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SYRFox 07.30.2008 03:00 PM

Dizzee Rascal
 
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.

vegans4veal 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.

al shabbray 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.


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