★★★★★
2007 release. Skepta is possibly the most talked-about grime artist on the circuit, and this is his debut artist album proper. No ordinary street mixtape; this is the real deal, a full album project. By the time of this CD's original release, Skepta had already been featured on MTV Base About to Blow , graced the pages of magazines from i-D to Dummy to RWD to Blues & Soul, and performed the world over, spreading his sound across Israel, Russia, New York, and Europe, with stops at such UK...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2015-08-18
★★★★★
2015 reissue of MC, producer, and DJ Skepta 's 2009 Microphone Champion album, the second installment of the grimey creativity, musical originality, and eclectic experiments of a genius. The UK's undisputed king of grime showcases an evolved, matured character, collecting 17 tracks of cheeky tales, singing choruses, and lyrical greatness...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2015-08-18
★★★★★
Only a few hours after performing at this year's OVO Fest, London MC and Drake's last new friend Skepta made his way across Toronto for his first headlining Canadian performance. While North America's relationship with grime over the years might be best characterized as fairweather, the show sold out handily, and the venue was packed with everyone from day one diehards to those made curious by his recent collaborations with more well-known rappers...
- exclaim.ca
2015-08-05
★★★★★
Highlighting the inroads Skepta has made taking grime out of the UK, the track is bookended by samples of a couple of Drake Vine videos (following a nod to Skepta on the Canadian rapper's 'If You're Reading This It's Too Late' mixtape) and also features a sampled complaint about Kanye West's performance at the BRITs, at which Skepta and numerous members of the UK grime scene appeared...
- www.completemusicupdate.com
2015-04-29
★★★★★
There's no shortage of rap songs which revolve around matters of inspiration, struggles and the fight to overcome something (Eminem loves a natter about this sort of thing, but to see how "look, I made it" should be done, Biggie's 'Juicy' is hard to beat). As the title might suggest, 'Hold On' sees Skepta offer his take on this type of subject. Hence, the video opts for an athletics theme which conveniently offers a visual shorthand for the concept of proving doubters wrong...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2011-12-13
★★★★★
Skepta is a big grime success story. Since attracting underground attentions with tracks like Duppy and Too Many Man, the co-founder has set his sights on continually broader horizons. His 2010 singles Bad Boy and Rescue Me both charted without radio support, and latest single Cross My Heart had well over a million YouTube views even before it was released. He has even tackled 's Hello Good Morning, here in a grime remix guise...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
One-time grime talent turned straight-up X Factor standard pop star Skepta can barely be bothered anymore, it seems. 'Doin' It Again' features a lazy and cynical production job - witness Auto-Tune slathered over the cracks like Artex on the walls of a house built too close to a cliff edge. Beyond the sonics, the lyrics are embarrassingly piss-poor as well...
- nme.com
2011-02-07
★★★★★
The formula is familiar by now: grime MC makes pop-focused album and sets course for the heart of the charts. As yet, though, Skepta hasn't had the hits of peers (and proteges) such as Dizzee, Tinchy, Tinie et al. This album suggests reasons why - both bad and good. On the one hand, there is no stand-out club anthem like Tinie's Pass Out, despite several attempts (Bad Boy coming the closest)...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2011-01-31
★★★★★
A key figure in London's grime scene since its rough-and-ready early days, Tottenham-born rapper Skepta finally cracked the top 20 last year with "Rescue Me". Now he's pals with the likes of Diddy. But is the self-professed "king of grime" happy with his lot? On the evidence of Doin' It Again, not entirely. "My life ended ages ago/ Now it's all a dream," he raps on "Big", one of several tracks that broods on the difficulties of fame...
- www.guardian.co.uk
2011-01-31
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