Dizzee Rascal's holiday- Is it a butlins caravan or the 7* hotel in Dubai?

So, I will gladly accept the plaudits for my last post; to all those living under a rock, Beyonce's 'Sweet Dreams' is sweeping the charts rushing its industrial beats and catchphrase 'Turn the lights out' into homes both sides of the Atlantic.

So, this week's song, Dizzee Rascal's 'Holiday'. Holiday has been gaining a lot of airplay recently with radio 1 playing it almost incessantly so I thought perhaps an online dissection for young Dizzee was in order.

The format of the song is supposedly another summer hit from the team that brought us 'Dance wiv me'- namely the awkward looking Calvin Harris, the over-confident lyricist Chrome and the peter pan of rap (atleast in terms of immaturity) UK's prince of grime, Dizzee Rascal. To be fair 'Holiday' is catchy, and the opening ascending bars will have pop fans as well as dance fans hooked, another trademark sound for Harris, who is undoubtedly the genius behind this. The question is, why cant he get to #1 by himself? 'I'm not alone', Harris' last single was undoubtedly better, yet failed to rush the charts in the way that this offer undoubtedly will.

The answer lies in the tastes of the British public. We like Dizzee, we remember 'Bounce' from the roll deep days as well as 'Fix up' and the evergreen 'I luv u'. There is something honest in Rascal's unabashed immaturity. Whereas Harris is smug- I get all the girls? Well, maybe those T4 on the beach girls, but nobody else...

The mixture of trippy euphoric synths and electro break beats has a good overall effect, with Chrome's easy listening 'generic Black-RnB singer' chorus easy enough on the ears. Rascal's lyrics are abominable in places though. The most memorable has to be 'don't watch my passport photo, I know I look a bit loco, and i know that my spanish is so-so, buts lets try and keep that on the low-low'. Though its cloesly followed by 'I'll never let your belly get empty, even with a bellyful you still look sexy'.

What is probably meant to be Dizzee being sweet ends up conjuring an image of a stick thin model with a huge swollen stomach tottering around her handbag in a night club in Kos as Dizzee dances around her with a bottle of flaming Sambuca feeding her kebabs. Creepy...

So all in all, I like this song; Harris is again the unsung hero of what is, aside from the music, a mediocre British rap song. It will be on phones all over the country as 14 year olds prepare for their family's annual migration to the med. Dizzee has done it again, exerting an ability to get the most from his lyrics. A great follow up to bonkers and another top five hit.

4/5

So, to this week's playlist

Jamie T- Sticks and Stones

Ciara ft Missy Elliot- Work

Bashy- My wish is your command

Birdman feat Jay Sean- Written on her

Jay - Z- D.O.A (death of autotune)

Peace x

Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare for Beyonce?

This week marks the passing of a truly great man, Michael Joseph Jackson.

To commemorate the life of Micheal Jackson at the end of this week's post I will include a selection of songs by the late King of Pop which you may not have heard.

This week's song is called ' Sweet Dreams' apparently, though I first heard it in a mixtape as 'beautiful nightmare' back in '08, and is definitely going to be a big summer hit (if she releases it in time) and if not will be on the club scene just in time for all those going back to (or starting) Uni in September.

The sixth track from the bizarrely title 'I am...Sasha Fierce' (An album title written as though she really had to think about it before she let herself say something that ridiculous) Is an infectious dance track which will worm its way onto dancefloors as a party starter and then win place as a firm favourite when the video drops. I would say its unlike anything she has produced; think Shirly Bassey meets Kelis produced by. Will have teenage girls singing 'My guilty pleasure I aint goin nowherrrrrrre' in Primark with no shame by august. With regards to the music, it has an up tempo almost industrial feel with random exclamations of 'Oh!' and 'Turn the lights on' randomly inserted. The Times has praised it calling its 'deep bass' and disturbed lyrics 'thrilling'. I would have to agree. Im going to give this a 4/5 for inspired genre changing by the Diva, however I think I wouldnt be alone in wishing for a Cameo from Jay-Z towards the end where it starts to drag.

Playlist

Micheal Jackson feat Youngbloods- Give it to me

Micheal Jackson feat Eve- Butterflies

Micheal Jackson - Just a little bit of you

Micheal Jackson- Billie Jean (Kanye West Remix)

Micheal Jackson- Burn this disco out