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Alive Till I'm Dead

Professor Green

Alive Till I'm Dead

Debut album from grime MC Stephen Manderson on a label run by Mike Skinner of The Streets

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6.4

Label
Virgin
UK Release date
19/07/2010
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  1. 8.5 |   BBC

    Even if it’s much edgier than Dizzee’s current output, Alive Till I’m Dead is aimed squarely at the pop market. It’s also quite brilliant
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  2. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    This album bounces along on a bed of dubstep, dub reggae and shameless INXS lifts
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  3. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Alive Till I'm Dead grabs you like the first few times you heard The Slim Shady LP. It's familiar but with an electric, unsettling undercurrent. Expect big things from Stephen Paul Manderson
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  4. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Green's inventive rhymes and neat line in self-deprecation – he's usually chasing the girl, rather than vice versa – shine through
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  5. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    When he ditches the novelty chart-fodder, Green emerges as a fine raconteur
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  6. 6.0 |   NME

    The jaunty jack-the-lad of the singles peels away to show a far more disillusioned, aggressive and interesting character. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   Uncut

    His energy and ambition help excuse the odd duff track. Print edition only

  8. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    A rapper with a promising bratty Eminem-style flow (minus the fear and self-loathing) but a tendency to rely heavily on guest vocalists
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  9. 6.0 |   The Independent

    The Prof's a nimble chatter, but there's a tiredness to much of his subject-matter – all that stuff about how terrible life is in London, what a raw deal he's had, his romantic tribulations, etc.
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  10. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    His major-label debut attempts to haul him overground, repositioning him as a more edgy Dizzee Rascal
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    This is purely pop with pretentions to being something more. The occasionally ingenious lyrics reveal this Prof to be far more humble than first appearances would suggest
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  13. 4.0 |   Rave Magazine

    The problem is not that the Professor is “inauthentic,” but that he’s just downright lazy
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  • 1. Kids That Love To Dance (feat. Emeli Sandé) N/A
  • 2. Just Be Good to Green (feat. Lily Allen) N/A
  • 3. I Need You Tonight (feat. Ed Drewett) N/A
  • 4. City Of Gold (feat. Lee Bailey) N/A
  • 5. Oh My God (feat. Labrinth) N/A
  • 6. Jungle (feat. Maverick Sabre) N/A
  • 7. Do For You (feat. Sunny) N/A
  • 8. Falling Down (feat. Lee Bailey) N/A
  • 9. Monster N/A
  • 10. Closing The Door (feat. Fink) N/A
  • 11. Where Do We Go (feat. Shereen Shabanaa) N/A
  • 12. Goodnight N/A
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