AOTY 2023

Noughty By Nature

Digga D - Noughty By Nature
Critic Score
Based on 7 reviews
2022 Ratings: #237 / 807
User Score
Based on 85 ratings
2022 Ratings: #892
Liked by 2 people
April 15, 2022 / Release Date
Mixtape / Format
CGM, EGA Records / Label
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CRITIC REVIEWS

90
Clash
The mixtape stays true to his style. Littered with talks of violence, clarting, shanks and opps, Digga D never strays from his ‘trapper’ alter ego.
80
NME

The 21-year-old has laced this mixtape with emotion, crafting a record that, with features from AJ Tracey and Maverick Sabre, challenges what drill can be.

80
The Guardian
Under the circumstances, why would he follow the suggestion to clean up his act? Nothing about Noughty By Nature suggests he needs to, and nothing about it suggests his current success won’t grow.
80
The Telegraph

This is a very good project and will cement Digga D as a force on the pop charts, but if the 21-year-old wants to reach the next level and avoid becoming a pastiche like 50 Cent did, he will need to do more of the unexpected and dig a little deeper into his subconscious when it's time to drop that studio album.

80
The Observer
The demonised drill star’s third mixtape is savage and breathtaking. If only he knock the sexism on the head.
72
Pitchfork
The drill rapper sets juvenile joy against the harshest realities that some of the UK’s young people face, encapsulating the stiff push and pull of street violence.
70
Loud and Quiet
What the mixtape truly misses is a bleeding-together of the different sides of Digga D – a distinct sound that truly encompasses the many qualities of this dynamic young talent.
justchilling21
60

This stuff is fine. Best song is Attention.

LisbonBih
60

NOW THIS IS MUCH MORE LIKE IT!

Digga D's new mixtape...is decent.
I hated and still despise his debut album "Made In The Pyrex" for how lazy and tasteless it is, containing some of the most boring and poorly mixed beats in drill, along with some underwhelming raps.
Noughty by Nature however shows Digga actually caring about his sound. Trying out new flavors but still sticking to his drilling shit.
Some tracks do end up being underwhelming but this is far away better than Made In The ... read more

TheCarioca
67

Intro - 4/5
Alter Ego - 3/5
Load Up - 3/5
Stuck In The Mud - 3/5
Pump 101 - 2/5
Hold It Down - 4/5
What You Reckon - 3/5
Main Road - 3/5
Secret - 3/5
G Lock - 3/5
Statement - 3/5
Addicted - 4/5
Attention - 3/5
Rambo - 3/5
Why - 5/5 ❤
Let it go - 5/5 ❤

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Track List

1Intro
2:02
73
2Alter Ego
2:13
56
3Load Up
3:14
61
4Stuck In The Mud
1:54
58
5Pump 101
2:32
50
6Hold It Down
2:13
61
7What You Reckon
3:25
with B-Lovee
61
8Main Road
3:25
61
9Secret
3:12
60
10G Lock
3:10
63
11Statement
1:43
70
12Addicted
1:55
69
13Attention
2:15
60
14Rambo
2:16
with Hotboii
55
15Why
2:34
78
16Let it go
2:53
75
Total Length: 41 minutes

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