Speech Debelle

一個(gè)十九歲就開始被迫離家游蕩的黑人女孩后來成了說唱歌手，她將自己的種種遭遇寫成歌并發(fā)行了一張專輯《Speech Therapy》，一年之后憑借這張專輯女孩獲得了水星獎(jiǎng)。經(jīng)歷簡單的她在今年的“水星獎(jiǎng)”上順利從丑小鴨變成天鵝，看來英國人也很喜歡講述美國夢的美國大片。
by Jason Thurston
Layering laid-back poetry and stirring confessionals over wandering jazz and soul beats from another era, Brit MC Speech Debelle quickly earned a following for her honest hip-hop concoctions in the late-?00s. Her dreamy style a translucent mask for a hard-edged early life of struggle and sorrow, a sense of life truly lived pervades her music, from her fully formed backing band, the Therapists, to her broken cadences and heart-on-sleeve lyrics.
British-born Jamaican Debelle grew up in South London, taking up rap in her early teens, but falling in love with all sorts of music. An absentee father, spells of homelessness, and other hardships poured into the music on her 2009 debut Speech Therapy. The record earned stellar reviews, but she truly burst into national prominence when the record was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize.