# Raskit

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Raskit
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Dizzee Rascal](/source/Dizzee_Rascal)
| cover      = Dizzee Rascal - Raskit.png
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2017|7|21|df=yes}}
| recorded   = 2015–2017
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[Grime](/source/Grime_(music_genre))<ref name="NME" />|[hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)<ref name="The Guardian" />}}
| length     = 57:19
| label      = {{hlist|Dirtee Stank|[Island](/source/Island_Records)}}
| producer   = {{hlist|Dizzee Rascal {{small|(also exec.)}}|[Cardo](/source/Cardo_(record_producer))|Darkness|Deputy|[Dan Farber](/source/Dan_Farber)|[Donae'o](/source/Donae'o)|[Salva](/source/Salva_(music_producer))|Teddy Samba|[The Arcade](/source/The_Arcade_(producers))|[The HeavyTrackerz](/source/The_HeavyTrackerz)|Wilfred Kouassi|[Valentino Khan](/source/Valentino_Khan)}}
| prev_title = [The Fifth](/source/The_Fifth_(Dizzee_Rascal_album))
| 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](/source/Dizzee_Rascal). It was released on 21 July 2017 by Dirtee Stank Recordings and [Island Records](/source/Island_Records). It is his first studio album in four years since ''[The Fifth](/source/The_Fifth_(Dizzee_Rascal_album))'' (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](/source/Fact_(UK_magazine)) |date=16 June 2017 |accessdate=17 June 2017}}</ref> It was produced entirely by Dizzee Rascal alongside notable producers such as [Cardo](/source/Cardo_(record_producer)), [Donae'o](/source/Donae'o), [Salva](/source/Salva_(music_producer)), Teddy Samba, [The Arcade](/source/The_Arcade_(producers)), [The HeavyTrackerz](/source/The_HeavyTrackerz) and [Valentino Khan](/source/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](/source/Metacritic)|accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref>
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/AllMusic)|accessdate=27 July 2017}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[Financial Times](/source/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](/source/Financial_Times)|date=21 July 2017|accessdate=27 September 2019|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[The Guardian](/source/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](/source/The_Guardian)|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[The Independent](/source/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](/source/The_Independent)|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=20 July 2017}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[Mojo](/source/Mojo_(magazine))''
| 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](/source/Mojo_(magazine))|date=21 July 2017|accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[NME](/source/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](/source/NME)|date=20 July 2017|accessdate=18 December 2019}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[The Observer](/source/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](/source/The_Observer)|date=23 July 2017|accessdate=26 April 2019}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))''
| 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](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|date=21 July 2017|accessdate=21 July 2017}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite journal|last=Price|first=Simon|title=Turning the Corner|journal=[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))|issue=376|date=September 2017|page=112}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[The Times](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Metacritic), which assigns a [normalised](/source/standard_score) rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an [average](/source/weighted_arithmetic_mean) score of 78, based on 12 reviews.<ref name="Metacritic" /> Ben Cardew of ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' stated that ''Raskit'' converges grime with hip hop and "retains ''[The Fifth](/source/The_Fifth_(Dizzee_Rascal_album))'''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](/source/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](/source/Mojo_(magazine))'' 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](/source/Dizzee_Rascal)
| extra1 = {{hlist|Darkness|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length1 = 3:26

| title2 = Wot U Gonna Do?
| writer2 = {{hlist|Mills|[Valentino Khan](/source/Valentino_Khan)}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Khan|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length2 = 3:24

| title3 = Space
| writer3 = {{hlist|Mills|[Salva](/source/Salva_(music_producer))}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Salva|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length3 = 3:55

| title4 = I Ain't Even Gonna Lie
| writer4 = Mills
| extra4 = {{hlist|[The HeavyTrackerz](/source/The_HeavyTrackerz)|Teddy Samba|Wilfred Kouassi|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length4 = 3:29

| title5 = The Other Side
| writer5 = {{hlist|Mills|[Ronald Latour](/source/Cardo_(record_producer))}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|[Cardo](/source/Cardo_(record_producer))|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](/source/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](/source/Donae'o)}}
| extra14 = {{hlist|[Donae'o](/source/Donae'o)|Dizzee Rascal{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length14 = 3:24

| title15 = Way I Am
| writer15 = {{hlist|Mills|Winston Howard|[Kurtis Mckenzie](/source/The_Arcade_(producers))|[Jon Mills](/source/The_Arcade_(producers))}}
| extra15 = {{hlist|[The Arcade](/source/The_Arcade_(producers))|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](/source/Tidal_(service)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/76263028|title=Raskit / Dizzee Rascal|website=[Tidal](/source/Tidal_(service))|accessdate=July 21, 2017}}</ref>

{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
* [Cardo](/source/Cardo_(record_producer)) – producer {{small|(track 5, 9–11, 16)}}
* Colin Brain – assistant engineer {{small|(track 3, 6, 12, 14)}}
* [Dan Farber](/source/Dan_Farber) – mixing, producer {{small|(track 7, 8, 13)}}
* Darkness – producer {{small|(track 1)}}
* Deputy – producer {{small|(track 6)}}
* [Donae'o](/source/Donae'o) – producer {{small|(track 14)}}
* [Dizzee Rascal](/source/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](/source/Salva_(music_producer)) – producer {{small|(track 3, 12)}},
* Teddy Samba – mixing {{small|(track 4)}}, producer {{small|(track 4)}}
* [The Arcade](/source/The_Arcade_(producers)) – producer {{small|(track 15)}}
* [The HeavyTrackerz](/source/The_HeavyTrackerz) – producer {{small|(track 4)}}
* Wilfred Kouassi – producer {{small|(track 4)}}
* [Valentino Khan](/source/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}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:2017 albums
Category:Dizzee Rascal albums
Category:Island Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Cardo (record producer)

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