{"id":2389302,"date":"2026-04-25T22:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2389302"},"modified":"2026-04-25T22:51:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T22:51:05","slug":"skepta-releases-new-ep-mas-tiempo-vol-2-says-hes-adding-the-finishing-touches-to-celebratory-new-album-fork-and-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/skepta-releases-new-ep-mas-tiempo-vol-2-says-hes-adding-the-finishing-touches-to-celebratory-new-album-fork-and-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"Skepta releases new EP &#8216;M\u00e1s Tiempo Vol. 2&#8217;, says he&#8217;s &#8220;adding the finishing touches&#8221; to &#8220;celebratory&#8221; new album &#8216;Fork And Knife&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/skepta\">Skepta<\/a>\u00a0has released a new EP \u2018M\u00e1s Tiempo Vol. 2\u2019 and revealed he is putting \u201cfinishing touches\u201d on his new album \u2018Fork\u00a0And\u00a0Knife\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Tottenham MC has not released a full-length record since 2019\u2019s \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/skepta-ignorance-is-bliss-review-2503032\">Ignorance Is Bliss<\/a>\u2019, and while \u2018Fork\u00a0And\u00a0Knife\u2019 does not yet have a release date,\u00a0it would appear that it\u00a0is on its way soon.<\/p>\n<p>For now, he has released the house-influenced three-track EP \u2018M\u00e1s Tiempo Vol. 2\u2019\u00a0via his own label M\u00e1s Tiempo. Made up of \u2018Do It SK\u2019,\u00a0\u2018The Whistle Tune\u2019 and \u2018Play Me Right\u2019,\u00a0it sees Skepta making music designed for the\u00a0dancefloor, in preparation for his summer-long residency at the Club Room in H\u00ef Ibiza, where he will be playing every Saturday for\u00a023 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the new tracks here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Do It SK\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lDEtWZgK2DU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Whistle Tune\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s0shxkZyx_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Play Me Right\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fH-64OJgdZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Skepta has also given an interview to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/uk\/culture\/a70995866\/skepta-interview-april-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Esquire UK<\/em><\/a>, in which he has given a major update on his new album, \u2018Fork\u00a0And\u00a0Knife\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeventeen tracks are chosen now,\u201d he said. \u201cA lot of the stuff on there is music I\u2019ve made travelling the world, booking studios here and there when I can. A lot of it has that celebratory energy I get when I\u2019m travelling. Now I\u2019m just adding the finishing touches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has also revealed that he wants the record to cover some serious topics, too. \u201cAs well as the celebratory music, I want some conscious stuff on there too. Especially right now\u2026 I feel like it\u2019s an important time to be saying things and not bringing out an album that\u2019s tone-deaf to the world. So, I\u2019m adding some depth. There\u2019s a lot of party music on there. I\u2019m essentially a festival artist, so I make music for shows and clubs. I\u2019m just making sure I cover all ground and speak for the voiceless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the record\u2019s title, he added:\u00a0\u201cThe whole idea behind\u00a0\u2018Fork and Knife\u2019\u00a0is about being a child of immigrants\u00a0\u2013\u00a0that\u00a0simple ambition of wanting to eat well and sit at the table with cutlery. That was the inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skepta discusses his collaboration with The 1975 at the Brit Awards 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3pe3c-2ju3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In addition to the Ibiza residency,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/reading-leeds-2026-line-up-headliners-announced-poster-tickets-3914124\">Skepta has also been announced for this year\u2019s Reading &amp; Leeds Festival<\/a>, and he is also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/parklife-2026-check-out-the-full-line-up-for-stacked-manchester-festival-buy-tickets-3924753\">one of the headliners for this year\u2019s Parklife in Manchester<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2018Ignorance Is Bliss\u2019 is his last album, he did release an EP collaboration with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/fred-again\">Fred Again..<\/a>\u00a0last summer, including \u2018Victory Lap\u2019,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/lists\/end-of-year\/best-songs-2025-3912937\">which made\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u2019s list of the 50 best songs of 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/skepta-ignorance-is-bliss-review-2503032\"><i>NME\u00a0<\/i>gave \u2018Ignorance Is Bliss\u2019 four stars<\/a>, writing: \u201cSo although album five lacks the narrative that made \u2018Konnichiwa\u2019 so compelling (a victory lap for grime\u2019s commercial renaissance, it also reasserted his DIY credentials), this sounds like a record from a rapper with gallons of creative juice in the tank.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skepta\u00a0has released a new EP \u2018M\u00e1s Tiempo Vol. 2\u2019 and revealed he is putting \u201cfinishing touches\u201d on his new album \u2018Fork\u00a0And\u00a0Knife\u2019. 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