Tuesday, March 27, 2007

I wish I would've listened everytime he told me


maths and english

A second piece of Dizzee Rascal's forthcoming Maths and English record has been deployed ("leaked") thanks to Diplo. It's hilariously called "Pussyhole" and, despite its suggestive title, it's basically a track about snitches and how much snitches suck (an English entry into the "stop snitchin'" subgenre?). So, to sum up, we have Dizzee rapping at Warp 9 overtop of a beat cribbed from Rob Base. Of course, it's good: Dizzee sounds as confident and commanding a he's ever been, the beat is pure fire, and, best of all, Dizzee is really at home overtop of "old school" tracks (see "Fix Up Look Sharp"). But, it's also sort of generically good and could be seen as a return to a previous successful formula rather a step forwards. In a sense, that's been the dilemna of grime ever since it comparatively blew up. We can maybe see dubstep as an attempt to move forward by leaving behind the good times (dubstep's almost pedantic seriousness) while Dizzee, grime's first real star, points a different path with his move towards commercial (and American) success in the forms of collabs with artists like UGK (fuck yes!) or Lily Allen (oh no). The question really boils down to whether Dizzee is still a vital artist. The rest of Maths and English (coming out in June) should provide some answers.

Download Dizzee Rascal's "Pussyhole" here.

Listening to: Timbaland feat. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake - Give It To Me

2 comments:

buck said...

ruff material from Dizzee top MC once again, love the oldschool feeling in here.
Bless

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