Wiley is set to release his new album ‘Evolve Or Be Extinct’ through Big Dada on January 19th.

After ten years in the game, you could forgive Wiley for taking it easy. Yet in the past 12 months the rapper has released two full length albums, with his third – ‘Evolve Or Be Extinct’ – linger on the release schedules.

Now signed to Big Dada, ‘100% Publishing’ was a solid return. Followed by a free download collection, Wiley has clearly entered another furiously creative phase in his career.

‘Evolve Or Be Extinct’ is set to be released on January 19th, with Big Dada handling the album. The imprint are clearly delighted with the results – the usually sedate press release labels it the finest of his career to date.

Only a few weeks until the public can analyse that claim, with January 19th doubling up as Wiley’s birthday. Actually a Thursday (the rapper insisted on the album coming out on this date) the release contains some unexpected decisions.

‘Evolve Or Be Extinct’ comes equipped with an eight track bonus CD while one song – ‘Customs’ – is a capella.

Alongside the release, Wiley has confirmed plans for a lengthy UK tour. Check out the tracklisting below, before finding the full list of dates after the jump…

1. Welcome to Zion (prod by Wiley)
2. Evolve or be Extinct (prod by Wiley)
3. Link Up (prod by Nana Rogues)
4. Boom Blast (prod by Most Wanted Mega)
5. I’m Skanking (prod by Wiley)
6. Weirdo (prod by Rymez)
7. Scar (prod by Mark Pritchard)
8. Can I have a taxi please? (prod by Wiley)
9. Miss You (prod by Wiley)
10. Money Man (prod by Mark Pritchard)
11. Customs (prod by Wiley)
12. Immigration (prod by Wiley)
13. Only Human feat. Kashtastic (prod by Wiley)
14. This is Just an Album (prod by Wiley)

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Wiley has confirmed the following shows:

January
20 Norwich Waterfront
21 Manchester HMV
22 Coventry Kasbah
23 Glasgow ABC2
25 Edinburgh HMV
26 Middlesboro Empire
27 Birmingham Institute
28 Liverpool Masque
30 Brighton Concorde
31 Swansea Sin City