Album Cold to Rascal
posted by on May 6 at 13:18 PM
I just listened to Dizzee Rascal’s latest CD, Math and English, and was stimulated by one track, “World Outside,” mildly stimulated by another, “Sirens,” and cold to the rest. The problem? Like much of Rascal’s work, it lacks an aesthetic or creative program. The CD goes all over the place in a restless search of a hit single. His hunger for a hit has grown. The substance of his raps has shrunk. The genre he channeled to America is more and more looking like a dead end for hiphop. Let’s return our attention to dubstep. It has a real hero with a real program.
I've only heard one Dizzy Rascal album but honestly I could never really get past his flow.
Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen!
so i finally bought untrue after wasting my money on burial's boring first album. untrue at least has a couple songs that are, no doubt about it, the shit.
HOWEVER, charles' praise is overkill.
dizzee is the shit. sirens is an amazing video.
Dizzee Rascal is one of the most brilliant and unique MCs of all-time, and his live presence is jaw-dropping, even if Maths + English, an album that's a year old, is dead weight.
To use him as another reason to prop up dubstep is odd, too. Which is a genre that's already in self-admitted mid-life crisis -- the sound of transition, not the future.
All fair and good points, Charles, but one thing remains: "Fix Up, Look Sharp" is THE JAM.
i read an interview with dizzee where he claimed to self-produce all the sounds on his first album, despite the fact 'fix up, look sharp' (yes, the jam) is obviously a sample of billy squier.
kano > dizzee rascal. all day, every day.
coz, have you heard Kano lately? that dude fell the fuck off, HARD
mitchell bros. > kano
maths + english is pretty dope, that "pussyole" song is priceless
burial still sucks
kano's album output is pitiful, but i'm still feeling his stop gap, unattainable white labels that pop up on uk record sites every so often. even though it came out two or so years ago, 'gansterz' was included on the latest dj yoda mix for fabric and it's STILL fire.
the mitchell brothers need to get out from under mike skinner's wing. they seemingly get the throw away beats from the streets and still shine on them.
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