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17 December 2009updated 27 Sep 2015 2:59am

Speech Debelle-extended interview

A longer version of this week's NS interview

By Sophie Elmhirst

How has life been since you won the Mercury Prize? You’ve faced some criticism since then.
That wasn’t really an issue for me, that’s just how it is. With the Mercury, it’s 12 albums and 12 different styles and they’ve got to pick one, so it’s always going to be controversial.

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