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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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UncutFeb 13, 2012The odd gauche moment remains, but her plaudits are not undeserved. [Mar 2012, p.98]
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Feb 13, 2012A pleasantly surprising, if patchy, return.
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Feb 13, 2012There are moments when her A-Level Debating Club earnestness gets the better of her, but there's still three quarters of a great album here.
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Feb 13, 2012Smart, thoughtful lyrics about everything from iPods to the Arab Spring.
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Under The RadarMar 22, 2012Debelle's sound loses a level of what made it so unique [in her debut] by moving from the jazzy, instrumental accompaniment to rapping over more digital beats. [Mar 2012, p.88]
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Feb 13, 2012Freedom of Speech shows that one of Britain's most intriguing hopes still has some serious thinking to do.
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Feb 13, 2012Speech Debelle shows some welcome signs of maturity on this follow-up.