Boy In Da Corner
by Dizzee Rascal
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 193 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 169 out of 193
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 193
  3. Negative: 15 out of 193

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  1. JGreenwoodW
    Jan 26, 2012
    10
    The best album i have ever heard. Tells many different stories which rappers seem to lack. The sound is just great and would recommend to any rap fan especially UK rap fans.
  2. MattP
    Sep 5, 2005
    5
    May be the most refreshing debut album of the new millenium.
  3. GiovanniO
    Aug 17, 2006
    2
    I tried hard to like this album. I don't give a puck if he is from Mars, or Europe for this case: he sounds too silly for me and I have heard 100X better beats in Fruity Loops. Believe me this is whack.
  4. chrisj
    Aug 20, 2004
    2
    2 is the number of songs that made my toe tap. i can't understand this guy!!! the sound of his voice makes my dog jump in the toilet.
  5. AdamS
    Oct 3, 2006
    1
    Proof positive that professional criticism is worthless. Listen to this album - you won't believe it. Track 6 ('Fix Up, Look Sharp') is the generally accepted "best" track on there.
  6. OllieH
    Feb 13, 2009
    10
    Simply the best hip-hop (or whatever you want to call it) album I've ever heard. Dizzee's production is on par with that of El-p or Madlip (actually, he's way better than Madlib) and his rhymes are delivered with the grit and honesty. This isn't rap for the casual listener, this is dense, intelligent, and sincere hip hop.
  7. LadyRascal_BumTings
    Sep 10, 2003
    10
    Big up Dizzee Raskit. Dis album is Blingin. Rascal is da Sickest Mc out der. He's a cold lyricist! ''Luv talks 2 everyone, Money talks more'' !!!!!
  8. DylanM
    Oct 5, 2003
    10
    This album is a wicked debut album and one of those great garage acts out there. It's so surreal and Dizzee has such a young talent.
  9. DJLammy
    Aug 20, 2003
    10
    What the hell is Boy in da corner???!!! Honestly all i can say is WOW where the F**K did he just come from, this album is on another level not just in UK hip-hop but music on a global scale. I promise you won't regret this purchase-its an essential underground classic-for real. Peace
  10. BryanC
    Sep 12, 2003
    7
    Not easy listening, no life changer but hard and fresh. By the way, it is just me or do most of the other reviews on this page seem concocted by the same person using different pseudonyms?
  11. billallen
    Sep 8, 2003
    10
    sick sick album
  12. JeremyB
    Feb 1, 2004
    9
    Garage from a young star who's only beginning to rise. The hardest chainsaw blast lyrics and intelligent songwriting make Dizzee a sure thing. Fuckin' A!
  13. rubys
    Feb 4, 2004
    10
    dis cd is sick its hevy keep it up RASKIT!!!!!!!!
  14. rubys
    Feb 4, 2004
    10
    dis cd is sick its hevy keep it up RASKIT!!!!!!!!
  15. waynef
    Mar 22, 2004
    10
    ill album
  16. briannas
    Mar 2, 2004
    10
    dis album is heavy! da riddim hold ya mouf is da bomb! Go geddit!!!!
  17. AkhilK
    Apr 3, 2004
    10
    WOW! The best damn rapper i have ever listened to. And not only are the beats and rythm the best i've heard, the lyrics actually make sense..once you understand them.
  18. jimz
    May 28, 2004
    10
    this album is the biznuss!@! shouts from au
  19. jamied
    Jun 2, 2004
    10
    in my eyes the best c d made in years also a superb new young mc on da music scene
  20. Irrelevant
    May 22, 2008
    7
    Michael C--I'm not disputing the merits of this album, necessarily, but your including "Eric B." on a list of rap giants is just plain ignorant, since Eric B. did not rap. Rakim rapped. But thanks for playing. Maybe you should review rap albums in the context of rap music only when you have some clue as to what you're talking about.
  21. dizzeez_gal_4eva
    Oct 16, 2003
    10
    dizzees ur lyricz r HETIC!!! u b keepin it raw man! bare sik!!! u got da "BLING~BLING!" xxx
  22. RapCzar
    Dec 1, 2003
    10
    Just grabbed the import, he's the real deal, highly original, it blows the wrapping off the CD.
  23. Heinrich
    Aug 15, 2003
    10
    A sonic adventure that blows you away from all the current cliched music scene.
  24. ObinnaP
    Aug 20, 2003
    10
    this is has to be only just the illest garage album in history
  25. lauraw
    Sep 17, 2003
    10
    dis is a phat albulm, n all ya chats go wel wit cha own beats, keep it up u wil go far!!!! love 2 cha!!! if ur eva in romford gi me a chat bak XXXXXXXXXXXX
  26. McJonesy
    Sep 24, 2003
    10
    Phat CD, Diz geez iz da bad bwoi of garage!!!!!
  27. stephenh
    Sep 24, 2003
    10
    no comments its a sick album
  28. GilbertMulroneycakesInTheField
    Jan 21, 2004
    10
    "Who are these critics, and why do they love rapping with a British accent so much?" It's not a British accent, it's heavily West Indian. And "nothing special"? Come on, now. When you can drop this kind of sincere poetry about YOUR nonchalantly grim lifestyle, with so little apparent effort, that's when you get to say that. He's not much for talking - poor sod got "Who are these critics, and why do they love rapping with a British accent so much?" It's not a British accent, it's heavily West Indian. And "nothing special"? Come on, now. When you can drop this kind of sincere poetry about YOUR nonchalantly grim lifestyle, with so little apparent effort, that's when you get to say that. He's not much for talking - poor sod got sliced and diced for being supposedly "surly" at the Mercury Music Prize (an Album Of The Year award which is a bit of a Big Thing to win over here. He won) when he was just like a rabbit in the headlights. But who needs to talk when you can weave the truth like this? Boy's got talent.… Expand
  29. scottm
    Jan 23, 2004
    10
    it is sick........... i luv u is da best song. stop dat is class
  30. charlottes
    Jan 29, 2004
    10
    This album is da best iv bought in age. da best song is brand new day and jezebel cuz der like realy cool IM HIS BIGGEST FAN EVA!!!!!
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#24 Most Shared Album of 2004

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Q Magazine
    70
    [A] strikingly stark and innovative debut. [Sep 2003, p.102]
  2. The A.V. Club
    90
    It all makes for a bleak spread, but Rascal rises up as a singular musical presence too brimming and perceptive to let the coarse world around him pass by untouched.
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  3. Blender
    80
    His hard-edged, dance-inflected debut makes East London sound like the new Dirty South. [Jan 2004, p.108]
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