# Wiley — Eskimo

Wiley’s Eskimo (2002) appears on 3 of our lists — Grime, The Waxonia Desk — Ghosts, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 3 in Grime. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 2002
- **Label:** Wiley Kat
- **On:** Grime, The Waxonia Desk — Ghosts, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Wiley](https://waxonia.com/artist/wiley/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/wiley--eskimo/

## What 3 lists say

### 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.

### 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.

### 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.

## Listen

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

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