Raskit

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Raskit
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Released21 July 2017 (2017-07-21)
Recorded2015–2017
Genre
Length57:19
Label
Producer
Dizzee Rascal chronology
The Fifth
(2013)
Raskit
(2017)
Don't Gas Me
(2018)
Singles from Raskit
  1. "Space [3] "
    Released: 16 June 2017
  2. "Wot U Gonna Do?"
    Released: 7 July 2017
  3. "Bop N Keep It Dippin"
    Released: 19 October 2017
  4. "Ghost"
    Released: 5 March 2018

Raskit is the sixth studio album by English rapper Dizzee Rascal. It was released on 21 July 2017 by Dirtee Stank Recordings and Island Records. It is his first studio album in four years since The Fifth (2013). [4] It was produced entirely by Dizzee Rascal alongside notable producers such as Cardo, Donae'o, Salva, Teddy Samba, The Arcade, The HeavyTrackerz and Valentino Khan, among others.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic? 7.1/10 [5]
Metacritic 78/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Independent Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 7.0/10 [12]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]

Raskit received generally favourable reviews from critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 12 reviews. [6] Ben Cardew of Pitchfork stated that Raskit converges grime with hip hop and "retains The Fifth's deliberately divided identity, with beats that fall between grime’s crude electronic minimalism and trap’s skittering intricacy". [12] Jordan Bassett of NME labelled Raskit a "brilliant return to grime" for Dizzee Rascal and "hasn’t sounded this vital in years". [1] Andy Cowan of Mojo stated: "If 2013’s The Fifth was a rare, guest-heavy misstep that polished off rough edges to brazenly target a transatlantic audience, Raskit junks its predecessor’s egregious schmaltz for marauding bass and spartan trap backings." [10]

Track listing

Raskit
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Focus" Dylan Mills
  • Darkness
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
3:26
2."Wot U Gonna Do?"
  • Khan
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
3:24
3."Space"
  • Salva
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
3:55
4."I Ain't Even Gonna Lie"Mills
3:29
5."The Other Side"
3:36
6."Make It Last"
  • Mills
  • Jamil Pierre
  • Deputy
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
3:14
7."Ghost"
  • Farber
  • Dizzee Rascal
2:59
8."Business Man"
  • Mills
  • Farber
  • Farber
  • Dizzee Rascal
3:13
9."Bop n' Keep It Dippin"
  • Mills
  • Latour
  • Cardo
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
4:25
10."She Knows What She Wants"
  • Mills
  • Latour
  • Cardo
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
3:23
11."Dummy"
  • Mills
  • Latour
  • Cardo
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
4:22
12."Everything Must Go"
  • Mills
  • Salva
  • Salva
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
3:21
13."Slow Your Roll"
  • Mills
  • Farber
  • Farber
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
3:51
14."Sick a Dis"
3:24
15."Way I Am"
3:22
16."Man of the Hour"
  • Mills
  • Latour
  • "Aelpéacha".
  • Cardo
  • Dizzee Rascal [a]
3:55
Total length:57:19

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [15]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [16] 44
UK Albums (OCC) [17] 10

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