Boy in Da Corner [Enhanced, Extra tracks]

Dizzee Rascal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 20, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks
• Label: Matador Records
• ASIN: B00015HV4C
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (109 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,200 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sittin' Here

2. Stop Dat

3. I Luv U

4. Brand New Day

5. 2 Far (Feat. Wiley)

6. Fix Up, Look Sharp

7. Cut 'Em Off

8. Hold Ya Mouf' (Feat. God's Gift)

9. Round We Go

10. Jus' A Rascal

11. Wot U On?

12. Jezebel

13. Seems 2 Be

14. Live O

15. Do It!

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

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. Moreover, with pulsing, electro bumps dominating most of the album, the sound is closer to Tricky's than Trick Daddy's. That said, Boy in Da Corner offers boundless energy and Rascal's enthusiasm is palpable. "Jus' a Rascal" is crunked out enough to make Lil Jon proud while "Live O" moves smoothly and steadily with a submarine's deadly grace. Though Rascal won't knock 50 Cent off the charts anytime soon, his debut loudly proclaims that rap's geopolitics may be shifting. --Oliver Wang

Product Description

Young, angry, articulate, and frighteningly talented, 18-year old Dizzee Rascal is the voice of a new generation. Alongside Wiley and his fellow Roll Deep Entourage members, East London's Dizzee was propelled to underground fame. His record is Spin's #12 Album Of The Year, it went gold in the UK, and it won the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2003. This domestic release contains one bonus track plus the first two videos.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dizzee, not Disney, October 20, 2005

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Paul Gallagher "Gags" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boy in Da Corner (Audio CD)

I can not believe some of the Yank reviewers on here criticising Dizzee's accent and demanding that he move to the states for a few years to lose his accent. Is this not almost as arrogant as ignoring the UN??? I admit that it is pretty thick but I can here every single word, and I'm Aussie! Of course his accent is going to be different - He's foreign, what did you expect???

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great rap debuts ever, January 29, 2004

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Matthew K. Putnam (Brooklyn Park, Minnesota United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boy in Da Corner (Audio CD)

Boy In Da Corner, the debut album from UK rapper Dizzee Rascal one of the top hip-hop debuts I've ever heard. It's unlike anything you've ever heard and for that reason it will probably not catch on with a mainstream American audience. Which is too bad. The fact that he raps with a London accent isn't a fault. It's actually part of his appeal. Accent or not this kid can rap with the best of them. As far as the beats go they sound like they were made in a basement somewhere. Which I believe they were. Very minimum yet very infectious.

Those with an open mind, who don't mind expanding their horizons should definately check this album out. It's one of the greatest debut to come out in a while.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The saving artist of rap, September 5, 2003

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jermaine (QB) - See all my reviews

This review is from: boy in da corner (Audio CD)

Hip Hop is and has been in a state of decline for many years now. It seems that MCs all want to sound the same and spit about the exactly the same things. For me personally coming from a strong hip hop community and being around when Biggie, Wu Tang, Jigga, Nasty Nas were all representing NY and Cali had their own thing goin on. Rap was at its peak, flows were dirty and production was grimey and street. What we have no is an industry obsessed by money and being a celebrity. MCs who once had potential: DMX, Jada, Redman etc. either are saying nothing new or they are chatting like a lady concerned with jewells. Dizzee Rascal seems to be the saviour (IN MY OPINION). I have heard so many rappers who blend into one: nothing outstanding about their flow, just average. Dizzee is an MC from England and I believe he started out as a UK Garage MC. His style, flow, voice, rhymes just have that special something. Never has a non US rapper made it big here but I think if people were to hear this I think he would be the first. He spits about his life, over dark beats and doesn't get tempted by rapping like a punk. I heard him whilst in the UK as I have a cousin who lives in London who introduced him to me, I knew he was dope then. This guy could be another one who vanishes but I think he could be the saviour to hip hop. The freshes style since Eminem and he keeps you listening like Biggie or Nas does. With the album being British it might not sound like typical hip hop but once you get your head round it you will know it is dope. I would seriously compare this album to an old 50 cent album or LIfe after death or Illmatic. It doesn't have the same NY style but it is a great album for it has a mixture of thug, morbid and up lifting songs, which in my opinion makes a classic album. Dizze's flow is sick and should not be ignored. Everyone who I know who has heard it thinks it's dope and have been suprised. It is a ghetto album and if you are bored with rap at the moment buy this one it's a dope dope album.