**Background** As far as UK Rap acts go, Wretch 32 arguably the country's first to remain consistent in their sound from their underground days to their breakthrough. With a rise to fame which culminated in a #1 single, the Tottenham boy has made himself a template for the nation's up-and-coming Rap talents and how they can capitalise on a new-found acceptance for the recent 'urban' resurgence. "Black and White" acts as his first real debut, although he did put out the "Wretchrospective" album independently in 2008. With it, he includes all of his well-embraced singles and a range of tunes; made to show why he was picked to represent the ...  Read the complete review

Wretch32 is a uk artist who has mainly done UK rap/Grime as of recent years and as more and more people from the underground UK scene seem to be breaking into the charts and becoming more popular i believe that this is what wretch has done here, along with others who did the same recently like Tinie Tempah and Chipmunk. The album features a lot more tracks with a "pop" atmosphere and more gentleness rather than the more aggressive music that he used to make. He also has a lot of features on the track with people who are chart hitters to increase his chances of people listening to him, he has features such as: Ed Sheeran, Chipmunk, Example and ...  Read the complete review

Introduction Jermaine Scott or Wretch 32 as he is better known is an MC and rapper from Tottenham in North London. This was of course where the rioting and looting all started last month after the police killing of a local man, Mark Duggan. He is or was certainly last month, topical and one of his singles (Don't Go) from this album actually made it to number one quite recently. Wretch 32 was born in 1985 and is the son of a reggae DJ and grew up on the Tiverton estate in South Tottenham.His father was actually involved in the Broadwater Farm riot in 1985 . Despite his recent success, he still resides in the notorious Tiverton estate he grew up on.On the ...  Read the complete review