''Ladies First'' is the debut album of

Desi DESI may refer to * Desorption electrospray ionization * Drug Efficacy Study Implementation * Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument See also * Desi (disambiguation) Desi or Deshi is a self-referential term used by South Asian people. Desi may al ...

/British Asian rapper

Ms Scandalous Savita Vaid (born 1985), better known by her stage name Ms Scandalous, is an English bhangra/rap artist. Vaid was born in Southall, West London, into an Indian Punjabi Hindu family. She was signed by Panjabi Hit Squad after she was seen workin ...

, recorded almost three years after her first appearance with

Panjabi Hit Squad Panjabi Hit Squad are British DJs, producers and radio broadcasters for BBC Asian Network and formerly BBC 1Xtra. The group recorded several albums, including ''Desi Beats Vol 1'' with Def Jam. They have won the UK Asian Music Awards three times, ...

with the track "Hai Hai" on their 2002 album ''The Streets''. PHS produced and co-wrote the album. In addition to Ms Scandalous' MCing, the album featured the sung vocals of Jaspinder Narula and Alyssia. The video for "Aaja Soniyah" by Simon Poon-Tip entered the Top Ten of

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, a first for an Asian female artist.

References

{{Authority control 2005 debut albums Ms Scandalous albums