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Dizzee Rascal
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Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born November 1, 1985), is a solo artist, formerly a Roll Deep crew member, who emerged from the UK Garage music scene. His music is a blend of garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga, with some more eclectic samples.
Dizzee began MCing on pirate radio and at raves at fifteen, but since his mainstream success he has distanced himself from the fledgling scene. Rascal grew up in the East End of London in south Bow in a council estate, raised by his single mother, a Ghanaian immigrant. Little is known about his father, though it is thought that he died when Mills was two. He attributes his musical development to a school teacher who allowed him to skip regular classes and spend time working on music on the school computers.
His music is an eclectic mixture of garage and hip-hop beats with an extremely broad palette of influences, ranging from metal guitars to found sounds, drill and bass synth lines, eclectic samples and even Japanese court music. His vocal performance is also distinctive, he uses a fast version of rapping (known as ‘spitting’) which blends elements from garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga.
Dizzee Rascal has numerous rivals within the Grime scene, mainly from the East London area. A notable rival of Dizzee Rascal is Crazy Titch who produced and recorded a diss called “Just An Arsehole” which used the backing track of Dizzee’s record of “Jus A Rascal”.
Dizzee began MCing on pirate radio and at raves at fifteen, but since his mainstream success he has distanced himself from the fledgling scene. Rascal grew up in the East End of London in south Bow in a council estate, raised by his single mother, a Ghanaian immigrant. Little is known about his father, though it is thought that he died when Mills was two. He attributes his musical development to a school teacher who allowed him to skip regular classes and spend time working on music on the school computers.
His music is an eclectic mixture of garage and hip-hop beats with an extremely broad palette of influences, ranging from metal guitars to found sounds, drill and bass synth lines, eclectic samples and even Japanese court music. His vocal performance is also distinctive, he uses a fast version of rapping (known as ‘spitting’) which blends elements from garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga.
Dizzee Rascal has numerous rivals within the Grime scene, mainly from the East London area. A notable rival of Dizzee Rascal is Crazy Titch who produced and recorded a diss called “Just An Arsehole” which used the backing track of Dizzee’s record of “Jus A Rascal”.
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Dizzee Rascal - Flex (Dave Spoon remix)
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DIZZEE RASCAL @ sonar 2007
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Dizzee Rascal - Hardback (Industry)
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Dizzee Rascal - Da Feelin'
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nineteen92 wrote:
"Once you get past what a chav he is, you actually start to like it." thats one of the most pathetic things ive ever read on a shoutbox. stop raping the culture.
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he-war wrote:
i thought dance wiv me was real pop now? weird
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tronic5454 wrote:
"I Luv U" & "Stop Dat" are still anthems to me.
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edward0 wrote:
Screwed face.
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nouhi wrote:
Love it!!!
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LiskiFM wrote:
I heart Dance Wiv Me.
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EvermoreRocks wrote:
Dance Wiv Me <3
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MassAppeal1 wrote:
Check out my remix of SIRENS http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=25lmZ6_rqcY
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nonzeel wrote:
has anyone heard the fix up look sharp//coldplay version? its so good
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young-knife wrote:
best drunk-music ever
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he-war wrote:
i have the best version of flex. :D really fast
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danny-777 wrote:
man i wish he had not released anything after his first album :( now when i listen to him everyones gonna think i am an idiot who likes dance wiv me and flex :(
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vojtisss wrote:
That's Not My Name, what the hell is that?! Such a horrible cover!
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keptblue wrote:
the only americans i know that sound like dizzee's beats are http://extlabs.com/yourinfamousharp
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Arctic_Art wrote:
Once you get past what a chav he is, you actually start to like it. He's a brilliant rapper, he's music's great and he's a londoner. What more could you want? xD
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FootToFace wrote:
for a brit he has good teeth
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BurntFingers wrote:
chase & status remix of Sirens = :D
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ooooompa wrote:
i'm old school like happy shopper
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Dizzee Rascal
Warehouse Project, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Dizzee Rascal
The Plug, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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