Made in the Manor

A decade since debut album *Home Sweet Home* saw Kano placed among grime’s chosen few, the east Londoner circles back to his roots. At 30 and with ten years negotiating UK hip-hop’s choppy waters on the clock, *Made in the Manor* sees Kano neatly placed to ruminate on old neighborhoods, family and contemporaries. “Little Sis”, “Deep Blues” and “Endz” are mature, searingly honest and clever reflections, but this is no sentimental collection from an artist winding down. “Hail”, “3 Wheels Up” and “This Is England” are blistering urban commentaries that feel urgent and dangerous.

You’d have to be mad in the manor not to love it.

Whether you want your grime emcees to do grime and nothing else, the facts are that Dizzee has done EDM, Wiley/Roll Deep went pop, Skepta followed suit

Kano’s position in grime’s pantheon is a curious one.

Review of Kano's garage grime album Made In The Manor