“Just one of the laugh-out-loud lyrics on grime kingpin Wiley’s booming, swaggering, long-awaited new album: “I’m not a lager lout / But I’m still throwing bars about”. The whole album is stuffed with similarly brilliant gags and one-liners – including a joke about George Best, leading you to wonder just how long the east London rapper has been working on ‘Godfather’. His 11th studio album was ori”
“Finally embracing the nickname he largely disclaimed, Wiley returns with what could be his final studio album. On Godfather, the grime pioneer is lyrically nimble and confident in his delivery, trading sharp rhymes with a slew of guests including JME, Skepta and Devlin. Although he's dabbled in more commercial sounds on past albums, the beats on Godfather are a return to the super regional grime t”
