# Wiley — Every Record We Rank

Wiley appears 4 times in our Grime, The Waxonia Desk — Ghosts, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 4
- **Appears on:** Grime, The Waxonia Desk — Ghosts, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Years:** 2002–2004
- **Highest placing:** No. 3 in Grime
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/wiley/

## Appears on

### [Eskimo](https://waxonia.com/track/wiley--eskimo/)

*2002 · Wiley Kat · No. 3 in [Grime](https://waxonia.com/genre/grime/)*

The instrumental that named a subgenre and set the emotional temperature: cold, hollow, and deliberately unwelcoming. Wiley's whole theory of the music is audible in ninety seconds.

Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — Ghosts](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-ghosts/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Wiley%20Eskimo) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=u3rWH9pWkVQ)

### [Wot Do U Call It?](https://waxonia.com/track/wiley--wot-do-u-call-it/)

*2004 · XL · No. 6 in [Grime](https://waxonia.com/genre/grime/)*

A single whose entire subject is the argument about what to call this music. Wiley refuses garage, refuses urban, and in refusing them names the thing by negation.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Wiley%20Wot%20Do%20U%20Call%20It%3F) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=tvCaWKqyKjg)

### [Eskimo](https://waxonia.com/track/wiley--eskimo/)

*2002 · Wiley Kat · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Ghosts](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-ghosts/)*

The coldest record here and the one with the least obvious Jamaican inheritance. It earns its place by testing the line: grime keeps the sound system and throws the warmth away.

Also on: [Grime](https://waxonia.com/genre/grime/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Wiley%20Eskimo) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=u3rWH9pWkVQ)

### [Eskimo](https://waxonia.com/track/wiley--eskimo/)

*2002 · Wiley Kat · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)*

Cold, hollow and deliberately unwelcoming. An entire scene's emotional temperature set by one instrumental in ninety seconds.

Also on: [Grime](https://waxonia.com/genre/grime/), [The Waxonia Desk — Ghosts](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-ghosts/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Wiley%20Eskimo) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=u3rWH9pWkVQ)

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