Without further ado, here are Dizzee Rascal top 10 tracks of all time:. Dizzee Rascal , Calvin Harris , Chrome. Dizzee Rascal , Armand Van Helden. Dizzee was an active and enthusiastic participant at raves from the age of 15, as well as mixing on pirate radio stations. His father died when he was only two years old, and he himself says it was a teacher who let him skip classes to devote more time to music who most influenced him from an early age. His first album, Boy in Da Corner, was critically acclaimed on its release in , with the single I Luv You coming out shortly beforehand and telling the tale of accidental teenage pregnancy with insight, sensitivity as well as some wit. There was a stabbing incident in that same year, when Dizzee was knifed and the finger seemed to point at top Garage act So Solid Crew and a professional rivalry. It has also made him more appealing to festival lineups and events like Radio 1 Big Weekend.

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Not short of bangers in his back catalogue, Henry Lewis completed the difficult task of whittling down Dizzee Rascals best tracks to just five. Image: Dizzee Rascal. Dizzee's lengthy presence in the public eye has been mainly attributed to a more commercial sound with the help of massive hooks, big name collaborations and savvy producers. Recent appearances, however, have suggested that the star, named Dylan Mills, may be returning to his roots. Could this mean a new Dizzee Rascal album with the old Dizzee Rascal sound? The track that initiated Dizzee's career, 'I Luv U' was mistakenly leaked onto the internet in and people went mad for it. With hard hitting lyrics about teenage pregnancy and a filthy bass-line the song helped to introduce grime to a wider audience. The track was released properly in gave him his inaugural top 40 single, the first of many to come. Stuttering drums and a hypnotic sample are the canvas for Dizzee to rap about growing up amongst drugs, poverty and violence. His performance of 'Brand New Day' at the Electric Proms is particularly poignant given the subsequent success enjoyed by the artist.
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English rapper Dizzee Rascal has released seven studio albums , one live album , one extended play , 32 singles including nine singles as a featured artist , two charity releases , two promotional singles and two mixtapes. Dizzee Rascal released his debut studio album , Boy in da Corner , on 21 July , in the United Kingdom , where it peaked at number twenty-three; having been certified as gold by the British Phonographic Industry BPI. The singles " Fix Up, Look Sharp " and " Jus' a Rascal " were also released from the album in , reaching peaks of number seventeen and thirty, respectively, in the UK.
It earned him the Mercury Prize , and has since been considered a grime classic. Mills was born in London. His Nigerian father died when Dizzee was young, and he was raised in Bow , [4] in a single-parent family, by his Ghanaian mother Priscilla, about whom he says, "I had issues as a kid. I was violent and disruptive. The way my mum helped was by finding me a different school every time I got kicked out, always fighting to keep me in the school system.