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"  Photo: Bill Phelps Diamond  Dessa has never been your typical rapper. Since first releasing her False Hopes EP in 2005, the sole female member of the Minneapolis-based hip-hop crew Doomtree has also presented herself as a singer, songwriter, slam poetry participant and part-time college lecturer. Ask her, however, and she says her life is one beautiful jumble. &amp;quot;If there is a model for life balance, I am not her,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;I lean on caffeine, passion, and whiskey to drive it all home.&amp;quot; On June 25, she will release her latest album, Parts of Speech, which tackles a multitude of genres and features blown-out drums, searing synths, and even orchestral arrangements. &amp;quot;For &amp;#039;Parts of Speech&amp;#039; I wanted to put aside all talk of style and genre,&amp;quot; she noted. &amp;quot;The goal wasn&amp;#039;t to make hybrid music. The goal was to make authentic songs and to consider every available resource as fair game.&amp;quot; A standout track on the new album is &amp;quot;Call Off Your Ghost,&amp;quot; that&amp;#039;s anchored by a whiplash spoken-word verse and an angelic hook. You can now check out the video for it below, exclusively on ELLE.com. Dessa worked with director Daniel Cummings to write the treatment for the video. &amp;quot;I work primarily with words, and so moving pictures are a whole new dimension for me,&amp;quot; she told us. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a form I&amp;#039;m still exploring.&amp;quot;      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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