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. 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'' !!!!!
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. billallen
    Sep 8, 2003
    10
    sick sick album
  5. rubys
    Feb 4, 2004
    10
    dis cd is sick its hevy keep it up RASKIT!!!!!!!!
  6. rubys
    Feb 4, 2004
    10
    dis cd is sick its hevy keep it up RASKIT!!!!!!!!
  7. waynef
    Mar 22, 2004
    10
    ill album
  8. briannas
    Mar 2, 2004
    10
    dis album is heavy! da riddim hold ya mouf is da bomb! Go geddit!!!!
  9. 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.
  10. jimz
    May 28, 2004
    10
    this album is the biznuss!@! shouts from au
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. RapCzar
    Dec 1, 2003
    10
    Just grabbed the import, he's the real deal, highly original, it blows the wrapping off the CD.
  14. Heinrich
    Aug 15, 2003
    10
    A sonic adventure that blows you away from all the current cliched music scene.
  15. ObinnaP
    Aug 20, 2003
    10
    this is has to be only just the illest garage album in history
  16. 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
  17. McJonesy
    Sep 24, 2003
    10
    Phat CD, Diz geez iz da bad bwoi of garage!!!!!
  18. stephenh
    Sep 24, 2003
    10
    no comments its a sick album
  19. 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
  20. scottm
    Jan 23, 2004
    10
    it is sick........... i luv u is da best song. stop dat is class
  21. 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!!!!!
  22. AnonymousMC
    Feb 24, 2004
    10
    raskit mercs dis album i'm ratin it @ 10 out of 10 cos its unique and aims @ whats really happening to the typical east, south london black man
  23. rubys
    Feb 4, 2004
    10
    dis cd is sick its hevy keep it up RASKIT!!!!!!!!
  24. rubys
    Feb 4, 2004
    10
    dis cd is sick its hevy keep it up RASKIT!!!!!!!!
  25. rubys
    Feb 4, 2004
    10
    dis cd is sick its hevy keep it up RASKIT!!!!!!!!
  26. dopey
    Feb 4, 2004
    10
    dis iz fat i is nevz eardz anyting like tis blood! respect 2 any1 who iz lovin tiz cd az much az me
  27. sophier
    Mar 17, 2004
    10
    shabby n tough
  28. Norma..frOmhollandyeah
    May 1, 2004
    10
    flex!!!!
  29. rtfreed
    Aug 1, 2004
    10
    A great CD! It's great from beginning to end. I really like Sittin' Here, I Luv U and Fix Up, Look Sharp.
  30. Jordijordi
    Sep 20, 2004
    10
    Showtime is also good, but Boy in da corner is still the best...
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#4 Best Album of 2004
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#15 Most Discussed Album of 2004
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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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