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10.0
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10.0 |
The Arts Desk
As ever, Kano is conscious, angry, lyrically dense – but here he's more focussed than ever
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9.5
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9.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Hoodies All Summer is an exceptional achievement, proving once again that Kano is one of the UK’s most versatile, thoughtful and talented voices
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9.0
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9.0 |
Clash
An astonishing record from one of the best in the game
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9.0
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9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
It’s rare that you come across an album which has so much purpose and intent behind it, but Hoodies All Summer is one of them
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9.0
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Exclaim
Is it the most important album of the year? Probably. Should you be listening to it right now? Without question
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9.0
113268
9.0 |
Crack
And so in just 10 tracks – featuring Popcaan, D Double E, Ghetts and more – Kano effortlessly sweeps through a range of our era’s major themes. Vitally, though, he never preaches
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8.0
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NME
A powerful homage to the victims of a broken society, Kano’s latest record demonstrates music’s ability to mourn, heal, and ask important questions
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8.0
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The FT
There are shades of Stormzy, but also transatlantic echoes of Chance the Rapper and Kanye
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
Kano’s state-of-the-nation address is both lush and desolate
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8.0
113308
8.0 |
DIY
Kano holds the rhyme and reason to encapsulate our splintered society, and possesses the angst to make it hit home
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8.0
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8.0 |
Q
Kano is determined to prove that, like Kanye West and Jay-Z, Brits can wax cinematic on matters of life and death. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
Thoroughly inspired as well as creative, Hoodies All Summer is arguably the best work of Kano's career
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6.0
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6.0 |
Mojo
Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
The veteran MC reveals his pensive side on a brooding sixth album that skilfully fuses the sombre and the uplifting
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Quietus
Hoodies All Summer sounds like it’s been ‘fixed’ by a major label trying to improve Kano’s chances of radio play by throwing some poppy hooks and production into the mix and praying for the best
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