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Following a series of increasingly pop-minded full-lengths and collaborations with everyone from Calvin Harris to Shakira to will.i.am, Dizzee Rascal did an about-face with his sixth album, returning to a more hardcore sound similar to his groundbreaking 2003 debut. Raskit contains no guest vocalists, no sugary pop hooks, no samples of past dance-pop hits, and no uptempo songs. Instead, it mainly consists of ominous tracks that fuse grime with trap, and laser-focused introspective lyricism from Rascal. Even with grime experiencing a renaissance, as both veterans like Skepta and newcomers such as Stormzy enjoy international success and acclaim, it never feels like Raskit is a retread or a desperate bid to stay relevant. Rascal isn't oblivious to his status as an elder statesman of the scene -- on early standout "Wot U Gonna Do?," he gets right to the point, questioning what happens when one's fan base moves on and the artist is no longer relevant. "The Other Side" is a furious reclaiming of the throne, with Rascal asserting that he has nothing to prove and that he's entirely disinterested in making amends with his former ally Wiley (who also released a strong back-to-basics LP in 2017). Rascal demonstrates his rhyming dexterity on tracks like "Ghost," where his fast, nimble rapping is matched by a jungle beat for a brief moment. As the album progresses, it does feature some lighter moments and a bit of the playfulness Rascal is often known for. A few tracks have a bit of a hazy G-funk groove to them, and they lighten the mood a bit before it's back to hard bangers like "Everything Must Go" and the angular, buzzing "Sick a Dis." The album ends on a highly optimistic note with "Man of the Hour," where Rascal is amazed by his life's achievements; the song ends with a message of "mak[ing] the world a better place by preaching positivity and encouraging the youth, because the youth is the future." Raskit is by far the most captivating, powerful release from Dizzee Rascal in at least a decade. It certainly won't spawn four number one U.K. pop hits the way his platinum-selling fourth album, Tongue N' Cheek, did, but it's a necessary re-evaluation and re-focus of his talents, and proves that he's far from finished.
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Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Darkness, Producer - Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Valentino Khan, Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Salva, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jake Gordon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Brain, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Wilfred Kouassi, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Teddy Samba, Music Production, Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Heavy Trackerz, Producer - Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cardo, Producer - Ronald LaTour, ComposerLyricist - Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Jamil Pierre, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Deputy, Producer - Jake Gordon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Brain, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Bugzy Malone, ComposerLyricist - Dan Farber, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Farber, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cardo, Producer - Ronald LaTour, ComposerLyricist - Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cardo, Producer - Ronald LaTour, ComposerLyricist - Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cardo, Producer - Ronald LaTour, ComposerLyricist - Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Salva, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Jake Gordon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Brain, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Dan Farber, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Donae'o, Producer - Ian Greenidge, ComposerLyricist - Jake Gordon, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Colin Brain, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Niko, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - The Arcade, Producer - Kurtis Mckenzie, ComposerLyricist - Jon Mills, ComposerLyricist - Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Dylan Mills, ComposerLyricist - Mike Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dizzee Rascal, Producer, Mixer, Additional Producer, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Cardo, Producer - Ronald LaTour, ComposerLyricist - Matthew "Formatt" DeFreitas, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
Album review
Following a series of increasingly pop-minded full-lengths and collaborations with everyone from Calvin Harris to Shakira to will.i.am, Dizzee Rascal did an about-face with his sixth album, returning to a more hardcore sound similar to his groundbreaking 2003 debut. Raskit contains no guest vocalists, no sugary pop hooks, no samples of past dance-pop hits, and no uptempo songs. Instead, it mainly consists of ominous tracks that fuse grime with trap, and laser-focused introspective lyricism from Rascal. Even with grime experiencing a renaissance, as both veterans like Skepta and newcomers such as Stormzy enjoy international success and acclaim, it never feels like Raskit is a retread or a desperate bid to stay relevant. Rascal isn't oblivious to his status as an elder statesman of the scene -- on early standout "Wot U Gonna Do?," he gets right to the point, questioning what happens when one's fan base moves on and the artist is no longer relevant. "The Other Side" is a furious reclaiming of the throne, with Rascal asserting that he has nothing to prove and that he's entirely disinterested in making amends with his former ally Wiley (who also released a strong back-to-basics LP in 2017). Rascal demonstrates his rhyming dexterity on tracks like "Ghost," where his fast, nimble rapping is matched by a jungle beat for a brief moment. As the album progresses, it does feature some lighter moments and a bit of the playfulness Rascal is often known for. A few tracks have a bit of a hazy G-funk groove to them, and they lighten the mood a bit before it's back to hard bangers like "Everything Must Go" and the angular, buzzing "Sick a Dis." The album ends on a highly optimistic note with "Man of the Hour," where Rascal is amazed by his life's achievements; the song ends with a message of "mak[ing] the world a better place by preaching positivity and encouraging the youth, because the youth is the future." Raskit is by far the most captivating, powerful release from Dizzee Rascal in at least a decade. It certainly won't spawn four number one U.K. pop hits the way his platinum-selling fourth album, Tongue N' Cheek, did, but it's a necessary re-evaluation and re-focus of his talents, and proves that he's far from finished.
© Paul Simpson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:07
- Main artists: Dizzee Rascal
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited ℗ 2017 Dirtee Stank Recordings Limited
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