Dizzee Rascal 16 Bars Freestyle

Back Back Back. . . Back. Not going to attempt to throw at you everything ive missed cause you know the spots. . but this seems to have been slept on. Via Aol i guess.



haaaaaard.

Gosh Golly My Oh My

So I buy the flex 7' hoping for something special in the remixes.

It wasn't to be.

But now I have this.

MP3:Dizzee Rascal - Flex (DJ Q Remix)

Big thankyou to DjDStar for turning me onto this.. And you should all go check his blog. . Here.

Dj Q --- On 1xtra.

Dizzee Rascal - Flex

Songs great, videos not.

Dizzee - Flex (@ Mercury Music Awards)

How'd I miss this?

Flex Factor

Dizzee's next single is, quite surprisingly going to be Flex. Here's some behind the scenes footage from the video. It's cameos galore.

Dizzee Rascal Minimix on AnnieMac's

Just tell me that the kick on nirvana wouldn't destroy any party.

I Luv U (radio) – Dizzee Rascal
Don’t Hold Back The Rain (radio) – H-Town
Oi (dirty) – More Fire Crew
Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend – Arctic Monkeys (ft Dizzee)
Know We (clean) – Wiley (ft Major Ace, Maxwell D)
Pony (radio) – Ginuwine
Big Pimpin’ (radio) – Jay-Z (feat UGK)
Pepper Final
Pourin Up (radio) – Pimp C (ft Mike Jones & Bun B)
Out of Space (clean) – The Prodigy
Is That Yo B*tch (radio) – Jay-Z (feat Twista & Missy)
Walk It Out (radio) – DJ UNK
Old Skool (radio) – Dizzee Rascal
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
Draped Up (radio) – Bun B (ft Lil Keke)
Fix Up Look Sharp (radio) – Dizzee Rascal
Murder She Wrote – Chaka Demus & Pliers
Sirens (radio) – Dizzee Rascal
Nuthin’ But A G Thang (radio) – Dr Dre (ft Snoop Dogg)
Thug Passion (radio) – Tupac
Ho (Dirty) – Ludacris
Everyone Falls In Love – Tanto Metro & Devonte
Suk My D*** (dirty) – Dizzee Rascal

MP3: Dizzee Rascal - Minimix (Annie Macs)

don't make me get old skooool

Second Video from Maths and English.

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.

Myspaces on the links over on the right.

Excuse Me Please

Dizzee With a New Track Live on Jools Holland from a few weeks back, have been waiting for this to surface. Single "Sirens" is out and available from Juno, Itunes and the rest. Album out 4th June.

Rasketttt

Just A Rascal



I Luv U



Stop Dat



Sirens

UK Style

Seeing as there aint too much exciting me from the States, i thought i'd bring you a little bit of UK's finest. Completely slept on at the moment by the majority, and while it's a bit patchy in quality at times, the rate of production means there are always some big tracks flying about. Heres some brand new, some classics, just to school you a little bit. Lets support as well.

MP3: Dizzee Rascal & Skream - Request Line Freestyle
Thanks to Analog Giant.
Dizzee doing what he does best over a track by UK Dubstep producer Skream. ***

MP3: Just Blaze - 101 Sessions (Ft. Skepta, JME, Klashnekoff)
Brand New track i just got in today. Not sure what just blaze is doing over here, but im not complaining.

MP3: Kano - Mr Me Too Freestyle
One of the industries pioneers, along with Dizzee and the recently retired Wiley. Can't wait for the new album.

MP3: Wong - Gudthing (Ft. Thuy)
Not a personal favourite of mine, although doing the rounds at the moment and loooks to be one of the bigger tracks of the year.

MP3: Roll Deep - Floating Thru Da Sky
Commercially viable grime. Something Roll Deep seem to have mastered since the departure of Dizzee. 2nd album picks up where the 1st left us.

MP3: SkinnyMan - No Big Ting
Not really grime, but brilliant nonetheless. Off the quality album "Council Estate Of Mind". ***

MP3: Sway - Month In The Summer
For me, the hottest Britist Artist out there. While album flopped slightly.. talent can't be denied, and following visits to the states where he recorded tracks with Lupe Fiasco and 2 with Chamillionaire, mainstream success should eventually reach him. ***

Support The Artists. . .

Sway - Future collaborations with Pharrell, Akon, Madness and Small World lined up. New EP due on May 14th. Free Downloads available on his myspace. .

Grab Skinnymans Album " Council Estate of Mind" Here.

Roll Deep Here.
Or Album No1, Here @ Amazon.

Wong. - Album on the way.

Kano
Or Album Here.

Skepta, JME, Klashnekoff - Three of UK's Finest.

Dizzee - "Maths And English" dropping this year.

Skream - Dubstep Artist.

Better Run When You hear The Siren's Coming

Well he's returned, and he's hotter than ever. You know what your getting with him, and now that his production seems a bit tighter.. he's gunna be even bigger. Got promo of his new single but not going to whore it just yet.. same with his collabo with the arctic monkeys as a B-side to their new single Brianstorm... although I'l share the radio rip. . And maaaaaaaaybe a radio rip of another album track. Fathertronix, PM. Grab it when it drops in June. Probably here.

Mp3: Arctic Monkeys - Temptation greets you like your Naughty Friend (Ft. Dizzee Rascal) (Radio Rip)

I'm Back.

And have music to share.

Firstly, indie-pop band "Ghosts" - - (Myspace) - - debut single "Stay the Night" has been working its way around my head alll week. While just another of a current bombardment of soft indie offerings, it certainly has something which sets it apart from the rest.

MP3: Ghosts - Stay The Night

Brand New Dizzee Rascalllllll...
Nothing more do i need to say. Roll on the new album - "Maths and English" EDIT: The dizzee tune is marked. Mp3 is off the radar unfortunately. However YOU can listen here. Except for holllertronix. haha.


Guilty pleasure of the week has to be in the form of...... Space cowboys rework of Fergy and Ludacris On glamorous.

Heads up to Fluo Kids for this. Hit the link for the mp3's.

Digitalism's New EP has also surfaced. Loving the single, but just as much, i'm loving the mentalism's remix of it. Straight off the EP. Screwing the vocals about and thumping all over the place. P.s can't seem to find where these mentalism guys/girls reside. but make sure you cop the ep. probably best to do it over at Phonica.

MP3: Digitalism - Pogo (Mentalism Remix)

Other areas for checking:

Appletree Records (Who brought you Sotu The Traveller, see previous posts) - combined with DJ Sp to create a series of mixes aptly titled "Apple Tree Smoothies. Volume 1 is available for Free Download from the site. I seriously recommend copping it. Brilliant mix of soul, funk, hiphop and Jazz.

British electro hotshot, Kissy Sell Out, has also been big with me this week. Bags of potential, with already one 12" in circulation, and currently working on an album...i am lovvvvvving his work. His podomatic site gives a number of free mixes for download as well as some damn good bootleg remixes he's done. Make sure you dont sleep on him. HERE.

Be posting much more regularly now. Hope you enjoy and seee you soon.