Discover 5 Acts With… Speech Debelle

With Summer Sundae fast approaching, we chat to Mercury Prize winner Speech Debelle to find out what she’s had on repeat lately. The Birtish rapper will be taking to the stage on Saturday 18th at Leicester’s Summer Sundae Festival.

Kwes.
“Can’t stop playing his “meantime” EP. He produced most of my second album “Freedom Of Speech” as well.” 

Experimental artist Kwes’ most popular track on Last.fm is ‘Bashful’ with 6,629 listeners.

Kendrick Lamar
“His lyrically ability is insane. Can’t think of another mc that delivers the art of rap better than he does right now. “Hii Power” is a cult classic now.” 

The upcoming rapper from LA’s most popular track last week was ‘Swimming Pools (Drank)’ with 3,761 listeners.

Naughty Boy
“Everything he touches turns to gold. His production skills on the Emile Sande album are evident. I’ve had a chance to hear some of his own album and it’s incredible.” 

The English record producer and rapper has just release a new track featuring Emeli Sandae. Watch it here.

Jon Hopkins
“His dreamy, uplifting, electronic style is my favourite. The track “light through the veins”

London-based electronic composer Jon Hopkins msot popular album is titled ‘Insides’ with 61,845 listeners. since 2008.

The Special Ks
“The keyboardist in my band introduced me to them. Ended up listening to them while we toured for a couple weeks. I love their grooves, especially the drums.” 

Upcoming 5-piece male electro-pop band The Special Ks are still relatively unknown on Last.fm and only have 202 Listeners.