NEW YORK — Sans the help of her debut solo album's guest stars — Busta Rhymes, Eve and Sonja Blade — Rah Digga held her own Tuesday night at S.O.B.'s nightclub.

Dressed in red leather pants and a matching leather halter top, Rah Digga (born Rashia Fisher) ran through several songs from Dirty Harriet, including "Do the Ladies Run This," which features fellow MCs Eve and Blade, and the single "The Imperial" (RealAudio excerpt), featuring Busta Rhymes.

Even though the album's guest artists weren't present, Rah Digga, with blonde-highlighted, strawberry red hair and body glitter, rocked the crowd. She was accompanied simply by DJ Twista on the turntables and Outsidaz member Denton as her hype man. Denton told the multicultural crowd that the Outsidaz album would be out in mid-May.

"It's good to see a female MC that can get busy without coming out her clothes," concert-goer Denise Miller, 25, of Brooklyn, N.Y., said. "No disrespect to Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown, but it's refreshing to see a female who lets the merit of her rhymes speak for themselves. She doesn't rely on sex to get over."

Rah Digga, who is known for her wordplay and spiked punch lines, ended her 45-minute-plus set with her new single, "Break Fool," announcing she had shot a video over the weekend. The crowd went into a head-nodding frenzy. Before the rapper could leave the stage, someone in the crowd asked her to play the song again. She rapped the first verse of the song one more time, and the crowd rocked even louder.

Following the song, some audience members shouted out for another album cut, "Straight Spitting." Once again she obliged, controlling the crowd like a veteran.

Rah Digga performed at the same club on March 28, 1996, for a new-artist showcase called the Lyricist Lounge. She was eight months pregnant at the time.

Q-Tip, who hosted the Lyricist Lounge show, was so impressed that he signed her to a production deal. A few months later he introduced her to Busta Rhymes, who was putting together the Flipmode Squad.

"Rah brings it like 10 dudes on the mic," Baby Sham, the youngest member of the Flipmode Squad, said before the show. Another Flipmode member, Rampage, was in the audience to cheer on his bandmate.

Rah Digga, who is best known for her performance on the Flipmode Squad's debut album, The Imperial (1998), recently finished a stint on the Ruff Ryders/Cash Money Millionaires tour. Dirty Harriet debuted at #18 on the Billboard 200 albums chart earlier this month.

The opening act was F.A.T.E, a female trio that records for Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Records. They performed three new tracks during their 15-minute set, including the single "Just Because" from "The Takeover" soundtrack. Their debut album, For All That's Endured, was released April 18.

"I never heard of these girls before tonight," said 23-year-old Monique Smith of East Orange, N.J., who came to see Rah Digga. "But after seeing F.A.T.E. perform, I'm definitely going to buy their album."