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Never one to follow the crowd, 28-year-old Lethal Bizzle has eschewed the electro-pop path favored by his U.K. hip-hop contemporaries in favor of an uncompromising sound known as "grindie," a unique fusion of grime and guitar-led indie which has landed him on the airwaves of XFM and 6Music, as well as the pirate radio stations of North London. Since launching a solo career in 2005, the former More Fire Crew MC has performed with Pete Doherty at Glastonbury, appeared on experimental post-hardcore outfit's yourcodenameis:milo's collaborative album, Print Is Dead, Vol. 1, and, in 2007, placed ahead of Amy Winehouse and Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner on the NME's Cool List. While his credibility therefore remains unquestionable, the chart-topping success enjoyed by the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Chipmunk, and Tinchy Stryder has so far eluded him, with only debut single, "Pow (Forward)," banned by clubs due to its gun-related content, reaching the Top 20. Best of Bizzle, a 27-track collection which cherrypicks the stand-out cuts from his three studio albums, Against All Odds, Back to Bizznizz, and Go Hard, explains why. There may be collaborations with super-producer Mark Ronson ("Lost My Mind"), Brit Award-winning songstress Kate Nash ("Look What You Done"), and Kanye West's protégé Mr. Hudson ("My Eyes"), but his quick-fire harsh lyrical delivery, profanity-laden dark content, and eclectic mish-mash of sounds -- hardly the staple of commercial radio playlists -- remain firmly intact. "Police on My Back" updates the the Equals' groundbreaking tale of racist harassment and combines it with the raw energy of the Clash's more famous cover; "Mind Your Head" is a ferocious blend of stinging guitars, relentlessly pounding beats, and Batman-style vocal "pows," while "Rockstar" is a thunderous riposte to his critics, produced by D.I.Y. punk revivalists Gallows. There are a few concessions to a more mainstream sound. "Fire" is an infectious, uncharacteristically mellow midtempo which samples Detroit Spinners' "It's a Shame," while the brilliantly titled "Selfridges Girl Not on MySpace" is a glorious attempt at a dirty electro-house floor-filler. But with five tracks also taken from his former underground garage outfit More Fire Crew's 2002 genre-redefining debut album -- including the frenetic battle-chant "Oi," one of the most minimal and fierce songs ever to grace the Top Ten -- Best of Bizzle is certainly not a concerted effort to showcase his more chart-friendly sensibilities. Its often menacing nature and genre-clashing style certainly won't be for everyone, but while never less than exhilarating, it's still a well-executed retrospective from one of the U.K. urban scene's most unsung heroes.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
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Wiley, FeaturedArtist - Chipmunk, FeaturedArtist - Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Scott, ComposerLyricist - Face, FeaturedArtist - Harriott, ComposerLyricist - Kano, FeaturedArtist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - P Money, FeaturedArtist - Bowes, ComposerLyricist - JME , FeaturedArtist - Ghetts, FeaturedArtist - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - emi Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Coombs, ComposerLyricist - Amoakhoh, ComposerLyricist - Veira, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Notting Hill Music, MusicPublisher - Copyright Contol, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Donaeo, FeaturedArtist - Ian M. Greenidge, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Mark Ronson, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Tyrrell, ComposerLyricist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Notting Hill Music, MusicPublisher - Tawiah, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - R Forbes, ComposerLyricist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Nick Clow, ComposerLyricist - Luciana, FeaturedArtist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Nick Bridges, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Notting Hill Music, MusicPublisher - Copyright Contol, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Luciana Caparosa, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - C Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Osmond Bowes, ComposerLyricist - C Matthews, ComposerLyricist - D Hector, ComposerLyricist - More Fire Crew, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Notting Hill Music, MusicPublisher - Copyright Contol, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Donaeo, FeaturedArtist - Ian M. Greenidge, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lee Garrett, ComposerLyricist - Syreeta Wright, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, ComposerLyricist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - EMI Music Publishing, MusicPublisher - Jobete Music, MusicPublisher - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Black Bull Music Inc., MusicPublisher
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Kate Nash, FeaturedArtist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Eddy Grant, ComposerLyricist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Warner/Chappell Artemis Music, MusicPublisher - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - GRANT MUSIC LTD, MusicPublisher - Marco Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Artemis Muziekgeverji BV, MusicPublisher
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Reynolds, ComposerLyricist - McIntosh, ComposerLyricist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Harriot, ComposerLyricist - Notting Hill Music, MusicPublisher - Copyright Contol, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Osmond Bowes, ComposerLyricist - J Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - Fire Camp, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Notting Hill Music, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Christopher Paddon, ComposerLyricist - Laurent Barnard, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Gilli-Ross, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Face, FeaturedArtist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Mr Hudson, FeaturedArtist - Zomba Music Publishers, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Dizzee Rascal, FeaturedArtist - Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - Copyright Contol, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Osmond Bowes, ComposerLyricist - D MILLS, ComposerLyricist - C Matthews, ComposerLyricist - More Fire Crew, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - C Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Contol, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Osmond Bowes, ComposerLyricist - C Matthews, ComposerLyricist - D Hector, ComposerLyricist - More Fire Crew, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - C Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Contol, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Osmond Bowes, ComposerLyricist - C Matthews, ComposerLyricist - D Hector, ComposerLyricist - J Toussant, ComposerLyricist - J Hamilton, ComposerLyricist - More Fire Crew, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Lethal Bizzle, MainArtist - C Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Copyright Contol, MusicPublisher - Maxwell Ansah, ComposerLyricist - Osmond Bowes, ComposerLyricist - C Matthews, ComposerLyricist - D Hector, ComposerLyricist - C C Reynolds, ComposerLyricist - More Fire Crew, FeaturedArtist
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
Album review
Never one to follow the crowd, 28-year-old Lethal Bizzle has eschewed the electro-pop path favored by his U.K. hip-hop contemporaries in favor of an uncompromising sound known as "grindie," a unique fusion of grime and guitar-led indie which has landed him on the airwaves of XFM and 6Music, as well as the pirate radio stations of North London. Since launching a solo career in 2005, the former More Fire Crew MC has performed with Pete Doherty at Glastonbury, appeared on experimental post-hardcore outfit's yourcodenameis:milo's collaborative album, Print Is Dead, Vol. 1, and, in 2007, placed ahead of Amy Winehouse and Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner on the NME's Cool List. While his credibility therefore remains unquestionable, the chart-topping success enjoyed by the likes of Dizzee Rascal, Chipmunk, and Tinchy Stryder has so far eluded him, with only debut single, "Pow (Forward)," banned by clubs due to its gun-related content, reaching the Top 20. Best of Bizzle, a 27-track collection which cherrypicks the stand-out cuts from his three studio albums, Against All Odds, Back to Bizznizz, and Go Hard, explains why. There may be collaborations with super-producer Mark Ronson ("Lost My Mind"), Brit Award-winning songstress Kate Nash ("Look What You Done"), and Kanye West's protégé Mr. Hudson ("My Eyes"), but his quick-fire harsh lyrical delivery, profanity-laden dark content, and eclectic mish-mash of sounds -- hardly the staple of commercial radio playlists -- remain firmly intact. "Police on My Back" updates the the Equals' groundbreaking tale of racist harassment and combines it with the raw energy of the Clash's more famous cover; "Mind Your Head" is a ferocious blend of stinging guitars, relentlessly pounding beats, and Batman-style vocal "pows," while "Rockstar" is a thunderous riposte to his critics, produced by D.I.Y. punk revivalists Gallows. There are a few concessions to a more mainstream sound. "Fire" is an infectious, uncharacteristically mellow midtempo which samples Detroit Spinners' "It's a Shame," while the brilliantly titled "Selfridges Girl Not on MySpace" is a glorious attempt at a dirty electro-house floor-filler. But with five tracks also taken from his former underground garage outfit More Fire Crew's 2002 genre-redefining debut album -- including the frenetic battle-chant "Oi," one of the most minimal and fierce songs ever to grace the Top Ten -- Best of Bizzle is certainly not a concerted effort to showcase his more chart-friendly sensibilities. Its often menacing nature and genre-clashing style certainly won't be for everyone, but while never less than exhilarating, it's still a well-executed retrospective from one of the U.K. urban scene's most unsung heroes.
© Jon O'Brien /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:29:44
- Main artists: Lethal Bizzle
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Stay Dench Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
(C) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings (P) 2011 Stay Dench Recordings
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