{{redirect|MICroscope|other uses|Microscope (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Microscope | type = studio | artist = Riz MC | cover = Microscope (album).jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2011|01|31|df=yes}}<ref name="apple2011"/> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=35|s=49}} | label = Confirm/Ignore<ref name="apple2011"/> | producer = {{hlist|Lazersonic|Redinho}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = The Long Goodbye | next_year = 2020 | misc = {{Singles | name = Microscope | type = studio | single1 = Radar | single1date = 2008 }} }} '''''Microscope''''' (stylized as '''''MICroscope''''') is the debut studio album by Riz Ahmed, released under the moniker Riz MC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk/artists/riz-mc|title=Riz MC|work=Tru Thoughts|accessdate=11 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008070334/http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk/artists/riz-mc|archivedate=8 October 2012}}</ref> It was originally released on 31 January 2011.<ref name="apple2011">{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/microscope/id410820142|title=MICroscope by Riz MC|website=iTunes|accessdate=11 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701215319/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/microscope/id410820142|archivedate=1 July 2011}}</ref> It was re-released on Tru Thoughts on 18 June 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk/releases/riz-mc/microscope|title=MICroscope|work=Tru Thoughts|accessdate=11 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026004035/http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk/releases/riz-mc/microscope|archivedate=26 October 2012}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | MC = 74/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/microscope/riz-mc|title=Microscope by Riz MC|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> | rev1 = BBC | rev1score = favorable<ref name="bbc2011">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w4pn/|title=Riz MC - MICroscope - Review|work=BBC|first=Adam|last=Kennedy|date=2011|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/z2d3/|title=Riz MC - MICroscope - Review|work=BBC|first=Adam|last=Kennedy|date=2012|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Cokemachineglow'' | rev2score = 83%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6030/rizmc-microscope-2011|title=Riz MC: MICroscope (Confirm/Ignore; 2011)|work=Cokemachineglow|first=George|last=Bass|date=25 February 2011|accessdate=11 March 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915123747/http://www.cokemachineglow.com/record_review/6030/rizmc-microscope-2011|archivedate=15 September 2012}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Independent'' | rev3score = favorable<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-riz-mc-microscope-confirm--ignore-2198796.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220514/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-riz-mc-microscope-confirm--ignore-2198796.html |archive-date=14 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Album: Riz MC, MICroscope (Confirm / Ignore)|work=The Independent|first=Jermaine|last=Haughton|date=30 January 2011|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Observer'' | rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/jun/17/riz-ahmed-mc-riz-microscope|title=Riz MC: MICroscope – review|work=The Observer|first=Killian|last=Fox|date=17 June 2012|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref> | rev5 = ''NME'' | rev5score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/riz-mc/13308|title=Riz MC - 'Microscope'|work=NME|first=Will|last=Gilgrass|date=12 June 2012|accessdate=10 September 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810183153/http://www.nme.com/reviews/riz-mc/13308|archivedate=10 August 2014}}</ref> | rev6 = ''PopMatters'' | rev6score = {{Rating|7|10}}<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/162115-riz-mc-microscope/|title=Riz MC: MICroscope|work=PopMatters|first=Josh|last=Langhoff|date=14 August 2012|accessdate=10 September 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232233/http://www.popmatters.com/review/162115-riz-mc-microscope/|archivedate=4 March 2016}}</ref> }} 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".<ref name="metacritic"/>
Josh Langhoff of ''PopMatters'' wrote, "The beats by Lazersonic and Redinho churn and pop, squeal and squirm, and Riz tries to take the edge off by cracking jokes."<ref name="popmatters"/> Adam Kennedy of BBC commented that "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."<ref name="bbc2011"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = 2011 original edition | title1 = Radar | length1 = 3:14 | title2 = People Like People | length2 = 3:18 | title3 = Don't Sleep | length3 = 3:52 | title4 = Get on It | length4 = 3:34 | title5 = All in the Ghetto | length5 = 4:09 | title6 = Dark Hearts | length6 = 3:26 | title7 = Bubble Wrapped | length7 = 3:43 | title8 = All of You | length8 = 3:46 | title9 = Hundreds & Thousands | length9 = 2:33 | title10 = Sour Times | length10 = 4:14 | total_length = 35:49 }} {{Track listing | headline = 2012 reissue edition | title1 = Sonic Warfare | note1 = skit 1 | length1 = 1:23 | title2 = Radar | length2 = 3:13 | title3 = People Like People | length3 = 3:17 | title4 = Don't Sleep | length4 = 3:52 | title5 = Sonic Virus | note5 = skit 2 | length5 = 0:54 | title6 = Get on It | length6 = 3:34 | title7 = All in the Ghetto | length7 = 4:10 | title8 = Dark Hearts | length8 = 3:26 | title9 = Sonic Vaccine | note9 = skit 3 | length9 = 1:12 | title10 = Bubble Wrapped | length10 = 3:43 | title11 = All of You | length11 = 3:46 | title12 = The Resistance | note12 = skit 4 | length12 = 0:32 | title13 = Hundreds & Thousands | length13 = 2:36 | title14 = Sour Times | length14 = 4:19 | title15 = Get on It | note15 = True Tiger remix | length15 = 4:43 | title16 = All of You | note16 = Rack 'n' Ruin remix | length16 = 4:07 | title17 = Radar | note17 = Sukh Knight remix | length17 = 4:41 | title18 = Hundreds & Thousands | note18 = Zed Bias remix | length18 = 4:52 | title19 = All of You | note19 = dBridge's sound system mix | length19 = 5:20 | title20 = Hundred & Thousands | note20 = Baobinga jit step remix | length20 = 3:37 | title21 = Dark Hearts | note21 = 30k 30k remix | length21 = 5:07 | title22 = All of You | note22 = featuring Aruba and Plan B | length22 = 3:45 | total_length = 76:09 }}
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==External links== * {{Discogs master|595980|Microscope}}
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Category:2011 debut albums Category:Riz Ahmed albums