{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox album | name = Raskit | type = studio | artist = Dizzee Rascal | cover = Dizzee Rascal - Raskit.png | alt = | released = {{Start date|2017|7|21|df=yes}} | recorded = 2015–2017 | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Grime<ref name="NME" />|hip hop<ref name="The Guardian" />}} | length = 57:19 | label = {{hlist|Dirtee Stank|Island}} | producer = {{hlist|Dizzee Rascal {{small|(also exec.)}}|Cardo|Darkness|Deputy|Dan Farber|Donae'o|Salva|Teddy Samba|The Arcade|The HeavyTrackerz|Wilfred Kouassi|Valentino Khan}} | prev_title = The Fifth | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = Don't Gas Me | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{Singles | name = Raskit | type = studio | single1 = Space<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dizzee-rascal-space-new-album|title=Dizzee Rascal's new single Space is his best work in years|work=GQ|date=16 June 2017|accessdate=22 July 2017}}</ref> | single1date = 16 June 2017 | single2 = Wot U Gonna Do? | single2date = 7 July 2017 | single3 = Bop N Keep It Dippin | single3date = 19 October 2017 | single4 = Ghost | single4date = 5 March 2018 }} }}
'''''Raskit''''' is the sixth studio album by English rapper Dizzee Rascal. It was released on 21 July 2017 by Dirtee Stank Recordings and Island Records. It is his first studio album in four years since ''The Fifth'' (2013).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2017/06/16/dizzee-rascal-new-album-raskit-release-next-month/ |title=Dizzee Rascal's new album Raskit is out next month |work=Fact |date=16 June 2017 |accessdate=17 June 2017}}</ref> It was produced entirely by Dizzee Rascal alongside notable producers such as Cardo, Donae'o, Salva, Teddy Samba, The Arcade, The HeavyTrackerz and Valentino Khan, among others.
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | ADM = 7.1/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anydecentmusic.com/review/8820/Dizzee-Rascal-Raskit.aspx|title=Raskit by Dizzee Rascal reviews|publisher=AnyDecentMusic?|accessdate=27 September 2019}}</ref> | MC = 78/100<ref name="Metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/raskit/dizzee-rascal|title=Reviews and Tracks for RASKIT by Dizzee Rascal|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref> | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Paul|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/raskit-mw0003068415|title=Raskit – Dizzee Rascal|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=27 July 2017}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Financial Times'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Hunter-Tilney|first=Ludovic|url=https://www.ft.com/content/c9964ea4-6a7c-11e7-b9c7-15af748b60d0|title=Dizzee Rascal: Raskit — 'misanthropic sentiments'|work=Financial Times|date=21 July 2017|accessdate=27 September 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref> | rev3 = ''The Guardian'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="The Guardian">{{cite web|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/20/dizzee-rascal-raskit-review-grime-dirtee-stank-island|title=Dizzee Rascal: Raskit review – the grime kingpin reclaims his crown|work=The Guardian|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Independent'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Gill|first=Andy|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-dizzee-rascal-raskit-chris-robinson-brotherhood-cornelius-dan-croll-paul-heato-jacqui-a7850651.html|title=Album reviews: Dizzee Rascal – Raskit, Chris Robinson Brotherhood – Barefoot In The Head, Cornelius – Mellow Waves|work=The Independent|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref> | rev5 = ''Mojo'' | rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Mojo">{{cite web|last=Cowan|first=Andy|url=http://www.mojo4music.com/25630/dizzee-rascal-raskit-album-of-the-week/|title=Dizzee Rascal – Raskit|work=Mojo|date=21 July 2017|accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref> | rev6 = ''NME'' | rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="NME">{{cite web|last=Bassett|first=Jordan|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/dizzee-rascal-raskit-review-nme-2113169|title=Dizzee Rascal – 'Raskit' Review|work=NME|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref> | rev7 = ''The Observer'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Empire|first=Kitty|author-link=Kitty Empire|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/23/dizzee-rascal-raskit-review-back-to-basics|title=Dizzee Rascal: Raskit review – the grime lord returns|work=The Observer|date=23 July 2017|accessdate=26 April 2019}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev8Score = 7.0/10<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Cardew|first=Ben|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/dizzee-rascal-raskit/|title=Dizzee Rascal: Raskit|work=Pitchfork|date=21 July 2017|accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref> | rev9 = ''Q'' | rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite journal|last=Price|first=Simon|title=Turning the Corner|journal=Q|issue=376|date=September 2017|page=112}}</ref> | rev10 = ''The Times'' | rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgkinson|first=Will|author-link=Will Hodgkinson|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/pop-review-dizzee-rascal-raskit-3sljbwfpt|title=Pop review: Dizzee Rascal: Raskit|work=The Times|date=28 July 2017|access-date=21 September 2018|url-access=subscription}}</ref> }}
''Raskit'' received generally favourable reviews from critics upon release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 78, based on 12 reviews.<ref name="Metacritic" /> Ben Cardew of ''Pitchfork'' stated that ''Raskit'' converges grime with hip hop and "retains ''The Fifth'''s deliberately divided identity, with beats that fall between grime’s crude electronic minimalism and trap’s skittering intricacy".<ref name="Pitchfork" /> Jordan Bassett of ''NME'' labelled ''Raskit'' a "brilliant return to grime" for Dizzee Rascal and "hasn’t sounded this vital in years".<ref name="NME" /> Andy Cowan of ''Mojo'' stated: "If 2013’s ''The Fifth'' was a rare, guest-heavy misstep that polished off rough edges to brazenly target a transatlantic audience, ''Raskit'' junks its predecessor’s egregious schmaltz for marauding bass and spartan trap backings."<ref name="Mojo" />
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Raskit'' | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Focus | writer1 = Dylan Mills | extra1 = {{hlist|Darkness|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length1 = 3:26
| title2 = Wot U Gonna Do? | writer2 = {{hlist|Mills|Valentino Khan}} | extra2 = {{hlist|Khan|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length2 = 3:24
| title3 = Space | writer3 = {{hlist|Mills|Salva}} | extra3 = {{hlist|Salva|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length3 = 3:55
| title4 = I Ain't Even Gonna Lie | writer4 = Mills | extra4 = {{hlist|The HeavyTrackerz|Teddy Samba|Wilfred Kouassi|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length4 = 3:29
| title5 = The Other Side | writer5 = {{hlist|Mills|Ronald Latour}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Cardo|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length5 = 3:36
| title6 = Make It Last | writer6 = {{hlist|Mills|Jamil Pierre}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Deputy|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length6 = 3:14
| title7 = Ghost | writer7 = {{hlist|Mills|Dan Farber}} | extra7 = {{hlist|Farber|Dizzee Rascal}} | length7 = 2:59
| title8 = Business Man | writer8 = {{hlist|Mills|Farber}} | extra8 = {{hlist|Farber|Dizzee Rascal}} | length8 = 3:13
| title9 = Bop n' Keep It Dippin | writer9 = {{hlist|Mills|Latour}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Cardo|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length9 = 4:25
| title10 = She Knows What She Wants | writer10 = {{hlist|Mills|Latour}} | extra10 = {{hlist|Cardo|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length10 = 3:23
| title11 = Dummy | writer11 = {{hlist|Mills|Latour}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Cardo|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length11 = 4:22
| title12 = Everything Must Go | writer12 = {{hlist|Mills|Salva}} | extra12 = {{hlist|Salva|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length12 = 3:21
| title13 = Slow Your Roll | writer13 = {{hlist|Mills|Farber}} | extra13 = {{hlist|Farber|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length13 = 3:51
| title14 = Sick a Dis | writer14 = {{hlist|Mills|Ian Greenidge}} | extra14 = {{hlist|Donae'o|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length14 = 3:24
| title15 = Way I Am | writer15 = {{hlist|Mills|Winston Howard|Kurtis Mckenzie|Jon Mills}} | extra15 = {{hlist|The Arcade|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length15 = 3:22
| title16 = Man of the Hour | writer16 = {{hlist|Mills|Latour|Aelpéacha}} | extra16 = {{hlist|Cardo|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}} | length16 = 3:55
| total_length = 57:19 }} '''Notes''' * <sup>{{note|a|[a]}}</sup> signifies an additional producer.
==Personnel== Credits adapted from Tidal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/76263028|title=Raskit / Dizzee Rascal|website=Tidal|accessdate=July 21, 2017}}</ref>
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * Cardo – producer {{small|(track 5, 9–11, 16)}} * Colin Brain – assistant engineer {{small|(track 3, 6, 12, 14)}} * Dan Farber – mixing, producer {{small|(track 7, 8, 13)}} * Darkness – producer {{small|(track 1)}} * Deputy – producer {{small|(track 6)}} * Donae'o – producer {{small|(track 14)}} * Dizzee Rascal – executive producer, mixing, producer {{small|(track 1–16)}} * Jake Gordon – mixing {{small|(track 3, 6, 12, 14)}} * Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas – mixing {{small|(track 1, 4, 5, 9–11, 15–16)}} * Mike Marsh – engineer {{small|(track 1–3)}} * Niko – vocals {{small|(track 15)}} * Salva – producer {{small|(track 3, 12)}}, * Teddy Samba – mixing {{small|(track 4)}}, producer {{small|(track 4)}} * The Arcade – producer {{small|(track 15)}} * The HeavyTrackerz – producer {{small|(track 4)}} * Wilfred Kouassi – producer {{small|(track 4)}} * Valentino Khan – producer {{small|(track 2)}}, engineer, mixer, programmer {{Div col end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Scotland|44|date=20170728|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 July 2017}} |- {{album chart|UK2|10|date=20170728|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 July 2017}} |}
==References== {{reflist}} {{Dizzee Rascal}}
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