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Speech Debelle - Freedom of Speech

4702 days ago
DrownedInSoundThe best thing about Freedom of Speech is that Speech Debelle isn’t trying to be anything or anyone other than Speech Debelle, making the music she wants to make, acknowledging her faults and limitations but never apologising for them. Read... more info

37 minutes with … Speech Debelle

4721 days ago
Guardian MusicThe London rapper sounds off about Lady Gaga, the riots and how she knew she was going to win the MercuryHi Speech. Let's go back to 8 September 2009 …Right. And what's that date?It's when you won the Mercury Music prize (1) for your debut album, ... more info

Speech Debelle talks up second album

4730 days ago
Guardian MusicRapper announces follow-up to Mercury prize-winning debut, featuring collaborators such as pop songwriter Eg WhiteMore than two years after she won the Mercury prize, Speech Debelle has revealed details of her "high-energy" second album, Freedom of S... more info

SPEECH DEBELLE RETURNS WITH "FREEDOM OF SPEECH" ALBUM

4787 days ago
AltsoundsTwo 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. Entitled ... more info

New band of the day – No 1,133: Lady Leshurr

4809 days ago
Guardian MusicBirmingham MC Melesha O Garro is making a creditable crack at being a homegrown Nicki Minaj or Missy ElliottHometown: Birmingham.The lineup: Melesha O Garro (vocals).The background: Funny how pop and retro-"soul" in the UK are dominated by women whil... more info

Mercury Prize 2011: Every Mercury Prize winner, ever, including PJ Harvey

4856 days ago
Guardian MusicThis year's Mercury Prize was won by PJ Harvey, but who has won the award before, and who tops the all-time sales chart?• Get the dataPJ Harvey became the first artist to win the Mercury Prize twice on Tuesday night, when she scooped the award for ... more info

PJ Harvey favourite to win Mercury prize 2011

4857 days ago
Guardian MusicLet England Shake is bookies' favourite for 20th Mercury prize, with King Creosote and Jon Hopkins emerging as dark horses• Listen to all the nominated albums and post your own reviews, and watch a series of exclusive performances in our studiosTh... more info

The award that isn't always a sales success

4905 days ago
The IndependentYou don't have to be a Mercury prize winner to drift into obscurity – but it helps. The 2009 winner, the rapper Speech Debelle, and Ms Dynamite (2002) are examples of winners whose commercial prospects dived after their moment of triumph. more info

Mercury music prize: The effect

4905 days ago
Guardian MusicFor the xx and for Elbow, the Mercury prize boosted album sales tremendously – but for Speech Debelle it was less effectiveJudges of the Mercury prize often cite their desire to bring interesting, but sometimes little-known, music to a broader audi... more info

Mercury prize shortlist sticks with the tried and tested

4906 days ago
Guardian MusicThe 2011 nominees – Adele, PJ Harvey, Elbow and Katy B – are indisputably deserving artists. If only the Mercury panel would swing us a curveballIn pictures: Mercury prize 2011 nomineesTraditionally, the bookies tend to make a bit of a mess of th... more info

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