It's Global #1: Speech Defect

Time for some international Hip Hop. This time from a country that is represented by this dude; Sweden.




After my daily search for new dope music, I landed on the Myspace of a group named Speech Defect. I saw they are from Sweden and my hope was suddenly gone. In my head I saw some redhaired dudes with freckles rapping with an accent like the Swedish Chef. But thank God I was wrong. The musicplayer was finally fully loaded and a track named “Superfuture” started to play and it was really dope; a funky beat started to play and the way of rapping reminds me of the group Ugly Duckling. On their Myspace was a banner for their latest (2007) album: Come For Da Funeral, Stay For Da Food. This is their second official release (debut album is Freshcoast Gettin Rowdy).
This second album contains features of Ugly Duckling, People Under The Stairs, Abdominal and Aaron Phiri. Damn, this HAD to be a great album. Because it’s a pretty unknown group it was hard to find, but thanks to my uncle I finally got it. After an hour of ear-orgasm I knew I was right: It IS a great album.

Come For Da Funeral, Stay For Da Food is a really nice album. Don’t expect political rhymes or “gangsta-talk”, it’s just (like Ugly Duckling says) ‘Comicbook-rap’: Just non-serious lyrics and some nice, happy, funky (and sometimes laidback) beats. It’s all about having fun and you hear Speech Defect had LOTS of fun while making this album.I think lots of hiphopheads will dislike this album, because the lyrics aren’t that good. I really like it, it’s a funny album (although you’ll have to understand the sense of humour) and the beats are really good. They are funky and I like that. The features on the album makes the album even better.

My favourite tracks are those with the features: The great Superfuture remix with Ugly Duckling, the funky Got It Good, featuring Thes One (of People Under The Stairs) and of course the funky, little more uptempo track Hang’s Up featuring the Canadian rapper Abdominal. What really disappoints me, is the skit with Double K (from P.U.T.S). I’d rather hear a full track with him instead of a not funny skit. But Speech Defect can make great tracks without guests too, just listen to Holla At Yo Favourite Color and the titletrack.Also good to know by the way: the group is from Sweden but you don’t hear a Swedish accent at all. They say a swedish word twice, but that’s it. The verdict: Come For Da Funeral, Stay For Da Food is a really good album with lots of funky beats and ‘comicbook-rap’. The guests spots are really good and you can hear the fun the guys have and that’s a positive thing for the album.


Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/64877246/sdcfdafuneral-aintnohalf.rar
(Including 2 exclusive bonus tracks)

Recently someone uploaded lots of Speech Defect stuff: Their debut album, remixes, b-sides and unreleased stuff. If anyone is interested, leave a comment and I will upload it!