Antoin Gibsonโs โDiss Qualification,โ released on October 1st, 2025 via Circum-Sลnus, is a firecracker of political defiance and rebellion in the armor of razor-edged UK rap. After the success of FlexAble, Diss Topia, and Serene Despair, Gibson returns sharper than ever, refusing to mince words or play by the systemโs rules. Drawing inspiration from her own frustration with academia and bureaucracy, having to โgo backwardโ to return to undergraduate study, she channels that disillusionment into a blistering rap manifesto that calls out hypocrisy, privilege, and institutional rot on both local and global scales.
The track opens with a haunting, atmospheric hum and a glitzy rhythm section setting the stage before Gibson swoops in. Her flow is cool, clipped, as it brims with disdain. Each line lands like a precise, incisive, controlled blade fueled by unfiltered rage. Her diction is crystalline, slicing through the beat as she dismantles social hierarchies with surgical poise. At one point, she shocks me as she spits, โPutting them in charge of buttons to nuke would be more strategic / Then we wouldnโt be at a point in time where genocide is happening in the here and now,โ She showcases an immense amount of courage in these lines, by going against the censor police without fearing for her career, just to highlight the geopolitical injustice, especially the ongoing genocide currently going on in Gaza. A very brave woman, indeed.
She raps not for applause but for awakening, exposing the absurdity of a world where โyou must spend paper to get paper to make paper to spend.โ The wordplay is biting, the metaphors multilayered, and the message unmistakable: Gibson is done playing by anyoneโs rules.
โDiss Qualificationโ is a declaration of war on complacency, hypocrisy, and the hollow machinery of modern life.
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Review by: Naomi Joan