Microscope (album)

Microscope
Studio album by Riz MC
Released 18 June 2012 (2012-06-18)
Genre Hip hop
Length 76:09
Label Tru Thoughts
Producer Lazersonic, Redinho
Singles from Microscope
  1. "Radar"
    Released: 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBCfavorable[2][3]
The Guardian[4]
The Independentfavorable[5]
NME6/10[6]
PopMatters[7]

Microscope (stylized as MICroscope) is the first studio album by British rapper Riz MC.[7] Originally released digitally in 2011, it was re-released on Tru Thoughts on 18 June 2012.[7]

Reception

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".[1]

Josh Langhoff of PopMatters gave the album 7 stars out of 10, saying: "The beats by Lazersonic and Redinho churn and pop, squeal and squirm, and Riz tries to take the edge off by cracking jokes."[7] Adam Kennedy of BBC said, "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."[2]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Sonic Warfare (Skit 1)"1:23
2."Radar"3:13
3."People Like People"3:17
4."Don't Sleep"3:52
5."Sonic Virus (Skit 2)"0:54
6."Get on It"3:34
7."All in the Ghetto"4:10
8."Dark Hearts"3:26
9."Sonic Vaccine (Skit 3)"1:12
10."Bubble Wrapped"3:43
11."All of You"3:46
12."The Resistance (Skit 4)"0:32
13."Hundreds & Thousands"2:36
14."Sour Times"4:19
15."Get on It (True Tiger Remix)" (bonus track)4:43
16."All of You (Rack 'n' Ruin Remix)" (bonus track)4:07
17."Radar (Sukh Knight Remix)" (bonus track)4:41
18."Hundreds & Thousands (Zed Bias Remix)" (bonus track)4:52
19."All of You (dBridge's Sound System Mix)" (bonus track)5:20
20."Hundred & Thousands (Baobinga Jit Step Remix)" (bonus track)3:37
21."Dark Hearts (30k 30k Remix)" (bonus track)5:07
22."All of You (featuring Aruba and Plan B)" (bonus track)3:45

References

  1. 1 2 "Microscope by Riz MC". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Kennedy, Adam (2011). "Riz MC - MICroscope - Review". BBC. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  3. Kennedy, Adam (2012). "Riz MC - MICroscope - Review". BBC. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  4. Fox, Killian (June 17, 2012). "Riz MC: MICroscope – review". The Guardian. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  5. Haughton, Jermaine (January 30, 2011). "Album: Riz MC, MICroscope (Confirm / Ignore)". The Independent. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  6. Gilgrass, Will (June 12, 2012). "Riz MC - 'Microscope'". NME. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Langhoff, Josh (August 14, 2012). "Riz MC: MICroscope". PopMatters. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
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