“Kano's Hoodies All Summer proves once more that he's among the UK's most versatile, powerful artists”
“Is the best rap/rap-adjacent album of the year? It's definitely a contender. Is it the most important album of the year? Probably. Should you be listening to it right now? Without question. ”
“It’s rare that you come across an album which has so much purpose and intent behind it, but Hoodies All Summer is one of them: it’s about “the directness, the urgency about it, the no-bullshitting […] [Made In The Manor] was about me, this album is about ‘us’.” The country’s neglect of marginalised people is a clear concern, but in turning his sight outwards Kano’s also made an intensely personal”
“Next month, cult drama Top Boy will return to Netflix. The show, which started in 2011 on Channel 4, is a moving portrayal of life in the fictional Summerhouse estate in Hackney and become a crucial voice in British culture ever since. The same can be said about one of the show’s lead actors, Kano. Since the grime star marked his arrival with seminal debut ‘Home Sweet Home’ in 2006, his six album”
“Anyone doubting grime’s assurance as an art form needs to watch the engrossing short film that accompanies two tracks from Kano’s comeback album, three years on from his Mercury-nominated, Mobo-winning Made in the Manor. Trouble is a deceptively nostalgic tune about living in an everyday war zone that samples the late campaigner Darcus Howe, while Class of Deja finds Kano going head-to-head with v”
