Skepta: Doin' It Again - review

(All Around the World/Universal)The formula is familiar by now: grime MC makes pop-focused album and sets course for the heart of the charts. As yet, though, Skepta hasn't had the hits of peers (and proteges) such as Dizzee, Tinchy, Tinie et al. This album suggests reasons why – both bad and good. On the one hand, there is no stand-out club anthem like Tinie's Pass Out, despite several attempts (Bad Boy coming the closest). On the other, there remain some of the unvarnished characteristics of...

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