Showtime (Live) - UFO

Advantages: Excellent rapping, as always, and Dream is brilliant
Disadvantages: It lacks the originality and excitement of his debut

...I first encountered Dizzee Rascal (real name Dylan Mills) after he won the 2003 Mercury Music Prize for his debut album, Boy In Da Corner. I bought that album on a whim, just because of the fact it won that prestigious award, and I soon found it to have a really fresh sound, unlike anything I'd heard before. When I discovered he was releasing a second album, Showtime, I rushed out and bought it, and people were saying that it was just as good as his debut. However, after the initial excitement, I found that the Dizzee Rascal "novelty" was wearing off. His lyrical style and touches of humour are still there, but not in the quantity of his first album, and although his rapping seems quicker than ever, it lacks a rhythm that was there on tracks such as Fix Up, Look Sharp. His beats feel like they are weaker and less experimental than... Read review

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...With his first album "boy in da corner" Dylan Mills well known as Dizzee Rascal managed to smash the doors open for UK rap, and finally shine some light for the uk born MCS...which was ( still is kinda ) dominated by american rap superstars, but all the same at least dizzee has shown some of the Uk's talent, and even showing his skills in the US. So ever since his smash first album, Dizzee has won the prestigious Mercury Prize, and well made his bank balance very healthy indeed!. But can the uk born talent prove he can repeat the sucess and second time round??.... Showtime has alot more breakbeats, electric sounds and dizzee often spittin furry. Showtime’ sees the Rascal leap beyond the ‘grime’ scene that spawned him. Dizzee confidently weaves his vocal thrust through glitchy twists that’d do any rap head proud. Each piece... Read review

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Advantages: Jaw-dropping Guitar workouts, Fantastic songs
Disadvantages: None

...guitarist slash has more than once said that this is by far his all-time favourite live album and as the guitarist to one of the best bands to walk the earth he should know what he's talking about As for this live recording itself there has been very hot debate lately as to how live this album actually is which has no doubt surfaced because of the bands inability to play brilliantly every night, both during when this was recorded and even during their current renaissance, in fact it has been said on a number of occasions by various people that when ufo were hot, they were steaming but when they were not on form they were tepid at best, nevertheless the band insist to this day that the only touching up in the studio that was on this album was one overdub to a single microphone that failed on the night Having seen the latest line... Read review

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