Rating: 8/10
Favourite Tracks: Speakerbox, Pattern Up Properly, Can't Go Wrong, Bang, Like It Or Not, Lucid, Laptop
Least Favourite Track: Bring Them All/Holy Grime
On this album I will be reviewing an album which was released this year back in January on the 13th January 2017. It is Wiley's eleventh studio album called "Godfather".
Wiley is a British grime artist who has been in the game for a long time. He has been there since he started pirate radio back in the early 2000s. He has seen many talented grime artists rising to the top such as "Dizzee Rascal", "Tinchy Stryder", "Skepta", "JME", "Ghetts", and many more. Despite I am not really big fan of 'Wiley' I do like couple of tracks and albums as well. The albums that I like from Wiley which are "Treddin On Thin Ice which is his debut album with fantastic tracks on it. "Grime Wave" his fourth album which is a decent album. "See Clear Now" which is my personal favourite Wiley album it is his fifth album. I really liked how Mark Ronson produced this masterpiece. I also found his sixth album "Race Against Time" an okay album. Since 2013 he has been trying to make chart success with his ninth album "The Ascent" which I did not really enjoy this album. It was not the album that I expected from Wiley. Following up to 2014 his tenth album "Snakes & Ladders" once again an album that just didn't appeal to me. After a 3 year break Wiley is back with a better album which I enjoyed listening to. 10 months ago Wiley stated this would have been his final studio album. Since we are approaching the end of November Wiley stated that he will release "Godfather 2" around February 2018. I am really pleased that he is making one more album before he retires. I think his next album will be experimenting back to the old style of grime it would definitely be a good way to say goodbye. I will be upset to see Wiley retire but in my opinion he will always be the Godfather of grime no matter what. Since hearing Wiley's new album what did I think of it? I really enjoyed this album a lot definitely one of the best grime albums of 2017. I enjoyed some of the collaborations on some tracks. If your looking for some great grime to listen to I would definitely recommend to listen to this album.
Moving on to my favourite tracks on the album which were "Speakerbox", "Pattern Up Properly", "Can't Go Wrong", "Bang", "Like It Or Not", "Lucid", and "Laptop". Starting of with "Speakerbox" its one of those hard grime tracks. This track is on fire it's so good. I really like Wiley's bars on this track. Production is just a simple grime original production. I liked how he mentioned "Dizzee Rascal" on the track as well even though Dizzee is better than Wiley. "Pattern Up Properly" decent track with some great collaboration from two artists who I have never heard of "Flowdan" and "Jamakabi". "Can't Go Wrong" I love the production it's so dope. I liked how Wiley rapped in his lyrics saying that "Skepta" is his brother. "Bang" my personal favourite on the album. Fantastic collaboration with "Ghetts" even though I am not a fan of "Ghetts". "Like It Or Not" a decent track not the strongest in my opinion but it's still an okay track. "Lucid" pretty good track love the production of electronic hip hop to it. "Laptop" I liked how they started this track with the apple computer opening sounds it's quite cool. Great track really enjoyed this one. My least favourite track was a track called "Bring Them All/Holy Grime". I didn't really enjoy this track the collaboration was not the best if im being honest.But the production is okay.
Overall I really enjoyed this album, I am looking forward to "Godfather 2". I would listen to this album again. I would give this album an 8/10.
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