The album was preceded by the UK top three singles,"Really Love","Don't Play","Patience",and "Holiday". For the deluxe edition,it was preceded by only one single,"Lose". The album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart. In promotion,KSI performed a live concert,the KSI show the day after the release of the standard edition. His friends and fellow musicians,such as Digital Farm Animals,S-X,AJ Tracey,and others participated in the event.
Release and promotion
All Over the Place was preceded by four UK top ten singles:
"Don't Play",a collaboration with English singer-songwriter Anne-Marie and Digital Farm Animals,was released on 15 January 2021 as the second single and it debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart.
"Patience",featuring English singer-songwriter Yungblud and American rapper Polo G,was released on 12 March 2021 as the third single and it debuted at number three on the UK Singles Chart.
"Holiday" was released on 18 June 2021 as the album's fourth single and it debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart.
British rapper Jay1's single "Swerve",which features a guest appearance from KSI,was released as the fifth single on 1 July 2021 and is included on the Platinum VIP edition of the album.
The lead and only single for the deluxe edition,"Lose",a collaboration with American rapper Lil Wayne,was released on 6 August 2021.
The KSI Show featured custom-built stages,costume changes and choreography by Black Skull Creative. The show also featured comedy sketches,written by KSI with Joe Chandler,Nick Wegener and James Farmer,who are notable for their work on the American animated sitcom,American Dad![9][10] A pre-show red carpet event,presented by Abbie McCarthy,was livestreamed to KSI's YouTube channel in the run-up to the main show.[11]
Tour
List of concerts,showing date,city,country,venue,opening acts
All Over the Place received generally positive reviews from critics. AnyDecentMusic stated the summary of other ratings and Metacritic did the same, but gave one positive review, three mixed reviews, and zero negative reviews.
Writing for Clash, Robin Murray gave the album a 7 out of 10, explaining that it "follows hot on the heels of his controversial debut, and the project's breadth and diversity definitely lives up to its title" and "a record marked by diversity, 'All Over The Place' is held together by its makers ambitions".[19] Dale Maplethorpe of Gigwise felt that it is sort of a hit and miss, praising its diversity, and stated that "KSI is brilliant at making 'summer bops'", citing the songs "Don't Play", "Really Love", and "Gang Gang" as examples.[20] Kyann-Sian Williams of NME magazine gave the album 3 stars out of 5, stating that KSI "makes another honest attempt at a pop–rap".[21] Kadish Morris from The Observer rated it 3 stars out of 5, providing fidgets from genre to genre, "UK garage to drill, pop to Afro swing, but never quite finds its resting place".[25] Writing for The Independent, Annabel Nugent gave it a 3 out of 5, stating that "is a bumper-to-bumper blending of genres buoyed along by some of music's major-leaguers".[23] Imogen Lawlor gave it a 3.5 out of 5 and stated that the album is "clearly structured as KSI effortlessly navigates numerous genres" and "given that he covers so many genres (with varying success), KSI's credentials as a 'hip hop sensation' are questionable".[24]
Commercial performance
In the United Kingdom, All Over the Place debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, giving KSI his first chart-topper in the country, with first week sales of 34,328 album-equivalent units. 18,421 came from physical copies, with 5,227 of them being vinyl units. The album gathered 20.9 million streams, equating to an additional 13,389 units.[26] It has been certified Gold by the BPI for surpassing 100,000 units in the country.
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