Ignorance Is Bliss

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. These shows include a headline appearance at this year's Field Day Festival (7th June) which takes places at London's Meridan Water – a stones through from the Meridian Estate where Skepta grew up – and is set to be a huge homecoming show. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. The fact that Skepta produced just about all of the tracks on here says a lot about how Grime has never really left him.

The beats on 1 or 2 of the others sound too much like the drill type rubbish which only the teenage generation listen to which is ruining the Grime scene just like Mumble Rap has done to original Rap in America which Eminem and others have been complaining about. The topic is explored by a series of internationally acclaimed mixed discipline artists, that intends to challenge and inspire the audience whilst celebrating the makers involved. Skepta manages to expertly navigate 13 tracks with diversity, precision and flair, bringing together both old and new to produce an album that continues to see him push the boundaries and raise the levels in a way that only Skepta could.

Released by Boys Better Know, Ignorance Is Bliss features appearances from Nafe Smallz, Key, J Hus, Lancey Foux, Lay Z, Wizkid, and Cheb Rabi. Love Me Not" has that Old School Garage feel and "Gangsta" brings the well known Grime collective back together. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. Bullet From A Gun, What Do You Mean, Glow In The Dark, and 'You Wish' are my favorites on the album, they're very good songs. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Double vinyl Gatefold LP package printed with touch sensitive, heat signature liquid Cristal applied. Double vinyl Gatefold LP package printed with touch sensitive, heat signature liquid crystal applied.This feels somewhat like a Grime revival with a lot of tracks having heavy bass and hard hitting bars. A Different Light’ features four film commissions, spoken word and an exclusive 12 track album, using creativity to encourage more open discussion of sensitive issues that affect us all. This album prompted me to listen to everything he's done in the past and I can honestly say it's the best thing he's done since his appropriately titled debut record in 2007.

Double vinyl Gatefold LP package printed with touch sensitive, heat signature liquid criytal applied, eevealing a spectrum of colours when touched. Lead singles Bullet from a Gun and Greaze Mode (with Nafe Smallz) are already streaming on digital platforms. Standouts include Bullet From A Gun, produced by both Skepta and Ragz Originale and is a focused and reflective track that shows the depth of the grime kingpin's lyricism while Greaze Mode - featuring Luton vocalist Nafe Smallz - is a hard-hitting banger with a turn-up mentality. I like how the first verse on "Animal Instinct" went on for so long I was rapidly anticipating for the Chorus to come in.The songs are mostly fire and I was instantly hooked to the catchy, rhythmic African/East Asian beats mostly produced by SK himself. Ignorance Is Bliss is the Boy Better Know mogul’s first full-length to drop since his ascendence into the upper echelons of the cultural sphere, and with all eyes on him he’s pulled out the stops on this one. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands.