Dizzee Rascal - Showtime
Track Listings
- Showtime
- Stand Up Tall
- Everywhere
- Graftin'
- Learn
- Hype Talk
- Face
- Respect Me
- Get By
- Knock Knock
- Dream
- Girls feat. Marga Man
- Imagine
- Flyin'
- Fickle
"Showtime" is a hard-hitting follow up to 2003's Mercury Prize winner "Boy In Da Corner". The East London Grime legend is back this time reflecting on his success in the past 12 months, making a more light hearted listen than "Boy In Da Corner", since "Boy In Da Corner" was an underground album that happened to go mainstream and this felt more like a mainstream rap album.
Dizzee puts some really heavy lyrics down, which make sense and aren't just about general grimey life, when Dizzee speaks, it sounds truthful, unlike some American rappers e.g. Fabolous, Fat Joe, Ja Rule etc. He's so positive and uplifting, I would seriously compare him to 2pac. Dizzee talks about how hard things can be and talks about the struggle, but he is filled with positivity and hope, since he has proven that anyone can be a success from any background and with hard work anything is possible. This is definitely not Boy In Da Corner Part 2 as it's less grimey and more towards the hip-hop side of things. I would definitely recommend this to any garage/hip-hop lover.
Only thing I have against it are the beats, which are boring and fairly standard; the electronica genre has been done so much it's become a
cliché. This album does have it's good moments, but on the whole this doesn't compare to his first album.
I'd go ***.
Written by Tom Dawkings
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