No rest for the wickedest - Wiley drops his 2nd album for Big Dada only 6 months after his '100% Publishing' episode! Again, it's almost an entire gesamtkunstwerk; with the exception of a Mark Pritchard beat on final cut 'This Is Just An Album', Richard Cowie accounts for all production and lyrics, and let's be fair, you wouldn't expect any less. 'Evolve or be Extinct' is already being touted as his best record in years, and while time will surely tell, we should confirm its merits are manifold and plenty, conducted with a stream-of-conscious cheek and clarity and a coherency of production that's just compelling from end-to-end. The lead single 'Link Up' already slipped out a few months back and the brilliant 'I'm Skanking' has become a bit of a youtube sensation, but the other 12 tracks are all brand new and largely unheard, from the red-eyed and bleepy bashment of 'I'm A Weirdo', to hybrid electro-grime on 'Scar' thru the hilarious observations of 'Can I Have A Taxi Please?' and 'Customs', or the sparse soca shimmy of 'Miss You' and the grinding flex of 'Immigration'.
