Line Out - Comments on Cold to Rascal http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal 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... Copyright 2008 Tue, 06 May 2008 13:18:25 -0800 Wed, 07 May 2008 14:49:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Thig Nat I've only heard one Dizzy Rascal album but honestly I could never really get past his flow.

]]> Thig Nat http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016393 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016393 Album Tue, 06 May 2008 15:19:33 -0800 Comment by Chambers McSween Gretchen, stop trying to make fetch happen!

]]> Chambers McSween http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016702 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016702 Album Tue, 06 May 2008 18:52:27 -0800 Comment by ndrwmtsn 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.

]]> ndrwmtsn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016729 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016729 Album Tue, 06 May 2008 19:16:25 -0800 Comment by Fawkes 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.

]]> Fawkes http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016730 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016730 Album Tue, 06 May 2008 19:16:39 -0800 Comment by pete All fair and good points, Charles, but one thing remains: "Fix Up, Look Sharp" is THE JAM.

]]> pete http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016981 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1016981 Album Wed, 07 May 2008 00:27:38 -0800 Comment by cosby 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.

]]> cosby http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1017070 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1017070 Album Wed, 07 May 2008 08:56:56 -0800 Comment by lar 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

]]> lar http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1018372 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/cold_to_rascal#c1018372 Album Wed, 07 May 2008 13:23:23 -0800 Comment by cosby 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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