Skepta’s ‘Fork and Knife’ Tracklist Includes an Asake Collaboration

Skepta’s 15-track album The Fork and Knife is due on 6 November, and its newly circulated tracklist gives Nigerian listeners a clear reason to look twice: Asake appears on “Aloe Vera,” listed as track 10. The pairing links the British grime star with one of Afrobeats’ most recognisable contemporary voices, placing a cross-border collaboration among the album’s headline details.

The tracklist was shared on 25 October, ahead of the album’s release next week. Nigerian music outlets HypeTribe and BellaNaija both reported the Asake feature. The project is presented as a 15-song set; no release-day streaming numbers or chart projections are available yet, and the collaboration’s sound cannot be judged from a title alone.

A collaboration with a clear audience bridge

Skepta has built a career across grime, rap and fashion, while Asake’s rise has been closely tied to Yoruba-inflected Afrobeats and high-energy live performance. Their audiences overlap through the global reach of African and British urban music, but the two artists arrive with distinct musical languages. “Aloe Vera” will show how the album handles that meeting once the track can be heard in full.

The collaboration also reflects a wider pattern in contemporary music: artists increasingly treat national borders as starting points for creative exchange. That does not make every feature a cultural milestone. The value of this one will depend on the song itself—how the performers share space, whether their styles are integrated with care, and what the finished track adds to each artist’s catalogue.

What is known before release

For now, the confirmed details are limited but useful. The Fork and Knife has 15 tracks, an announced release date of 6 November, and a tracklist that includes Asake on “Aloe Vera.” The reports also note a visual presentation tied to a map of Nigeria, giving the announcement a local point of reference for the collaboration. No full track-by-track descriptions or official sales figures were part of the coverage reviewed for this story.

The week before release is when anticipation can grow faster than evidence. Fans may speculate about the production, lyrics or guest appearances, but those remain unknown until the music arrives. ASTRA Planet will assess the collaboration on the released recording rather than infer its character from the pairing alone.

The tracklist gives fans a sequence and a guest name, but it cannot reveal the sound or role of “Aloe Vera” within the album. Its placement at number 10 may encourage listeners to look for connections with the surrounding tracks; without hearing the record, however, any account of its mood or narrative would be guesswork. The song will have to make its own case when the album arrives.

The Nigerian visual reference noted by local coverage gives the announcement an added point of conversation, but its meaning should not be assigned without a statement from Skepta or his team. The Asake feature is the verifiable link; the music and the image will supply more context once released. Keeping those lines clear matters in a week when fan theories can easily travel faster than the track itself.

With the album arriving on 6 November, “Aloe Vera” is likely to be among the first tracks listeners seek out. Whether it becomes a standout will be decided by the music, not the guest list. Until then, the announcement marks a notable Nigerian–British link on a project designed to reach audiences across both scenes. ASTRA will return to the record once listeners can hear the track.

Sources: HypeTribe, 26 October 2026; BellaNaija, 26 October 2026. See ASTRA’s Music coverage.

Featured image: Skepta photographed in 2019. Photo by 3voor12 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0; resized for web.