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8.0
97846
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
A relentless, complex onslaught, interweaving boasts, gags, narratives and point-making
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8.0
97848
8.0 |
The Independent
He manages to make you smile even when he’s spraying splenetic bile: a tricky thing to pull off this deftly
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8.0
97849
8.0 |
Mojo
Grime elder statesman forsakes throwaway pop for righteous rap fury on sixth album
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8.0
97864
8.0 |
Evening Standard
Fresh and forward-looking - vulnerability offset by cheekiness'
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8.0
97841
8.0 |
NME
It’s out with the sugar-coated hits and in with angry anthems on this brilliant return to grime
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8.0
97843
8.0 |
The Guardian
Returning to a pop world in which the music he pioneered is huge, Dizzee has gone back to basics with a stripped-down album that shows off his lyrical skills
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8.0
98117
8.0 |
Q
The 32-year-old's always-phenomenal flow is matched by weighty content. Print edition only
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7.0
97931
7.0 |
musicOMH
If you’d pretty much given up on Dizzee Rascal sounding energised and vital again, Raskit should give you some heart
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7.0
97844
7.0 |
Pitchfork
With the grime revival in full swing, one of the genre’s elder statesmen returns with an album that’s torn between his UK roots and his affinity for American hip-hop
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7.0
97845
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Tries to reassert his place in the very genre he was instrumental in popularizing
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7.0
97842
7.0 |
The Music
Space is a tour de force: a reminder about Dizzee's technical aptitude, charisma and ability to bottle fury. Wot U Gonna Do? is big, unbridled braggadocio
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6.0
97883
6.0 |
The Observer
Standout track Space provides a masterful collision of echoey production and dense, rhythmic wordplay
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6.0
97892
6.0 |
The FT
The rapping is fast and inventive — but a downcast mood pervades the grime pioneer’s sixth album
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6.0
97904
6.0 |
Clash
Bloated at 16 tracks, it could have been a genuinely strong EP that formed a platform for Dizzee’s return to the sound he helped birth
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5.0
97930
5.0 |
Crack
No longer the pioneer he once was, it feels as though Dizzee Rascal is playing catch-up on a race that’s already been won
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