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Riot Boi

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Riot Boi

Debut LP of hip-hop and rap from Khalif Diouf, who also runs the hip hop label Camp & Street

ADM rating[?]

7.1

Label
XL Recordings/Terrible Records
UK Release date
13/11/2015
US Release date
13/11/2015
  1. 8.5 |   The 405

    Riot Boi is an immensely listenable, often thrilling record, and on the first few spins you're more likely to be seduced by the beats, before digging into the lyrical content
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Le1f has made a bold declaration with Riot Boi: he is who he is, haters be damned
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  3. 8.0 |   Clash

    A trailblazing record very much in the now, it's bombastic, and transgressive
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  4. 8.0 |   The Music

    Sexy, one-of-a-kind and definitely too cool for us mere mortals
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  5. 8.0 |   NOW

    Touches on race, sex, shadiness and social injustice in playful, confrontational wordplay that seems to bend and wrap around his aggressive, layered club beats like a dance partner
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  6. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    Riot Boi delivers what its title promises--a transgression of pop cultural limitations
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  7. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    When given adequate space, Le1f once again succeeds just being the best and most honest version of himself
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  8. 7.5 |   Beardfood

    A welcome new voice in hip-hop, riotous and forward-thinking
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  9. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    At turns discomforting, optimistic and altogether necessary
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  10. 6.0 |   Gig Soup

    'Riot Boi’ is an album that isn’t for the faint of heart, in that its best moments are its most transcendentally trashy
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  11. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Riot Boi seemingly avoids its strengths for the sake of experimentation
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  12. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    A vital document from an intriguing artist discovering how to unleash the power of his words
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  13. 6.0 |   The Observer

    In among the trap beats, buttery sonics and Autotune, Le1f does a particularly fine line in painful candour
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