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	Amazon.com: Boy in da Corner: Dizzee Rascal: Music
		Dizzee Rascal is the latest Brit to try to land on America's rap shores after countless predecessors have failed.
		Rascal boasts a frenetic verbal presence--the Cockney equivalent to Busta Rhymes--and his first single, "Fix Up, Look Sharp," is as good as you could want: old-school drum breaks meet futuristic flows with a memorable, holler-if-you-hear-me hook.
		What Rascal has going against him is the fact that he sounds, well, British, and American audiences seem to like their flows homegrown, not imported.
	www.amazon.com /Boy-da-Corner-Dizzee-Rascal/dp/B00015HV4C (387 words)

	dizzee rascal - exclusive interview
		dizzee rascal doesn't feel his music fits any one tag but he's definitely arrived here through uk garage.
		dizzee rascal is maybe pushing the gate further open - articulating his experience of east london pastures over fresh but bare productions.
		with dizzee's album, most of the tracks are self-produced and while ll's still signed to def jam, this rascal said a firm no to the rap world's biggest label.
	www.ammocity.com /artman/publish/article_67.shtml (1244 words)

	Dizzee Rascal: Showtime (2004): Reviews
		It's the urgency of [Dizzee's] brash Brit patois that dares you not to decipher it.
		It's a disc in which Dizzee diz, lyrical wiz, is more forthright as lyricist, using the blank canvas of an "album" to sketch together a thoughtful, carefully-sequenced set in which his voice, and its elastic accent, ring clear.
		Dizzee's voice still sounds like a helium-inflected hiccup, and the beats still sound like they were recorded directly from a Nintendo, if not an Atari.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/rascaldizzee/showtime (903 words)

	PopMatters Music Feature \| Dizzee Rascal: The End of Garage's Beginning
		As a vocal performer, Dizzee wears many masks, from ultraviolent revanchist to insightful social critic to wounded dreamer, walking the line between his contemplative nature and his bleak, beset circumstances with a tragic aplomb as complex and conflicted as Tupac Shakur's.
		Dizzee's deployment of East End slang and thick patois may be a momentary barrier for those of us in the colonies, but it's just as likely that it will be embraced and even perpetuated in U.S. hip-hop circles: Rascal comes with a valise full of new verbal permutations, which are precious as gold.
		Similarly, the distance between Dizzee Rascal, the on-record persona, and Dylan Mills, the young man who voices him, ranges from broad and complex to slight to nonexistent.
	www.popmatters.com /music/features/031024-dizzeerascal.shtml (1431 words)

	Dizzee Rascal - Showtime - Review - Stylus Magazine
		Dizzee's moved past much of what had my circle of friends playing "Stop Dat" and "I Luv U" constantly for a month.
		Dizzee doesn't go that far, but he does fill in some back-story: poor, bored, started making music, along with an ingenuous motivational philosophy about pulling yourself up, trying hard and never giving in.
		Dizzee's at his lyrical best when he's in a more playful and contemplative mood, which fortunately is often.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /reviews/dizzee-rascal/showtime.htm (730 words)

	Dizzee Rascal
		Dizzee Rascal has recently confirmed a show at the Royal Festival Hall in London on March 15th as part of both the Ether Festival, and theAfrica Remix Festival.
		Dizzee is currently on the road to support the release of the album, and the single 'Dream' is due for release on Nov. 8th.
		Dizzee Rascal continues to tear up all the rule books and set the music world alight with his raw talent.
	www.xlrecordings.com /dizzeerascal/tours.html (1604 words)

	Dizzee Rascal - Biography - AOL Music
		Dizzee Rascal was one of the U.K.'s most prominent music subjects during the latter half of 2003.
		Born Dylan Mills, Dizzee Rascal grew up in a council estate in East London and was raised as a single child by his mother.
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	music.aol.com /artist/dizzee-rascal/568843/biography (548 words)

	Dizzee Rascal News
		The urban music of Dizzee Rascal seemed to suit the network of dank, shadowy railway arches where he performed last night.
		Dizzee Rascal is set to follow The Streets' Mike Skinner in setting up his own record label.
		DIZZEE RASCAL Irving Plaza 17 Irving Place, at 15th St. 777-6800 Tonight at 8 Tix: $25 With DJ Wonder Since bursting onto the hip-hop scene last year, the accolades haven't stopped for 20-year-old Dizzee...
	www.topix.net /who/dizzee-rascal (661 words)

	Dizzee Rascal : interview
		In 2003, Dizzee Rascal became an overnight name to drop when his debut album, Boy In Da Corner, beat Coldplay, Radiohead and The Darkness to the Mercury Music Prize.
		Dizzee Rascal is in a chipper mood, and as he apologises for keeping me waiting all of five minutes, it's easy to pick up on the energy that's been responsible for two hugely inventive albums, a Mercury Music Prize and a string of plaudits in a remarkably short space of time.
		Nevertheless, one of Dizzee's biggest inspirations is Tupac, part of a list that includes drum and bass ("which I fell in love with before anything!"), rock, hip hop and happy hardcore, all described by Dizzee as "extreme stuff".
	www.musicomh.com /interviews/dizzee-rascal.htm (830 words)

	DIZZEE RASCAL
		Although just an industry fledgling, Rascal was not immune to the violence of his heroes: In July, the same week that the album was released to widespread critical acclaim in the UK, Rascal was stabbed five times in the Cyprus resort town of Ayia Napa.
		Nevertheless, the album's strange brew of scratchy rhythms, minimalist stuttering beats and high-pitched vocals is potent enough that it has allowed Rascal to transcend his rough beginnings in life, as well as in music.
		Rascal certainly tapped into the right formula: The album is a revelation.
	remixmag.com /mag/remix_dizzee_rascal/index.html (513 words)

	Rolling Stone : New Faces: Dizzee Rascal
		Rascal (born Dylan Mills) was raised by Nigerian parents in housing projects where "eight-millimeters settle debates," as he notes on "Brand New Day." Violence has trailed the rapper: As recently as last year, he was stabbed five times while on vacation in Cyprus.
		Rascal would often skip classes to hang out in his school's music room -- he earned his moniker from one of his vexed teachers.
		Despite his U.K. success, Rascal is most excited about conquering the U.S. He viewed his recent visit to New York as a pilgrimage to the hometown of his "favorite living rapper," Jay-Z. Rascal actually opened for his idol when he was seventeen, at London's Wembley Stadium in front of tens of thousands of fans.
	rollingstone.com /news/.../story/5937180/new_faces_dizzee_rascal (362 words)

	Dizzee Rascal's utterly new sound. - By Sasha Frere-Jones - Slate Magazine
		While Dizzee's commercial success suggests that Reynolds' opinion is a popular consensus in Britain, he seems a contender for permanently well-known unknown in the States, because his abrasive, energetic music doesn't fit easily in any American genre.
		Dizzee's mentor, Wiley, a producer, MC, and architect of Dizzee's scene, calls his music "Eskimo Dance," abbreviated as "Eski," a term he explains as his idiosyncratic synonym for emotional coldness.
		Rascal has confessed a love of Nirvana, Sepultura, and other "heavy" bands, and this could be a key to his future in America.
	www.slate.com /id/2094205 (1547 words)

	Matador Records \| Dizzee Rascal
		Of course Dizzee is playing headline shows in SF and LA next week, but the big deal is the Murder Dog showcase at South By Southwest.
		Matador Records and XL Recordings are pleased to announce that we will jointly be releasing the acclaimed debut album by Dizzee Rascal, 'Boy In Da Corner' in the US this January.
		Dizzee has been hailed as "the most original and exciting artist to emerge from dance music in a decade" (Alex Petridas, The Guardian), the NME's Louis Pattison calling 'Boy In Da Corner', "one of the most assured debut albums of the last five years." If anything, we think these guys are are understating things.
	www.matadorrecords.com /dizzee_rascal (826 words)

	village voice > music > Dizzee Rascal's Boy in Da Corner by Jeff Chang (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When the sun rises on Dizzee's "Brand New Day," he is kotched up in the flat, punching out riddims into cheap PC software, beats born of ringtones, video games, and staticky pirate-radio sounds.
		Dizzee shows his stab wounds to interviewers, and British music writers and the global bloggerati hail him as the British 50 Cent or 2Pac.
		Perhaps Dizzee's Mercury coronation late last year should be read as the redemption of Brit-rap and Black British music, and a sign of the permanent American-style culture war to come.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0403/chang.php (920 words)

	UK-Flava.com - UK Music - Dizzee Rascal
		It was just two years ago (2001) Dizzee Rascal went into a studio to produce “I Love You.” It sent shockwaves in the underground scene, making it the biggest underground tune since Ms Dynamite’s “Boo" (Lets have a vote on that).
		Dizzee was voted best newcomer at the Sidewinder People’s Choice awards, and things couldn't get any better.
		Dizzee Rascal has become the youngest artist to win the most prestigious UK music award, yes a Mercury Music Award.
	www.musicrooms.net /StrictlyUK/Dizzee_Rascal (348 words)

	Remote Control - Artist - Dizzee Rascal
		Young, angry, articulate and frighteningly talented: Eighteen-year-old Dizzee Rascal is the voice of brand new generation.
		So whether it was school, street life, new sounds or natural talent, Dizzee soon exploded into the underground, angry and with a whole pile of things to say.
		And like Dizzee, his legions of underground fans share this passion, this release of rage and an empathy for his lyrical message.
	www.remotecontrolrecords.com /artistDetail.asp?ArtistID=223 (947 words)

	Dizzee Rascal - Showtime : album review
		Not the first Dylan to net lyrical kudos, Dizzee's wordage has the much needed substance missing from many of the guns 'n' posing generation of American rappers.
		Imagine finds Dizzee a little more wistful about his roots, and not a little contemplative about being a generational spokesman asking "Do you wanna climb the ladder / the path to enlightenment?".
		The sounds that Dizzee summons from his pro-tools are certainly basic, but they're not without wit.
	www.musicomh.com /albums2/dizzee-rascal.htm (684 words)

	Dizzee Rascal - Royal Festival Hall - Live Review
		And when Dizzee’s city song asked North, East, South and West London to make some noise, it became apparent from the reaction most of the crowd were not Londoners, “I can’t hear you!”.
		But Dizzee did end on a high when he came out for his encore to perform his debut single ‘Fix Up Look Sharp’, a song less ardent fans were more familiar with and better equipped to appreciate.
		Dizzee is a fantastic performer but homogeny breeds mediocrity and he should be seen in a venue with a character matching his own.
	www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/dizzeerascalx17x03x05 (372 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Dizzee Rascal *
		Critic darling Dizzee Rascal is enwrapped in this provincial gambit on Showtime.
		Throughout the album, Dizzee Rascal raps in a way that can only be described as being British, similar to how Lil Jon’s cheerleading exhortations to “bend over to the front and touch your toes” sound and market themselves as being distinctively Southern.
		Dizzee Rascal is undoubtedly British because he adopts conventions and affectations in both his image and music, like lo-fi production and frequent shout-outs to East London, that, whether valid or not, resonate not just as hip hop but as the fish-and-chips variety.
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/1691 (688 words)

	SPIN.com: Artists to Watch: Dizzee Rascal
		Summer 2003 was man time for Dizzee Rascal.
		On July 7, hours before a show in the Mediterranean resort of Ayia Napa, the MC/producer/DJ from East London’s blighted projects was stabbed six times (arrest warrants were issued for two associates of beef-sizzling garage-rap posse So Solid Crew).
		Dizzee Rascal is a sloe-eyed, whip-tongued, slang-crunching revolution in British street sounds, occupying a space between the London underworld of Charles Dickens, the thug-poet realism of Tupac Shakur, and the bleeding-edge beats of U.K. stars the Streets and Ms.
	www.spin.com /features/magazine/2003/12/artists_watch_dizzee_rascal (245 words)

	Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Album - Dizzee Rascal
		On opening track 'Sittin' Here' Dizzee muses "it was only yesterday we were playing football in the street… only yesterday life was a bit more sweet, now I'm sitting here thinking 'what happened?'" over a gorgeous oriental-tinged melody while tyres skid, sirens blare and gunshots echo in the faint background.
		Dizzee's main virtue is that he is both a great MC and a fantastic producer.
		I reckon Dizzee and Skinner are pretty much as 'authentic' as one another, although they do seem to come from very different worlds.
	www.drownedinsound.com /articles/7610.html (2073 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews Dizzee Rascal: Showtime
		To get to the obvious question right away: yes, Showtime is poppier and more radio-friendly than Dizzee Rascal's Mercury Music Prize-winning debut, Boy In Da Corner.
		But really, it's not like he had much of a choice -- his options were to stay the same, to take his brand of grime to abrasive new levels, or to make his music more accessible than it was the first time around.
		Given that past Mercury Prize winners have opted for the former two paths, and that Rascal (presumably) wants to have a more illustrious career than, say, Roni Size or Talvin Singh, making his sound easier on the ears was really his only option.
	www.splendidezine.com /review.html?reviewid=1095069668537921 (489 words)

	« RWD - UK Grime & Garage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dizzee Rascal murked Camden Town the other night alongside Dirtee Stank’s new signings Newham Generals and Klass A for the Bud Rising Tour Raskit took the stage by storm performing piping hot bea...
		The rumour mill was suggesting that Dizzee Rascal woul...
		Rascal is set for a busy year, in addition to the US and Canadian tour he’s looking to add to his Mercury Music Prize.
	www.rwdmag.com /artist/artprofile.php?&id=36&gen=2 (528 words)

	Dizzee Rascal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dizzee has gotten the chance to work with cross genre artist, Beck, on a remix of the song Hell Yes.
		Dizzee Rascal's explanation of the name: “The name came from one of the first lyrics I had: “going on dirty/going on stank"...So I thought ‘yeah fuck it, Dirtee Stank.’
		It was not until 2005 that Dizzee Rascal ‘revived’ the label and made his first signings, Klass A,
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dizzee_Rascal (1325 words)

	Dizzee Rascal . Showtime [prefixmag review]
		Showtime is not the album that will put Dizzee Rascal over the top, and it is certainly not the album that people will put on best-of-the-decade lists six years from now.
		The prospect of Dizzee Rascal being fully integrated into the American hip-hop community is exciting until you remember that so much of hip-hop these days is headed in the wrong direction.
		But even if Dizzee is just standing still, he’s lucky he started out a couple thousand miles ahead of his competition.
	www.prefixmag.com /reviews/cds/D/Dizzee-Rascal/Showtime/887 (759 words)

	Dizzee Rascal: I still get the bullshit that black boys get - People, News - The Independent
		Dizzee Rascal has skilfully used rhyme to move on from his tough upbringing in the East End of London
		Dizzee Rascal won the Mercury in 2004 as the sound of the council estate.
		Others have also wanted the Rascal to fit in with their expectations: namely the critics and politicians who were thrilled to think that here, at last, was someone who could articulate the anger, frustrations, dreams and demands of the young, fl men they otherwise found distant.
	www.independent.co.uk /news/people/dizzee-rascal-i-still-get-the-bullshit-that-black-boys-get-783288.html (1684 words)

	Dizzee Rascal: Boy In Da Corner (2004): Reviews
		Dizzee's despairing wail, focused anger, and cutting sonics places him on the front lines in the battle against a stultifying Britain, just as Pete Townshend, Johnny Rotten, and Morrissey have been in the past.
		When Dizzee thinks very deeply--worrying about growing up, about those around him who won't grow up, about dying before he grows up--he sounds like, what else can we call it, the real thing.
		A dance syncretism made of menacing beats skittering from dark dancehall to mashed-up jungle, super-warped bass frequencies, stark anti-hooks, and a voice that is the most authentic to emerge in years.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/rascaldizzee/boyindacorner (807 words)

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