# Microscope (album)

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{{redirect|MICroscope|other uses|Microscope (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = Microscope
| type = studio
| artist = [Riz MC](/source/Riz_MC)
| cover = Microscope (album).jpg
| alt = 
| released = {{Start date|2011|01|31|df=yes}}<ref name="apple2011"/>
| recorded = 
| venue = 
| studio = 
| genre = [Hip hop](/source/hip_hop_music)
| length = {{Duration|m=35|s=49}}
| label = Confirm/Ignore<ref name="apple2011"/>
| producer = {{hlist|Lazersonic|[Redinho](/source/Redinho)}}
| prev_title = 
| prev_year = 
| next_title = [The Long Goodbye](/source/The_Long_Goodbye_(Riz_Ahmed_album))
| 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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Metacritic)|publisher=[CBS Interactive](/source/CBS_Interactive)|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev1 = [BBC](/source/BBC)
| rev1score = favorable<ref name="bbc2011">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/w4pn/|title=Riz MC - MICroscope - Review|work=[BBC](/source/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](/source/BBC)|first=Adam|last=Kennedy|date=2012|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Cokemachineglow](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Independent)|first=Jermaine|last=Haughton|date=30 January 2011|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[The Observer](/source/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](/source/The_Observer)|first=Killian|last=Fox|date=17 June 2012|accessdate=10 September 2015}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[NME](/source/NME)''
| rev5score = 6/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/riz-mc/13308|title=Riz MC - 'Microscope'|work=[NME](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Josh_Langhoff) of ''[PopMatters](/source/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](/source/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](/source/True_Tiger) remix
| length15 = 4:43
| title16 = All of You
| note16 = Rack 'n' Ruin remix
| length16 = 4:07
| title17 = Radar
| note17 = [Sukh Knight](/source/Sukh_Knight) remix
| length17 = 4:41
| title18 = Hundreds & Thousands
| note18 = [Zed Bias](/source/Zed_Bias) remix
| length18 = 4:52
| title19 = All of You
| note19 = [dBridge](/source/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](/source/Plan_B_(musician))
| length22 = 3:45
| total_length = 76:09
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|595980|Microscope}}

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Category:2011 debut albums
Category:Riz Ahmed albums

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