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- Summary: This is the follow-up to her 2009 Mercury Music Prize-winning self-titled debut album.
- Record Label: Big Dada
- Genre(s): Rap, Underground Rap, British Rap
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Positive: 8 out of 17
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Mixed: 8 out of 17
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Negative: 1 out of 17
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MojoFeb 27, 2012From the get-go Freedom Of Speech takes no prisoners. [Mar 2012, p.93]
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Feb 13, 2012Debelle is not always easy company and can veer into self-absorption, but the album is refreshingly outspoken and, with help from producer Kwes, musically daring.
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Feb 13, 2012Her debut promised much; Freedom Of Speech sees Speech Debelle delivering on that promise.
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Feb 13, 2012Smart, thoughtful lyrics about everything from iPods to the Arab Spring.
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Q MagazineFeb 21, 2012[She] sticks to the formula of soft-spoken polemical raps and gritty lo-fi beats. [Mar 2012, p. 97]
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Feb 13, 2012A pleasantly surprising, if patchy, return.
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Feb 23, 2012Caught up in the importance of her themes, she loses sight of her music's ability to convey them.
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