Love this roots reggae refix produced by Shy FX with Dizzee pon di mic. From Dizzee Rascal’s Tongue N Cheek LP, here’s “Can’t Tek No More” of this, No No No…

… Dizzee Rascal and Dirtee Stank in San Francisco, July 25th 2008 …

Haven’t written the concert review yet, but here’s photos of the show in the meantime:

The photos appear larger on my flickr page:

Dizzee Rascal photos by Molli Fire on flickr

Have you seen Dizzee live this year? If so, how was it? If you have pix online, drop a link in the comments, I’d love to see them!

Dizzee Rascal flew from London to Houston to meet up with Bun B and film the video for “Where’s Da G’s?” B gives D a tour of his hood and hooks him up with a sweet deal on a pair of X-Ray G Glasses.

Dizzee Rascal + Bun B “Where’s Da G’s?” Video:

Unfortunately, Pimp C does not appear in the video, but his verses are on the album edit of this song. BIG Big Choon off the US release of Maths + English from Definitive Jux.
“Where’s Da G’s” with Bun B and Pimp C is the best US/UK hip hop crossover recorded so far….

We’ve got 2 Dizzee Rascal tunes in the player this week: “Where’s Da G’s” featuring Pimp C and Bun B of the U.G.K. AND a mega-mix from El-P featuring tunes off the US release of Maths + English (including Pretty Todd’s remix of “Pussyhole”).

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(I’m still working on this ^ new feature, so let me know if it works for you or not. Thanks! )

Dizzee Rascal Links

To grab copies of each for yo’self:
“Where’s Da G’s” on Spinner
El-P Megamix on Pitchf*#k

2 videos from Skepta off his debut album Greatest Hits: “In A Corner” features Trigga, Spyda and Roll Deep’s Flowdan. “Sweet Mother” was a hit last Spring (especially around Mother’s Day) but it’s worthy of a rewind here:

Skepta – “In A Corner” With Trigga, Spyda and Roll Deep’s Flowdan

Skepta – “Sweet Mother”

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Almost a full year after its UK release, Dizzee Rascal’s Maths + English will finally get a proper release in the US. Of course, the album had more UK appeal, from Dizzee’s dialect to his collaborations with other UK artists Lily Allen and the Arctic Monkeys. That might be why it was nominated for a Mercury Prize and a MOBO in the UK but received little recognition across the pond. But the album also features a collaboration with Underground Kingz Pimp C and Bun B on the track “Where’s Da G’s”, so it should do well in the States too. ([More →])

I love this new grime vid with 3Face, Tinchy Stryder, Nolay, wretch 32, and Nasty Jack called “Different World” (Blackjack Remix). Some Alice In Wonderland kind of shizzle…. Of course, Nolay brightens up any mix.

Mumdance and Jammer added to Diplo’s remix of Black Lips’ “Veni Vidi Vici” for an ultra-smooth grime tune:

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Kano recently released his new single “Feel Free” featuring Damon Albarn. I don’t think the elusive Gorillaz musician appears anywhere in the video, but we get to follow Kano around London in the dark of night. “Feel Free” is the second single off of Kano’s latest album, London Town. Albarn and Kano also performed together for Scratch Africa Express in 2007, which you can watch here as well. ([More →])

Not new, but still Deep… Roll Deep with “Heat Up” from early 2007:

And another vid from earlier this year – Skepta leads the pack of MCs with “Duppy”:

This banga features Skepta, JME, Jammer, Footsie, Bearman, Bossman Birdie, MC Creed, Devilman….

To me, the star of “Duppy” is Creed. He rolls with the Garage Allstars. You can hear his Dddddid it again in the “Vulture Remix”:

The original tune is more grime-y…

Skepta’s new video for “Over The Top” looks like something him and JME made in iMovie. In other words, a pretty good home-studio-made music video. Straight from the streets onto the superhighway:

Skepta – “Over The Top”

Allegedly that’s Skepta pullin the Evel Knievels!
Skepta’s debut album, Greatest Hits is out now, next up is Microphone Champion in 2008?

Skepta Links

Skepta music $pace

There’s a lot of anticipation in the air surrounding the new album from the notorious Wu-Tang Clan. To help ease some of the tensions that have been building, Semtex dropped FOUR tunes off 8 Diagrams during his BBC 1Xtra Radio show last Sunday! Semtex brings a hot mix of hip hop tunes to the UK airwaves and the globe’s internet streams on a weekly basis via BBC Radio 1Xtra. Lucky for us, the show is available until Saturday night/Sunday morning when the new show airs and gets archived. The show also features the brand new Snoop Dog tune (with D-oh-dubble-G singing!) “Sensual Seduction,” plus tracks from Chris Brown featuring Lil Wayne, new Jay-Z, Kid Sister ft. Kanye West, Chingy, Skepta, Asher D, Ghetto, Trigger and Kano! ([More →])

This week there have been a number of good interviews and articles posted online from stellar writers immersed in the UK music scene. Rather than rehash what’s already been said, I’ve decided to resurrect the Rewind! (Rewind! is simply a roundup of links to what’s good, what’s new, wha gwaan on the web, and it used to be a regular feature here on HearingTest.) This particular Rewind! features links to some great articles written by a few music journalists that I enjoy reading: there’s a T2 interview, a Durrty Goodz interview, Grimewatch, proof that Grime’s Not Dead, plus video of Skepta in the BBC radio studios with Mary Anne Hobbs, Wiley clashing Ghetto, and a dubstep documentary! ([More →])

Episode 9 of Dubplate Drama is up on the video page now. To go directly to it:

Dubplate Drama Episode 9 on HearingTest

The rest of the season is there as well if you need to catch up.

Make a date with dubstep in December! Plastician, purveyor of fine dubstep music, announced a few US shows during the first two weeks of December! He also told Danny Walker in an interview for RWD Mag that his album has finally come back from the plant and will be available to the rest of us before the end of the year. ([More →])