Hip-hop's most innovative female artist turns in her second album, and critics deem it a worthy follow-up to her blockbuster platinum debut, Supa Dupa Fly (1997).
Her second album was a better album than its predecessor. 
mnli hypothesis: Her second album was a better album than its predecessor.  premise: Hip-hop's most innovative female artist turns in her second album, and critics deem it a worthy follow-up to her blockbuster platinum debut, Supa Dupa Fly (1997).