I love these two artists work almost equally but with his new album I think Dizee Rascal proves he is just a bit better than eminem - I think because he is more relevent to British culture !

Rascal - dream (showtime album)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=2AAhc4auA7A&mode=related&search=
eminem - without me
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vduw9uGrNqY

from his new album -

dizee rascal -
bubbles
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xEi6arLh3fI

It got only two stars in Q...The new Dizzie Rascal album.

and ??? the culture show on TV rated it as a masterpiece of work ! so do quite a lot of magazines and stations etc

have a listen yourself and sus out what you think

Q review was probably written by some Toffee Nosed ex public school twat with more inbterest in fashion than music (and no I dont mean state school - just for any yanks out there)

Not my sort of thing *goes to put some Pantera on*

baha

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3egtf4rWh_I

I can't understand a word Dizzee Rascal says - in his records.
So on that level I prefer Eminem.
I can appreciate Eminem sold out and became commercialised in the last few years - so on that level Dizzee has my respect for not selling his soul to MTV.
I can also appreciate Dizze has more ''street cred'' over here because he is new/fresh and British.
Eminem is so 2003.
So taking everything into consideration I think I'd go for Dizzee - but will have to learn what the fuck he is talking about.

ok read these while you listen to sirens by dizzee rascal - it all makes sense then !
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IPpxxrl0xhM

aint no doubt the guys a lyrical master and has the toons too

CHORUS :
Blud when you hear them sirens coming
I can hear them sirens coming
Better run when you hear the sirens coming
I can hear them sirens coming

VERSE 1:
1 to the 2 to the 3 to the 4
Limehouse police knocking at my door
12 black boots on my bedroom floor
What they want with Rascal I'm not sure
Took me to the station eight-thirty
For a fright night I had recently
Say they got me on CCTV
And them pussyole boys told on me
Can't understand why these boys keep snitchin'
Can't understand why these boys keep bitchin'
Now I'm hot tempered feel like switchin'
Can't stand still trigger finger itchin'
Gotta stay calm, gotta keep my cool
If I go jail I'll be a damn fool
Gotta rise up gotta stand up tall
Can't let them see the end of Dizzee Rascal

CHORUS X2


Yo man, let's take it back to that old-school storytelling shit, get me!

VERSE 2:
1 day I was with my bredren Aido roaming the street
On the main road hungry, looking for somethin' to eat
Not no burger or no chips--shit that's easily digested
It's the shit that if you're caught you'll be easily arrested
We was on the robbing street, I forgot to mention Clayton
was dis bredder rollin wit us, he was scared and it was blatant
He was panned, back to the story

Aido spotted a man
Straight ahead of us in the distance
With his wifey holdin' hands so we followed 'em into this little alleyway into the flats
And when we thought the time was perfect we crept up and we attacked,
I took the first swing
Unexpected causin' panic we was ruthless causin' agony it was public it was tragic
Me and Aido lost the plot
Acting like we were from hell
Put his bredder to the floor
Moved his wifey up as well
Clayton stood back shakin' wishing that he never came
Then from outa nowhere was alisha screaming out my name
She's went my school she saw it all
And by this time she's crying, and to make it worse I'm hearing sirens I ain't even tryin' to hang around

CHORUS X2

VERSE 3:
I can hear them sirens coming
I can hear them sirens coming
I break the law i will never change
I break the law i will never change
I break the law i will never change
Step into my zone get your whole face rearranged
See me on the telly but I ain't no actor
Running through the street brave face--it's a jack war
Broad daylight no shame like a lunatic
Rain, hail, sleet or snow -- I ain't new to it
Show me what you got
Better give it up quickly
Lay them on their back if they chat back swiftly
Better mind out when they come through the manor man
keep them on their toes like hammer, man
It's no joke man, woman and child i'm seeking
See no sex, no age--i'm creeping
Anything for the dough cold and the wheelers
Duck for the feds and I roll with the dealers
Roll with the hard heads signed young offenders
No my life ain't nothing like EastEnders
Step into my zone get your whole face rearranged
I break the law i will never change

I like the last 3 lines

I really love this bit

Then from outa nowhere was alisha screaming out my name
She's went my school she saw it all
And by this time she's crying, and to make it worse I'm hearing sirens I ain't even tryin' to hang around

baha

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3egtf4rWh_I
:lol: :lol: :lol:

That was quality

and ??? the culture show on TV rated it as a masterpiece of work ! so do quite a lot of magazines and stations etc

have a listen yourself and sus out what you think

Q review was probably written by some Toffee Nosed ex public school twat with more inbterest in fashion than music (and no I dont mean state school - just for any yanks out there)
I'm just saying :) I was flicking through Q minutes before seeing the thread.

I used to like Eminem a fair bit. When the first couple of albums were kicking about. Couldn't get into later offerings. Kinda the same thing happened with Rascal. Thought the singles were canny, liked the first two albums when I heard them. Even saw him live. But on recent listens they haven't grabbed me the same way.

For the purposes of the thread though, I'll go with Dizzie Rascal. Wether the toffee nosed ex public school twats care or not!

ok read these while you listen to sirens by dizzee rascal - it all makes sense then !

Thank you - I will.

Dizzee Rascal is good but really he does not do half the stuff he writes about. Can you imagine him goiing out and robbing someone? they would say "arent you that bloke from the telly"?

Dizzee Rascal is good but really he does not do half the stuff he writes about. Can you imagine him goiing out and robbing someone? they would say "arent you that bloke from the telly"?

I think he did or has has been in that environment - I think as far as ''keeping it real'' - he can legitimately say he knows what he is talking about.
Ofcourse he is not going out robbing people now - music has empowerd him to take another course in life - a better course.
That i assume is what he raps about - empowerment.