BirminghamWorld had the opportunity to chat with grime legend Dizzee Rascal, who performed a surprise gig at the Bullring & Grand Central in Birmingham city centre on Valentine’s Day.
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00:00 [Music]
00:14 This new album is vibes, that's what I want to say. It's got a nice collection, 16 tracks,
00:22 everything influenced by, so everything from UK Garage to dubstep, drum and bass, hip-hop, grime,
00:30 all kind of, a lot of experimenting.
00:34 [Music]
00:39 I like Switch N Explode, I like Tell Me About It, because that one's actually,
00:43 it's actually not one of the more upbeat ones, but it's one of the kind of deeper ones
00:48 on the album. There's a track with notes as well that I like, it's called Here For Now,
00:54 I really like that. London Boy and What Do You Know About That is another banger as well, which
01:00 talks about kind of how I came up in London and the kind of the scene that I came from.
01:04 Because we had the opportunity to do it and I've got like quite a big history in Birmingham,
01:10 I've always come here since even before my first album, so when I was on the underground scene,
01:16 Birmingham was one of the other few places that had pirate radio,
01:19 so I'd even come down here and emcee and do little kind of raves.
01:23 This was before I even had a record deal, so I've always come here.
01:30 Don't take it personal, it's art now, go cop that,
01:37 share it with your people and just enjoy it man, that's all I want.