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Showtime

by Dizzee Rascal

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All Time

of 455,330

899
2000's

of 265,621

88
2004

of 38,944

13

Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews and awards.

Overall Rating: 3.3380 Showtime is ranked overall as 3.3380 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.3322 Showtime has an avg. critic score of 3.3322 out of 4 stars

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Stylus Magazine

Iremember when Dizzee's first album leaked. I huddled in front of my computer, waiting patiently for the album to finish downloading. I listened to it once, then immediately burned four copies. ...more

PopMatters

Aside from a couple of hiccups (the clunky R&B of "Get By", the silly call and response of "Knock Knock"), it's every bit as good as Boy in da Corner, and sometimes even better. ...more

All Music Guide

If Showtime isn't the equal artistic success of Boy in da Corner, it's slightly superior, stunning for the facts that it arrives so swiftly after the debut and is far from a retread. ...more

Stylus Magazine

Significantly altering the sound that won him critical praise and sold a quarter of a million albums takes some nerve. And that's what Showtime is about: Dizzee's newfound confidence. ...more

Rolling Stone

These are Rascal's most accessible beats to date

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Alternative Press

It's the urgency of [Dizzee's] brash Brit patois that dares you not to decipher...read the complete review at Alternative Press

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Filter

It was Mogwai who once said: "Blur are shite." Wonder then, what they would think of Dizzee Rascal, whose delivery lies somewhere between unintelligible and uninhabitable, and who revels in sonic and lyrical territory which can only be described...read the complete review at Filter

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Dusted Magazine

Showtime’s length dilutes the bursts of exotic spice and flavor laced throughout....read the complete review at Dusted Magazine

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The A.V. Club

A startling rapper equipped to both dazzle and devastate, Dizzee Rascal would be hard to account for in hip-hop terms even if he weren't from England. At his most gregarious, Rascal trades in a nominally familiar language of boasts and barbs, taunting...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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