''Raskit'' is the sixth studio album by English rapper

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. It was released on 21 July 2017 by Dirtee Stank Recordings and

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. It is his first studio album in four years since '' The Fifth'' (2013). It was produced entirely by Dizzee Rascal alongside notable producers such as

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, Teddy Samba, The Arcade,

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and Valentino Khan, among others.

Critical reception

''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. Ben Cardew of '' Pitchfork'' stated that ''Raskit'' converges grime with hip hop and "retains '' The Fifths deliberately divided identity, with beats that fall between grime’s crude electronic minimalism and trap’s skittering intricacy". Jordan Bassett of '' NME'' labelled ''Raskit'' a "brilliant return to grime" for Dizzee Rascal and "hasn’t sounded this vital in years". Andy Cowan of ''

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'' 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."

Track listing

Notes * signifies an additional producer.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *

– producer * Colin Brain – assistant engineer *

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– mixing, producer * Darkness – producer * Deputy – producer * Donae'o – producer *

– executive producer, mixing, producer * Jake Gordon – mixing * Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas – mixing * Mike Marsh – engineer * Niko – vocals *

– producer , * Teddy Samba – mixing , producer * The Arcade – producer *

– producer * Wilfred Kouassi – producer * Valentino Khan – producer , engineer, mixer, programmer

Charts

References

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