• Record Label: Midget
  • Release Date: Apr 7, 2009
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 25
  2. Negative: 2 out of 25
  1. Soused at the student union bar, licking Haagen-Dazs off her beau in literally filthy foreplay, she's weird and you're weird. That makes you mates.
  2. This is often quite brilliant genre-busting music from a girl who makes a mockery of Lily Allen’s status as the voice of ‘ordinary’ Britain.
  3. The repetitive opener 'Let's Be Mates' gets the album off to a rocky start, but Lady Sov quickly redeems herself with 'So Human.'
  4. Jigsaw is ultimately another mash-up of big electro-dance beats and hip-hop swagger.
  5. 70
    Nothing lyrically spectacular or hip-hopfluential happens, but this release shows the sometimes troubled Sov finally putting the pieces together.
  6. On Jigsaw, erstwhile Jay-Z protege Lady Sovereign reaffirms that she's the singular queen bee in the hive of the still-buzzing London grime syndicate.
  7. It all combines into a sophomore effort that distinguishes itself on occasion, but doesn’t portend Sov’s second coming.
  8. The female face of U.K. grime goes pop on her sophomore disc, singing as much as rapping and, in 'So Human,' jacking the groove from 'Close to Me' by the Cure.
User Score
6.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 7
  2. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Aug 18, 2010
    7
    A bit of a genre change compared to "Public Warning", but still good. Name "Jigsaw" really fits the album in best possible sense. It has partsA bit of a genre change compared to "Public Warning", but still good. Name "Jigsaw" really fits the album in best possible sense. It has parts of electro-pop, rap and grime. Full Review »