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Uploaded by on May 14, 2008

Dessa is truly a Renaissance woman. She's a spoken word poet, an emcee for local rap family Doomtree, and a Jerome Grant recipient who also moonlights as a technical writer by day. Her solo release "False Hopes", earned her a spot on the Star Tribune's "Top Ten Local Releases" in 2005. David Brusie of Rift Magazine aptly described Dessa's voice as "equal parts Ani Difranco and Mos Def". We were pleased to host Dessa on Making Music as she talked about her story as abundantly illustrated by a detailed PowerPoint presentation.
More Making Music info at http://www.coffman.umn.edu/whole/themes/makingmusic.php

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  • I love that she says that she doesnt want to be your favorite girl Emcee. She would rather be your tenth favorite Emcee.

    Thats dope.

  • I would acctually have to say Dessa would be in my top fav mcs but then Im kinda skewed because Im mostly a fan of rock music or metal and stuff and am very picky about the hip hop I listen to. I would go with POS, Cage, Mos, Common and Kanye(deal with it!) and Dessa as the favorites that I would keep comming back to.

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  • the dude sitting on the right moves like a mannequin .

  • Dessa is extremely articulate.kudos

  • it's funny cuz she's not my favorite girl emcee. she's my favorite emcee hands down, without a doubt. it's not cuz she's a woman and it's not because i'm a 17 year old male. it's because she has a power, a realness to her lyrics that is beyond a majority of the rap world. and in my personal opinion "real" is the key to beauty. and her songs really are beautiful. they connect on so many levels with the listener that it's amazing. i really wanna take the poetry class she teaches in st paul.

  • all genres are male dominated.

  • SUPPORT FEMALES IN HIP-HOP LOG ON TODAY ITS A MOVEMENT UNDERGROUNDGIRLSOFHIPHOP (DOT) COM

  • amen amen amen

  • 1st of all, im not a sexist,but, ive never heard any female music that ive liked. plus, ive always detested female rappers and said there is no such thing as good girl rap.BUT dessa proved me wrong. thank you dessa

  • Wow, she comes across as extremely intelligent. I had already assumed that from her lyrics, but this confirms it.

    I'm smitten.

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