― martin (martin), Thursday, 5 June 2003 15:53 (twenty years ago) link
i've listened to it about 40 times since i got hold of a copy last week. it gets better with every listen.
― Chris Houghton (chrish), Thursday, 5 June 2003 16:34 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 5 June 2003 16:48 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 5 June 2003 16:49 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 5 June 2003 16:51 (twenty years ago) link
a good thing about this album is it will establish him as an amazing producer.
everyone knows I Luv U but it was made about two years ago. people slate it because it sounds raw [ except that's why i like it...] but the LP will surprise people, musically.
and there's such insane lyrics & slang on it. anyone know what 'dis one strictly for pitneys' is about?
― martin (martin), Thursday, 5 June 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 5 June 2003 17:02 (twenty years ago) link
― martin (martin), Thursday, 5 June 2003 17:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Thursday, 5 June 2003 17:38 (twenty years ago) link
― martin (martin), Thursday, 5 June 2003 17:57 (twenty years ago) link
i'm not sure. it will and it won't. the metal-on-metal bass sounds and D's voice on i luv you are the general constants. i think what will surprise people though is the depth of the production and breadth of the lyrics. and i don't mean that in an asian dub foundation we-must-now-write a bad song about ASYLUM "issues" way. i mean in the sense that there's far more going on in his head than the single and the stuff on p2p suggest. he's not a thug rapper. he is a thug rapper. he goes on about beating and robbing people BUT the tracks that bookend it are so fucking sad, complete conor oberst emo-boy pathos but without the bad hair and lame guitars (phew). like the bit where he goes on about wanting to go to sleep and never wake up again b/c he's so miserable with his life - after almost an hour of going on about how great he is. i'm simplifying, and it's a bit protest too much, but it's so refreshing to get that vulnerability from a rapper who also sounds so fresh and makes such awesome noises. the only upsetting thing about it is that the track i downloaded that had the "i ain't gonna lie / i ain't got a six pack / i got a bad temper and a baseball bat" line on it didn't get an update.
and he was born in 1985. even as someone born in the 80s, this makes me sick.
― Chris Houghton (chrish), Thursday, 5 June 2003 18:01 (twenty years ago) link
yes. that was my point.
and i also agree, he is a mass of contradictions. a reaction between his environment and his inner self. not that that's exclusive to dizzee obviously, but he's such a mess of tensions it's so entralling.
i love it when he parodies people parodying him. "that dizzee rascal's so rude..." he goes, in some soft cockney accent, not the usual harsh tone he uses.
the highlights definitely include the sad stuff. jezebel, sitting here and brand new day. heartwrenching.
― martin (martin), Thursday, 5 June 2003 18:10 (twenty years ago) link
i think we should shut up now martin. it must be like dangling chocolate from people's mouths and then pulling it away. i'm interviewing him on monday, though. can't fucking wait.
oh, and if anyone wants a copy....
no, no. sorry. no.
― Chris Houghton (chrish), Thursday, 5 June 2003 18:23 (twenty years ago) link
― martin (martin), Thursday, 5 June 2003 18:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 5 June 2003 19:31 (twenty years ago) link
― Chip Morningstar (bob), Thursday, 5 June 2003 21:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 5 June 2003 21:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Mind Taker, Thursday, 5 June 2003 22:17 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Saturday, 7 June 2003 05:06 (twenty years ago) link
he's had loads of magazine coverage tho'
― martin (martin), Saturday, 7 June 2003 09:03 (twenty years ago) link
Is this on soulseek yet?
― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 7 June 2003 10:51 (twenty years ago) link
― Paul (scifisoul), Saturday, 7 June 2003 18:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Chris Houghton (chrish), Sunday, 8 June 2003 09:56 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Sunday, 8 June 2003 10:49 (twenty years ago) link
the only upsetting thing about it is that the track i downloaded that had the "i ain't gonna lie / i ain't got a six pack / i got a bad temper and a baseball bat" line on it didn't get an update
addendum: or an inclusion.
― Chris Houghton (chrish), Sunday, 8 June 2003 10:51 (twenty years ago) link
― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:03 (twenty years ago) link
― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:17 (twenty years ago) link
Martin, I can't remember this lyric offhand and can't find my CD inlay right now, but I'd hazard a guess that it's not "Pitney" as in Gene, but "pickney" as in Jamaican slang for child ;-) Asin "for the kids"...
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 13:57 (twenty years ago) link
― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:14 (twenty years ago) link
― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:17 (twenty years ago) link
― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:30 (twenty years ago) link
(Excerpt from 1Xtra interview with Ace & Vis)
Can any advance copy heads explain please?
― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:31 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/1xtra_aod.shtml?1xtra_av_dizzee
― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Cub, Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:51 (twenty years ago) link
― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:53 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:49 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:52 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:53 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:11 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:23 (twenty years ago) link
How is this nothing to get excited about?!
― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:26 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:34 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:08 (twenty years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:09 (twenty years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:11 (twenty years ago) link
ever
― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:14 (twenty years ago) link
yep, this still sounds mighty
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Thursday, 26 May 2016 10:15 (seven years ago) link
its not the same kind of album. but its a great grime album, regardless. but i think dizzee prob feels that hes done it all already so theres no need for him to go back to grime. shame though, id love to hear him over some of the more outre beats around (and yes i know the skepta album def is NOT remotely outre).
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 26 May 2016 11:44 (seven years ago) link
I love his first three albums.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 May 2016 12:51 (seven years ago) link
same, i lost track after that.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Thursday, 26 May 2016 14:19 (seven years ago) link
ditto. I haven't even heard "the fifth" although this track from it is pretty nifty. is the album worth checking out?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlzgDVLtU6g
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Thursday, 26 May 2016 14:32 (seven years ago) link
Put it on 15 minutes. Yep, I think this album still has it.
― Chewshabadoo, Thursday, 26 May 2016 14:38 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMzx-OzYICs
Dizzee's verse on this from 2014 is good
― paolo, Thursday, 26 May 2016 18:01 (seven years ago) link
saw skepta on his recent 'pop-up' UK tour & when the DJ on beforehand played tht^, the crowd went nuts. (also went mental for desiigner's panda).
skepta record isn't even as good as JME's from last year.
― ||||||||, Thursday, 26 May 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
its not like he just fell off after BIDC, then suddenly popped up on daytime radio 1 with bonkers.
showtime - stand up tallgraftinrespect meknock knockdreamgirlsflyinficklegive u moretrappedis this real?off to work
maths + englishworld outside (not that this makes it superior, but the intro to this sounds like james ferraro or OPN)pussyoleflexwanna be (though this really depends on how much you can tolerate lilly allen, i dont mind her, but she does push insufferability on this one)u cant tell me nuffinmy life feat newham generals
im stopping at tongue in cheek as this is such a shift that you might as well include the whole thing. i never listened to the 5th properly, but i liked the stupidity of bassline junkie.
pagans/couple of stacks from 2014 arent bad. the song with giggs was good too. but his taste in beats is pretty uninteresting.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 27 May 2016 09:03 (seven years ago) link
'Bubbles' still bangs.
― Matt DC, Friday, 27 May 2016 09:30 (seven years ago) link
i laughed when i saw this was getting the full-on heritage album treatment in brooklyn of all places. still can't imagine a less exciting live experience than An Entire Album Played In Order
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 27 May 2016 10:05 (seven years ago) link
and especially not THIS album of all albums! my goodness.
dont get why RBMA put that BIDC show on in brooklyn either. surely it should have been in the assembly hall of his old secondary school?
― StillAdvance, Friday, 27 May 2016 10:20 (seven years ago) link
given the kind of gig it was it was entirely appropriate that he was far from its origins imo. brooklyn can have it
― cher guevara (lex pretend), Friday, 27 May 2016 10:22 (seven years ago) link
im fine with him doing one of those classic album shows (would only want to see it out of curiosity). its not really about making BIDC into some dull revered canon album, more allowing it to get the same dull revered canon treatment as other albums from other genres.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 27 May 2016 10:46 (seven years ago) link
Oh yeah, I don't slight Showtime or M+E. Great songs on both. It's just BIDC arrived so fully formed, perfect union of sonics and voice.
― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Friday, 27 May 2016 12:21 (seven years ago) link
Interview with Dizzee's teacher:
http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/05/dizzee-rascal-music-teacher-interview
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 29 May 2016 08:58 (seven years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/15/dizzee-rascal-calvin-harris-hype
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 22 June 2016 16:56 (seven years ago) link