Summary from 17 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Wiley's catalog across 12 albums from 17 opinions, with an overall average of 7.7/10. The top-rated Wiley album is Grime Wave (2008) with a 10.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Godfather and The Godfather 3. The discography on Wavelength spans 2004 to 2020. Wearing My Rolex (Radio Edit) ranks as the highest-rated Wiley song on Wavelength with a 9.0/10 average.
Godfather
“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”
The Godfather 3
“If this is Wiley’s concluding chapter to not only his Godfather trilogy but his studio career, then you can’t say that he hasn’t thrown everything at it. The 22-song track list might appear gratuitous at first, reeking of an Ed Sheeran superfluity engineered to generate streams and ambush the charts – but rest assured this is a refreshingly A&R-free zone. The Godfather 3 is instead a self-releas”
Treddin' on Thin Ice
“Emerging from the ranks of low-budget London beatsmiths who subscribe to a post-garage sound called "Eski Beat", Wiley made himself the pirate radio vanguard of his scene, founded the genre's dominant group Roll Deep Crew, and affiliated himself with Dizzee Rascal, the hottest blue-chipper in the game. Now, on his solo debut, he attempts to bring one of the British urban landscape's few legitimate”
100% Publishing (Bonus Track Version)
“Created outside any sort of label system, the UK grime godfather's latest is his first album distributed by Big Dada since 2007's Playtime Is Over.”
The Godfather 3
“After a protracted battle with Stormzy and a scrapped crossover album, the grime veteran regroups and offers what he calls his final album.”
Evolve Or Be Extinct
“It's arguable that even Wiley can't remember every track he's released in the past half-decade, but the grime godfather's new LP is one you should play closer attention to.”
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