Konnichiwa

Vettige beats, klinkt wat agressief. Niet onmiddellijk mijn smaak

By the third track I was trying to understand how this album made the list. It was ok but not something I'll listen to again.

This album /feels/ very 2016, which is too close and crowded with secondhand embarrassment for me that I wince even when the beat’s catchy.

skits on rap albums are classic but you should be able to skip. some raps are meh, some are hits.

-never heard of this guy but im excited! -A SONG WITH PHAREELL WILLIAMS? -these songs are cool, similar beat in each of them so far tho -idk. some of these songs feel a little basic to me -the raps aren’t bad! its just none of these songs are hitting for me -the next song has pharrell williams on it which means i need it to deliver 🙏🏻 -THERE WE GOOOO THIS IS ALL PHARRELL -hate to say this. its a little boring for a pharrell feature -but i have to say! one of the best i’ve heard on the album so far -i have definitely listened to man before and its kinda fire -overall this album is alright. not personally my thing, giving it two stars

So goofy that it’s not a 1

A weird album, not big into the British rap scene Top songs: Crime Riddim, Shutdown

Too much of the skitty interludes.

meh

American rap is just so much better

Me gustó "Crime riddim" y aunque suena bastante bien no me entusiasmó. Interesante como rap UK pero no imprescindible. (también a veces es difícil disfrutar de una música basada en las letras de las canciones sin dominar el idioma)

probably only one song i'd listen to again. I'm unduely annoyed by between-song adlibs, so maybe this just wasn't my day. cool to have some more modern stuff on the list tho. 1.5

I think I might like grime as a genre but I found this particular artist/album repetitive and sometimes sounding like Drake (derogatory). I did like Man and Shutdown.

Thoughts before listening: I think this is British rap although I've never listened to this guy before. I like The Streets and I remember when Dizzee Rascal was a big deal, but other than that I don't know that much about the British hip hop scene. This probably won't be my thing but I'll give it a shot. Review: This is fine. The British accent and slang does make this unique from the American hip hop I am more familiar with. Like with a lot of hip hop albums the skits are dumb and its hard to relate to the lyrics. Overall this probably isn't something I'm going to go back and listen to, but it's okay for what it is. I did add a couple songs to my playlist.

Not for me. I had it on, a lot of it sounded the same.

aged

It made a nice change at first… but became pretty tiresome after a while

UK grime, reminds me of bad London rap, 3/4 finished when reviewed

Estilo grime, para mí hip hop. Rollo patatero.

Was fine, uk rap

I started off liking this more than I expected, but it wore me down and by the end was ready for it to be over. About 30 minutes too long.

After the first track I thought I’d like it, but it wore out its welcome really quickly. Weak, overly repetitive lyrics, forced rhymes, and some of the tracks are so similar I thought they were just continuations of the previous song. The only reason this isn’t lower is because the production is so good.

Man put me off my morning bowl of PussyOs, fam

not bad

Doesn't do much for me.

It's just an album of Need For Speed music

Not for me, every song sounds the same

Didn’t talk to me, for me or even at me. Sayonara.

More like Skeptic.

idk why this is on the list, sounds like generic britrap to me

British drill rap a few too many skits for my taste but fine otherwise 2.5

Scott Kelly plays the N word card

The British "accent" even makes hip hop sound more sophisticated. Still not good though.

The album version of the show Top Boy. Great show, but the album is not doing it for me. Probably 2.5/5 2/5

Þetta er ekkert slæmt. Bara ekkert gott heldur.

Hmm nope

Grime is an hip hop sub-genre that I didn't really know, but it sounds like a more aggressive form of trap, and I'm not a huge fan of that genre, nor this one. So overall, this isn't my cup of tea although the flow was pretty decent, and I did like Shutdown (it felt like an Eminem track).

Not sure why but this album rubbed me the wrong way

British crime rap ain't my bag.

Muzikaal vind ik het nog best boeiend, maar die teksten... Hoe bestaat het toch dat er zoveel mensen dit kunnen pruimen? Dit soort crap is toch niet vol te houden? 'All them girls, they're pretty, they gonna twerk for me, nasty baby please put out that work for me'

Zullen we dit in het vervolg gewoon niet meer doen, jongens? Wel een paar aardige stukjes gehoord maar ik schiet hier gewoon bar weinig mee op.

My only exposure to this before now, was that the track "Shutdown" was in the Tony Hark remaster, and was always an instant skip the second it came on. Blah blah blah, shutdown! Blat blat blat and shutdown! Did some tings and shutdown! Fam, I'm not a fan of grime. It's boring and repetitive, you get me fam? Also the actual content is just dreadful fam. It's dreadful fam! Some of the beats and production are good though, I'll give him that.

endless hooks and chorus. Honestly couldn't wait for the album to be over, longest 45 minutes of my life. If I wanted to listen to hooks all day, I'd go fishing. Also couldn't take it seriously, all I could think about was that "Mans not hot" joke rap.

Sorry but no. I don't even have a favorite track.

Ok album but not my thing

Outside of noticing a queens of the stone age sample this album was just not for me

Ok, Grime. Well, we'll see. First couple of tracks I can appreciate, the flow is good, the words are good. It's just not my thing, man. By track 3 I can't help it, all I can think of is KoreanBilly and his How to Speak Roadman video. https://youtu.be/VV0BB0CxIFk I mean I know this is widely parodied whereas this is presumably authentic for Skepta, but I don't have control here, it's just what my brain does. Crime Riddim is kind of funny. The flat singing in Ladies Hit Squad, is everything I hate about this genre, that part of the sound is like nails down a blackboard for me. Ungggh, oh god I hate it so much. By the time Shutdown come around I'm more or less hating this. Reckon if I heard one or two tracks in isolation I'd like them a lot more. Ah ok. That's Not Me is the best track here by about a billion miles. Cut through all the negativity I'd built up by this point and made me smile and bob my head. This is gonna be a one listen and done, glad I listened to it, glad it's here, not for me, cheers.

par for the course, coarse and overwrought

Para ser trap, no está taaaan mal, pero esta no es una lista de trap. Algo que tomo mucho en consideración a la hora de calificar un álbum es lo que me hace sentir, lamentablemente, este no me hizo sentir nada bueno. Era como escuchar a tu amigo el fan de Friends hablarte sobre lo mucho que le gusta el show, lo que cree de los personajes y sus partes favoritas, pero tu no has visto ni un solo capitulo de ella. Es un 2 en toda la norma.

Has a few nice songs but most of them I couldn't enjoy. Plus the skits are just weird. Highlights: Konnichiwa, Shutdown, That's Not Me

Unfortunately after the excellent little simz album, the British rap albums on this list have gone back to being bad. This isn’t the worst one mostly due to the production but the lyrics are completely unrelatable to me and made me cringe most of the time. There are a couple songs I’d maybe think about possibly listening to again but that’s it.

Just a notch above truly awful

Not a fan.

Hip hop. Convencional. Coñazo.

Mid-2010s rap/hip-hop experiment that aims to mimic the heady beats and poignant themes of its modern contemporaries, but ends up feeling completely lifeless and without a personality of its own as a result.

There are plenty of rappers from Britain with a lot of talent, and I'm not denying Skepta is one of them and that he made a huge impact there. That said, why on earth would I label this album as an "essential" one? Musically, it has rather "barebones" production values, which I get it, was done on purpose to make the whole thing sound raw and authentic. This works out fine on a few tracks here and there, such as "Numbers", or "Crime Riddim (which has a nice... riddim). Nonetheless, and in spite of their rather weird beeps and bloops, a lot of those tracks don't have anything particularly striking to them. Worse, some of the cuts sound incomplete or unfinished, which is quite ironical when you learn how many delays this release went through. To be honest, I predict most of the music on this LP will not age very well anyway. As a matter of fact, the record already sounds older than it really is. And lyrically, well... Skepta has an interesting flow sometimes, but c'mon, some of the rhyming is pretty poor in key parts of this record. Case in point, the title track, where a quarter of the rhymes end with the same little word, "me" (a flaw that also occurs in "That's Not Me", for instance). Ugh. Ego-tripping is an exercise where you need to be sharper and smarter than that. And as far as lyrical hooks, nothing really stands out as well. This thing needs stronger choruses. Without those, the whole experience this grime album offers is a little underwhelming. 2/5 for the purposes of this list gathering "essential" albums, which translates to a 7/10 overall grade (5 + 2). Next, please. Number of albums left to review: 551 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 217 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 105 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 129 (including this one)

I don't get it. 2

I feel bad for the producer(s?) on this album, making such fire beats only for this guy to sing over them about being the baddest dude in London or whatever.

- Something about it feels try hard - Middle-school level of trying to sound tough - A few solid beats and he has good flow

British street rap. Ok.

This was fun, but forgettable.

oh god, supaboring

A wild ride going from 'Close To The Edge' to this one. Skepta is cool and all, but Konnichiwa is a bit unfocused. Interludes drag and most of the tracks are forgettable. 'Shutdown' and 'That's Not Me' are absolute bangers though.

Really not memorable or that impressive

That accent is far too fucking much. Modern rap is shit, at least the stuff on the radio. Rap from the UK is shit. Skits in songs are shit. At least it only went for 45min. 2/5.

One of my least fond genres of music, this continues that trend as It made me wander what they were saying and repeating "quick maffs" in my head again and again in equal measure.

Sayonara.

Man, I had high hopes for this one. This album is perfect for blasting after a workday in Londontown and pre gaming at a pub before heading to see Jersey Boys on the big stage. The Numbers just don’t add up for me. It’s mostly because of the Lyrics, I’ve heard dozens of albums that are a more creative on the wordsmithing. But I guess that’s the vibe they’re going for. Not even Pharrell could save this record for me. Some of the beats get my hype, but the overall feel of the album…that’s just not me. I’m going on a Detox of Skepta.

I really wanted to enjoy this more than I did. The lyrics are weirdly literal, on my first listen I was catching some good lines but upon re-listens it felt silly. The beats are pretty 'hype' as the kids would say, but I'm an old man and those damn kids need to get off my lawn.

It was ok

Not a big fan.

man (that's) not hot. Kilka razy już próbowałem brytyjskiej sceny rapowej i jakoś jeszcze nie trafiłem na coś co by mi przypadło do gustu. Może to przez ich akcent.

Familiar with skepta but first time listening to this album. I’m not a fan of grime/U.K. rap with a couple of exceptions. So this one really didn’t do much for me.

Didn’t hate it but also not for me

Very odd dynamic. Like someone not gansta trying to be gansta. Just ok for me.

Not my cup of tea!

While I love the accent, the rapping style lacked musicality and didn't really mesh with the music - that and the simplistic beats made it sound very amateurish

It was fine. Sounded pretty juvenile with the talks about blasting in the face and swearing that adds nothing to the music.

Cool beats and vibes to this sound. But I can’t get behind lyrics talking about blasting someone’s face off. I just can’t.

Its decent enough. Nothing special, though

Nicht so meins aber ist jz nicht schlecht

Boring and terrible in my opinion

No thanks

terrible

For me, rap needs to have an interesting beat and/or interesting lyrics, and this album for me had neither. I am very fond of British rappers' voices though. It adds a lovely texture to an otherwise boring album. Rating: 1.5

ostras qué pedazo de mierda

mans bars wack, features worse beats were kinda cool but shallow overall very generic also gets -1 point for the weeb-ass title lmao

Rap with a British accent is somewhat interesting. But after the initial novelty, I could not wait for this to end. Do not reccomend.

Zum kotzen wie ein modriges Sushi. Kling klang und Acid .

Had to turn this off after 5 tracks because I felt I was about to be stabbed. Again I returned to Sabres Of Paradise for safer sanctuary.

Not for me

Ei

definitely not for me

This started out as a 2 star just because of the genre that I don't like. The really excessive irritating low frequency distorted synth drums definitely on so many of the songs. The first song that had that definitely locked in the 2 star rating but that low frequency crap just kept showing up so much so that I had to finally stop listening (never got to the last three songs). That's a first for me after 500 albums on this journey so it definitely belongs in the worst albums category.

Under no circumstance should you let the English cook dinner or make a rap album.

Not for me

Terrible

Άβολο. Είναι σύγχρονη ραπ στην οποία δεν νιώθω ότι υπάρχει η φωνή ούτε το flow. Στην αρχή είχα σχετικά οκ εντύπωση αλλά στην τελική δεν κατάφερε να με πείσει. ...

Went from listening to a Kanye West produced RnB album, full of tasteful samples and intricate lyrics, to this shit. Wow. I hate grime. How the fuck did this beat Radiohead and David Bowie?? The singles off of this are laughable. Even the track featuring Pharrrell was disappointing. 1/5

How can anyone listen to this stuff 1

Another tiresome rinse and repeat hip hop album that lyrically doesn't feature any new interesting stories. Instead it relies on the same old complaints (that are largely ignorant ,I might add) about Western society, and self indulgent narcissism. Engages in the same old tired skits that everyone wishes hip hop would on from at this point. The album content has nothing to do with Japanese culture. The only thing cliche that Skepta avoided successfully was keeping the album a nice an tidy 44 minutes long and not the hip hop standard of 1 hour+. While I don't think BLACKSTAR was David Bowie's best album ever, I do think it was miles more interesting than KONNICHIWA. Just keeps showing that the British Mercury Awards are largely a joke. This album is not rated low not because it is not American but because it is boring and doesn't add anything truly new to the hip hop genre or move music itself forward.

Mikið hrikalega finnst mér svona græmtónlist leiðinleg. Alltof mikill þykjusturembingur og mjög lítill blæbrigðamunur í lögunu.

No thank you

Not for me

Day832 - grime is a new one for me and it’s as bad as it sounds

Gross. Gratuitous use of the N word is just not my thing.

1/2

Music is not bad, but I don't like rap, and how he raps

Very simple music and typical lyrics

trap is shit. if i could give zero stars i would. 0/5

I'm not the target audience for this album

Meh. I'm glad that's over. At first I thought, ok, I can get through this, it's not too horrible, but as it went on I started hating it more and more. ⭐⭐

I feel the list is trolling with these English rap albums. There is nothing interesting or unique on this album. The only thing that stood out is how many times they could use "fam" in one skit.

Now, let me pour my whole soul out on this one. This. This is not only the worst album I've heard on this list, this is quite possibly the worst fucking album I've ever heard in my entire life, and so far I heard around 1600-1700 albums in full. Or more. I cannot think of any other album I hated this much. I wanted it over the first song. It has no redeeming qualities. It is so fucking miserable. Can he just shut the fuck up? Can he just stop? Stop. It's. Fucking. Horrible. Horrendous. Disgusting. I cannot express how shocked I am that someone could make such a fucking worthless thing. I am sorry if I am being too harsh, I really am (to other users of this site, not to the artist himself), but I am just so done with this, it's unlistenable and this 40+ minutes were NOT fun, not even close. This should not be on this list. No matter how influential it was for gangsters of the big UK, I do not care, it's terrible.

Interesting opener. I kinda like Man, Shutdown, and It Aint Safe even if I’ll probably never listen to them again. Other than that, everything else is kind of abysmal. Awful even. I fail to see what’s so must listen about this album so I’m surprised this is included on this 1001 albums list.

love the beats but i cant do british rap the flow is always the same and just overshadows the beat too much...

I had never heard a rapper with a British accent and I was ok with that.

Sounds fire on mute 🔇🔇🔇 Go on fam ✌️😭

Sorry, don't like rap.

crap rap - not my thing

Grime gruel.

not around here partner

Repetitive and a waste of my time.

Nah, thanks though.

Well... okay. It was horrid. And it just gets worse and worse. Maybe because it's so so boring, but also because the songs... well, I guess if you like rap you will like them, but, for me, they are all the same. It's the same thing all the time but with different repetitive instrumental bases. And, yes, bases, because there is neither an interesting instrumental part on the album at all.

Not a rap fan

Rap album. A no from me.

Rap and Hip Hop not in my wheel house. And simply can not listen to. Tried but a big no.

nope. didn't enjoy this, it's vulgar and non-melodic. don't hear how it's relevant for this list (but who am I), nothing new here.

i cannot do british rappers

Not today. 1

No thanks.

Why on earth was this on this list

Two plus two is four, minus three that’s one quick maths

I’m not finishing this bro

That was quite annoying. Rap that doesn't seem to go anywhere. Most of the instrumentation is annoying. Conversations slapped onto on songs.

I realize that I’m not the demographic for this, but pretty much every song sounded identical to me, interesting for about 1 minute.

i really can’t do uk rap

Absolute crap

1/5. Did not like the lyrics. Melodically and rhythmically uninspired. Though I did like the audio sample in Shutdown - “Black men dancing aggressively on TV, I’m so intimidated, I just don’t expect this on daytime television.” But overall I felt annoyed throughout. One more thought scares me; someone out there listens to this and thinks they’re a badass for it. And that scares me

Totally not my style

Wasn’t for me

Hip hop was a genre that I hated as a child. I was a rock kid, later even prog kid I'm afraid. A little snob for lack of better words. It took me a few years to admit I like some hip hop song around and even more to accept it as the glorious art form it is. Since than some of my favorite albums of all times have been hip hop record, and I am a big fan and admirer of the greats. This album is so, so, so incredibly bad. The beats are unimaginative, production is so lame and sad. I couldn't find even one memorable hook, as hard as they try nothing sticks (which makes it even sadder). Lyrics are laughable. Not in a good way. They're fucking bad. Not funny, not clever. Just bad. In the end I couldn't believe I listen to the entire thing. It made me question the genre itself. Wow. There could be no justification for it being one this list. And any awards it got have me astounded. Beating Radiohead's AMSP and Bowie's Blackstar? No fucking way. That was one of the worst so far. 0. Impossible, so...

Pretty dull

Just can't stand Brittish rap

It’s so bad I couldn’t help but laugh. Maybe it was meant to be a comedy album all along.

The beats seemed simple and uninspired. The lyrics didn't add much. Some real low lows on this one.

Boring, and repetitive. Probably a 2 star except for the god awful skits.

I'm glad I don't hear this sort of shit on a daily basis anymore.

Is this supposed to be a joke. This album cannot be here on this list. It is only terrible and boring and horrible. No one should have to listen to this. And the main question is: Why is the album on this list?

Rap ain't my thing, there was one song that was ok Shutdown had a cool bit of rhythm

Same old, same old. Feel like I've heard identical lyrics, scenarios, gripes and boasts from a 1,000 rappers going back 30 years. Nothing new and just as lame. Fave Tune = Impossible to choose between some of the worst "song" i've heard. Gives Ghostface Killah a run for his money.

I guess we’re adding grime to the list of hip-hop sub-genres that I can’t stand. How in the hell did this beat out Blackstar for the Mercury Prize?

Rubbish!

443/1001 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑

A painful chore. Somewhat interesting beats & production going on in the background, but lyrically, it's mainly just 44 minutes of mind-numbing self-aggrandizement. I've heard it all so many times before. Does this guy know that there is nothing original about anything he's saying? I guess he just doesn't have any other thoughts inside his brain, apart from how cool he finds himself. Pretentious, ugly attitude. And I will say there is indeed some hip hop on this list I have enjoyed. Luckily not all hip hop is as annoying as this (although we all know how inflated the egos of many hip hop artists are).

Trash

Terrible rap album

I hate british rap

Not for me.

DNF

Konnichiwa in my ass! Soronoo sanon minä! Pska albumi 💩

I'm sure I'm missing conext and other genre examples. But what I can say is I try often. British Rap does literally nothing to me except cause confusion to me. Because on one hand I hear direct rip offs of American rap culture, all whilst being told that this example is cutting edge or unique to England. This album is a miss, clunky flow, rapid fire onomatopoeia's about guns, chains, cars, and drugs. Boring one dimensional beats that sound like they were made in garage band by a young producer. Nothing here screams exemplary rap. I might just be an American Rap Elitist. But I tried it, perhaps this is a stand out in England and I'm missing said context. I'll continue to try my hand at other examples.

This is the only album I will rate without listening to. I have heard Skepta singles on the radio and grime in general. 1.

Weak rhymes. Very moon, June, spoon. Weak beats. Nothing memorable or impressive. Weak lyrics. Nothing said or conveyed that hasn't been said 1,000 (1,001?) times before. I usually try to find something to appreciate even if an album isn't for me, but I'm struggling with this one.

Not into so much boasting, he's really not that interesting

Wow, this sucked really hard.

This album took 5 years of production to release, and probably needed another 5. I'm not sure if I just don't get it, but I found the verses bad, the beats boring, the skits awful, and the overall core of the album shallow and uninteresting. There was nothing here for me.

UK rappers be like she suck on my willy it’s quite delightful if I catch you in west Gloucestershire you’ll catch the rifle

Bad

British rap is low key embarrassing

Absolutely awful, I can barely stand to listen to this. That being said, I really don't get any Grime, or any British hip-hop, for that matter, so maybe it's exemplary within it's genre. I don't want to seem like I'm "gatekeeping" or something like that, but emcee-ing in a British accent just doesn't sound right, and I cannot take Skepta seriously at all. He sounds utterly ridiculous and like he takes himself far more seriously than he should. I would consider this album to be a strong contender for worst on the entire list.

¿Qué mierda es esto? ¿ Quién dijo que no podía morir sin escuchar un disco de rap? Ya verás como sí. Esto es gente que habla rápido, no tiene ningún otro contenido musical. Y para colmo sólo hablan de otros raperos. Es un género autorreferencial.

UK rap.... not good

I never enjoyed listening to UK rap ever since it rose to prominence in recent years. Therefore, you could imagine the immense disappointment I felt as I realized that's what this album is.

Ugh. This ain't for me.

Jag vill slita bort varenda nagel med tång på författaren. Jag vill doppa honom i flytande stearin och därefter sänka honom på det djupaste stället i Ålands hav.

I knew this was going to be a British album as soon as I didn't recognize the artist. Exceptionally mediocre.

Started off interesting and I was intrigued as I don’t think I’ve ever listened to grime, but as it went on, it started to wear thin and then the skits started. Skits bring down any album for me.

Hard hard hard NO. Horrible. 0.5/5

A tough listen. Cringe, bad man rap for small minded gangster wannabes. Nothing else I can say. Apple Music ranked THIS as their No.1 album of 2016… sheesh!

Das vierte Studioalbum des britischen Rappers Skepta, Konnichiwa, wurde zwischen 2013 und 2016 in verschiedenen Studios aufgenommen. Die Hauptaufnahmen fanden im Angelic Studio statt, während die Mischung überwiegend im Red Room London durchgeführt wurde. Weitere Arbeiten erfolgten in den Miloco-Studios The Bunker und The Square. Skepta, mit bürgerlichem Namen Joseph Junior Adenuga, stammt aus Tottenham, London, und ist britischer Staatsbürger. Er ist eine zentrale Figur des Grime-Genres, das Elemente aus Hip-Hop, UK Garage und elektronischer Musik kombiniert. Das Album enthält mehrere bekannte Tracks, darunter "That's Not Me", "Shutdown", "Man" und "Ladies Hit Squad". Diese Songs sind stilprägend für das Genre und zeigen Skeptas charakteristischen Sound. Musikalisch bleibt Konnichiwa dem Grime treu, mit minimalistischen Beats und direkter Lyrik. Skepta übernimmt den Großteil der Produktion selbst, was dem Album eine einheitliche Klangästhetik verleiht. Insgesamt präsentiert sich Konnichiwa als durchdachtes Werk, das Skeptas künstlerische Vision klar widerspiegelt. Das Album bietet einen authentischen Einblick in die Grime-Szene und unterstreicht Skeptas Rolle als bedeutender Vertreter dieses Genres.

Yet another regrettable entry in the undeserving, WAY over-represented rap/hip hop genre.

Blind album and artist. TIL about grime, style of hip hop, which is am not a huge fan of, or at least this artist and/or album.

1. konichiuua - 1.5 2. lyricz - 1.5 3. corn - 2 4. crime - 1 5. zafe - 1.5 6. ladiez - 1 7. numberz - 1.5 8. man - 1.5 9. zhut - 0 10. me - 1 11. detoz - 0 12. tezt - 1.5

LMAO look up the video "RZA unironically creates a terrible beat for a Guitar Center promo", there is a lot of overlap with that beat and Crime Riddim. The fact that this album reminded me of that video is hilarious and I can't even remotely take this seriously anymore. I understand why some people like this, but I just don't like Grime. The UK are really good at making rock music and that is about it. Whenever they try to branch out to other genres it always sounds a little lame. I just don't think the British accent fits rap at all. A lot of the beats are also pretty annoying, I'm pretty sure that overused airhorn sound effect was in its ironic phase in 2016. I'm also not a huge fan of his flow, he makes ever song sound the same, and it has a lyrical spiritual kinda vibe. Every synth he used for the rest of the album just made me laugh, because I just kept thinking about that stupid video. Specifically the part right before he adds the doorbell sound effect. Skepta is trying so hard but it just sounds so weak. Ok, so I don't think this is the worst album ever in the grand scheme of music, but in terms of this list, this is one of my least favorite albums so far. Ever song sounds like a joke song or a parody of real rap music, those synths sound terrible, it is way too tryhard, I don't like his flow, I was starting to get a headache, It was a slog to get through. Despite those complaints it isn't the worst album ever, I just feel like it is the bottom of the list and I don't give enough 1's so here we go. High 1.

British people simply should not be allowed to rap.

Hip Hop. 1/5

I’m offended I had to listen to this album. Years ago I listened to another grime album Boy in the Corner by Dizziee Rascal and was underwhelmed by the heavy staccato beats battering my ears. This is no exception. Ba ba, ba ba ba ba, boom! It wears me out. I can imagine hearing this on a sweaty dance floor after downing a dozen Ridley Brown Ales, but those days are far behind. This is an album someone might put on a list knowing there are far better rap albums in order to appear edgy and cool. It’s not.

Not my thing

A little EDM, a little rap, a little dancehall shoved in. The fact is, I don't see how this sonically builds on Dizzee Rascal's foundations (his debut album Boy in da Corner is also on the list). They are siblings rather than spawn of. Also, I thought the days of skits on albums were behind us?! Overall: 1/10

absolutely not my kind of music, had to skip

I'm not a fan of most other hip-hop, let alone some unknown (to me) British shit. A lot of repetition in these tunes, I could see where it could end up being catchy. For the most part, I find these songs way more cringey.

Tried to give it a chance, nah, not for me.

I try not to speak towards grime or British rappers when I say: this was shit. Just absolutely abysmal. It’s all repetitive garbage with some of the most annoying vocals I heard. I really don’t want to pin it on Skepta being British, but… God I couldn’t stand his voice. And he’s just rapping the same lyrics over and over again. If I hear “It ain’t safe for the block, not even for the cops again”, I’m going to snap. And what the fuck is with the skits? You’re fucking seriously putting shit like a phone conversation and a fucking exchange between you and some salty fuck over a game of Call of Duty (or whatever fucking shooter was popular at the time)? What is this, the 80’s? De La Soul did this with that game show on 3 Feet and Rising in fucking 1989 and that was miles better. I don’t want to lump an entire music genre into one bad experience. There’s probably better grime albums out there. But this ain’t it. “Favorite” track: Ladies Hit Squad (because there are two buffers, I mean guest vocalists) Other hits: Numbers, sort of. It’s still annoying.

Uhhhh yeah, not my thing for a whole album. Grime is cool, though.

Music for the dullard

I'm sure this is good, but it's not for me.

Hip hop

Nope, don't like rap

absolutely terrible. we got like 10 minutes in and was already sick of it. i will never understand how this type of UK rap has shooters

Lyrics weren’t great production also meh

Artiste inconnu. 24 eme album de Hip Hop => 1/5

Grime just isn’t for me.

Honestly? Cringe. Couldn't escape hearing grime a few years ago and it is still just as grating to me.

Not my vibe

Ugh. Not digging it.

Skibidi Toilet Ohio as the youngsters say

a.k.a. that feeling when some shitforbrains in a obscene overly-huge tricked out 7mpg Range Rover with 4ft high tires pulls up next to you at a stoplight in the city blasting this at 120dB and *your* rearview mirror is literally vibrating... Thanks, I legitimately hated every minute and every aspect of this. I did learn that "grime" is a thing and now I can safely tag it with both "Worst Music Genres" and "Embarrassed for Humanity" Headache-inducing overly-huge bass synths + trap beats + childish gangster cosplay + skits = 1 dead star 1/10 1 pile. 🪠

Kon'nichiwa, mō ikanakya 1/5 7/12/24

I really don't consider rap to be good music from the start so skipped most track and soon realize that it's about all the same annoying sound. Not for me.

terug een onbekend album door een voor mij onbekende artiest... ik had het graag zo gehouden

The first track is not terrible. In the battle for best grime MC, I'm comfortable saying Skepta is superior to Dizzee Rascal after only one song. A recorded phone call...the hallmark of a truly terrible album. They use the word fam a lot. 50 years of hip hop, a limited number of albums which made this list and this gets selected? Now a recorded video game chat session. And an angry recorded message now. The Pharrell track is an improvement over what has been a steady decline from the first song on.

The spoken interlude parts are annoying. They aren’t clever and don’t add anything positive to the experience. The songs are ok but too repetitive for my likes. Nothing here that makes me want to listen again.

Just not my style in any way.

British hip hop. And it's not Pete & Bas. So you just know it ain't gonna be good. And I was right, production is fine, everything else is bad. Can't get into it at all. There were a few okay parts but that was it. At least this was only 44 minutes I guess but should have cut out all those dumbass phone calls

At first I was a tiny bit intrigued, but as it went on I just disliked it more and more. I don't think I liked a single track on here, although I could instantly tell "Numbers" featured Pharrell before even checking the list. Low 1.25.

I suppose it's well-executed for what it is. Can't really judge, but I do know I prefer my life without any grime music in it. It wasn't as unlistenable as most other albums I give 1 star to, but I skipped most songs half-way through. The tracks were incredibly repetitive and monotonous.

Didn't enjoy it.

Has some cool beats, but some of the lyrical content was cheesy and felt inauthentic, maybe because it felt like London gangsta rap.

I'm sorry I just cannot get myself to take grime seriously

I've never heard of Skepta or this album before, and based on the reviews for this album, I have no idea how I'm going to feel about this. I reviewed Drive-By Truckers yesterday, so this is probably going to be a pretty hard left turn today. Let's get into it. Well, this album was definitely not my taste. I think the positive things that I can say about it are that it's very unique from the things I typically listen to, and the flow of the rapping was pretty good. As for the negatives, well, there's quite a few of them. I really didn't enjoy this album musically. Most of the production work (beats? samples? I'm not really sure what the proper terminology is for elements of Grime music) just wasn't very interesting to listen to. It didn't feel very melodic, and it was honestly pretty grating at times. It didn't feel like there was a lot of variation from song to song, both in sound or in structure and composition. Lyrically, the songs felt pretty muddled. Skepta would often sing about social issues and brag about his own skills in the same breath, and it was hard to choose what to focus on. I did like some of the social commentary though. Left-leaning Americans (such as myself) tend to look at Europe and say "ah, those guys know how to do it" when we're examining our own political landscape, but I think we often forget that every society has their own ills to contend with, and Skepta's lyrics provided a good reminder of that. I hate to be so negative about this album, but I really didn't like listening to it, and it definitely doesn't inspire me to seek out more Grime music. TLDR: This sounds like Isaac from Ted Lasso gave up on football, and pursued a career in music instead.

not really my style of rap, more attitude than substance .

It's just so unoriginal. The 'British-Rapper-social-commentator' vibe has literally been done to death. I can't hear a single thing on this that hasn't been done by someone else before him. Awful.

1.5 British rap is so unserious lol “I’m so rude, he’s the ting/ The guvment is rude, ring-a-ling-ding” It just comes off so insincere. And how is this Grime-y? I get that that’s what they call the genre, but it doesn’t particularly sound dirty or gross or intense. It sounds like mediocre pop rap, because that’s what it is!!! Sorry, I’m getting mad thinking about how many classic rap albums are NOT on this list! And this is!

Doesn’t speak to me

No

No

Got about half way through. Rap just not for me

eh.

yeah i don't know about this one. i'm not even a rap hater or disliker, i'm just not really a fan of whatever this is. the bars are corny as hell at times (i audibly laughed at a bunch of them and i don't think they were supposed to be funny) although skepta's flow is pretty good. the production here is what kills me though, i don't think it's technically bad, but the beats give me absolutely nothing and sound to me like something someone just threw together in garageband or something. and the skits? like am i supposed to take them seriously? is this supposed to make him sound hard? is it supposed to be corny as shit? who knows. to me, i couldn't take it seriously. it looks like this album is pretty well esteemed but i don't know why, there was so much better stuff coming out at the time of this release. not a fan, sorry.

I also finished the album quickly. Hip-hop. A quick listen. I don't like it. Then I can listen to good music now. 1/5

No. A one song wonder.

I always thought wannabe generic hip-hop that sounds like the budget version of the harder core recognizable stuff was missing from this list. This album sounds like the background music to a nightclub scene in a low budget film because they couldn't afford the rights to the real stuff. Apologies to whatever album was pushed off the list for this. 1.5/5

Not good

It is kind of hilarious to hear rap with an accent. lol. Terrible but made me laugh.

Grime, shmime! Really hate this stuff!

I’m just too old and not from London so grime just annoys me.

Are u dizzy blud

Löst Tinitus aus! Einfach nur Gestammel! -10!

Absolute torture. I don't enjoy most grime music anyway but fuck me what have I done in life to suffer this vapid shite? The lyrics are absolutely awful, did he think it was 'fire' or something to talk about murking fools to the MLG horn from 2011? Only ever known one Skepta fan, and he was a middle class white road man who put on a fake accent to try and sound cool innit bruv. Cut his own hair too. The only type of person who could enjoy this wankstain on the history of music.

I don't like rap

Not sure what to say. Not my thing. It sure why this or a few other hundred made the list.

Um rap acelerado, e continua para mim massante.

Hated it

Rap

Not my style.

Unremarkable and uninspiring.

That’s not me!!! Another mercury prizewinner I cannot get along with…. David Bowie should have won that year!

Pilaversio.. pillkka britti rappiskene.. Mans not hot.. Better tjan this..

Boring with an English accent.

What is this Jake Paul ahh shit. Get it out of here

I think this is the first time I've given an album a 1 without it being for personal reasons (Kanye West, etc.) I appreciate that Grime isn't made with me in mind (or most of the people in the comments), but I just can't stand it.

This probably sounds great riding around in one of those SUVs with the blaring thumping base, that really just annoys everyone around them. Meanwhile, this just meh. Sounds like everything else that gets blasted too loud by dickheads. Too boring to finish.

Nope. 1 year in and finally meet a Grime album, one of my least favourite genres. I just can't take it seriously. Literally grow up and do something productive for society instead of this individualism bullshit.

I have no idea why this is on here. Was this list made by an English person, is this really considered an album you must hear or even influential. I mean this came out in 2016 Grime had been around a long time before this and started to die off to my knowledge shortly after. There would have been a time where I listened to That's Not Me but not a full album. I just can't deal with it the lyrics the beats it all is just not my thing at all I was really tempted to just skip this but I decided to try it. Lyrics about crime, although I can not relate and usually dislike it, I can not be hypocritical. Mobb Deep The Infamous is a top 10 album for me but that is down to the delivery and the beats. I also despise lyrics about shagging women, I mean he doesn't do it much but it was there a few songs and it is just an instant turn off. I am no warrior saying it is wrong there are women who rap about it aswell but I do not want to hear about the ungodly things he wants to do to someone it just is not what I want to hear in a song. I appreciate a lot of people loved this album especially in the uk and maybe the list is trying to reach out to every genre, but you would never hear me choosing to listen to this. Stand out songs: Shutdown That's Not Me

I did not like this. While the lyrical styling at first gave me pause I tried to give it a chance to win me over. But the driving beat was so relentless and annoying I couldn’t stand it. I hoped after each song early in the album that the beat would change up a bit or relent some but nope. Same driving beat every song. I could take one or two of these songs on their own. “ Man” wasn’t terrible nor was “Text Me Back” by themselves. But included on an album with 10 other songs I just hate it.

Y’know, after getting some other albums, I thought I might actually like rap. This album made me rethink that. This album actually made me feel unpleasant.

Man, the UK hip-hop scene is fairly unknown to me. Grime is even MORE unknown to me. If I were to describe the genre after listening to only this album, I would mark it as aggressive and loud hip-hop. Like the breakbeats in each track are super loud and booming. Everything quite literally sounds "grimy", so the genre name is certainly fitting. As for the lyrical delivery, Skepta & guests are certainly commanding with each verse. A lot of the Brit slang flew over my American head though. Not really my type of hip-hop at the end of the day.

That’s going to be a no for me dawg

Oh god. Well I went in with an open mind, he instantly starts referring to the president despite being British. Half way through the first song I realise he hasn't changed the tone or pitch of his voice at all, I pray this won't continue. I persevere and "that's not me" and "Man" have a certain "produced in a bedroom" charm, even though this guys supposed to be one of the biggest in the UK scene. The attempt at a big anthem with "Shutdown" doesn't work. He raps about fake Muslims and Rastafarians misrepresenting themselves, then pretentiously calls his album Konnichiwa? This is bad, not just the music itself but how basic it is for the UK scene, not doing anything slightly interesting but hanging on the US coattails. 1.3

Oh nah bruh Likes: some of the beats i guess Dislikes: british rap is cringe Maybe biased against the accent but i really think these bars are lazy, and the incessant repeat of a rap chorus (which i dislike already) in every single song makes it worse. Not for me.

not worth the 1 vote

Weder hip noch hop, Rapp ist gruselige Musik, Texte verstehe ich selten, Slang und Crime, ewig gleicher Rhythmus...

I am never going to have any interest in listening to British rap. I’ve tried, I really have. But it’s just not going to happen.

Not for me

Rubbish.

Sorry, I don't like Rap.

Not for me

wont ever catch me listening to UK rap, trussss me daddy

That’s a no for me dog

Not a fan.

I am not a fan of UK rap. Im not sure if its the accent of the dead tone of voice that I dont like. Did not finish

Hip hop never really stood on my agenda, after listening to the whole album I find it very juvenile, narcissistic and in many ways too aggressive.

no. no grime

For the first rap album on this list, I feel slightly disappointed. It didn't really hit even though on a technical level it's all good. Good production and good rapping. The instrumentals were just not very gripping to me and I felt better vibes from other British rap acts like Stormzy, The Streets, Slowthai, Wiley and the like.

Not my thing

Not the shittiest out there 2 But its close 1

I think it’s done well and if I liked this kind of music, I would really enjoy it. But it’s not for me and I couldn’t finish it. Pissed me off I could hear his accent. Not a fan of the British.

I wish I had this guy's self-esteem...

Horrid lyrics

this was not for me sadly

Wow, fam. This generator has given me some rough to listen albums but nothing as awful as this, fam. First song had me excited, fam, second song had me a bit annoyed, fam, and the third song, fam, ended things for me. I was definitely a better person before listening to this fam. 0 songs added, 8 songs skipped. Skits were awful fam.

Cat: sounds cool. Lyrics are terrible.

They're trolling, right? Only 1,001 albums and we have time for this crap? I listened to the whole thing in disbelief and ended up several IQ points dumber. The lyrics are idiotic; N-words abound. The dude had a fight over voice chat in a game of Call of Duty, and he decides it would be a good idea to throw it on the album. I was disgusted with the whole album *except* the last 30 seconds. That was actually good, and not so coincidentally had no vocals.

I could not find one redeeming quality on this. The rhymes and beats were weak. I struggled to get through this.

Well I can see why some people like this, But as with others in this genre, the voice over powers the music and I don't like that. Nor do I appreciate music being usurped for political purposes. I can live with it if it is of a high enough standard musically, as with And Then There Were None by The Enid, or 1916 by Mötorhead. But again this just didn't have it. Even so some bits were OK and each track was mercifully short. 1.5

I did listen to the whole thing, reading the lyrics as I went. So much hatred, anger and violence. The violence isn’t even implied. Just couldn’t find anything I could hang a complimentary remark upon. Sorry, just not for me.

Mmm. My kids love it. I don't. Mandem, fam, Fireman Sam... Musically it was basic but ok. However, the vocals, lyrics and the phone calls? Nope. A low 1, not a complete 0.

Couldn’t give it zero stars

I hate aggressive music with corny lyrics forced for the sake of rhyming but made to sound meaningful via ranty delivery. It's too phony and try-hard. Not my thing I guess.

didn't like it at all. sounds like something some annoying teenager would listen to

Wild beat on Crime Riddim.

Do you know when those guys drive by you with their car windows open with music blasting and all you hear is this very deep, distorted subsonic bass going … boom … boom …. boom I always wondered what music they’re playing. Turns out they’re probably playing Skepta. I hated it when I heard it then and I also hate now.

The UK does a lot of things well, but rap is not one of them.

Nope

I knew I wouldn't like this, because I know I don't like grime, but this was obnoxious. The beats are laughably bad and the rapping was usually annoying. The interludes/skits also annoyed me, especially because they are attached to the ends of the songs for no reason. I don't get this album at all. My favourite song was Man.

Album 80 of 1001 Skepta - Konnichiwa Rating : 2 / 5 Favorite Track : None British Rap. I suffered through it, but can't say that it is for me. It was odd hearing rap with a British accent. So polite sounding. Rapper actually said "Fuck Me" and then followed it up with "not literally". Had its time and its place but I'm not involved.

Real Man's Not Hot vibes. dislike strongly, not sure if there is any scenario I would listen to this.

1.75