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Bad Intentions is right, as the N-Dubz member's first solo album has something to offend everyone, but U.K. rapper Dappy is a controversy king, especially in the media. If you don't find his F.U. attitude on Twitter or in interviews anything but dimwitted, than the misogyny and mayhem here are just like an impulsive, out-of-control Eminem in a woolly Chullo. Still, when the Chris Brown and Rihanna situation (a Drake-inspired "I'm a changed man now, Chris Brown") and Kurt Cobain's suicide ("I'm Kurt Cobain but I just couldn't do it") are used flippantly, and not at all fluidly, during the hooky highlight "No Regrets," Dappy comes off as crass, and not as clever as Mr. Mathers. The pop-rap gloss just underlines it as "Rockstar" aims to be just that, and with Queen's guitarist Brian May in tow, but get past the whole "grit equals credibility" thing and the album becomes a more glorious way to flip off the haters with some cringeworthy laughs along the way. When the Wanted show up to kick the pre-club anthem "Bring It Home" into overdrive, it is as if Taio Cruz redid "Dynamite" for those hoodie kids who attack the block with their overdriven boomboxes. Then there are the two "Tarzan" bits, where Dappy offers two show-and-prove, lyrically driven, "16 Bars"-type tracks, although most listeners will be drawn to the tracks' skillful manipulation of his vocals and the other studio trickery. Producers like Nathan Retro, David Dawood, and Fraser T. Smith give the album a proper enough shine to think of this as "laughing with" rather than "laughing at" Dappy, but his detractors won't find any redemption songs here, artistically or otherwise.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Costadinos Contostavlos, ComposerLyricist - Dappy, MainArtist
℗ 2012 All Around The World Recordings
Ayak Thiik, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ben Kohn, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Costadinos Contostavlos, ComposerLyricist - Tom Barnes, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Kelleher, Producer, ComposerLyricist - MANNY MARROQUIN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ross Parkin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Brian May, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, Rap Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alfie Danger, ComposerLyricist - Tom Fuller, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 All Around The World under exclusive Licence to Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd
Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dappy, MainArtist - James F. Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Miller, ComposerLyricist - Sam Gumbley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Fuller, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Dawood, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ross Parkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - James F. Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Miller, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Richie, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Retro, Producer
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Wayne Hector, ComposerLyricist - Tim Powell, ComposerLyricist - Costadinos Contostavlos, ComposerLyricist - Fraser T. Smith, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - Clinton Outten, ComposerLyricist - Alfred Miller, ComposerLyricist - Anthony Evoloko, ComposerLyricist - Tom Fuller, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Costadinos Contostavlos, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - James F. Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Fuller, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gino Vassell, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ross Parkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - James F. Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Miller, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Richie, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Retro, Producer
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Ayak Thiik, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The London Community Gospel Choir, Voices, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Kohn, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Barnes, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist, Bass (Vocal) - Peter Kelleher, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dick Beetham, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - TMS, Producer - Dappy, MainArtist
℗ 2011 All Around The World under exclusive Licence to Universal Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd
Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - James F. Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Alfred Miller, ComposerLyricist - Sam Gumbley, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tom Fuller, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Ayak Thiik, ComposerLyricist - Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Dawood, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Ross Parkin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - James F. Reynolds, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Mark Pellizzer, ComposerLyricist - Alfred Millar, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Ritchie, ComposerLyricist - Nathan Retro, Producer
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Costadinos Contostavlos, ComposerLyricist - Dappy, MainArtist
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fraser T. Smith, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - Alfred Miller, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fraser T. Smith, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - Alfred Miller, ComposerLyricist - Tom Fuller, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Costadinos Contostavlos, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Tony Dixon, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dappy, MainArtist - Tom Fuller, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Kez Ingolsby, Producer
℗ 2012 All Around The World
Album review
Bad Intentions is right, as the N-Dubz member's first solo album has something to offend everyone, but U.K. rapper Dappy is a controversy king, especially in the media. If you don't find his F.U. attitude on Twitter or in interviews anything but dimwitted, than the misogyny and mayhem here are just like an impulsive, out-of-control Eminem in a woolly Chullo. Still, when the Chris Brown and Rihanna situation (a Drake-inspired "I'm a changed man now, Chris Brown") and Kurt Cobain's suicide ("I'm Kurt Cobain but I just couldn't do it") are used flippantly, and not at all fluidly, during the hooky highlight "No Regrets," Dappy comes off as crass, and not as clever as Mr. Mathers. The pop-rap gloss just underlines it as "Rockstar" aims to be just that, and with Queen's guitarist Brian May in tow, but get past the whole "grit equals credibility" thing and the album becomes a more glorious way to flip off the haters with some cringeworthy laughs along the way. When the Wanted show up to kick the pre-club anthem "Bring It Home" into overdrive, it is as if Taio Cruz redid "Dynamite" for those hoodie kids who attack the block with their overdriven boomboxes. Then there are the two "Tarzan" bits, where Dappy offers two show-and-prove, lyrically driven, "16 Bars"-type tracks, although most listeners will be drawn to the tracks' skillful manipulation of his vocals and the other studio trickery. Producers like Nathan Retro, David Dawood, and Fraser T. Smith give the album a proper enough shine to think of this as "laughing with" rather than "laughing at" Dappy, but his detractors won't find any redemption songs here, artistically or otherwise.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:50
- Main artists: Dappy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2012 All Around The World ℗ 2012 All Around The World
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