LS: See, now that, when people mention it to me that’s when I’m realize it. It’s like damn, I’m like one of the few.

Four or five maybe?

LS: Yeah, I dunno. I’m just representing for myself, you know what I mean. It feels good. It feels good.

Cause you’re also one of the leading female artists in the Grime scene in the UK…

LS: Well…

Do you see yourself as a role model for other women MCs who want to get into it?

LS: Yeah, I mean, people would like, message me on MySpace and tell me things like things like that… so you know, that’s cool… like… but I’m not perfect. (chuckles)

You don’t have to be perfect...

LS: Bah…

You’ve performed for UK audiences and you’ve performed for American audiences, is there a difference?

LS: Yeah.

What’s the difference?

LS: It’s better in America.

(Laughs) Well, what makes it better?

LS: The way that people react. Like, in the UK, people are so stiff. Like and they’re so like, hard to please sometimes, and so unappreciative. But when an American goes over there, they love it, you know what I mean?  Treat me like royalty. In America it’s a different story. I can feel it, I can feel ‘em… my presence… yeah… and honest.

Honest?

LS: Yeah. In London, people just stand there…. I dunno…ok, I’ll revisit the situation soon. I gotta do some business. (chuckles)

Well, even though the American audience is more receptive, do you feel that you have to American-ize your music? To make it more palatable to an American taste?

LS: Um…no.

No?

LS: No. I mean, there’s one exception, yeah…

What’s the exception?

LS: What do you think?

You tell me…

LS: “Love Me or Hate Me” yeah? See that to me is [a] different me because I don’t really… it’s like I don’t really like make a certain genre of music and to me, that is like hip hop. Straight up hip hop, I like it, but that’s me being experimental.

Really?

LS: Rather than me being normal, that’s me experimenting.

So how did it feel to work with Dr. Luke for that?

LS: Yeah.

He’s worked with Kelly Clarkson who’s kind of this super pop star.  How did you feel about that?

LS: I dunno. I find it funny, but in a good way. It’s different though like working with an American producer and someone with experience like him. It felt a bit different but yeah it was fun. It was a bit weird recording in America. I kinda prefer recording back home.

What were the differences? If there were any or was it just kind of a sense of where you felt comfortable?

LS: Um, I felt comfortable, but it’s a new experience for me, like, to sit in a really nice studio. Which is cool but overwhelming.