Lady Sovereign: Jigsaw

The three years since the storming debut of Public Warning have, unfortunately, matured the gobby princess of grime: unfortunately because Jigsaw proves that unexamined adolescent sauciness still suits her best. Her quickfire rhyme-spitting has slowed, social satire giving way to self-doubt, and the genre mixing and matching is more hit and miss. With its perky, Cure-sampling keyboard hook, "So Human" is a surprisingly poppy hit; likewise Sov is on swaggering form with the catchy, Auto-Tuned boast of "I Got You Dancing". However, a Lily Allenesque moan on the drudgery of fame ("Guitar") and the lacklustre indie ballad of the title track are two misses.