DIZZEE
RASCAL
"Showtime" (click album cover for review)
Review
by: Matt Browne
With 'Showtime', Dizzee Rascal shined up his trainers and brushed
a little of the grime on his shoulders and brought a more coherent,
though still heavily stylized lyrical flow. His beats have become
more complete since > his debut album 'boy in da corner' and many
of the songs are missing his disjointed rhyme style (though they
are not in want of it) and are instead home to slick traditional
hip-hop spit sessions which touch on subjects of life, violence,
and sometimes love, inside his grimy London living. To say that
Dizzee Rascal has cleaned up entirely is a mistake, his spitting
is still grimy on many verses and his subject matter has remained
witty, relevant and enjoyable.
