BY SHAKE • August 23, 2019
At the stroke of midnight, Rapsody released her new album, EVE, and shortly after, she was hit with a serious amount of (well deserved) praise.
Dedicated to the celebration and empowerment of women of color worldwide with each song being named after a legendary black female, both past and present, the gifted emcee is right back with a video for the album’s intro, “NINA,” which finds her laying down one of her best verses over a Nina Simone sample, flipped wonderfully by producer Mark Byrd.
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