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Jan 17, 2017With features from current genre dons Devlin, JME, Frisco, Flowdan and, of course, Skepta, it feels like a celebration of all grime achieved in 2016.
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Nov 21, 2017He's a mover and shaker who has every right to look back in pride, in personal pride. Godfather is the reaffirmation of a status.
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The WireJun 2, 2017Godfather is no mere retread, not the sound of youth but an idealised memory of it. [Mar 2017, p.56]
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Jan 24, 2017If Godfather really is the conclusion of Wiley's recording career, he's ending it on an extremely high note.
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Jan 19, 2017It goes without saying that he hasn’t lost what has made him a permanent fixture of British music for so long.
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Q MagazineJan 17, 2017Both inspiring and inspired, Godfather completes Wiley's reclamation of self brilliantly. [Mar 2017, p.110]
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Jan 17, 2017Wiley is back, and with a banger. There’s no dud on this rattling tour de force.
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Jan 17, 2017Wiley has curated a project that binds the generations of Grime and acts as the final confirmation of the genre’s return.
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Jan 17, 2017A streak of high-gauge shellings are a reminder of his own prowess as a club rapper, the peak being Back With a Banger, with precision-tooled syllables over a speed-garage beat from Preditah, flowing into the equally nimble Joe Bloggs.
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Jan 31, 2017Ultimately, Godfather is a thoroughly enjoyable record, one that manages to leverage grime’s elemental sounds in a way that feels vital and forward-looking.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 52 out of 58
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Mixed: 3 out of 58
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Negative: 3 out of 58
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Jan 19, 2017
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Feb 14, 2017
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