Microscope (album)
| Untitled | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 74/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| BBC | favorable[2][3] |
| The Guardian |   [4] |
| The Independent | favorable[5] |
| NME | 6/10[6] |
| PopMatters |   [7] |
Microscope (stylized as MICroscope) is the first studio album by British rapper Riz MC.[7] Originally released digitally in 2011, it was re-released on Tru Thoughts on 18 June 2012.[7]
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Josh Langhoff of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "The beats by Lazersonic and Redinho churn and pop, squeal and squirm, and Riz tries to take the edge off by cracking jokes."[7] Adam Kennedy of BBC said, "while his flow isn't the most natural on the block, the warts'n'all streams of consciousness refuse to exclude anything on his mind."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sonic Warfare (Skit 1)" | 1:23 |
| 2. | "Radar" | 3:13 |
| 3. | "People Like People" | 3:17 |
| 4. | "Don't Sleep" | 3:52 |
| 5. | "Sonic Virus (Skit 2)" | 0:54 |
| 6. | "Get on It" | 3:34 |
| 7. | "All in the Ghetto" | 4:10 |
| 8. | "Dark Hearts" | 3:26 |
| 9. | "Sonic Vaccine (Skit 3)" | 1:12 |
| 10. | "Bubble Wrapped" | 3:43 |
| 11. | "All of You" | 3:46 |
| 12. | "The Resistance (Skit 4)" | 0:32 |
| 13. | "Hundreds & Thousands" | 2:36 |
| 14. | "Sour Times" | 4:19 |
| 15. | "Get on It (True Tiger Remix)" (bonus track) | 4:43 |
| 16. | "All of You (Rack 'n' Ruin Remix)" (bonus track) | 4:07 |
| 17. | "Radar (Sukh Knight Remix)" (bonus track) | 4:41 |
| 18. | "Hundreds & Thousands (Zed Bias Remix)" (bonus track) | 4:52 |
| 19. | "All of You (dBridge's Sound System Mix)" (bonus track) | 5:20 |
| 20. | "Hundred & Thousands (Baobinga Jit Step Remix)" (bonus track) | 3:37 |
| 21. | "Dark Hearts (30k 30k Remix)" (bonus track) | 5:07 |
| 22. | "All of You (featuring Aruba and Plan B)" (bonus track) | 3:45 |
References
- ^ a b "Microscope by Riz MC". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ a b Kennedy, Adam (2011). "Riz MC - MICroscope - Review". BBC. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Kennedy, Adam (2012). "Riz MC - MICroscope - Review". BBC. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Fox, Killian (June 17, 2012). "Riz MC: MICroscope – review". The Guardian. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Haughton, Jermaine (January 30, 2011). "Album: Riz MC, MICroscope (Confirm / Ignore)". The Independent. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ Gilgrass, Will (June 12, 2012). "Riz MC - 'Microscope'". NME. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Langhoff, Josh (August 14, 2012). "Riz MC: MICroscope". PopMatters. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
External links
- Microscope at Discogs (list of releases)