Remember Grime? When we all loved that “Run the Road” comp on Vice Records because Vice Magazine told us to? I know, its like, so 2005. Here’s what I remember: it was really good. And it turns out UK crunk didn’t die after Lady Sov’s underwhelming (but better than it gets credit for) Def Jam debut. Scene superstar Dizzee Rascal is releasing his third album, “Maths and English”, and it is reported to have more of an American hip hop flavor than his earlier work. Meanwhile, scene svengali Wiley, the deepest of rollers, at least onetime possessor of beef with everybody grime related, is dropping “Playtime is Over”. Fortunately, this is not a Highlander scenario, and there can be more than one. I’m excited about both of these albums, and that’s okay.

External Links
Dizzee Rascal
Dizzee Rascal Myspace
Wiley Myspace
XL Records
Big Dada Records
Ninja Tune Records

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