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Jan 24, 2025Can’t Rush Greatness is a bold statement, yes, but one that Central Cee does, by and large, live up to.
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Jan 24, 2025Cench is as attentive to the music as the optics surrounding it, and his acumen for both is what makes his debut album a success, and why his reign is likely just getting started.
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Jan 24, 2025While there are moments that lack substance, ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ also provides some of the best music of Cench’s career thus far. Central Cee went into this project carrying the belt of a UK Rap mainstream heavyweight, with ‘Can’t Rush Greatness’ he’s managed to retain that title.
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Jan 24, 2025Central Cee could easily remain hidden behind his signature mystique, but instead tells the story of a boy turned man all while on the world’s stage. No smoke and mirrors, the album is authentically Cench every step of the way.
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Jan 24, 2025It ultimately feels like a very honest, realistic depiction of sudden-onset fame on an unimaginable scale, where, as Limitless puts it: “I’m living in a movie but I can’t press pause.”
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Jan 29, 2025If this is an album about growth and greatness, then it’s the kind you see depicted in charts on an end-of-year earnings report. It is precision engineered to stream big, and all the duller for it.
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Apr 17, 2025The album sees Cench find new collaborations with rising Puerto Rican star Young Miko and grime pioneer Skepta, alongside another link-up with Dave following the pair's number one-charting "Sprinter" in 2023.
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Jan 30, 2025There’s potential across this record, but not consistent greatness.
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Jan 24, 2025A debut that gestures tantalisingly to a different side of Central Cee’s sound but which stays mired in his usual performance.
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Apr 30, 2025The monotonous lack of infection in his voice is prevalent throughout the album, to the point where it sounds like he loses interest in his own words.