The Fifth
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Overwhelming dislike- based on 12 Ratings
- Summary: The fifth full-length release for the British grime rapper features guest appearances from Bun B, Jessie J, Sean Kingston, Tinie Tempah, will.i.am, and Robbie Williams.
- Record Label: Island
- Genre(s): Rap, Pop/Rock
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Positive: 1 out of 10
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Mixed: 8 out of 10
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Oct 1, 201380It isn't art, but it is a hit-packed, goofy album that may prove impossible to dislike.
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Oct 1, 201360The fairly routine nature of the backing tracks means that The Fifth lacks some of the distinctive berserker spirit that characterised its predecessors.
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Oct 2, 201360The Fifth sees Dizzee dropping his aitches between generic, anthemic, autotuned American choruses.
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Oct 2, 201340Generally though, The Fifth‘s “dance” tracks--‘Bassline Junkie’, ‘Something Really Bad’, et al--just seem too limp to succeed as radio hits, and they’re certainly not good or interesting songs in any other capacity.
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Oct 16, 201340The Fifth sounds like half a dozen different [albums] squashed onto one record. Not good. [Nov 2013, p.115]
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Oct 4, 201340The list of guest stars includes Jessie J, Robbie Williams and will.i.am, and the album is as overproduced as those names suggest. Worse still, on The Fifth Dizzee Rascal succumbs to the worst stereotypes of rap music.
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Oct 3, 201330As his flow goes off at a regular double time that his chart-scaling peers can only dislocate their jaws for, Dizzee’s personality shrinks into a tediously shallow pool of female ogling, obeying your thirst and his latest holiday snaps.
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