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Jun 30, 2011Wiley may be a little further along the grime road than when he started with It's Not Me It's You, but he continues to keep the genre travelling at an impressively quick speed.
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Jun 30, 2011100% Publishing is a clever balancing act that allows the casual listeners in and retains them with riffs and tunes you can't ignore, but makes sure it's insubordinate enough to keep the regulars happy.
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Jun 30, 2011The album is a fine document of why Wiley was, is, and will continue to be such a cornerstone of the grime scene.
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Jun 30, 2011More importantly, this strategy puts Wiley's voice and personality front and centre.
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Jul 1, 2011It might be hasty to applaud a return to form for an artist who's spent the past few years coming to terms with what that form's supposed to even mean. But it's still great to hear what Wiley can do when left to his own devices.
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Jul 11, 2011Perhaps the album's only major drawback is its lack of jaw-dropping "wow" moments. It's as though 100% Publishing is almost a little too consistent.
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Jun 30, 2011Maybe one rapper in 1,000 can rap effectively in 6/8, and Wiley is one of them.
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Jun 30, 2011Above all, I can't help but feel that Wiley is still too much of a creative character, one relentlessly trying new and different things, to offer the sort of polished and succinct singles that would stick with a daytime radio audience. This unrelenting originality at least is something to be celebrated.
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Jun 30, 2011Complex and slightly schizophrenic, 100% Publishing is a winner, even if the man himself is a PR's nightmare. Long live King Wiley.
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Jun 30, 2011With Wiley's vocal attack as sharply acerbic as ever, 100% Publishing is a boldly independent declaration.
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Jun 30, 2011It doesn't always hit the spot, but at least he's firing at more interesting targets than the usual renta-rapper.