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Speech Debelle (1983, London, England) is a British rapper winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize and was formerly signed to the Big Dada record label.
Debelle’s debut album, Speech Therapy, was released in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2009. The album has had three singles released, “
Searching”, “The Key”, and “Go Then, Bye”. It won the Barclay Mercury music prize in 2009. The Mercury judges said she was a “remarkable new voice in British hip-hop, tough, warm and reflective”. One judge, the broadcaster and conductor Charles Hazlewood added: “She’s just quietly telling her stories in the most beguiling way.”
Speech began writing poetry aged nine and started rapping lyrics in the schoolyard aged 13. Back then, initial inspiration came courtesy of Michael Jackson, which quickly turned to Blackstreet, Mary J Blige, TLC and reggae.
The first thing about Speech Debelle that strikes the ear is a contrast. Her voice is warm, youthful and listenable, and if you heard her in the background you might assume that her lyrics were the same. You’d be better placed tuning into them. In common with her new label-mate Roots Manuva, she’s astoundingly honest in her music, detailing and exorcising some very personal demons. That isn’t to say she’s another run of the mill rapper with more complaints than insights. Quite the opposite. Like all musicians worth listening to, she draws you into her universe and makes you glad you visited. There’s always a thaw to the chillier moments.
Debelle’s debut album, Speech Therapy, was released in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2009. The album has had three singles released, “
Searching”, “The Key”, and “Go Then, Bye”. It won the Barclay Mercury music prize in 2009. The Mercury judges said she was a “remarkable new voice in British hip-hop, tough, warm and reflective”. One judge, the broadcaster and conductor Charles Hazlewood added: “She’s just quietly telling her stories in the most beguiling way.”Speech began writing poetry aged nine and started rapping lyrics in the schoolyard aged 13. Back then, initial inspiration came courtesy of Michael Jackson, which quickly turned to Blackstreet, Mary J Blige, TLC and reggae.
The first thing about Speech Debelle that strikes the ear is a contrast. Her voice is warm, youthful and listenable, and if you heard her in the background you might assume that her lyrics were the same. You’d be better placed tuning into them. In common with her new label-mate Roots Manuva, she’s astoundingly honest in her music, detailing and exorcising some very personal demons. That isn’t to say she’s another run of the mill rapper with more complaints than insights. Quite the opposite. Like all musicians worth listening to, she draws you into her universe and makes you glad you visited. There’s always a thaw to the chillier moments.
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The Key
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Searching
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Go Then, Bye
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Bad Boy
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Finish This Album
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Working Weak
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Shoutbox
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biscuitsnail wrote:
She really uses some interesting samples, and her rap style is very... fluffy (in a good way). Shame she seems to be dying already... the curse of the Mercury Music Prize strikes again.
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GalaxiaRetro wrote:
how the fuck did this win the mercury prize? this is so mediocre it hurts
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lozflup wrote:
Go, then bye is amazing.
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nickplowman wrote:
It is my opinion that Bat for Lashes made the best British album this year, but Ms. Debelle is definitely growing on me and Spinnin' is pretty adorable.
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JeroenKlomp wrote:
"I am glad she won the Mercury prize but if you don't agree than why on you on here trolling your opinion." O yeah, why not, lets stuff every shoutbox with positive hippie drewl............NOT! People should not bitch if someone comes with some opinion u happen tov dislike. It's called discussion. Ofcourse it would help if it goes a little further then "this is the best!" or "this sux". ARGUMENTS PLEEZ! All I have to say btw is I luv this a lot. If she deserved the award over the others, I dunno, I'm not that familiar with all the others. But in general they already had a lot of attention and everything that comes with it, so it's cool she got that xtra push what made appear in the view of others who normally would missed her (yeah, yeah, no native english speaker here... ;-) ) Namasté
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mcbirdo wrote:
amazing and fresh
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Aanimee wrote:
<3 <3 <3 wonderful!
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ollaa wrote:
i've heard her yesterday on the radio. awesome! really like it :)
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Shamusss wrote:
Intelligent hip hop. Yep ! Sounds nice.
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JonathanCoker wrote:
yeahhh, i love this.
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riigo wrote:
boring
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BoyDharma wrote:
Really enjoyed her debut album, although the latter tracks drag it's really a great first outing. She brings a something to rap that for me has been missing and there are songs on here that are beautiful even without her vocals. I am glad she won the Mercury prize but if you don't agree than why on you on here trolling your opinion.
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themoop wrote:
This album's grown on me like crazy. Good raw jazzy beats, solid flow, nice mixture of slower/darker and upbeat songs, excellent lyrical sensitivity. Really does something to me, deserving winner imo!
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WeFlyBalloons wrote:
Awful. Florence should have won, has to be said.
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NinjaTune000 wrote:
The new Ninja Tune podcast is here with guests Anti-Pop Consortium to discuss their new album Fluorescent Black and share some of their favorite songs + new tracks from Bonobo, Grasscut, Joker, Blockhead + Two Fingers. Non ITunes feed://www.ninjatune.net/ninjacast.xmlI Tunes http://bit.ly/emN7m
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cavovo wrote:
Speech therapy is very interesting.
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avantgardening wrote:
haha, this shit is fucking awful.
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musicphantom133 wrote:
I'm surprised how much crap people talk on here. I think this is really good, a completely unique approach to hip hop that I've never heard anywhere before. To me it sounds more like Atmosphere than anything else I know, but even that is a huge stretch. Great album, totally worthy of winning, and to be frank I'd rather someone like this get it than a band like Bat for Lashes that already has tons of exposure.
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robertjepson wrote:
i thought it was an award for the best album, not a dictum on what i should listen to nor the album needing the most publicity. I'm just very disappointed that neither of the best albums won (kas, bat) and that they weren't beaten by the next best which was friendly fires or even florence and the machine.
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fluffyfinches wrote:
To be perfectly frank... FUCK YOU GUYS SHES AMAZING.
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