By rights, grime should be well and truly dead, a musical genre consigned to the history books, like dubstep and witch house. But Godfather sounds fresh and focused at every turn. At times, it sounds like Wiley's rapping from the top of a jet engine, ready for take-off. Speakerbox is all woozy synths and wrapped rhythms, while Can't Go Wrong makes you want to glove up and punch something. It amounts to the most thrilling album released in 2017, and it's one that's going to be hard to top.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 25, 2017 17:00 UTC