Home Sweet Home

This banged. Like, it really fucking banged. Far out, what a treat. 5/5. Admittedly, this is my submission. Is it perfect? No. Is it super in places? Yes. Did it introduce my young self to the wider world of grime that I still love today? Yes. One of the most important albums in forming my taste. I'm glad I listened to it before I died

Home Sweet Home's a generous and simple slice of cake, and not just because there's one in my fridge I regret not ordering for myself. Kano flows over quite a few decades, stamping them with titular locational flair without trying the capital-letter concept emboss in a debut. The LP, then, basically bounces with energy, reasonably in-time. A promising baseline that really does stay fresh for the hour: Nice bonus decision.

I enjoy this, and I am always a little softer on Hip-Hop, as an avid fan (and also because there are a bunch of close minded rockers on here). I do think that Dizzee Rascal has a better UK entry on here, but still a fun album.

UK rap is super interesting because it leans into the electronic side more heavily than American hip hop which began by sampling soul, funk, and R&B. This key differences changes the feel of the music in an important sense. Kano spans genre (including a Black Sabbath sample), but feels most at home with industrial electronic beats. This is a great grime album and though I don't think its the best of its genre, it was still a fun listen.

Yeah, I can totally dig it.

Honestly, I thought this was probably getting three stars and I'd move on... But it actually slaps. I've got nostalgia for a couple of tracks, but the whole thing is great. I'm almost thinking grime moved backwards the second time round, cos this has so much more FUN.

Refreshing to hear UK rap for a change. Usual subject matter, though. Well produced and occasionally excellent music.

Wasn't bad, wasn't great either. But I did enjoy it enough to give Kano 3 stars. Hope he can appreciate this kind gesture.

Not great. Some beats were good. Rapping I found mostly under average. The War Pigs sample was a fun surprise

Bog standard British hip hop. The kind that you don't turn off, but I cannot imagine someone paying money to go to a concert.

Good lyrics and flow - the music though felt very generic, functional but dull. Better beats and some creative use of samples could have bumped it up a star.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: How we livin’

I try and support UK hip hop but let's be honest this guys flows and lyrics just aren't that great. Do like the electro style beats on the album . 2.6

Hip-hop. Ni fu ni fa.

I heard a lot of "kids these days aren't as hard as we were" and this is from the aughts. This proves that everyone thinks the kids aren't okay.

Although the raps are pretty impressive, it just gets too much on my nerves.

Grime music does nothing for me, but I liked it a little more than the disaster that was the Dizzee Rascal album included in the book.

Very much sounds like a debut album where the artist is still trying to figure out their identity and what they're doing. So many mixed messages here, I find it hard to believe what he's saying.

Feels like a beginner's attempt at a rap LP, with dreadfully banal lyrics and not much interesting to speak of in the beats. Also feels like the vocals are mixed down below the cymbals at points, so the whole thing needs some more studio polish at least.

An eclectic mix of backing tracks, which are quite cool and rock quite hard in places. It's largely ruined, though, by the irritating rapping and dullard lyrics about what a top chap Kano believes himself to be and the excellent qualities he considers that he has. Rating: 2 Playlist track: I Don't Know Why Date listened: 23/09/24

Not really my thing… I believe this is too grimy - like that Dizzee Rascal album I didn’t enjoy. More than an hour of this became a slog for me.

This album had its moments, but I mostly wasn't feeling it. Fave Songs: P's and Q's, Home Sweet Home

What can I say...it sounded like very generic hip hop, I've heard better, I thought it might surprise me by not knowing it, but I didn't get a single track. Sorry

This sucked. Like, it really fucking sucked. Far out, what a punish. 1/5.