Raskit
2017 studio album by Dizzee Rascal
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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.
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| Released | 21 July 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2015–2017 | |||
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| Length | 57:19 | |||
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Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.1/10[5] |
| Metacritic | 78/100[6] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Financial Times | [8] |
| The Guardian | [2] |
| The Independent | [9] |
| Mojo | [10] |
| NME | [1] |
| The Observer | [11] |
| Pitchfork | 7.0/10[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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Focus" | Dylan Mills |
| 3:26 |
| 2. | "Wot U Gonna Do?" |
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| 3:24 |
| 3. | "Space" |
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| 3:55 |
| 4. | "I Ain't Even Gonna Lie" | Mills |
| 3:29 |
| 5. | "The Other Side" |
| 3:36 | |
| 6. | "Make It Last" |
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| 3:14 |
| 7. | "Ghost" |
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| 2:59 |
| 8. | "Business Man" |
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| 3:13 |
| 9. | "Bop n' Keep It Dippin" |
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| 4:25 |
| 10. | "She Knows What She Wants" |
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| 3:23 |
| 11. | "Dummy" |
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| 4:22 |
| 12. | "Everything Must Go" |
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| 3:21 |
| 13. | "Slow Your Roll" |
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| 3:51 |
| 14. | "Sick a Dis" |
| 3:24 | |
| 15. | "Way I Am" |
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| 3:22 |
| 16. | "Man of the Hour" |
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| 3:55 |
| Total length: | 57:19 | |||
Notes
- ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
Personnel
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