Konnichiwa

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AlbumMay 06 / 201612 songs, 44m 14s
Grime UK Hip Hop
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7.8 / 10

On Skepta's long-awaited new album, the grime pioneer is full of sneering contempt for popular culture’s industry of image, the press, the police, and the government at large.

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Konnichiwa is 33-year-old Skepta's fourth studio album, but his most vital yet as he capitalises on grime's newfound popularity to create the genre's defining statement

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7 / 10

Though the current, dominant trend for album rollouts is to have them fall from the sky without warning, Skepta's Konnichiwa has been years...

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The architect of grime’s resurgence might have an eye on the US market, but he’s a distinctively, winningly English rapper<br>

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Album Reviews: Skepta - Konnichiwa

From north London to the world in two very different styles. CD review by Joe Muggs