YOUTH

After rolling his flow over steely grime and hip-hop on his 2015 mixtape <i>Junk Food</i>, Patrick Okogwu returns to brighter, poppier climes on his third album as Tinie Tempah. “Something Special” and “Holy Moly” retain <i>Junk Food</i>’s strident beats and belligerent self-belief, but <i>Youth</i> is dizzyingly panoramic and infectious, stretching from Jake Bugg-assisted folk-hop (“Find Me”) to house-pop dressed with a seductive Zara Larsson hook (“Girls Like”). As ever, Okogwu’s swagger is balanced by the self-awareness and humour that make him one of Britain’s most engaging MCs.