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Boy in da Corner
by Dizzee Rascal
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Overall Rating:
3.5479
Avg. Critic Score:
3.4682
Boy in da Corner Rank 3 Reviews
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ShakingThrough.netOne of the most refreshing hip-hop records in quite some time. ...more
BillboardAdventurous listeners are in for a treat. ...more
Dot MusicDelivering his lyrics in a breathless barrage, 'Boy In Da Corner' packs the energy flash of London MCing into its grooves and for that alone it deserves attention. ...more
Rolling StoneIf you want a vision of the future of hip-hop and techno, get this record. ...more
Launch.comHe hasn’t made a great album, but even Tupac never managed that; the bombed-out landscape of Boy In Da Corner burns instead with all the anger, confusion and messed-up desperation of youth. ...more
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CultureDose.netOn a level of pure listening enjoyment, Boy In Da Corner isn't quite an Original Pirate Material; but it does succeed in establishing that Dizzee Rascal deserves a place right at the forefront of the UK Urban movement. ...more
Rolling StoneNineteen-year-old Londoner Dizzee Rascal rhymes like a gangsta from another planet, with a high, wound-up and desperate voice that sometimes sounds like Eazy-E, Shabba Ranks and Gary Numan, all stuck inside the same body. He thinks of hip-hop as a ...more
Slant MagazineIs there any more egregiously cliché, naïve way to open a song (much less an entire album) than with the phrase "I'm just sittin' here?" Judging from the auditions on the latest season of "American Idol," in which contestants were asked to write ...more
Yahoo! MusicAt just 18-years-old, and with only one major single release behind him, Dizzee Rascal 's shot from the East London underground, as part of the Roll Deep crew, to being one of the most widely reported artists around. And the reports are ...more
PlaylouderFirstly, if this doesn't get a Mercury Nomination tomorrow (we write this on the preceding Monday), we will eat the promotional Granddaddy Frisbees that are clogging up Jeremy's desk. Secondly, When is someone going to give Skibadee the cash to make a ...more
PlaylouderNot much here is too likely to blow up on the airwaves... it's too dirty, too ugly, too hard, and too Real. ...more
PrefixMagDark, dark, dark ... the UK has gotten really strange. The ominous opening seconds of Dizzee Rascal's Boy in da Corner merely scrape the surface of this diversion into bleak British hysteria. While the musical landscape is clearly urban, as ...more
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