Lets be honest. For approximately two decades post the peak of the feminist movement, the hip-hop scene in Oz, has still predominantly been male-oriented. However, nowadays there is a rising interest of Australian female MC’s emerging into the spotlight.

Introducing one of the rising stars of today, Class A, also known as Andrea Baranski - MC, singer and songwriter based in Melbourne, Victoria.

Class A has had her hands tied working on various projects and collaborations which she has rightfully gained recognition as an independent artist. In 2008 and 2009, she was nominated as ‘Best Female MC’ by Oz Hip-Hop.com Awards, post several independent releases. One can see the reason Class A is worth fussing about.

She takes us on a ride into the world of an ordinary modern day woman, struggling for survival as an artist but also has a keen interest to live a life of prosperity. With the release of her latest full length debut album Me, Me, Me & Him: The Secret Life Of A Receptionist, the title itself is enough to get you curious.

An inner creativity is portrayed throughout witty, cheeky, flowing lyrics about her life’s contrasting life experiences in two contexts, in her professional work and artistry.

Evidently, the album illustrates that it’s not just all about work, but a good balance of play. She illustrates some heartaches, desires, dreams, struggles, self-discovery and even describes an honest account of her personal qualities.

She has a keen interest on the “Milkman” who makes her day, an example of her cheeky and humourous tracks, however unfortunately it seemed quite slothful towards the end of it.

However, a sufficient dose of sarcastic humour makes up for it in “Get The Money”, where she jokingly suggests, in order to make a living she could be a pimp and keep the profits.

How many of us are keen on the weekend and loves to relax or party up? Come Monday, and you are so not looking forward to going back to work – already counting down the days until the weekend again. Then you can most probably relate to the empathiser track “Work”.

“Don’t Take Me Seriously” breaks up the seriousness throughout the professional work-life. A beautiful reminder to snap out of what really does not matter and that when one works, one must also remember to play – joke around, smile, have fun and chillax.

The album contains thumping bass and beats and neat production work by beatsmith M-Phazes as well as Urban Monk and BVA and some awesome vocals by songstress Rachael Berry in “Break It Down”.

Class A will get you hooked with her full length debut album Me, Me, Me & Him: The Secret Life Of A Receptionist, available for purchase now.

Review Score: 8/10