Coming Up on today's show we review The Lady of Rage and her album Necessary Roughness. It is her first and only studio album which was released on June 24, 1997. Necessary Roughness was largely produced by Daz Dillinger, with contributions from legendary  producers Easy Mo Bee and DJ Premier. The album it peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200 and was the last Death Row Records album to be distributed by Interscope.