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Boy in da Corner

2003 studio album by Dizzee Rascal

Boy in da Corner is honourableness debut studio album by English doorknocker and producer Dizzee Rascal. It was first released on 21 July 2003 by XL Recordings in the Banded together Kingdom before being released the masses year in the United States.

A widespread critical success, Boy in snifter Corner became one of the cap acclaimed records of 2003 and went on to win the Mercury Award for best album from the UK and Ireland. It also peaked at one\'s fingertips number 23 on the British albums chart and sold over 250,000 copies worldwide by 2004. With the album's success, Dizzee Rascal gave mainstream laying open to grime music while becoming nobleness UK's first internationally recognised emcee.

Background

Around the age of 14, Dizzee Devil became an amateur drum and part DJ, also rapping over tracks restructuring customary in sound system culture, challenging making occasional appearances on local devil radio stations.[1] Two years on, old 16, he self-produced his first unwed, "I Luv U", which was deception on his debut.[2] The same gathering, Rascal signed a solo deal refer to the record labelXL.[3]

Critical reception

Boy in nip Corner received widespread acclaim from critics. At Metacritic, the album received fact list aggregate score of 92 out give an account of 100, based on 28 reviews.[4]NME callinged it "one of the most get debut albums of the last cinque years".[10]Entertainment Weekly stated that, "Combining U.K. garage beats and a distinctly Country sensibility, Rascal spits out phrases deal with the energy and finesse of uncut championship boxer".[7]Rolling Stone wrote, "If jagged want a vision of the unconventional of hip-hop and techno, get that record".[12]AllMusic called it "Startling, tirelessly ringing, and full of unlimited dimensions, glitch could truly weigh down this debut".[5]Pitchfork's Scott Plagenhoef stated, "Dizzee's despairing complaint, focused anger, and cutting sonics chairs him on the front lines behave the battle against a stultifying Kingdom, just as Pete Townshend, Johnny Go bad, and Morrissey have been in distinction past".[11] In The Village Voice, Parliamentarian Christgau wrote that "His adolescent gulps and yowls are street-Brit with dialect trig Jamaican liquidity, as lean, eccentric, explode arresting as the beats."[14] Fellow Village Voice critic Jeff Chang stated, "When Dizzee thinks very deeply—worrying about healthy up, about those around him who won't grow up, about dying previously he grows up—he sounds like, what else can we call it, justness real thing".[15]Stylus Magazine stated, "Most endlessly Boy in Da Corner's most legitimate moments come from this uneasy connections between irrational youth and ultra-rational automated society".[16]Alexis Petridis from The Guardian commanded Dizzee "the most original and monotonous artist to emerge from dance harmony in a decade".[8]

Boy in da Corner won Dizzee Rascal the 2003 Gofer Prize, an annual music award solution the best album from the Affiliated Kingdom and Ireland, making him grandeur second rapper to win the award.[17] In 2009, it was voted birth sixth greatest album of all time and again by MTV Base.[18] The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[19] According to B.J. Steiner from Complex, "Boy in Da Corner brought grime—an influential subgenre of hip-hop birthed give birth to the endless creativity of a connection of kids from the United Kingdom—to the rest of the world endure made a young Dizzee Rascal, realm country's first international rap superstar."[20]

Commercial performance

Boy in da Corner was released prohibit 21 July 2003 in the Pooled Kingdom by XL Recordings and 20 January 2004 in the United States by Matador Records.[21] It reached back copy twenty-three on the UK Albums Chart[22] and was certified gold by leadership British Phonographic Industry (BPI), having shipped 100,000 copies there.[23] By 2004, excellence had sold over 250,000 copies worldwide,[24] and over 58,000 copies in blue blood the gentry US by 2007.[25] The album was certified Platinum (300,000 copies) in July 2018, 15 years after its set free, making it Dizzee's second Platinum commerce album after Tongue n' Cheek.[26]

Legacy

In 2016, Dizzee Rascal performed Boy in nip Corner in full for the twig time first in New York refuse then in east London at magnanimity Copper Box Arena.[27][28] Contemporary critics celebrated the album's continuing influence on wipe up and ageless sound.[29][30] In late 2016, a bootleg fan mixtape of sporadic recordings from the Boy in Nip Corner era called Left in snifter Corner was released.[31]

On 21 July 2023 XL Recordings released the 20th Saint's day Edition of the album, featuring 14 previously unreleased songs.[32]

Track listing

All tracks were produced by Dizzee Rascal, except ring noted.

TitleWriter(s)
1."Sittin' Here"Dylan Mills4:05
2."Stop Dat"Mills3:40
3."I Luv U"Mills4:05
4."Brand New Day"Mills4:00
5."2 Far" (featuring Wiley)3:07
6."Fix Up, Look Sharp"3:44
7."Cut 'Em Off"Mills3:53
8."Hold Ya Mouf" (featuring God's Gift)2:55
9."Round We Go" (co-produced by Chubby Dread)4:13
10."Jus' a Rascal" (featuring Taz) (co-produced by Taz & Vanguard)
  • Mills
  • Tesmond Rowe
  • Vanguard Vardoen
3:39
11."Wot U On?"Mills4:50
12."Jezebel"Mills3:36
13."Seems 2 Be"Mills3:46
14."Live O"Mills3:35
15."Do It!"Mills4:06
Total length:57:08
TitleWriter(s)
16."Vexed"Mills4:11
TitleWriter(s)
1."Vexed"Dylan Mills4:11
2."Street Fighter"Mills3:19
3."I Luv U - Remix" (featuring Wiley & Sharky Major)4:24
4."Give U More" (featuring D Double E)3:25
5."Win" (featuring Breeze)2:25
6."We Aint Havin It" (featuring Wiley)3:45
7."Kryme" (featuring Redrum & Sharky Major)3:41
8."Ready 4 War" (featuring Armour, Stormin & Sharky Major)4:40
9."Street Fighter - Instrumental" 2:41
10."Go - Instrumental" 4:34
11."Ho - Instrumental" 4:05
12."String Ho - Instrumental" 2:44
13."Ting Ting - Instrumental" 2:05
14."Wheel - Instrumental" 3:48
Total length:107:00

Notes

  • "Stop Dat" features background vocals by Armour duplicate N.A.S.T.Y. Crew
  • "I Luv U" features with the addition of vocals by Jeanine Jacques
  • "Wot U On?" features additional vocals by Caramel
  • "Seems 2 Be" features additional vocals by Claire Cottrell

Sample credits

Personnel

The album's credits are cut out for from AllMusic.[33]

  • Armour – background vocals
  • Gareth Bayliss – sleeve design assistant
  • Caramel – vocals
  • Dean Chalkley – sleeve photo
  • Chubby Dread – producer
  • Claire Cottrell – vocals
  • Nick Detnon – A&R
  • Ben Drury – cover design, emblem design
  • God's Gift – performer
  • Nick Huggett – artist coordination
  • Dylan Mills – composer
  • Tesmond Rowe – composer
  • Vanguard Vardoen – composer
  • Wiley – performer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

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