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Tinie Tempah

Demonstration

The Brit award winning rapper releases album number 2, said to feature a more electronic feel that its predecessor

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6.1

Label
Parlophone
UK Release date
04/11/2013
US Release date
12/11/2013
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  1. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Sonically, he's plumped for stark electronics that recall his teen years as a grime MC
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  2. 8.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Every now and then you get a glimpse of a deeper and more thoughtful artist attempting to balance commercial clout with something more artistically ambitious
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  3. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    An album full of hits, humour and heart: Tinie can only get bigger
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    There's a charismatic quirkiness to Tinie that makes him an artist apart from his contemporaries. Print edition only

  5. 6.0 |   State

    As Rudimental and Labrinth have proved of late, you can sell records and make smart, cool music at the same time. Next to them, much of Tempah’s second album sounds boorish, tiresome and tasteless
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  6. 6.0 |   The Irish Times

    This record seems like a demonstration of style rather than substance
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  7. 6.0 |   The Observer

    Some of the fresh-faced charm has gone, but he is sounding more like a bona fide star
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  8. 6.0 |   The Independent

    There are enough decent moments to call Demonstration a success, not least the Diplo-produced "Trampoline"
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  9. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    It's a solid, individual pop album with a decent underground undercurrent. But lyrically it all feels just a little bit jaded
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  10. 6.0 |   NME

    To be clear, the good outweighs the bad here, but Tinie has lost a lot of the charm that, when he turns it on, makes him so appealing
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  11. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Suffers from an overbearing sense of its own importance. Print edition only

  12. 5.0 |   musicOMH

    This follow-up release is middle-of-the-road enough to have the broadest of appeals
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  13. 4.0 |   Time Out

    Lucky for him, the south London lad has enough people duped to keep him on top. It just goes to show what you can wangle with a nice shirt and a little help from your friends
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  14. 4.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Musically, it feels efficient but mostly obvious and lyrically, mostly jarring
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