Search - Dizzee Rascal :: boy in da corner

The saving artist of rap

jermaine | QB | 09/05/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hip Hop is and has been in a state of decline for many years now. It seems that MCs all want to sound the same and spit about the exactly the same things. For me personally coming from a strong hip hop community and being around when Biggie, Wu Tang, Jigga, Nasty Nas were all representing NY and Cali had their own thing goin on. Rap was at its peak, flows were dirty and production was grimey and street. What we have no is an industry obsessed by money and being a celebrity. MCs who once had potential: DMX, Jada, Redman etc. either are saying nothing new or they are chatting like a lady concerned with jewells. Dizzee Rascal seems to be the saviour (IN MY OPINION). I have heard so many rappers who blend into one: nothing outstanding about their flow, just average. Dizzee is an MC from England and I believe he started out as a UK Garage MC. His style, flow, voice, rhymes just have that special something. Never has a non US rapper made it big here but I think if people were to hear this I think he would be the first. He spits about his life, over dark beats and doesn't get tempted by rapping like a punk. I heard him whilst in the UK as I have a cousin who lives in London who introduced him to me, I knew he was dope then. This guy could be another one who vanishes but I think he could be the saviour to hip hop. The freshes style since Eminem and he keeps you listening like Biggie or Nas does. With the album being British it might not sound like typical hip hop but once you get your head round it you will know it is dope. I would seriously compare this album to an old 50 cent album or LIfe after death or Illmatic. It doesn't have the same NY style but it is a great album for it has a mixture of thug, morbid and up lifting songs, which in my opinion makes a classic album. Dizze's flow is sick and should not be ignored. Everyone who I know who has heard it thinks it's dope and have been suprised. It is a ghetto album and if you are bored with rap at the moment buy this one it's a dope dope album."

Someone to watch...

thefreq | 10/20/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Dizzee Rascal's Boy in da Corner is both one of the oddest and most incredible hip-hop albums to be released since A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders. This album by 18-year old South London garage rapper/producer Dylan Mills contains some of the most incredible rhymes and, truth be told, some of the lowest production values any american hip-hop fan has ever heard. The majority of the album (including the incredible I Luv U) was recorded and produced when Dizzee was only 16 or 17. While American hip-hop has Lil' Bow Wow and the like as the protoges of other, more experienced rappers, Dylan produced this album himself. With a speed approaching that of Busta in his prime and a lyrical skill far exceeding 90% of the modern scene, Dizee Rascal will truly be someone to watch in the future. The open-minded (who can get over a rapper with a DEEP south london accent) will adore this album."

I wanted to give this 5 stars soo badly!

jermaine | 08/11/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Im an 18 year old male from london, england....ive grown up and still currently live in a community that dizzee rascal has come from. i have heard him on pirate radio stations for a couple of years now, ive been to parties with him MCing there, and he has a superb talent. But i think that this album does not do him justice. yes the album is full of great tracks. What makes these tracks great? the rhythms, the mcing, and most importantly, dizzees unique voice that makes him stand out from the rest! but from someone who has grown up listening to him on radio, just 13 out of the 15 tracks i already knew every word to them. And that is the only reason why i cant give this album the 5 stars i wanted to! I was personally hoping from a brand new set of tracks from dizzee, because writing 15 new songs would not be past him. he has a great talent and will be around for a long timealso, check out wiley kat, who produced some of the tracks and is on the track "Fitness instructor". And his new track coming out soon, "brand new day" is a great track!little disappointed how the track "vexed" was not on the album, as it is a good track and is also previewed on the end of the video for "i luv u""