Albums Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner (20th Anniversary Edition)

[Pegasus Jackson]

That whole techno craze circa '09

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Them nikkas diluted the sound just to chase a quick buck.

Yea... a lot of corny mainstream crossover attempts.. especially on that Roll Deep album. Is there a grime classic thread on here? If not, we should start one.

 

[JoelB]

Classic album...had this on repeat like crazy when it came out.

 

[Malcy86]

20 years? fukk. Great album. His sound changed too much for me after BITC but he still had the odd good song and feature.




And of course this absolute beast of a session.

 

[Low End Derrick]

Yea... a lot of corny mainstream crossover attempts.. especially on that Roll Deep album. Is there a grime classic thread on here? If not, we should start one.

https://www.thecoli.com/threads/the-official-grime-uk-rap-uk-drill-thread.212476/

 

[Peak]

ill forever be in the minority that thinks Showtime is better.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

ITS LIVE-O!!!

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

 

[nahnah]

That whole techno craze circa '09

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Them nikkas diluted the sound just to chase a quick buck.

I give that Roll Deep album a listen recently after reading Target's book as I couldnt remember fukk all from that era (probably blocked it out). Good lord its an abomination

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

ill forever be in the minority that thinks Showtime is better.

Not even close.

 

[Sane]

Classic album

 

[Liu Kang]

Classic album

First track I heard was I luv U



Beat blew my mind then I heard Stop Dat



and bought the album off those two tracks. The bass on both tracks was crazy and something I had never heard before. That album introduced me to Grime and the whole Uk scene (Ukg, 2 step, jungle etc.)

 

[Iceson Beckford]

Living legend.

Pioneered the genre, made grimes magnum opus on first attempt at SEVENTEEN. Platinum Brit Award winning Album.

Can say he sell out but if we use sense, he opened a lot of doors and likely keep the budget open for Grime/UK Rap at the labels.

 

[Iceson Beckford]

Yea... a lot of corny mainstream crossover attempts

Yep but we have to put this into context… the world and technology was very different. The charts & TV dominated everything.

These were young guys with often minimal education who had to make the music business work for them whilst they could.

Those corny commercial tunes allowed these artists to continue their careers ultimately. Wiley used those labels for their advances, knew how to make a Pop song if he had to and then went back to Grime.

It’s only recently UK genres have been allowed to be authentic and do numbers. Thats why however people feel about Central Cee/Dave I will champion them based off of that.

 

[MisterMajesty]

What would you consider the missteps? There were some corny songs but that comes with the territory. Ruff Sqwad, Boy Better Know, Ghetto, Slew Dem... classic.

Too much petty beef
Nobody releasing they music
Too Many MC's not enough visionaries
UK simply not supporting it properly