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Big Dada

Speech Debelle

Freedom of Speech

Two years since winning the 2009 Mercury Music Prize for her debut album, “Speech Therapy,” and having ridden a rollercoaster through life since then, Speech Debelle is ready to drop her second collection of music.

Following the commercial failure of her debut, this follow-up needed to pack some clout to pick up the pieces of her reputation and, it does just that.

With producer Kwes, she's fashioned a fresh, synthy sound that takes in 80s soft rock and 90s swing, peppered with quirks of British hip-hop. Studio Backpack Rap, Eagle Eye and Collapse offer deft accompaniment to smart rhymes about anger, society and last year's riots.

A great, accessible and fresh UK hip hop album.

Tracklist

• 01. Studio Backpack Rap
  02. Live for the Message
  03. Blaze up a Fire feat. Roots Manuva and Realism
  04. Elephant
  05. X Marks the Spot
  06. Angel Wings
  07. Shawshank
  08. I'm With It
  09. The Problem
  10. Collapse
  11. Eagle Eye
  12. Sun Dog