Speech Debelle won the Mercury Music Prize last night, and she couldn't deserve it any more. Her album Speech Therapy really shines bright. Lovely Us3-esque jazzy samples throughout, full of little references to rappers through the ages, concious and deep lyrics, great story-telling. Speech should go far. The stand out track for me is 'Finish This Album'; it really ties into the therapy part of the record, like it's the end of some sort of process for Speech. Apparently it was the song that got her signed in the first place. Other stand outs are 'Wheels In Motion' with Roots Manuva and 'The Key'.
Props to Speech, this has been one of my favourite albums this year.
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