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Raskit

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.

Raskit
Studio album by
Dizzee Rascal
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

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1/10[5]
Metacritic78/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [7]
Financial Times     [8]
The Guardian     [2]
The Independent     [9]
Mojo     [10]
NME     [1]
The Observer     [11]
Pitchfork7.0/10[12]
Q     [13]
The Times     [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

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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

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer.

Personnel

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Credits adapted from Tidal.[15]

  • Cardo – producer (track 5, 9–11, 16)
  • Colin Brain – assistant engineer (track 3, 6, 12, 14)
  • Dan Farber – mixing, producer (track 7, 8, 13)
  • Darkness – producer (track 1)
  • Deputy – producer (track 6)
  • Donae'o – producer (track 14)
  • Dizzee Rascal – executive producer, mixing, producer (track 1–16)
  • Jake Gordon – mixing (track 3, 6, 12, 14)
  • Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas – mixing (track 1, 4, 5, 9–11, 15–16)
  • Mike Marsh – engineer (track 1–3)
  • Niko – vocals (track 15)
  • Salva – producer (track 3, 12),
  • Teddy Samba – mixing (track 4), producer (track 4)
  • The Arcade – producer (track 15)
  • The HeavyTrackerz – producer (track 4)
  • Wilfred Kouassi – producer (track 4)
  • Valentino Khan – producer (track 2), engineer, mixer, programmer

Charts

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c Bassett, Jordan (20 July 2017). "Dizzee Rascal – 'Raskit' Review". NME. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (20 July 2017). "Dizzee Rascal: Raskit review – the grime kingpin reclaims his crown". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Dizzee Rascal's new single Space is his best work in years". GQ. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Dizzee Rascal's new album Raskit is out next month". Fact. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Raskit by Dizzee Rascal reviews". AnyDecentMusic?. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Reviews and Tracks for RASKIT by Dizzee Rascal". Metacritic. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  7. ^ Simpson, Paul. "Raskit – Dizzee Rascal". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (21 July 2017). "Dizzee Rascal: Raskit — 'misanthropic sentiments'". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  9. ^ Gill, Andy (20 July 2017). "Album reviews: Dizzee Rascal – Raskit, Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Barefoot In The Head, Cornelius – Mellow Waves". The Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  10. ^ a b Cowan, Andy (21 July 2017). "Dizzee Rascal – Raskit". Mojo. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  11. ^ Empire, Kitty (23 July 2017). "Dizzee Rascal: Raskit review – the grime lord returns". The Observer. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  12. ^ a b Cardew, Ben (21 July 2017). "Dizzee Rascal: Raskit". Pitchfork. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  13. ^ Price, Simon (September 2017). "Turning the Corner". Q (376): 112.
  14. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (28 July 2017). "Pop review: Dizzee Rascal: Raskit". The Times. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  15. ^ "Raskit / Dizzee Rascal". Tidal. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
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