In the business of Hip Hop, especially when you have an album dropping in less then five days, certain tasks must be handled in order to increase the probablity of âsuccess.â When you are a seasoned veteran in the business like Rah Digga, promotion can be both a pleasure and a frustrating adventure that repeats. Photo sessions. Interviews. Radio. The probability of potential beef inciting inquiries being posed. Skills will be questioned, comparisons made. Vet status undeniably brings a different kind of heat. As we go into Day 5 of Rah Diggaâs countdown to album release diary, weâll find the woman also known as âHarriet Thugmanâ multi-tasking her thoughts on protocol, promotion, and how to put her own unique spin on the prerequisite record release party.
âRecuperating from a long press day and it just occurred to me that I didnât even plan an album release party. Think Iâm just gonna wake up that Tuesday and call people like, âHey, come party!â Either that or just send a tweet out⊠[Laughs] Me personally, Iâm down to party in Club Kitchen (thatâs my nickname for partyinâ in the crib doinâ what grown folks do đ kids donât you try it at home!) For some reason all the industry protocol stuff i.e. album parties extravaganzas, etc. have been the furthest thing from my mind. Iâm more concerned with being in the studio workin on the next joint Iâm gonna leak thatâs not even part of the album. I am however planning to perform at S.O.B.âS in the upcoming weeks since that is the venue that started it all for me. Except this time I wonât be eight months pregnant⊠[Laughs]
Iâve really been gettinâ a kick out of the press I been doinâ lately. I notice in a lot of interviews people feel compelled to ask me what I think of other females. Now as many other genres of music that I follow I never hear these guys get asked about other groups. I never hear Ciara get asked about Georgia Anne Muldrow or Sade asked about Keri Hilson but yet theyâre all âR&B singers.â I never see Punk Rock artists getting asked about U2 or Bon Jovi, but theyâre all âRock artists,â so I donât understand why Hip Hop journalists feel compelled to consistently ask females rappers about other female rappers when there are such major differences and varieties. Most of the time the questions are posed in a manner to incite a negative response. Not a big deal to me, but you guys are the ones that make it impossible for female unity. The way I see it, weâre all apples and oranges and grapes and cherries and we all got our own juices flowinâ. I donât judge any other female Rap artist; I really dont even think about them truthfully. They do what they do and I do what I do. So if ur lookin for ur big spinoff controversial headline next time you interview me, I got the perfect one for you. It reads: âItâs 2010, Rah Digga is still rhymin hardâŠany questions?'â