Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner

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How come all the hats he's wearin' in the "I Love You" video represent Los Angeles teams? Weird.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:17 (twenty years ago) link

Well he's said that 'In Utero' is his favourite ever album, so the chances of him being a Gene Pitney fan aren't that far fetched..

― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:18 (twenty years ago) link

Don't get me wrong i'm overjoyed at the prospect of him including lines about Gene Pitney, but I just don't think it's likely and believe my theory to be more than likely correct! Anyway, I have to interview him in the next week, so I'll be able to get an answer from the horse's mouth and settle this once and for all...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:30 (twenty years ago) link

"There's a coupla rock tings... heavy rock n roll reggae ting... to prove i aint garage get me?"

(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

Actually everyone should check this link out... there's some cool freestyling over a few hip hop instrumentals as well

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

― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:34 (twenty years ago) link

Anyone know where i can get an "I Luv You" 12" here in the states online? I can't find it anywhere.

― Cub, Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:51 (twenty years ago) link

Try the KRS distro

― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 15:53 (twenty years ago) link

I saw it on Mtv again today

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:49 (twenty years ago) link

And it ain't like I watch Mtv that much

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:49 (twenty years ago) link

this is ridiculous. was it just in regular rotation?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:52 (twenty years ago) link

i think i jumped the shark by reviewing the single & not waiting to review the album.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 16:53 (twenty years ago) link

it's not listed as being in mtv's rotation or mtv2's rotation either so there's a very possible fluke factor to my seeing it twice (I've seen the "Danger! High Voltage" video a few times too and it ain't listed either). The video's nothing to get too excited about either, beyond the 'ohmigod dizzee rascal on mtv' factor - it looks like your standard mid-90s hip-hop video crossed with the 'macarena' video.

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:11 (twenty years ago) link

also (mtv website related), this is sorta fun to scan through the years in a "I remember sixth grade" kinda way

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:19 (twenty years ago) link

I'm trying to think of who in the states might possibly want a pice on dizzee... anyone got any ideas?

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:23 (twenty years ago) link

it looks like your standard mid-90s hip-hop video crossed with the 'macarena' video.

How is this nothing to get excited about?!

― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:26 (twenty years ago) link

if anyone wants to try to flood the zone, stuff the ballot box, etc, here's the place to do it.

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 17:34 (twenty years ago) link

dave, i've already reviewed the single in the voice. one of the hiphop magazines should run something on him, at least once we see how the album does on release.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:08 (twenty years ago) link

then again, i flipped through the source in the grocery store yesterday and they devoted 18 pages to pharrell and naked-girlies-who-wouldnt-touch-his-tube-sock-wearin-ass-if-he-wasnt-famous in brazil or wherever, so who knows

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:09 (twenty years ago) link

vibe's probably a better bet than the source or xxl

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:11 (twenty years ago) link

pharrell really is the smartest man in showbiz but that doesnt mean i ever want to see him ever again

ever

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:14 (twenty years ago) link

I'm waiting to see if either side blinks and 50 Cent ends up on the cover. Right now he has/appears on three singles in the Rap top ten (which is not that different from the pop top ten), with another hovering just outside it.

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:17 (twenty years ago) link

I don't know about anyone else in the UK but US hip hop as considerably paled in significance to me over the past 6 months or so.

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

― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:19 (twenty years ago) link

i don't know about anyone else in the us but us hiphop has considerably paled in signifigance to me over the past 6 months or so.

is this fucking thing on slsk yet or what?

― jess (dubplatestyle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:22 (twenty years ago) link

nothing yet - the limeys are holding out

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:26 (twenty years ago) link

(wasnt ol fifty on the cover of the source a couple months back? i know there was a 'collected quotes' article, maybe i'm imagining his cover appearance.)

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:29 (twenty years ago) link

There's bits floating around.. some are under different titles. You might already know 'Brand New Day' as 'Looks Like I'm Losing It'. If not then feel free to pillage through my files.. username is 'seanfuck'. I can't stress enough how fucking perfect this song is. Stick it on yr media player of choise, hit repeat and prepare to copiously quam yr knickers.

― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:29 (twenty years ago) link

there may have been, though I do know he hasn't done any press for this album yet, due to the eminem feud. eminem's claim that '50's gonna be the biggest rapper and they're gonna get nothing' has held up so far.

― James Blount (James Blount), Sunday, 8 June 2003 18:35 (twenty years ago) link

'Sitting Here' is now up..

― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 19:04 (twenty years ago) link

'Round We Go'='One Big Cycle'

― ss, Sunday, 8 June 2003 20:31 (twenty years ago) link

ss, you are aware these aren't the proper versions, right? they're more like early lo-fi demos (or else they've been encoded from records carved from TEAK).

― Chris Houghton (chrish), Sunday, 8 June 2003 20:45 (twenty years ago) link

as i have commented before on another thread - brand new day IS morr music or aphex from about 96. dont know how dizzee arrived at these off kilter melodies and skrucnhy rhythms, but it totally sounds like he just riding some instrumental lali puni track.
presumably he hasnt been buying morr compilations though.

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 9 June 2003 08:50 (twenty years ago) link

yeah chris but they'll do for us lowly laymen for now

― ss, Monday, 9 June 2003 12:33 (twenty years ago) link

re the Morr/AFX comment

do you know how happy it made me to see a TRANSMAT sticker on the record deck in Roll Deep's studio? Very.

oh and re:

>some from yourself or are you a different Martin?

>-- Ronan (ronan.fitzgerald...), June 7th, 2003.

Yeah i've covered Dizzee in Jockey Slut, Deuce, Mixmag and Hyperdub.
and i wrote his biog... he's amazing. bigup Dave Stelfox for pointing out how good it is that Dizzee's vulnerable as well as aggi, on record at least.

― martin (martin), Monday, 9 June 2003 16:57 (twenty years ago) link

So have "We Ain't Having It", "Vexed" and "Creeper", which are the only songs other than "ILU" I've heard, not made it on. Oh boy, am I looking forward to this.

― Nick H, Monday, 9 June 2003 19:27 (twenty years ago) link

THESE WICKED FUCKED UP DEMON CHILDREN (who sound like the 4 y/o knife-murderer on "blue jam") WHO WAIL "I'M YOUR FITNESS INSTRUCTOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ON THE WILEY TRACK ("2 for").

Is that the 'Who do you think you are? You pushed me too far' one?

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:02 (twenty years ago) link

Also, what's the "i ain't gonna lie / i ain't got a six pack / i got a bad temper and a baseball bat" one?

And is anyone else obsessed with Sharky's 'This Ain't a Game' yet?

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 12:17 (twenty years ago) link

>So have "We Ain't Having It", "Vexed" and "Creeper", which are >the only songs other than "ILU" I've heard, not made it on. Oh >boy, am I looking forward to this.
>
>-- Nick H (nhill8...), June 9th, 2003.

Vexed is on the ILU 12"
Creeper is by Danny Weed and Cage, not Dizzee.

― martin (martin), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 21:57 (twenty years ago) link

keith, the "six pack/baseball bat" one is "we ain't havin it"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 10 June 2003 21:59 (twenty years ago) link

OK Martin, maybe I'm wrong. Badly labelled MP3.

― Nick H, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 11:46 (twenty years ago) link

OK, I listened to "Creeper" again, and I'm positive Dizzee appears on it, because the MC who sounds most like him even says something about him. Unless of course the song I have isn't even "Creeper". then I look rather stupid.

― Nick H, Wednesday, 11 June 2003 15:12 (twenty years ago) link

Creeper is an 8 bar produced by Danny Weed. There is an mp3 of Dizzee rapping on it.

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Thursday, 12 June 2003 01:54 (twenty years ago) link

That must be what I have. Cheers Keith.

― Nick H, Thursday, 12 June 2003 09:27 (twenty years ago) link

This is slowly trickling its way onto soulseek now. Get to it.

― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Thursday, 19 June 2003 20:35 (twenty years ago) link

I'm gettin' it!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 19 June 2003 20:55 (twenty years ago) link

Once I've finished downloading it I'm going to only share that album, so if anyone wants it, message me and I'll give you priority.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 19 June 2003 20:57 (twenty years ago) link

there's a review of it in the new jockey slut,its album of the issue
they don't really situate it within any sort of scene at all,they don't mention dizzee's crew or the genre or whatever

― robin (robin), Friday, 20 June 2003 00:39 (twenty years ago) link

OK, all the tracjs are up now, download away. But remember kids, buy the album!

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Friday, 20 June 2003 02:32 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, I'm right behind him

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 20 June 2003 02:46 (twenty years ago) link

and now the server's down

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 20 June 2003 02:55 (twenty years ago) link

'Stop Dat' is insane!

― Keith McD (Keith McD), Friday, 20 June 2003 06:05 (twenty years ago) link

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