Returning to a pop world in which the music he pioneered is huge, Dizzee has gone back to basics with a stripped-down album that shows off his lyrical skills In July 2008, Dizzee Rascal released the ...
Few rappers embody grime’s complex relationship with the mainstream as fully as Dizzee Rascal. His acclaimed debut album ‘Boy In Da Corner’ charted the poverty and paranoia of his adolescence on a ...
It hasn't been easy to sell out in this century, but Dizzee Rascal pulled it off. Dizzee first came to international attention at the age of 16 when he started making berserk low-tech grime beats on ...
“Why they talking like I never made bare grime?” Dizzee Rascal demands to know on “The Other Side,” a fighting cut from his sixth studio album Raskit. The low-riding track is perhaps the angriest of ...
Dizzee Rascal has shared new album , his first since The Fifth was released four years ago. The album includes the singles "Space" and "Wot U Gonna Do?" Dizzee has returned to his grime roots on his ...
On the roof of Google’s offices in Kings Cross, Dizzee Rascal is excitedly taking in the London panorama. “Look, there’s Stratford,” he says, picking out Anish Kapoor’s Orbit sculpture before spinning ...
Dizzee Rascal had backed himself into a corner. Now, he's come out fighting. Grimy, minimalist synth drops. Skittery drum patterns. And an all verbal assault delivered by a fired-up Dylan Mills. "Sick ...
“I never thought I’d see the end of the CD / I never thought I’d see social media replace the TV,” Dizzee Rascal raps on “Focus”, the opener to his sixth solo album, Raskit. It’s a succinct way to ...
Dizzee is back with his brand new album Raskit. While it’s not a straight up grime record, Dizzee has well and truly positioned himself back at the top of the game, which comes 14 years after his ...
Dizzee Rascal doesn’t sound glum on his sixth album: his rapping is too fast and inventive for that. But the message is downcast. “I’m from the LDN where the sky is dreary,” he announces on Raskit’s ...
Download: Wot U Gonna Do; I Ain’t Even Gonna Lie; Ghost; Everything Must Go; Sick A Dis Four years is a long time in the volatile world of UK rap, with new, assertive voices flooding in to fill the ...