what's dizee rascal doing now?

shnyde · Post by **shnyde** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:02 pm

havn't heard anything about him in ages, has the grime scene kinda turned their backs on him or....?

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:06 pm

He has a new album forthcoming called Maths and English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maths_and_English

vonboyage · Post by **vonboyage** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:23 pm

Apart from that..

Fuck all..

cody · Post by **cody** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:35 pm

He's been touring a lot.

puttin in work to spread the sound.

I was travellin in eastern europe this summer and he turned up in serbia AND slovakia.

wierd. but good

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:28 pm

Worryingly Lily Allen, Josh Stone and the Arctic Monkeys all appear on the new album. And there's a dnb track and 'real' intruments. Like i say: it's worrying.

sand leaper · Post by **sand leaper** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:48 pm

boomnoise wrote:Worryingly Lily Allen, Josh Stone and the Arctic Monkeys all appear on the new album. And there's a dnb track and 'real' intruments. Like i say: it's worrying.

Wasn't that to be expected? Dizzee hit the mainstream quite a while ago after all.

cody · Post by **cody** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:10 pm

wow boomnoise you sure have your ear to the street.

interesting, would have like to seen him use less mainstream/or up and coming artists instead of mainstream ones like you have said. plus gemma fox and sadie ama are both much better vocalists than lily allen IMO.

is the album coming out on XL or dirtee stank? if its the former then i would say meddling label, but if its the latter then i guess rascit feels he has put in enuff work to crossover and go for the mega bucks.

he's been in the grime game since day dot. and is responsible for a lot of mc's style. so i dont think its fair to begrudge him a pay day. its not like he has only put out one mixtape and gone straight to this. i already thought 'showtime' was quite a big departure from 'boy in da corner' musically with the exception of a few tracks like 'respect me'. that said, i still went and copped the album and thought it was heavy.. bring back playstation production? maybe. but arent we always going on about moving fwd? if dizzee went back to the minimalism of his first album, much as i would like that, then he would proably get criticised for doing just that. dont think he can really win.

i will reserve judgement until i hear the album but like u say boom. it is a bit worrying... lily allen... really.....

groovesgirl · Post by **groovesgirl** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:50 pm

boomnoise wrote:Worryingly Lily Allen, Josh Stone and the Arctic Monkeys all appear on the new album. And there's a dnb track and 'real' intruments. Like i say: it's worrying.

Crap...I was all excited until I read this.

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 6:53 pm

His second album was nowhere near as good as Boy in da corner. Looks like getting big has spoilt things. Again.

sick boy · Post by **sick boy** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:35 am

boomnoise wrote:Worryingly Lily Allen, Josh Stone and the Arctic Monkeys all appear on the new album. And there's a dnb track and 'real' intruments. Like i say: it's worrying.

That is extremely worrying. Looks like we're in for another Home Sweet Home.

I really didn't expect it to be any good anyway. His last one was shit.

ceskus · Post by **ceskus** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 2:04 pm

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news ... d_En#41301

if his new album is anything but shit, i'll be surprised. that said, i reckon he's got it in him to have at least a couple of good tracks on there.
seems to be a case of "too many cooks..." though.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 3:37 pm

Does he still produce his own stuff? Never picked up Showtime heard bad things about it. Fucking love Boy in Da Corner, the production is just the type of grime production I'm into.

ceskus · Post by **ceskus** » Sat Feb 24, 2007 5:29 pm

Corpsey wrote:Does he still produce his own stuff? Never picked up Showtime heard bad things about it. Fucking love Boy in Da Corner, the production is just the type of grime production I'm into.

aye, he does all the production and that himself i think. i thought showtime was not too bad, its totally different to boy in da corner, so its a bit pointless comparing them. there is still a couple of good tunes on it, but definetely less grimey than the first one. i reckon he's moving further away from grime with each release to be honest.

sick boy · Post by **sick boy** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:32 am

ceskus wrote:
Corpsey wrote:Does he still produce his own stuff? Never picked up Showtime heard bad things about it. Fucking love Boy in Da Corner, the production is just the type of grime production I'm into.
aye, he does all the production and that himself i think. i thought showtime was not too bad, its totally different to boy in da corner, so its a bit pointless comparing them. there is still a couple of good tunes on it, but definetely less grimey than the first one. i reckon he's moving further away from grime with each release to be honest.

He used to do all his own production. Boy In Da Corner, if I'm not mistaken, was entirely his own production, but Showtime wasn't, and neither is this one going to be since I've heard already that Tubby and Footsie are meant to be sparing beats for him.

shortyx · Post by **shortyx** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:48 am

cody wrote:He's been touring a lot.

puttin in work to spread the sound.

I was travellin in eastern europe this summer and he turned up in serbia AND slovakia.

wierd. but good

Slovakia isnt in eastern Europe

cody · Post by **cody** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:12 am

shortyX wrote:
cody wrote:He's been touring a lot.

puttin in work to spread the sound.

I was travellin in eastern europe this summer and he turned up in serbia AND slovakia.

wierd. but good
Slovakia isnt in eastern Europe

apologies

shortyx · Post by **shortyx** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:41 pm

thats ok. people usually dont know where slovakia is. have you been there?

cody · Post by **cody** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:45 pm

yes. i went to the last pohoda festival. met some well safe ppl from local town of trencin!

sorted me and my mate out with draw and this mad shit, cant remember its name, anyway it was like the opposite of a sleeping tablet. its some weird powder i think they give to gaurds on sentry duty so they dont fall asleep. no pill like effects or horrible rushing bolloxs it just keeps you really, really wide awake!

j dub u · Post by **j dub u** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 4:48 pm

cody wrote:yes. i went to the last pohoda festival. met some well safe ppl from local town of trencin!

sorted me and my mate out with draw and this mad shit, cant remember its name, anyway it was like the opposite of a sleeping tablet. its some weird powder i think they give to gaurds on sentry duty so they dont fall asleep. no pill like effects or horrible rushing bolloxs it just keeps you really, really wide awake!

Was it white and you sniff it?

cody · Post by **cody** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:11 pm

nope. it was yellow. think its called pervitin, and from what i have just read on the interent it is not the happy-go-lucky party thing we were led to beleive but some nutty substance created by mad professors to keep soldiers marching/fighting etc. without sleep or food!

fucked up!

what's dizee rascal doing now?

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