Some new ish, starting with the reigning monarch. Great beats, great hooks and the flow's impeccable. Shame about the verses though. Sonically, I think this album's dope, but the content never roams far from how good it is to be Cliff right now and/or how lame it is to be any other rapper/hustler/whatever. No rhymes that blow your mind, but it's fun.
The split personality theme worried me going into the album, but it doesn't sound too fragmented. Would say though that I enjoyed the TIP songs more than the TI ones.
If this guy's the Jay-Z of the South, then the last couple of albums've been Vol. 2/Vol. 3 level fare: very good, but I'm waiting on the Blueprint.
My favourites:
Help is Coming. Reminds me of the title track from Kingdom Come, not least for the epic Just Blaze beat.
Tell 'em I Said That. Timbaland can take a break if Danja's going to be producing tracks that bang like this on the reg'.
Respect This Hustle. Another Danja track, but on a laid back tip here. (Didn't intend that pun).
The split personality theme worried me going into the album, but it doesn't sound too fragmented. Would say though that I enjoyed the TIP songs more than the TI ones.
If this guy's the Jay-Z of the South, then the last couple of albums've been Vol. 2/Vol. 3 level fare: very good, but I'm waiting on the Blueprint.
My favourites:
Help is Coming. Reminds me of the title track from Kingdom Come, not least for the epic Just Blaze beat.
Tell 'em I Said That. Timbaland can take a break if Danja's going to be producing tracks that bang like this on the reg'.
Respect This Hustle. Another Danja track, but on a laid back tip here. (Didn't intend that pun).
Slept on Dizzee's first 2 albums - schoolboy error (I'm on a roll!) - but fortunately appreciating this 1; perhaps too much. Started listening to this 4 or 5 times but only ever gotten about halfway through. 1st half's so good I'm gonna assume it doesn't lose momentum and call this a dope album.
Didn't like grime production and this previously put me off, but I'm acquiring a taste for it with help from Stretch Nav the G.O.D. Beats, hooks, flows, rhymes...all there and really sick:
Old Skool
Sirens
"Stand up for something or for anything you'll fall
But definitely know when not to lose your cool
Cause it ain't what you show its what your conceding
Put a smile on the deepest negative feeling
Stand tall even when they're hating and they're scheming
Yeah watch your money rise right to the ceiling" - Dizzee Rascal
Nuff said.
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