Chris Yates, Journalist

“There’s a lot of times when something looks like it could be a fairytale ending and it turns out disastrous.”

Diversity, intelligent lyrics, parodying hip hop tropes and still owning them – a true modern classic.

“There are so many little things I’d like to change but as soon as I listened to the master – I literally listened to my final master in my car on the way to press it – I knew it was the right decision."

The album is strong, but immediate highlights like China White are impressive well beyond heightened expectations.

My Name Is My Name is as hardcore a mainstream album as you will hear.

“I’m doing my weird kinda electro rock with post-punk references and really some deeper electronic stuff that’s quite odd, and I’m up there looking all weird and they love it!”

That’s more about where hip hop is at today – the concept and album work well, but times have changed.

"I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and reading about Australia’s history in the last couple of years – way more than I ever did as a teenager because I was too preoccupied by my own ups and downs and shit.”

"I think it’s easy to get people’s attention as a female MC but it’s harder to hold their attention. I think girls need to really put themselves out there a lot more and just cope with the hate."

"It was good to get back into it because after a break like that it’s hard to tell what it feels like onstage again."

"I’ve copped a lot of criticism in my early years from people saying that it’s gobble-de-gook or it’s too fast or self-indulgent."