Boy In Da Corner (studio album) by Dizzee Rascal

From Jboy56 02/12/2022 17:22

Boring stuff..

From Boltzmann 10/28/2018 06:02

It’s fucking incredible to think of what this guy did at his age.

From Strangel 11/22/2016 10:09

@junodog4 Grime is not hip hop. Sure, its rapping but grime formed from different roots. It grew from reggae, jungle, UK 2step garage/electronica, rave, dancehall, drum n base, dubstep etc. Hip hop formed in the US and while grime may have borrowed from hip hop along the way it seems to have grown out of the UK underground scene from sources that were not of a hip hop or rapping influence.

Pioneering album in the grime genre. Unfortunately the quality of Dizzee's albums seem to go down the more he makes music, but this acclaimed, mercury-prize winning album is a landmark record full of catchy & explosive tunes with a somewhat futuristic production.

From Sometype 11/29/2015 22:30

The godfather.

Great album

From junodog4 06/16/2013 02:38

In the context of hip-hop, I can see how some may miss the point. In the context of grime, I don't know of any better. Dizzee spits attitude.

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First things first: this is not hip-hop, it's grime. And it's probably not even the most necessary grime document (that title probably belongs to a pirate radio set, or maybe More Fire Crew's 'Pow'), but it is far and away the genre's best album. The production is cold and minimal, and Dizzee is one of the most enigmatic grime spitters to ever do it. His cadence is almost incomparable, and his innate Britishness shines through from the first minute. He offers no concessions at all, and that is why this remains grime's crowning achievement in the album field a decade on. Whereas Wiley (solo) and Kano and Ghetts and the Roll Deep collective and JME and even Dizzee himself later on (and perhaps Lethal B, though he was never quite as talented as the others) tried to polish and mold their sound to fit in with what they thought radio wanted to hear, Boy In Da Corner is just hard grime, and it has thus aged far better than any of the genre's other major album releases.

I would, however, take this opportunity to advise anybody who likes this to check out Kano's HOME SWEET HOME and Beats & Bars, Roll Deep's STREET ANTHEMS VOL. 1, P-Money's MONEY OVER EVERYONE, Trim's Soul Food series and Monkey Features, Wiley's Tunnel Vision series (or just Best of Tunnel Vision), JME's Famous, Dot Rotten's THIS IS THE BEGINNING, D Double E's ON THA DOUBLE, Skepta's Greatest Hits, and, last but certainly not least, Neckle Camp's STRAIGHT NECKLIN'. They're other great, if inconsistent, grime releases for somebody who wants to check out the genre further. The ones in CAPS come highest recommended. Enjoy.