# Microphone Champion

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Microphone Champion
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Skepta](/source/Skepta)
| cover      = MicrophoneChampion.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1 June 2009
| recorded   = 2007–2009
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Grime](/source/Grime_(music))
| length     = 52:59
| label      = [Boy Better Know](/source/Boy_Better_Know)
| producer   = {{hlist|[Skepta](/source/Skepta_(rapper)) <small>(also [exec.](/source/Executive_producer))</small>|Bless Beats|Boom Productions|Chad Jackson|[Jme](/source/Jme_(MC))|Rudekid|Silencer}}
| prev_title = [Greatest Hits](/source/Greatest_Hits_(Skepta_album))
| prev_year  = 2007
| next_title = Been There Done That
| next_year  = 2010
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Microphone Champion
 | type        = album
 | single1     = [Rolex Sweep](/source/Rolex_Sweep)
 | single1date = 15 September 2008
 | single2     = [Sunglasses at Night](/source/Sunglasses_at_Night_(Skepta_song))
 | 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](/source/studio_album) by English [grime](/source/Grime_(music)) MC [Skepta](/source/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](/source/Boy_Better_Know), also featured on [Wiley](/source/Wiley_(rapper))'s own album, ''[Race Against Time](/source/Race_Against_Time_(album))'', and Shorty's "Short Man Syndrome".

==Singles==
* "[Rolex Sweep](/source/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](/source/UK_Singles_Chart).
* "[Sunglasses at Night](/source/Sunglasses_at_Night_(Skepta_song))", 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](/source/UK_Singles_Chart).
* "Too Many Man", featuring fellow artists from [Boy Better Know](/source/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](/source/UK_Singles_Chart).
* "Lush", featuring [Jay Sean](/source/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](/source/Skepta)
| extra1 = [Skepta](/source/Skepta)
| length1 = 3:16

| title2 = Are You Ready?
| writer2 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|[Richard Cowie](/source/Wiley_(rapper))}}
| note2 = featuring [Wiley](/source/Wiley_(rapper))
| extra2 = Rudekid
| length2 = 2:21

| title3 = Oh My Gosh
| writer3 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|Jamie Adenuga}}
| extra3 = [Jme](/source/Jme_(MC))
| length3 = 2:32

| title4 = Look Out
| writer4 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|[Nathaniel Thompson](/source/Giggs_(rapper))}}
| note4 = featuring [Giggs](/source/Giggs_(rapper)) 
| 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](/source/Frisco_(rapper))|Cowie}}
| note6 = featuring [Boy Better Know](/source/Boy_Better_Know)
| extra6 = Skepta
| length6 = 3:34

| title7 = Lush
| writer7 = {{hlist|Joseph Adenuga|[Kamaljit Jhooti](/source/Jay_Sean)}}
| note7 = featuring [Jay Sean](/source/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](/source/Jammer_(rapper))}}
| note11 = featuring [Jme](/source/Jme_(MC)) and [Jammer](/source/Jammer_(rapper)) 
| 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](/source/Tinchy_Stryder)}}
| note13 = featuring [Tinchy Stryder](/source/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

| title17 = [Sunglasses at Night](/source/Sunglasses_at_Night_(Skepta_song))
| note17 = bonus track
| writer17 = Joseph Adenuga
| extra17 = Skepta
| length17 = 2:21

| title18 = [Rolex Sweep](/source/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'](/source/Top_Billin')", written and performed by [Audio Two](/source/Audio_Two).
* "Disguise" uses an interpolation of the ''[Transformers](/source/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]?

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