The Lady Tigra Roars!

Oh, go ahead. Call it a comeback.

Rachel de Rougemont—aka The Lady Tigra—spent her teen years as a member of the '80s Miami rap duo L'Trimm, remembered largely for their bass-blasting 1988 hit "Cars With The Boom." Now, nearly 17 years since she last released music, Tigra sheds her old-school skin for an indie-hipster makeover. On her debut solo album, she drops sexy robot flows over trendy neo-electro beats that would make any fan of M.I.A., Peaches, or Diplo shake that ass. Indeed, Please... is free from the tedium of urban hip-hop clichés—free enough, in fact, to include one song, entirely in French. Lady Tigra's mic skills and ironic charisma makes Please Mr. Boombox the too-cool-for-school party album of the year.