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Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal @ Big Weekend

Published 11 May 9 11:0 AM | charlotte

Dizzee performs Bonkers at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Swindon. East London MC Dizzee Rascal is the most well-known purveyor of the U.K. underground hip-hop/electronic hybrid known as grime. Rascal's style is marked by a fierce, clipped double-time flow reminiscent, at times, of American krunk MCs and is filled with a litany of obscure British street-isms. His 2004 debut, BOY IN DA CORNER, boasts a combination of exhilarating U.K. garage beats and the occasional classic hip-hop "big beat...

Filed under: radio 1, hip hop, swindon, dizzee rascal, american krunk, big weekend, electronic hybrid, bonkers, mc, boy in da corner, grime, garage beats, british streetisms

Duffy - Rockferry Live - Jools' Hootenanny 2008

Published 5 January 9 10:26 AM | charlotte

Journey into 2009 with Jools Holland, his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra and a stellar line-up of talent. Featuring Martha and the Vandellas, Dizzee Rascal, Annie Lennox, The Ting Tings, Dave Edmunds, Duffy, Svang, Adele, Sam Sparro, The Hold Steady, Rico Rodriguez, Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones and Lily Allen. On the eve of Motown's 50th anniversary, Martha and the Vandellas join with Jools to play some of the greatest songs of the 60s including Dancing In The Street and (Love Is Like A) Heatwave...

Filed under: Live, Jools holland, lily allen, Stereophonics, motown, annie lennox, duffy, Rockferry, the ting tings, rock, hootenanny 2008, svang, 1st battalion scots guards pipe, dave edmunds, sam sparro, martha and the vandellas, dizzee rascal, dance wiv me, kelly jones, etta james, love is like a heatwave, old school, i hear you knocking, dancing in the street, black and gold, rhythm and blues orchestra, finnish harmonica, the hold steady, rico rodriguez