’ll wake up the crowd like ‘OK, I didn’t know.'”
May Day is scheduled for early 2003 release. “I’m getting my name out there. Because you know when to drop your album. You can feel it in the air.”
