Microphone Champion

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Use British English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox album | name = Microphone Champion | type = studio | artist = Skepta | cover = MicrophoneChampion.jpg | alt = | released = 1 June 2009 | recorded = 2007–2009 | venue = | studio = | genre = Grime | length = 52:59 | label = Boy Better Know | producer = {{hlist|Skepta <small>(also exec.)</small>|Bless Beats|Boom Productions|Chad Jackson|Jme|Rudekid|Silencer}} | prev_title = Greatest Hits | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Been There Done That | next_year = 2010 | misc = {{Singles | name = Microphone Champion | type = album | single1 = Rolex Sweep | single1date = 15 September 2008 | single2 = Sunglasses at Night | single2date = 16 March 2009 | single3 = Too Many Man<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0027R83KS |title=Too Many Man: Boy Better Know: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> | single3date = 18 May 2009 | single4 = Lush | single4date = 12 October 2009 }} }}

'''''Microphone Champion''''' is the second studio album by English grime MC Skepta, released on 1 June 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=88042 |title=Skepta: Microphone Champion (2010): CD |publisher=hmv.com |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> It includes the single "Too Many Man" featuring Boy Better Know, also featured on Wiley's own album, ''Race Against Time'', and Shorty's "Short Man Syndrome".

==Singles== * "Rolex Sweep" is the first single from the album. It was released on 15 September 2008; it reached number 89 on the UK Singles Chart. * "Sunglasses at Night", a non-album track, was released as a single on 16 March 2009;.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sunglasses-At-Night/dp/B001UJB8QU |title=Sunglasses at Night: Skepta: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> It reached number 64 on the UK Singles Chart. * "Too Many Man", featuring fellow artists from Boy Better Know, is the second single from the album. It was released on 18 May 2009; it reached number 79 on the UK Singles Chart. * "Lush", featuring Jay Sean, is the third and final single from the album. It was released on 12 October 2009.

==Track listing== {{tracklist | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 52:59

| title1 = Reflecting | writer1 = Joseph Adenuga | extra1 = Skepta | length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Are You Ready? | writer2 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Richard Cowie}} | note2 = featuring Wiley | extra2 = Rudekid | length2 = 2:21

| title3 = Oh My Gosh | writer3 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Jamie Adenuga}} | extra3 = Jme | length3 = 2:32

| title4 = Look Out | writer4 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Nathaniel Thompson}} | note4 = featuring Giggs | extra4 = Boom Productions | length4 = 4:20

| title5 = Sticks and Stones | writer5 = Joseph Adenuga | extra5 = Skepta | length5 = 3:21

| title6 = Too Many Man | writer6 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Jamie Adenuga|Aaron Lawrence|Deshane Cornwall|Cowie}} | note6 = featuring Boy Better Know | extra6 = Skepta | length6 = 3:34

| title7 = Lush | writer7 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Kamaljit Jhooti}} | note7 = featuring Jay Sean | extra7 = Skepta | length7 = 2:47

| title8 = My Emotions | writer8 = Joseph Adenuga | extra8 = Skepta | length8 = 2:42

| title9 = Skepta | writer9 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Chad Jackson}} | extra9 = Chad Jackson | length9 = 2:26

| title10 = Amsterdam (Skit) | extra10 = | length10 = 1:00

| title11 = Disguise | writer11 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Jamie Adenuda|Jahmek Power}} | note11 = featuring Jme and Jammer | extra11 = Skepta | length11 = 3:20

| title12 = Gingerbread Man | writer12 = Joseph Adenuga | extra12 = Silencer | length12 = 3:06

| title13 = Ed Hardy Party | writer13 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Kwasi Danquah III}} | note13 = featuring Tinchy Stryder | extra13 = Skepta | length13 = 2:49

| title14 = Madness | writer14 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Dubz|Paper Pablo}} | note14 = featuring Dubz and Paper Pablo | extra14 = Skepta | length14 = 3:57

| title15 = Over the Top | writer15 = Joseph Adenuga | extra15 = Skepta | length15 = 2:51

| title16 = Dark | note16 = featuring Trigga | writer16 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Trigga}} | extra16 = Skepta | length16 = 3:25

| title18 = Rolex Sweep | note18 = bonus track | writer18 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Gareth Keane}} | extra18 = Bless Beats | length18 = 2:34 }}

;'''Notes''' * The bonus tracks "Rolex Sweep" and "Sunglasses at Night" are only available on the CD version of the album.

'''Sample credits''' * "Over the Top" contains samples of "Top Billin'", written and performed by Audio Two. * "Disguise" uses an interpolation of the ''Transformers'' theme music.

==Release history== {|class=wikitable |- ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label |- | United Kingdom | 1 June 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tescoentertainment.com/store/mp3/skepta-microphone-champion/2%3A29819255/ |title=Skepta – Microphone Champion – Free Delivery |publisher=Tesco Entertainment |accessdate=2012-03-01}}</ref> | Digital download, CD | Boy Better Know |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.ukrecordshop.com/item/skepta-microphone-champion.html Ukrecordshop.com] *Skepta's involvement in grime. [http://www.jioates.co.uk/2016/01/12/was-2015-the-year-for-grime/ What is grime]?

Category:2009 albums Category:Skepta albums