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Thursday, April 3, 2008
 

 

After hearing a good friend of mine completely rave about one of Dizzee Rascal's performances at SXSW I realized a couple of unfortunate things.  One was that I wished I had been able to make time to see him do his blistering rhymes live and in person, and the other was the fact that I had never really fully explored last year's Maths + English.  Of course, as fate would have it, the highly acclaimed effort arrived in the mail this week, and here I am now rambling away like its brand new to the world.  Definitive Jux will be putting out the US version of the album on April 29, and whether or not you already have a copy in your collection I highly recommend picking it up since it has two new studio tracks and a remix by El-P.  Enjoy.

:Dizzee Rascal - Wanna Be (Featuring Lilly Allen):  Unless you're actually someone who is attempting to live a lie as a gangster, you probably aren't going to find anything lyric-wise that's going to inspire or blow your mind.  This just isn't that kind of song.  Nope, this gem's big bouncy beat, witty one-liners and Lilly Allen at her most catchy are meant to slap a smile on your face and put a shake in your hips, and if those two things don't happen then you may want to have a few drinks and a deep breath, because you're a little too uptight.

I'm not entirely sure if Dizzee Rascal being chased around by white men on horses was meant to entertain or provide a cultural message, but either way the video is worth watching.  Though, that could simply be because Sirens is a amazing track.

 

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