Recording

Shutdown
Skepta

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

2015

Label

Boy Better Know

On

Grime and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 09

   Ranked No. 9 in Grime

   Grime as a fully confident export, with the beat still built from almost nothing. Thirteen years after Pulse X, the genre's commercial peak sounds no less austere than its beginning.

2. ·

   Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred

   Thirteen years after grime began, its commercial peak is still built from almost nothing. Total confidence with no additional ingredients.