Skepta - Ignorance is Bliss review | Ben Beaumont-Thomas's album of the week

The Guardian 80

(Boy Better Know)
Expectations are high after the Mercury-winning Konnichiwa, but Skepta’s flow ensures this follow up is a sensual pleasure

Any rock band worth their leathers will at some point grandly declare that they will never record, tour, or speak to the bassist ever again after what happened in that sushi restaurant bathroom, but then reverse the decision a few years later. It channels one of music’s ancient energies: the comeback. Contentedly releasing an album every year doesn’t cut through the pop cultural noise – we want our stars to rise, fall so as to demonstrate their relatable humanity, and then rise again, in the neat three-act structure beloved of the recent rash of music biopics.