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8.0
59447
8.0 |
The Guardian
It isn't art, but it is a hit-packed, goofy album that may prove impossible to dislike
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6.0
59449
6.0 |
Evening Standard
He’s let down by a woefully flat production
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6.0
59548
6.0 |
The Scotsman
Yes, it is cartoonish and comical but it also succeeds in reflecting his roots while delivering a universal get-on-the-dancefloor message
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6.0
59589
6.0 |
Daily Telegraph
If all his fans want from Britain’s most charismatic rapper is big, chunky pop songs with catchy choruses and witty, fast-moving lyrics about nothing much at all, then Dizzee Rascal’s fifth outing will not disappoint
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5.0
59448
5.0 |
NME
A derivative box-ticking exercise that features Dizzee going on about his "willy" a lot
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4.0
59490
4.0 |
Mojo
Mills' slightest work by some distance. The Fifth is evolution in reverse. Print edition only
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4.0
59610
4.0 |
Fact
A joyless victory lap around nothing in particular, punctuated by phoned-in guest spots from some of music’s current worst
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4.0
59651
4.0 |
musicOMH
Throughout the album he still spits impressively fast, but on this evidence he apparently no longer has much worthwhile to say
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4.0
60132
4.0 |
The Irish Times
You can hear his desire to make a splash in the US in the overblown, bland, predictable production, which makes come-hither eyes at the EDM fans on Something Really Bad
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4.0
60198
4.0 |
Q
The Fifth sounds like half a dozen different [albums] squashed onto one record. Not good. Print edition only
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3.0
59647
3.0 |
Clash
A feel-good album, only lacking an energy drink sponsorship
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