Dizzee Rascal

SYRFox · 07.30.2008, 03:00 PM

I've been really into him this week, I think he's really good. I listened to his three albums - all really good, though the first seems the best for me, despite its weak production. Math and English is really interesting as well, very open minded and with that big bass sound - fantastic. It got me into grime / UK rap as well, so I'm discovering it at the moment.

Any other into him? (I bet so...)

demonrail666 · 07.30.2008, 03:07 PM

It's a cliche to say this, but while I quite like a lot of Grime stuff I hear, I do find it difficult differentiating between artists. I have a handful of compilation CDs and can rarely tell when one group finishes and another starts. As a style it seems quite closed, allowing little space to move within.

07.30.2008, 03:10 PM

he admits that he went with his record labels wishes and made his sound more commercial. if this was a rock artist we'd have shunned him.

he's okay. that's it. the fact my chavvy sister likes it put's me right off.

Glice · 07.30.2008, 03:26 PM

Anyone liking the ratchet is more than welcome to sofaspace in Glice mansions for the rest of time.

Not that his last two albums have been much cop, but he's pretty alright whatever the weather.

07.30.2008, 04:36 PM

stopped following his releases after his first album, which I still love.
also like wiley, his voice is a killer.
all this grime stuff was really interesting, and maybe still is

demonrail666 · 07.30.2008, 04:38 PM

Isn't it only Wire readers, and that cunt in the fiat punto who lives two doors down that still listens to Grime?

All the bad bwois in my hood are gettin jiggy to Husker Du reissues right now.

Glice · 07.30.2008, 05:01 PM

Grime's had a resurgence the last year or so, by my DJ/ 'scene' mates' accounts. For whatever that means. I'm still waiting for the Wire article on skag disco. Actually, the truth of the matter is that I want someone other than my housemate to call the genre 'skag disco', because the 4 12"s he's got of it are amazing.

the ikara cult · 07.30.2008, 09:15 PM

his first album was really worthwhile but since then i think he's had good singles but not much else thats grabbed my attention. I dont particularly know nor care where any "new" "resurgence" "scene" is. If the hot new thing was bullshit when i was 14, then its probably bullshit now.

HaydenAsche · 07.30.2008, 09:32 PM

I don't care for grime.

Until Lil' Wayne does it.

pedestrian · 07.30.2008, 09:38 PM

I want to like Grime... I'm pretty well-versed in hip hop due to an underground phase in my late-teens so I've been looking for something fresh in that relative vein to come along and rekindle that romance. it won't be Grime, though. I just can't get into this stuff (even if Def Jux does co-sign Dizee).

Everyneurotic · 07.30.2008, 11:11 PM

dizzee, at least on record, is terrible; didn't see the difference between him and kanye west.

_slavo_ · 07.31.2008, 02:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC0ZFJAuGEw

spittin'

SYRFox · 12.23.2009, 09:06 AM

His new album is so fucking terrible it hurts. Worst thing is that this track with Tiesto isn't even the worst. Atrocious.

Derek · 12.23.2009, 09:46 AM

Yeah. It's fair to say the guy will never make anything a quarter as good as Boy In Da Corner.

loubarret · 12.23.2009, 10:49 AM

seriously I heard loads of dissapointing/bad albums this year but this one takes the crown.

noisereductions · 12.23.2009, 11:00 AM

I can't get into Grime.

SYRFox · 12.23.2009, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek

Yeah. It's fair to say the guy will never make anything a quarter as good as Boy In Da Corner.

I think Showtime is better than Boy In Da Corner.
The third one wasn't too bad either. But that new one is one of the most awful things I've heard all year.

The Earl Of Slander · 12.23.2009, 04:46 PM

Well, at the very least, Fix Up Look Sharp is one of the best singles of the decade.

Massassinated · 12.24.2009, 08:48 AM

Love Boy in da corner. Don't care for the 2 following albums, haven't listened to the last one.

I'd like to enjoy more things in grime, but what I've listened to outside BidC is just meh to my ears (just like in dubstep outside Burial). Recs are welcome.

noisereductions · 12.24.2009, 08:51 AM

grime-wise, I've only heard Dizzee and The Streets. And in both cases I just didn't really get it.

07.30.2008, 03:00 PM	#1
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	I've been really into him this week, I think he's really good. I listened to his three albums - all really good, though the first seems the best for me, despite its weak production. Math and English is really interesting as well, very open minded and with that big bass sound - fantastic. It got me into grime / UK rap as well, so I'm discovering it at the moment. Any other into him? (I bet so...)
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07.30.2008, 03:07 PM	#2
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	It's a cliche to say this, but while I quite like a lot of Grime stuff I hear, I do find it difficult differentiating between artists. I have a handful of compilation CDs and can rarely tell when one group finishes and another starts. As a style it seems quite closed, allowing little space to move within.
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07.30.2008, 03:10 PM	#3
vegans4veal Posts: n/a	he admits that he went with his record labels wishes and made his sound more commercial. if this was a rock artist we'd have shunned him. he's okay. that's it. the fact my chavvy sister likes it put's me right off.
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07.30.2008, 04:36 PM	#5
al shabbray Posts: n/a	stopped following his releases after his first album, which I still love. also like wiley, his voice is a killer. all this grime stuff was really interesting, and maybe still is
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07.30.2008, 04:38 PM	#6
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Isn't it only Wire readers, and that cunt in the fiat punto who lives two doors down that still listens to Grime? All the bad bwois in my hood are gettin jiggy to Husker Du reissues right now.
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07.30.2008, 09:15 PM	#8
the ikara cult invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London sink Posts: 4,576	his first album was really worthwhile but since then i think he's had good singles but not much else thats grabbed my attention. I dont particularly know nor care where any "new" "resurgence" "scene" is. If the hot new thing was bullshit when i was 14, then its probably bullshit now. __________________ "It is absolutely ridiculous, they are behaving like a cult" - The Vatican
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07.30.2008, 09:32 PM	#9
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I don't care for grime. Until Lil' Wayne does it.
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07.30.2008, 09:38 PM	#10
pedestrian little trouble girl Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: VA Posts: 64	I want to like Grime... I'm pretty well-versed in hip hop due to an underground phase in my late-teens so I've been looking for something fresh in that relative vein to come along and rekindle that romance. it won't be Grime, though. I just can't get into this stuff (even if Def Jux does co-sign Dizee).
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07.30.2008, 11:11 PM	#11
Everyneurotic invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 15,713	dizzee, at least on record, is terrible; didn't see the difference between him and kanye west. __________________ Richard Clayderman found alive and still bland! Repo Man has all night! Photographic evidence of Monosodic's existance! New Kiddieriot shit after all! Never too late to share fave rex from the year before! David Keenan is a douchebag! Ron Asheton missed!
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07.31.2008, 02:03 AM	#12
_slavo_ invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ðîññèÿ Posts: 10,912	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC0ZFJAuGEw spittin' __________________ you're the boy that can enjoy invisibility
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12.23.2009, 09:06 AM	#13
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	His new album is so fucking terrible it hurts. Worst thing is that this track with Tiesto isn't even the worst. Atrocious.
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12.23.2009, 09:46 AM	#14
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Yeah. It's fair to say the guy will never make anything a quarter as good as Boy In Da Corner.
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12.23.2009, 10:49 AM	#15
loubarret expwy. to yr skull Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Dutch suburbs Posts: 1,573	seriously I heard loads of dissapointing/bad albums this year but this one takes the crown.
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12.23.2009, 11:00 AM	#16
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I can't get into Grime. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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12.23.2009, 04:46 PM	#18
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Well, at the very least, Fix Up Look Sharp is one of the best singles of the decade. __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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12.24.2009, 08:48 AM	#19
Massassinated bad moon rising Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Paris Posts: 138	Love Boy in da corner. Don't care for the 2 following albums, haven't listened to the last one. I'd like to enjoy more things in grime, but what I've listened to outside BidC is just meh to my ears (just like in dubstep outside Burial). Recs are welcome. __________________ I can't tell if it's yesterday or tomorrow and it's a real mindfuck
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12.24.2009, 08:51 AM	#20
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	grime-wise, I've only heard Dizzee and The Streets. And in both cases I just didn't really get it. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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