Maths & English

1. World Outside
"World outside of the Hood and I want you to see it". Pretty self explanatory meaning to the song, he got his big break because of music and discovered this "new world", and now he just wants others to get this chance.

2. Pussyhole (Oldskool)
One of the original leaked tracks using a sample from Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock’s “It Takes Two”. Dizzee proceeds to give his take on the rivalries which litter East London, a popular subject among artists of the grime scene, yet never before has it sounded so fresh.

3. Sirens
The first single to be taken from the album, again he rides a beat similar to "Pussyhole's", this time taking us through then UK class system. Towards the end of the track it gets increasingly harder to follow Dizzee's flow as it is serially encroached by the nu-metal guitars which become more and more involved as the song progresses. Clearly Dizzee has something which he feels pretty strongly about here, and the track is the perfect stage for him to deliver it. Goes best when watched with the video, in which Dizzee is chased through dark streetlight streets by a band of blood hungry fox hunters. See it here.

4. Where's Da G's? (Ft. Bun B & Pimp C)
One of the nicest beats on the album. Low key track compared to the previous two, however he's still got things to get off his chest. Flanked by UGK, Dizzee shouts out all the fakes in the scene, asking them "Where's Da G's? Where's Da Stars? Where's Da whips? Wheres Da cars?" before the anthemic hook "Too many mugs on the tv, how many real crooks on the tv? All I hear is dead hooks on the tv, being real these days ain't easy". Favourite track so far.

5. Paranoid
"f-ck my girl I know she's cheating, that goldigger bitch just thieving, act like i dont care but I'm grieving"
Perhaps a look at the downside of fame..

6. Suck My D-ck
A skit? Not entirely sure..

7. Flex
"I wanna see you dip, and let me see you rock..."Forgotten are the serious opening tracks.. Garage music was born out of a sound called 2 step, here Dizzee brings it back with some glorious club music. You'l see what I mean when you listen.. you'l be smiling just like I was, as well as probably busting a move or two. . "Gosh, Golly My Oh My I'm hoping you aint looking at any other guy, Your figure is so pleasing to the eye, especially when you do the bogle or butterfly".. The lyrics are there, but the delivery is...huge.

8. Da Feeling
Shy Fx on production, the topic of Summer.. Another one for the clubs. Going to Ibiza, get the hummer out.. apparently. Another nice track.

9. Bubbles
"Nike air bubbles on my feet looking fresh, and my brand new gwahms on, dress to impress" This track passed me by the first time, probably because I was still trying to hold myself back from going back to Flex.. however on second and third listens, the addictive synthing bassline will have you going back to this one also. Subject wise, isn't going to stay in your mind but i'm sure he doesn't intend it to.

10. Excuse Me Please
Saw him perform this on Jools Holland the other week. . Video's around the site somewhere.. Serious sound again as he complains about modern day living. Very nice track, but strangely I think i prefered it live.

11. Hardback (Industry)
How to play it in the music industry.. Huge pounding drums provide a bed for his crash guide to surviving. .
"And another thing..Buy a house before you buy a car/don't tell no one where you are/even better if your far/ everybody knows your gangster and that porsche looks great/ but do you want it sitting in your council estate"

12. Temptation (Ft. Alex Turner)
A reversal of the track arctic monkeys used for their b side to brainstorm. I'm not sure how this goes with just leaving alex turner on the chorus.. feels almost a bit disjointed. But I love dizzee's verses - the temptations that we face as teenagers. Beats a bit weak really.

13. Wanna Be (Ft. Lily Allen)
Haha. Firstly, Lily Allen might start to grate eventually, like pretty soon. Apparently its a Bugsy Malone sample, but never having seen it, I couldn't tell you what. As a private school girl, the taunt "Your mum buys your bling" seems a bit of a joke, however with Dizzee telling any rivals to "go home, have a cup of tea, watch Corrie" it makes out for an enjoyable listen. At least for now.

14. U Can't Tell Me Nuffing
Grime.. He hasn't moved on just yet from the scene that made him.. And a track which proves how good an MC he actually is.

It is clear that he is no longer the anxious, fidgety youth that we saw on Boy In Da Corner who kept it strictly grime. A brilliant album in which he manages to dash between the good times and the bad times without ruining the flow. Favourite of 2007 so far. Just pinches it off Wiley.

Both albums out on Monday.. grab them at HMV.. Itunes.. Junodownload.. Amazon.

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