"With slammin’ poetry, precise beats, and DIY authenticity, Czarnik is an inspiration to young MC’s everywhere."-Claire Ashton, B**ch Magazine"Her musicality is inclusive enough to envelop folk, jazz and pop sensibilities in loops and live instrumentation...Czarnik may not be out to set the world ablaze as a female counterpart to Eminem, but she'll fire up listeners to grab notebooks and microphones and set their observations to sounds not beholden to any commercial R&B radio format." - Jamie Lee Rake, Shepherd Express“…Stated on the first track, 'Thunder Summer Storm,' this is 'a new feminism coming straight from the grind.' Melissa’s words cover many vexed topics: abortion, negative images of women in the media, the current worldview of Americans, oppression, classism and others. As a woman today, I seldom hear these messages on mainstream radio. I appreciate that Melissa also noticed this gaping hole and is striving to fill it…” - Julie Strand, Riverwest CurrentsMelissa Czarnik is a burgeon