Skepta releases long awaited new album ‘The Fork And Knife’

Skepta has today released his highly anticipated new album, The Fork and Knife, via Big Smoke/Epic Records. 

Spanning 15 tracks, the project brings together an expansive line-up of collaborators across rap, grime, electronic music and beyond, including Asake, Aya Nakamura, Central Cee, Chase & Status, Finessekid, Jorja Smith, Queenie, Novelist, Fred again.., Project Pat, Suggs, JME, Frisco, Kibo, PlaqueboyMax, Bossman Birdie, Mayhem NODB and Kruz Leone.

The visual world of The Fork and Knife draws on 1980s Nigerian-British imagery, football culture and documentary realism, connecting the history of the Windrush generation with the energy and reality of modern London.

Rooted in the sounds, energy and culture of contemporary Britain, while looking firmly beyond its borders, The Fork and Knife draws on Skepta’s decades spent immersed in sound systems, clubs and rave spaces. 

Listen to The Fork and Knife here.