10 Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2016 (So Far)
3. Skepta - "Konnichiwa"
UK grime overlord Skepta has been making in-roads into the US scene for years now, and “Konnichiwa” might be the album that finally breaks him across the pond.
“Konnichiwa” presents some of Skepta’s best work to date. It’s an intelligently-structured album that sucks you in with it’s pounding beats and the MC’s precise accounts of London street life.
Fresh, urgent, and absolutely vital, “Konnichiwa” brims with energy and passion: it’s the sound of a man ready to take-on the world, and if transatlantic listeners can overcome the accent and colloquialisms, it should make Skepta huge.
It’s not all killer: “Text Me Back” and particularly “Ladies Hit Squad” slow the album down and jarringly detract from its freight train momentum (rather than provide the intended respite), but there’s so much to love about about this album.
A hard-hitting soundtrack to Cruel Britannia's ruthless and unfulfilling existence.