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Vertically Challenged (EP)

Vertically Challenged is the debut EP from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign. It was only released in the United States and Australia.

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Vertically Challenged
EP by
Lady Sovereign
Released15 November 2005
Genre
LabelChocolate Industries1
Lady Sovereign chronology
Vertically Challenged
(2005) 		Blah Blah
(2006)
Alternate Cover
Limited Edition and Australian Cover
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar2
Robert ChristgauA−3
Los Angeles TimesStarStarStar4
Pitchfork6.5/105
Stylus MagazineA−6

Vertically Challenged is the debut EP from UK hip hop artist Lady Sovereign.789 It was only released in the United States and Australia.

The EP features the UK hit single "Random" and a remix of her limited edition white-label single "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2)".

In the United States, a limited edition was manufactured containing a bonus DVD. The limited edition was not released in Australia.

Critical reception

The Detroit Metro Times wrote that the EP "suitably reps Lady Sovereign's ample cockiness and lyrical zing."10 Slate commended Sovereign's "tunefully bratty delivery."11 Billboard praised Vertically Challenged's "hands-in-the-air breakbeats, Colecovision sound effects, [and] nut-job lyrics delivered in great Cockney fashion."12

Track listings

CD

  1. "Random"
  2. "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2)" (remix)
  3. "Fiddle with the Volume"
  4. "Random" (Menta remix featuring Riko)
  5. "A Little Bit of Shhh"
  6. "The Battle" (featuring Frost P, Shystie & Zuz Rock)
  7. "A Little Bit of Shhh" (Smallstars remix by Ad-Rock)
  8. "Fiddle with the Volume" (Ghislain Poirier remix)

Limited Edition DVD:

  1. 30-minute documentary - including the videos for "Random", "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2)", "A Little Bit of Shhh" and "Random (Menta remix featuring Riko)".

12" vinyl
Side A

  1. "Random"
  2. "Ch Ching (Cheque 1 2)" (remix)

Side B

  1. "Fiddle with the Volume"
  2. "Random" (Menta remix featuring Riko)

Side C

  1. "A Little Bit of Shhh"
  2. "The Battle" (featuring Frost P, Shystie & Zuz Rock)

Side D

  1. "A Little Bit of Shhh" (Smallstars remix by Ad-Rock)
  2. "Fiddle with the Volume" (Ghislain Poirier remix)
  3. "Ch Ching" (Spank Rock remix)
  • The EP was only available in a "censored" or "clean/edited" form, which removed all profanity with backmasking.
References

References

  1. "Lady Sovereign: Vertically Challenged". PopMatters. 17 November 2005.
  2. "Vertically Challenged: Lady Sovereign". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  3. "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 5554". robertchristgau.com.
  4. "For now, just a small taste of Sov's sonic onslaught". Los Angeles Times. 17 December 2005.
  5. "Lady Sovereign: Vertically Challenged EP". Pitchfork.
  6. "Lady Sovereign - Vertically Challenged - Stylus Magazine". stylusmagazine.com.
  7. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (28 October 2006). "Pint-Sized Rhymes". Billboard – via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. Tribune, Joshua Klein, Special to the (9 December 2005). "No hiccups in Lady Sovereign's real-deal act". Chicago Tribune.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. Friedman, Andrew. "Lady Sovereign". Riverfront Times.
  10. Loftus, Johnny (16 November 2005). "Vertically Challenged EP". Detroit Metro Times.
  11. Stosuy, Brandon (16 December 2005). "A critic mixes his recent favorites". Slate.
  12. "LADY SOVEREIGN, "Vertically Challenged"". Billboard. 20 January 2006.