Showtime - Dizzee Rascal
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87 out of 100

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8.5 out of 10

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  • Summary: The UK rapper follows his Mercury Music Prize-winning debut 'Boy In The Corner' with this sophomore release.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Mojo
    100
    What Dizzee Rascal has done with this record is find his own - profoundly satisfying - balance between grime's digital vortex of ringtones and car alarms and an older more contemplative electronic tradition. [Oct 2004, p.104]
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  2. Alternative Press
    100
    It's the urgency of [Dizzee's] brash Brit patois that dares you not to decipher it. [Jan 2005, p.114]
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  3. Stylus Magazine
    80
    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.
  4. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    These barren videogame shoot-out beats and textures don't do him justice. [17 Sep 2004, p.76]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. AndyS
    10
    u cant stop dis boi is gotta phat voice and e's beats so catchy get em sme gd tunes 2 roll deep 2
  2. SGold
    10
    Best rap album of 2004, no question. All people can talk about is Mike Skinner but Dizzee is twice as talented and this album is as good as his debut if not better.… Expand
  3. Zac
    7
    Good Lyrics, SHIT beats, they're that bad...... sound so unprofessional....... come on, ur can afford better equipment!! VERY AVERAGE BEATS...
  4. AntoineD
    0
    no good

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