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Cashmere

Swet Shop Boys

Cashmere

Debut LP from Riz Ahmed (Riz MC) and Himanshu Kumar Suri (Heems)

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7.7

Label
Customs
UK Release date
14/10/2016
US Release date
14/10/2016
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  1. 9.1 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    Impressively condensed to under an hour, Cashmere’s thrilling tale of two MCs stands as a worthy achievement indeed
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  2. 9.0 |   Exclaim

    It's hard to find a flaw on this album, quite frankly
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  3. 8.5 |   Beardfood

    Smart, fresh, funny, and it absolutely bangs
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  4. 8.0 |   The FT

    Songs are acerbic about prejudice, from racial profiling at airports to Islamaphobia, set to Redinho’s dynamic mix of South Asian samples and taut beats
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    A dense and lyrically challenging record, as you would expect from two highly intelligent individuals who have lived through the bars they deliver
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  6. 8.0 |   DIY

    It’s funny, it’s clever, it’s cultural, it’s historical, it’s political, it’s chaotic, it’s crisp, it’s irreverent, it’s deep, it’s a beautiful thing, but most of all – it’s really, really fucking good
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  7. 7.5 |   Consequence Of Sound

    That ability to tell stories of varying depth and importance is what rap is really all about, and in that regard, Swet Shop Boys are ascending fast
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  8. 7.4 |   Pitchfork

    Both thought-provoking and genuinely fun
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  9. 7.0 |   Clash

    At times the clash of rhyme and sonic styles is too full or disjointed, sounding like the Boys are still finding their stride and working out how to cram everything in. Plenty here though to be blasted throughout Suburbia
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  10. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    Undeniably complicated but fun
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