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Tounge N Cheek

Dizzee Rascal

Tounge N Cheek

Fourth album from the London grime pioneer, moving into crossover territory

ADM rating[?]

6.7

Label
Dirtee Stank
UK Release date
29/09/2009
  1. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  2. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Unquestionably adds up to a pop record sharp enough to be the bratty but irresistible younger brother of Lily Allen's It's Not Me, It's You,
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  3. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    If it's less wilfully uncommercial than his earlier oeuvre, which frequently made the listener feel like they were being mugged in the middle of an amusement arcade, its distorted synthesisers are still edgily thrilling.
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  4. 8.0 |   The Independent

    He's less constrained by grime imperatives than before
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  5. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Without a doubt, his best album yet.
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  6. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Tongue N’ Cheek displays all of the attention-grabbing musical and lyrical directness that has helped Mills become a crossover star.
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  7. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    It's the fact that Dizzee appears to be having fun that shines through pretty much every song on the album.
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  8. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Yet if this is the kind of album he can effortlessly churn out at his leisure, we're in for a promising second decade of the man's work
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  9. 6.0 |   NME

    The beats on ‘Tongue N’ Cheek’ are still raw, clamorous and unpredictable, but in a springy, primary-coloured way.
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  10. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    While Tongue ‘N Cheek is easily more instantly gratifying than Rascal’s previous albums, it lacks the unique perspective and replay value of his more nuanced work.
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  11. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Despite the crass sexism and the peacock displays of masculinity there is a cheekiness to Dizzee that keeps things well shy of disaster.
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  12. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    Ignore the words and it’s all great fun, certain to appeal to his biggest audience yet.
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  13. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Inevitably, youthful anger has been replaced by pettier bourgeois concerns (traffic wardens, the congestion charge), but there’s a sensitivity and playfulness that’s still hugely endearing.
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  14. 4.0 |   The Scotsman

    His Calvin Harris collaboration Dance Wiv Me is good dumb fun but, otherwise, Dizzee has lost something in sacrificing his experimental edge.
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  15. 4.0 |   The Sunday Times

    The sonically fearless experimentalist has gone over to the light side.
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