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Home Sweet Home

Kano

2005

Home Sweet Home
Album Summary

This album has been submitted by a user and is not included in any edition of the book.

Home Sweet Home is the debut album by British rapper Kano. It was released on 27 June 2005 by 679 Recordings. Kano was 20 years old when the album was released. The album received highly positive reviews from music critics and peaked at number 36 on the UK Albums Chart. Six singles were released from the album— "P's and Q's", "Typical Me" featuring Ghetts, "Remember Me", "Nite Nite" featuring Leo the Lion & The Streets, "Brown Eyes" and "Signs in Life". Two of the singles, "Typical Me" and "Nite Nite", peaked within the top 30 of the UK Singles Chart. The album received widespread acclaim, At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 82, based on 12 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

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Rating

2.67

Votes

73

Genres

  • Hip Hop

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Jul 05 2024
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5

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

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Jun 27 2024
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4

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.

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Jun 29 2024
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4

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.

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Aug 26 2024
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4

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.

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Oct 07 2024
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4

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.

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Jun 27 2024
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3

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

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Jun 27 2024
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3

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.

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Jun 27 2024
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3

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

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Jun 28 2024
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3

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.

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Jun 29 2024
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3

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.

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Jul 02 2024
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3

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

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Jul 02 2024
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3

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

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Oct 22 2024
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3

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.

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Jun 27 2024
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2

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

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Jun 29 2024
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2

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.

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Jun 29 2024
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2

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.

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Jul 14 2024
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2

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.

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Sep 21 2024
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2

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

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Sep 29 2024
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2

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.

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Oct 10 2024
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2

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

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Jun 28 2024
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1

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

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Jun 28 2024
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1

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

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