Speech -Euro Version Incl.bonus Track

Rap Pages (2/96, p.32) - 7 (out of 10) - "...another demonstration of the musical strength that [Speech] wields....He weaves samples into a mesh of live vocals and instrumentation, creating a sound that rocks easily, whether it's live onstage or in the tape deck..."
New York Times (2/11/96, Sec.2, p.30) - "...On SPEECH, his first solo album, his easygoing, half-sung raps cite hip-hop credentials, sympathize with an unemployed mother and urge black solidarity...a majority of his new songs are politically correct flirting..."
New Musical Express (2/24/96, p.49) - 7 (out of 10) - "...Like...Coolio and LV, Speech realised that preaching self-worth is likely to be the only way his bruthas and sistas out of the ghettos....The dawn of the dreads has given way to the rebirth of the anti-OG..."
Entertainment Weekly (1/26/96, p.58) - "With its rapturous echoes of Sly, Stevie, and Prince, this solo album by the boss of the defunct Arrested Development is more arresting than anyone had a right to expect..."
- Rating: B+