Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner

xpost - Dan, maybe if you explained it a bit more?

I still like Showtime more. And am very interested in whatever number three will sound like.

this has aged really well

I haven't heard it in its entirety in a long time but whenever I hear anything from it I'm like yeah this is the shit

http://soundcloud.com/uncledugs/dugsshotzdizzeewileytinchysyer

listened to this the other week and was just utterly blown away by him all over again.... most of the bars ended up on bidc but hearing them in this context, among his peers (even wiley, also on top form) really hits home what an astonishing, preternatural, fearlessly bright talent he truly was

yeah this is one of the best album of the 00's. i blast it quite a bit. pity now everyone (inc. him prob) sees it as some sort of babystep to a chart bursting monster he is today.

how sad is "brand new day" ffs?

the majority of it is p heartbreaking tbh, that one and "stop dat" and "i luv u" esp

Hadn't listened to this in forever. Still sounds great, so electric and confident.

two thousand and slew was a long time ago

It's funny -- or maybe just predictable -- that this still sounds more futuristic than anything he did after.

i secretly hope that the skepta album might rejuvenate him.

he had moments on each album (or b sides) after though that were as good or 'futuristic' as what was on BIDC

The Skepta album isn't even in the same galaxy as this.

yep, this still sounds mighty

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).

I love his first three albums.

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