Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner

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?

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.

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.

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.

he's had loads of magazine coverage tho'

Is this on soulseek yet?

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.

and there's such insane lyrics & slang on it. anyone know what 'dis one strictly for pitneys' is about?

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"...

(Excerpt from 1Xtra interview with Ace & Vis)

Can any advance copy heads explain please?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/1xtra_aod.shtml?1xtra_av_dizzee

How is this nothing to get excited about?!

ever

So anyway, 'Brand New Day' let's talk about heart fuckingly awesome it is.

is this fucking thing on slsk yet or what?

same, i lost track after that.

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

Put it on 15 minutes. Yep, I think this album still has it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMzx-OzYICs

Dizzee's verse on this from 2014 is good

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.

its not like he just fell off after BIDC, then suddenly popped up on daytime radio 1 with bonkers.

showtime -
stand up tall
graftin
respect me
knock knock
dream
girls
flyin
fickle
give u more
trapped
is this real?
off to work

maths + english
world outside (not that this makes it superior, but the intro to this sounds like james ferraro or OPN)
pussyole
flex
wanna 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 nuffin
my 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.

'Bubbles' still bangs.

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

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?

given the kind of gig it was it was entirely appropriate that he was far from its origins imo. brooklyn can have it

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.

its not like he just fell off after BIDC, then suddenly popped up on daytime radio 1 with bonkers.

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.

Interview with Dizzee's teacher:

http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/05/dizzee-rascal-music-teacher-interview

http://www.thefader.com/2016/06/15/dizzee-rascal-calvin-harris-hype