Microscope (album)

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Microscope
Studio album by
Riz MC
Released31 January 2011 (2011-01-31)[1]
GenreHip hop
Length35:49
LabelConfirm/Ignore[1]
Producer
Riz MC chronology
Microscope
(2011) 		The Long Goodbye
(2020)
Singles from Microscope
  1. "Radar"
    Released: 2008

Microscope (stylized as MICroscope) is the debut studio album by Riz Ahmed, released under the moniker Riz MC.[2] It was originally released on 31 January 2011.[1] It was re-released on Tru Thoughts on 18 June 2012.[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic74/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
BBCfavorable[5][6]
Cokemachineglow83%[7]
The Independentfavorable[8]
The Observer[9]
NME6/10[10]
PopMatters[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]

Josh Langhoff of PopMatters wrote, "The beats by Lazersonic and Redinho churn and pop, squeal and squirm, and Riz tries to take the edge off by cracking jokes."[11] Adam Kennedy of BBC commented that "while his flow isn't the most natural on the block, the warts'n'all streams of consciousness refuse to exclude anything on his mind."[5]

Track listing[edit]

2011 original edition
No.TitleLength
1."Radar"3:14
2."People Like People"3:18
3."Don't Sleep"3:52
4."Get on It"3:34
5."All in the Ghetto"4:09
6."Dark Hearts"3:26
7."Bubble Wrapped"3:43
8."All of You"3:46
9."Hundreds & Thousands"2:33
10."Sour Times"4:14
Total length:35:49
2012 reissue edition
No.TitleLength
1."Sonic Warfare" (skit 1)1:23
2."Radar"3:13
3."People Like People"3:17
4."Don't Sleep"3:52
5."Sonic Virus" (skit 2)0:54
6."Get on It"3:34
7."All in the Ghetto"4:10
8."Dark Hearts"3:26
9."Sonic Vaccine" (skit 3)1:12
10."Bubble Wrapped"3:43
11."All of You"3:46
12."The Resistance" (skit 4)0:32
13."Hundreds & Thousands"2:36
14."Sour Times"4:19
15."Get on It" (True Tiger remix)4:43
16."All of You" (Rack 'n' Ruin remix)4:07
17."Radar" (Sukh Knight remix)4:41
18."Hundreds & Thousands" (Zed Bias remix)4:52
19."All of You" (dBridge's sound system mix)5:20
20."Hundred & Thousands" (Baobinga jit step remix)3:37
21."Dark Hearts" (30k 30k remix)5:07
22."All of You" (featuring Aruba and Plan B)3:45
Total length:76:09

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "MICroscope by Riz MC". iTunes. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Riz MC". Tru Thoughts. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  3. ^ "MICroscope". Tru Thoughts. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Microscope by Riz MC". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  5. ^ a b Kennedy, Adam (2011). "Riz MC - MICroscope - Review". BBC. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Adam (2012). "Riz MC - MICroscope - Review". BBC. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  7. ^ Bass, George (25 February 2011). "Riz MC: MICroscope (Confirm/Ignore; 2011)". Cokemachineglow. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ Haughton, Jermaine (30 January 2011). "Album: Riz MC, MICroscope (Confirm / Ignore)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  9. ^ Fox, Killian (17 June 2012). "Riz MC: MICroscope – review". The Observer. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  10. ^ Gilgrass, Will (12 June 2012). "Riz MC - 'Microscope'". NME. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  11. ^ a b Langhoff, Josh (14 August 2012). "Riz MC: MICroscope". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

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