Londoner and rap champion, Dizzee Rascal has a Mercury Music Prize collecting dust, garnered after his 2003 debut ‘Boy in da Corner’ got international attention for its clever blend of UK garage beats and hip hop grime vocals (at the just 19 years of age). But since then it’s been a bit quiet—at least in the US—Dizzee’s 2004′ follow-up ‘Showtime’ and 2007’s ‘Maths+English’ placed on the UK charts at #7 & #8, respectively, but the states never saw a proper release from the Dizzee boy. Until now—enter heroic hip-hop label Definitive Jux to pump some new life into the latest ‘Maths+English’, which is given a deserved US release slated for April 29th.
To get you all excited, we have a small handful of remixes by bloggers-gone-big-league, Acid Girls (whom a little bird told me have completed their first original production with Frankmusik vocals and it’s bananas!) and Def Jux ringleader El-P.
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MP3: Dizzee Rascal – Sirens (Acid Girls Can Hear It Too Remix)
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MP3: Dizzee Rascal – Where da G’s (El-P Remix)
Check out the ‘Sirens’ video on YouTube.
Visit Dizzee Rascal on MySpace or at his official, DizzeeRascal.co.uk.
