Name: Maths and English
Brand: Dizzee Rascal

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xlcd273

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-04-14

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Supplier GB

PIAS

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Dizzee Rascal

Genre GB

Hip Hop

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Dizzee Rascal's third album is the most complete, intense and thrilling British hip-hop record ever made. Bar none. From the Korn-inspired metal guitars of the barnstorming first single 'Sirens,' to the vivacious bugsy malone-inspired backchat of lily allen (on the irresistible 'Wannabe'), every track on this album seems to find a new way of grabbing the listener's attention. But the amazing thing about 'Maths and English' is the way the huge number of different styles and ideas that it showcases come together as the perfect vehicle for one man's voice. Whether Dizzee is going mano a mano with american gangsta rap legends Bun B and Pimp C ('where's da g's') or paying his dues to his UK heritage by collaborating with drum and bass legend Shy fx; whether he's sampling Lynn Collins on the straightest hip-hop track he's ever done ('pussy'ole') or going way out there to a martial arts film soundtrack of knives being sharpened ('world outside'), it never takes more than half a bar of his raw, guttural, urgent rhyming to realise you're in the presence of the rasket. The more musical ground he covers, the easier he seems to find it to be true to himself. As if to confirm that sometimes you have to travel a long way to get really close to home. On one hand it's easily dizzee's most upfront and accessible record to date - 'sirens' is a uk half-brother to jay z's '99 problems' and full on party tracks like 'flex' and 'bubbles' will soon be turning up the heat on dancefloors the more melancholic mercury prize-winning debut 'boy in da corner' might have cleared. On the other, it's as brutally honest and potentially confrontational as anything he's ever done.

Maths and English

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