Home Sweet Home
by Kano
  • Record Label: 679
  • Release Date: Jun 27, 2005
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. cokemachineglow
    71
    The kid is hugely talented-his flow is tight and, in a pleasant change from the Dizzee model, about 90% intelligible-but in trying so many different things he never quite succeeds at any of them, and so he comes off as a bit hollow.
  2. Delusions of Adequacy
    90
    This is the finest debut hip-hop album I’ve seen since Aesop Rock’s.
  3. Dot Music
    70
    Establishes him not only as a master of the fast and fluid flow, but an insightful, frequently humorous - if somewhat socio- politically naïve - lyricist.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    90
    Breathtaking[ly] experimental.
  6. Mojo
    80
    Tough, yet with just enough tenderness. [Aug 2005, p.101]
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  7. musicOMH.com
    80
    Home Sweet Home is refreshing and genuinely breathtaking.
  8. New Musical Express (NME)
    90
    Lyrically lucid and sonically exciting. [11 Jun 2005, p.67]
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  9. Pitchfork
    84
    Kano doesn't just defy the sonic tradition of grime on Home Sweet Home, he defies the tidy boxes MCs are usually plopped in upon their arrival.
  10. Playlouder
    80
    A great release from a great new talent, Kano has the words and the beats to deliver.
  11. PopMatters
    90
    Kano's album is ridiculously good.
  12. Q Magazine
    70
    The bulk of the album is pure Kano--deft wordplay and a range of musical reference points. [Jul 2005, p.115]
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  13. Stylus Magazine
    83
    Kano has spent the last several years making “grime” records, but for better or worse, Home Sweet Home isn’t one of them.

Awards & Rankings

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#42 Best Album of 2005
84
#84 Most Shared Album of 2005

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User Score
8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
  1. AshleighB
    Mar 29, 2006
    10
    Kano Rulzz!!!
  2. asadh
    Oct 4, 2005
    10
    i like kano because he is a very good artist and become the best in uk
  3. SlaqishaB
    Sep 1, 2005
    10
    Yo yo yo, my babys daddy and me straight up got freaky with this. I was shakin my apple bottom around for hours. This joint straight up Yo yo yo, my babys daddy and me straight up got freaky with this. I was shakin my apple bottom around for hours. This joint straight up murders the rest.… Full Review »
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