Boy in da Corner [Enhanced] [Extra tracks]

Track Listings

1. Sittin' Here

2. Stop Dat

3. I Luv U

4. Brand New Day

5. 2 Far - Dizzee Rascal, Wiley

6. Fix Up, Look Sharp

7. Cut 'Em Off

8. Hold Ya Mouf - Dizzee Rascal, God's Gift

9. Round We Go - Dizzee Rascal, God's Gift

10. Jus a Rascal - Dizzee Rascal, God's Gift

11. Wot U On - Dizzee Rascal, God's Gift

12. Jezebel

13. Seems 2 Be

14. Live O

15. Do It

16. Vexed

Boy in da Corner,Dizzee Rascal,Matador Records,2-Step/British Garage,Pop,Rap & Hip-Hop

Tracks:

Sittin' Here
Stop Dat
I Luv U
Brand New Day
2 Far (Feat. Wiley)
Fix Up, Look Sharp
Cut 'Em Off
Hold Ya Mouf' (Feat. God's Gift)
Round We Go
Jus' A Rascal
Wot U On?
Jezebel
Seems 2 Be
Live O
Do It!

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

Album 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.

Customer Reviews:

Late American review.......2007-06-13

I'm an American chick and I LOVE Boy in da corner, but it wasn't always that way. When I first got the album and popped it in my CD player, I spat it right out, I couldn't understand it AT ALL. I put it on my shelf for like 6 months, then I went back to it because I was feeling guilty for have buying it and not really listening. I tried again, went through the tracks, still no spark, until I got to "Round We Go" is was the only track I could understand (accent wise) and then something clicked, it grew on me, then I played it like 3 times on repeat. Once I caught the bug I went to the next track "Jus a Rascal" loved that shit, and then end up listening to the whole thing. The funniest things that now "round we go" is my least favorite song. I tend like to hard ones like "Stop Dat" "Hold ya Mouf" and "Fix up Look Sharp". All the tracks are gems. *listening to "Cut em off" now*

I guess I had to train myself into understanding his accent, then I learned to appreciate the production/beats especially no rapper I've ever heard had the sound. Needless to say, this album is definitely one of my favorites of all time, maybe top 10, that's how much I love it and him.

I really thought after Dizzee there was going to be some sort of British Hip Hop invasion, but I guess I was wrong. Most of the main stream US Hip Hop fans are really one dimensional, aren't opened minded and like things that are easy too listen to. Dizzee in my opinion is better a lyricist than any US rapper at this moment, even Jay (gag) Z. I'm not giving up on the dream of some new hip hop imports, and I hope he has a new chance with "Maths and English" to spark change in American urban music, because we need help badly. I haven't heard the radio in over a year and this album is still in heavy rotation in my stereo.

I got the chance to see Dizzee in the US and his live show was just as good as the album. I got to meet afterwards, he was real cool and is all about his music, which I love.

If you don't like this album, just try it again, listen with new ears. Hear the innovation, the talent, the rhymes, and his stories they are worth listening to. I now find myself understanding every word he says even rapping along and understanding the slang, so...

SOUNDS LIKE IF THE NEPTUNES WERE ENGLISH!!!.......2007-06-03

I love Dizze Rascal. I think his sound is great, and if he continues on the path he is on, he could be big and this sound of music will become worldwide. Fave songs- I luv u (underrated; this should have gotten the recognition like a Jay-Z or 50 cent song would), Jezebel Jus a rascal, Brand new day. I think this music is underrated, hopefully it won't be for long!

UK classic.......2007-03-22

I agree to some extent with the Americans saying they can't feel the accent. It's true, you either dig it or not. Accent can be so out there that you just ignore the music. I decided to give Dizzee a second chance. For me it's mostly about the beats and boy there are some exceptional ones on this album. Experimental, raw, gritty, funky you name it. Tracks like Do it, I luv U and Fix up Look Sharp are pure original and like no one ever done before. This album is for all the people that said European hip-hop didn't have it's own face. Like Dizzee proves England amongs others is the place where unique hip-hop comes from. Give this album a second chance.

It's not the accent, it's the lyrics (...and beats)........2006-11-03

I have no problem listening to an MC with an accent. It's just that, well, after you have this album for a while and the novelty wears off, and you listen more closely, there just isn't much there.

At first, I would put it on and it was these cool electronica-influenced beats and a fast flow that I couldn't really understand, but that didn't matter much.

Until I actually listened to some of these lyrics.

1. "dizzy rascal come down like snow/
with freezing cold flows like moscow/
dumb hoe, get me upset, guns blow/
bitch, you're not ready for skid row"

2. "I've met bad boys from every post code/
You could never talk to me about gold/
Stop dreaming, I'm your worst nightmare/
I'm Freddie kruger, make the luger explode"

3. "Now there you go again talking like a star/
Like I can't find out where you park/
Kick off your door, I ain't got a 4-4, bruh/
Ill have to settle for a long metal bar"

A rapper like MF Doom might be able to pull off lyrics like these, over a good Madlib beat and with his patented style and sense of irony, but in the hands of Dizzee Rascal over top of these cheap, brittle, annoying, thrown together beats, they fall flat.

Americans need to open their minds.......2006-10-21

I said I'd read some of the reviews for this classic album and see what America thought of it. I must say alot of these reviews really really pissed me off, giving an album 1 star just because they just find it too hard to understand!!? Thats just straight up ignorant. I'm from Ireland and I have no problem understanding it, nor do my friends. Come to think of it, neither does my cousin in Austrailia who happens to own a rap label in melbourne, one of the biggest in Australia. Brittish rap is very big in Ireland, and Irish hip hop is on the come up in a major way. I'd love to hear what the Americans have to say about Irish hip hop. Would they dismiss it coz they don't understand it? Or would they dismiss it believing that all Irish people are stupid alcoholics that love to fight? Irish people are not stupid, we're not all alcoholics and we don't all fight for the craic of it. Thats a stupid stereotype and Americans need to wake up to that and open their small minds. I'm speaking of course to the people who do know what Ireland is really like, and the Irish-Americans (NOT THE MILLIONS WHO CLAIM TO BE OF IRISH DESCENT). And before people reply to this, I am a huge hip hop fan. I own almost 1000 hip hop albums, from Run DMC to KRS ONE. My faves are wu tang and the boot camp clik ( enter the 36 chambers, liquid swords, cuban linx, enta da stage, da shinin etc.) So I do know what I'm talking about

Average customer rating:

Can't stop listening to this one.
Start of something BIG!!! dont miss out...........
LONDONER
Fresh
The future of UK garage?

Boy in da Corner

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00009WVWU

Album Description

Debut album from hotly tipped 18-year-old UK garage MC. The album combines UK garage's vicious swing, electronica's noisy experimentalism, dancehall's abstract beat science & jungle's psychotic bass fixation to mind-blowing, psychedelic effect. XL. 2003.

Album Details

Debut Album from Hotly Tipped 18 Year Old UK Garage MC.

Customer Reviews:

Can't stop listening to this one........2004-01-20

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of all ages, you need to take that $20 that you have dangling around at the bottom of your pocket and buy this CD. A friend of mine in England turned me on to Dizzee Rascal approximately 4 months ago, and I haven't stopped listening to this CD since. This may well be the best debut CD that any artist in any gendre of music has ever had. I'm a latin music freak who doesn't listen to much house/garage/hip hop, but this is definitely in my top 3. Each song's beat is unique to the song, which eliminates that repetitive feeling that you get feeling from a lot of the music that's being produced today. The sampling of differents sounds and the fact that this CD does not follow any one type of music makes it a CD that is on to itself.

If a guy who usually enjoys Tito Puente Sr. can get into this CD, I'm sure that all of you will find Dizzee Rascal to be most entertaining.

Start of something BIG!!! dont miss out..................2003-12-27

The album is the start of something big!! It comes from 18 year old MC Dizzee Rascal aka Dylan Mills from south london. Before his nomination for the prestigous Mercury Music Prize he was completely unknown outside of the underground UK Garage MC where he formed part of the Roll Deep Crew, however those of us who heard him knew that sooner or later he would hit the big time.
His style is completely unique and a world away from the 'bling bling' commercial hip hop of overated US stars like 50 cent and Jay Z. Dizzees style is fierce, minimalitic and raw whilst at the same time amusing and intelligent. People who are unused to this type of stuff may find it strange to start with but are guarenteed to grow to love it, it is completely original and unmistakeable in both production and Dizzees flow on the mic.

The production is very minimalistic with a heavy bassline throughout, this is due to his background as a grimey MC with the Roll Deep Crew. His flow is also unique due to his strong south london accent and he never attempts to adopt a phoney american accent or slang in order to appreal to the market.

Every track on this album is fantastic but there are a few that are really special:

I Luv u ( track 3)
Jus a rascal (track 10)
Fx up Look Sharp (track 6)
Brand new day (track 4)
Sittin here (track 1)

Anyone who likes urban music cannot afford to miss this album as Dizzee is here to stay so i advise anyone to buy it or atleast check it out because its amazing! Is far better than any album realised by any US rappers this year, however i would not class this as 'a hip hop album' because it is so much more than that....

LONDONER.......2003-11-16

I AM PROUD TO BE A LONDONER ALONGSIDE DIZZEE MUCH BETTA THEN DEM POSH STUCK UP AMERICANS ALWAYS GOIN TO THEIR OFFICES 4 WORK ENGLAND IS DA FUTURE OF MUSIC NOT AMERICA

Fresh.......2003-11-15

This Mercury Music Prize winning album deservedly finally got some shine and critical praise after the award was presented. Dizzee Rascal brings his unique flow, heavy beats and often interesting lyrics over the course of the perfectly paced LP. Young though he is, Dizzee clearly stands many steps above the usual garage MC and the album is arguably more hip-hop soaked anyway. The singles highlight but a foot is rarely put wrong as a very promising solo career gets underway, few artists have bettered Boy In Da Corner in 2003.

The future of UK garage?.......2003-11-01

This is the debut album by 18-year old Dylan Mills, otherwise known as Dizzee Rascal. Entirely written and produced by Dizzee, this is an impressive debut. It features some superb production, as well as serious lyrics that address his South London surroundings. There are some great tracks on here such as Sittin Here, Brand New Day and Fix Up, Look sharp. I haven't given it 5 stars though because i think that some of the tracks can get a bit repetitive, and his production style doesn't always work. Overall this is a good album though.

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