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Boy in da Corner | 
| Artist: Dizzee Rascal
Label: Xl
Category: Music
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 1319
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 766482754748
EAN: 0634904017026
ASIN: B00009WVWU
Release Date: July 21, 2003
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| 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. Gods Gift) | | • | Round We Go (Aint No Love) | | • | Jus A Rascal | | • | Wot U On? | | • | Jezebel | | • | Seems 2 Be | | • | Live O | | • | Do It |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
On IBoy in the Corner/I, 18-year-old East Londoner Dylan "Dizzee Rascal" Mills sets himself the task of melding British hip-hop with UK-garage. Both styles have an unenviable history of providing a sonic backdrop to violence and criminality, and both are subject to excessive scrutiny from obsessive purists who view miscegenation as heresy. So it's little surprise that Mills' debut sounds so paranoid, claustrophobic and unsettling; this is front-line music, fidgety, distracted and distracting. It is, in the main slow, stripped-down and awkward, recalling Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa, Schooly D and LL Cool J as much as Dizzee's UK peers. p At times it lives up to the extravagant praise many have already bestowed upon it. "I Luv U", the nagging single, is brilliantly conceived--boy and girl talking about one another without hearing, a perfect encapsulation of how disconnection is the norm, even if you've got two mobiles, a pager and an e-mail address. "Fix Up, Look Sharp", sampled from Billy Squier's 1980 rock classic "Big Beat", is as near as the record comes to straightforward rap, its joyous flavour provides a much needed moment of uplift to what is an often brilliant but densely oppressive album. --IAngus Batey/I
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 FRESH! April 26, 2004
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
As a huge garage lover since about 1995 I've seen the scene change forbetter and worse. This change to a so called 'grimey garage'had thepotential to kill off what was fast becoming a commercial scene. As alover of hip hop as well I've found parallels between the two scenes andthat parallel is Dizzee Rascal. It's not hip hop and not garage but thegreat thing about garage is it's not a genre it's sub sections inside agenre best summed up by Wiley in his track 'what do u call it'. This albumis fantastic, sometimes very simple but creative and I think a lot ofAmercians have started to over complicate their music and their lyricshave become predictable as in they're from the ghetto etc. We know thatbut what dizzee does here is not tell people of his background but roleplays with situations that make you realise where he's from. I was bornand lived in the East End (Bow) and this sound is the London sound, the UKsound that is unique. Dizzee's work shows flair and genius, his word playand beats all compliment each other. 'I luv u' shows awareness ofsituation and a word play that is ingenius. The album is entertaining,thoughtful and his style and he will be huge in the US because they arecrying out for a change, whereas here we are always changing and dizzee isthe forerunner. What do you call it? I call it Dizzee.
THE SOUND OF URBAN LIFE IN THE UK July 29, 2003
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
Dizze rascal has done well not to follow the lead of other acts like Big Brovaz and misteeq, who attempt to sound like their AMerican counter-parts on their records. The production on 'Boy in Da Corner' is raw and stripped down, a far cry from the generic sounding hip hop garage beats we have become all too familiar with in recent years. The great thing about this album is that you cannot classify under one genre of music, its not garage not hip hop. The sound is undoubtedly ground-breaking, like nothing I've heard before. Dizzee mcs on all the album tracks with 2 guests and produces most of the tracks. br'Boy in Da corner' has the edge and rebellion of a punk album. the difference is that it is the sound of the UK in 2003 not in the 1970s.brThe standout tracks for me are 'cut'em off' and 'round we go'.brOn these tracks dizzee expresses his mistrust of the people around him. On 'round we go' he describes what he thinks of teenage love- he doesnt think it exists. He says 'aint no love ting here, just 1 big cycle here'brEvery track on this album is a gem. This cd comes highly recommended, the most original UK artist to emerge for a long time.
Live O!! July 14, 2003
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I first heard the name Dizzee Rascal, i believed it would be the name of a musical disaster! After hearing 'I Luv U' almost a year ago, I was completely blown away.br On his debut LP, Dizzee Rascal 'spits' his hard,and raw lyrics over standard uk garage beats, and the mixture fits together well. His style is very unique, as i have never heard anyone use a squeaky teenage voice to describe such real to life situations. br "If that girl know where u stay that's poor/Some wh**e bangin on your door, wot for?/Pregnant? Wot you talkin bout? Be sure/ 15 she's underage that's raw!" -I Luv Up Boy In Da Corner, from start to finish, is a great example of how the British music industry is evolving. the only question left is, how is Dizzee Rascal going to top this nex time round?
Just 19? surely not!! November 6, 2003
Graham Simons (London)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I think this album serves to prove that innovation in hip-hop and tight lyrics is something that is becoming more and more prevalant in UK hip-hop. For my money, the only decent hip-hop album to come out of the US this year was Outkast's which is brilliant but to be honest isn't anything new and is reminiscent of the g-funk era. What we have in Dizee Rascal is a whole different animal. It's perhaps wrong to call this a hip-hop album. The wonderful fusion of garage and hip-hop is served up with gritty urban reality. There's nothing pretentious a la The Streets about this boy. 19 years old and telling it like it is on tracks such as Fix up, look sharp and the rather brilliant Jezebel. Even the collaboration with Basement Jaxx while slightly out of place, is funkier than a man that hasn't bathed in a year! Just buy this, along with Twang, this lad has managed to restore my faith in hip hop!
Welcome to UK Raw Flava!!!!! July 31, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
For all of u who don't own this album, u don't know what u are missing!!!brThis rap superboy has managed 2 bring a fresh, unique sound that will blow u away. Dizzee Rascal' s debut EP has set the tone for standards of quality tunes within the Uk Garage scene.br' Stop That' is a banging tune with superb bass lines and defying lyrics. Then the classic ' I Luv U' follows up with some raw lyrics that are absolutely brilliant. 'Fix up, Look sharp' is going to be the thumping anthem of the summer with its outstanding basslines. If u can't feel these tunes pulsating through your veins, maybe your heart's not pumping.brIt is without doubt going to be the album everyone will be talking about. Highly Recommended purchase for all u true music lovers!!
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